opinions on this build?

[-fedexer-]

I have been heaving and hawing over what i want from my first build, and this is what i've come up with: I just want to see what the more experience rig builders think of these components, and/or if something is blatantly obviously not going to work, please feel free to point it out

MSI GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £369.98

Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £239.99

Coolermaster HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) Coolermaster HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £154.99

Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99

Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 1000W Power Supply Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 1000W Power Supply £139.99

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 16000C9 2000MHz Triple Channel Kit (CMX6GX3M3A2000C9) Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 16000C9 2000MHz Triple Channel Kit (CMX6GX3M3A2000C9) £135.99
(£115.74) £271.98

Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £111.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version)(GFC-00025) £105.74

Samsung SpinPoint F3 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM £86.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)
£96.32

Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU Cooler (Socket 775/1156/1366) £42.98

Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99 £31.98

Akasa AK-FN058 Apache Black Super Silent 120mm Fan - 4 Pin PWM Akasa AK-FN058 Apache Black Super Silent 120mm Fan - 4 Pin PWM £27.98

Lian Li LT90-4 Braided SATA-II Cable x 4
Lian Li LT90-4 Braided SATA-II Cable x 4 £8.99 £17.98

Akasa SATA-3 100cm Rounded Data Cable Akasa SATA-3 100cm Rounded Data Cable £7.14

Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound £6.99


Thanks

 

[95thrifles]

What you planning on using it for?
If its gaming then you dont need 12 gig of RAM, also 2000MHz is a bit OTT, Id just get 1600, this stuff with low latency is good choice
Not sure why youre getting different types of HDDs? youve got your SSD for boot, beyond that, decide if you want quiet in which case go for the Ecogreens, or fast in which case the F3s, or even better get a couple of these to take advantage of 6Gb/s transfer rate
Rest looks good

 

[Liampope]

IMHO looks good. Well thought out, nothing in there looks out of place or wasteful of budget.

That's a way bigger PSU than you need, but I assume you might be considering future sli?

I'm not sure what your use is - 12GB ram is more than you need if it's just gaming.

Not sure I understand your storage solution, but guess you've got some kind of scheme going on. Is it SSD for OS and most imptant games/apps, a fast HDD RAID array with the two 1TB F3s for other games/apps, then 2TB of 'green' for storage?

Good luck

 

[-fedexer-]

Programming and high memory usage programs, so you reckon 1600hz memory instead?

The hdd's are a case of.. 2 spinpoints in raid 0, 1 just stand alone, and then the 2tb as a backup/storage drive.

So the rest looks like it's going to come together alright?

 

[arc@css]

Nice. Something like 6 - 8 gb ram should suffice.

 

[Cycrow]

when u say programming, u going to be using Visual Studio ?

if so, i would go for a slightly bigger SSD.

visual studio can eat ram and disk space like crazy.
was constantly filling up my old SSD, caching like 10-20gb, so i went and got a Vertex 90GB instead.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-059-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

assuming u plan to go SLI at some point?, otherwise that PSU is complete overkill

 

[-fedexer-]

VS is definetly on my horizon, i've just started my CS course and i need to start hitting all my old languages again.

Yeah at some point when i can afford my second gtx480 i will SLI the machine. I could always buy a second SSD at some point also, slightly down the line, for now i think the 64gb will do for now.

So besides that, this build seems compatible with eachother?

Also: Does the ArctiClean Thermal Material Remover and Surface Purifier - 60ml Kit give me everything i need to clean the cpu and heatsink before applying the thermal paste?

I assume it'll be the second bottle for that?

 

[Cookeh]

NOM! That is all.

(Although in answer to last post, yes it does )

 

[-fedexer-]

NOM? Care to explain what nom is? definitely not a term i've heard

OH!! NOM! as in.... you like what you see?

 

[stulid]

NOM? Care to explain what nom is? definitely not a term i've heard

its a good thing, its a term mostly found in the motors forum used to describe a nice car.

edit....fast edit skills you possess!!!!!!

 

[fobose]

used to describe a nice car.

Thats probably why I have never heard it either.

 

[-fedexer-]

Ha thanks stulid, i kind of had to go and re-check it on urban dictionary! Glad my selection is liked!

Yeah, i have exceptional edit skills