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Dark Raven X

Dark Raven X

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Rowr guys, my old faithful PC died last night, so although I'd been planning a new PC for a while, I'm now rushed to do so immediately. :/

I want a PC for music production, Cubase, heavy use of VST instruments, lots going on that sort of thing. Thing is, I've never built a PC before, so I was just gonna run this by you guys:

Intel Core i7 930 2.80ghz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail: 233.34
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card: 129.24
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard: 150.98
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9): 86.94
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply: 64.61
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (0F10383): 49.34
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM: 15.99
Zalman Z7 Plus Midi Tower Case - Black: 42.99

If I stick all this together, will I have a functioning PC (add an OS, of course. :p) cause I don't really understand the whole motherboard + GPU thing, or how I'm supposed to know what power supply I'd need. Would this do the trick? @___@

Thanks in advance! :D
 
Hello, and welcome.

A few things, first up you are going to need tri channel RAM not dual as currently shown.

Something like this would do: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-129-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1389

Secondly, have you considered going to say two 500GB hard drives over a 1TB as if the drive fails its a lot of data to loose.

Something like (although currently out of stock): http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

Everything else seems fine, and yes stulid is right about the GTX460.

600w PSU is plenty, even with the GTX 460 the PC will only draw around 300 watts.
 
Ah, another stupid question: is the visual output on the graphics card? I've seen a few say the support HDMI, things like that; will the old standard 'blue' monitor cable connection be on these graphics cards, or is that on the motherboard?

Also, I'll go for the 3X2 RAM, is there a recommended brand?
 
the outputs are on the graphic cards, adaptors are supplied to convert the dvi into your older blue dsub connection.
 
Yes, a big difference. If you plan to play at higher resolution i.e. use a bigger monitor, the extra memory will certainly help.
In terms of the motherboard, I would consider the excellent ASUS P6X58D-E motherboard, but what you have chosen is still good, just make sure it isn't Rev 2.0 as I've heard its really bad.

and +1 for the Samsung F3.
 
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How about something like this... far superior IMO & only about £35 more:

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Horrah! Will cross the power supply problem bridge if I ever come to it. ^____^

Order time!

Going with MonsterMunch's build, note for note. Just one final paranoid check - all this stuff is compatible, yeah? :D
 
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