Need suggestions for first build - i7 920

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Good morning everyone, this is my first post on the forums however I visited the shop and forums quite often. I see there are many wise people here so I want to make sure I have a good build, the title already says it: my first build. Will use the PC for gaming, editing software (photoshop, after fx etc.). Anyways, here is a screenshot of my basket.


Sub Total : £844.50
Shipping : £10.00
VAT : £128.18
Total : £982.68

The case is NZXT Zero 2, but I will buy that from a different site since OcUK does not sell NZXT cases, the PSU I will buy it from a Dutch website because in the UK they use different power cords. It is a Be Quiet 850w modular PSU.
I will replace the graphics card with either a HD5xxx card or GTX300, when they come out. So it's a temporary card.

Also, I am buying the overclocked bundle because I am only 14. Not really seeing myself overclocking. I'd rather to be save and buy a bundle that guarantees you the overclocking level you want, so please do not replace it with seperate components. I do realize that it's cheaper though.

Any suggestions?
 
If the graphics card is just a temporary solution, get this one instead and you will be able to play games properly before the DX11 cards come out. Sell it later if you want.

Instead of the Velociraptor, you should probably be looking at an ssd like this one for putting your OS on. It may only be 60GB, but its considerably faster than the WD and 60GB should be enough for an OS drive.
 
Looks good, will replace. Thanks for the suggestion

Edit: I'm pretty this is a dumb question, but my case doesn't have a 2,5'' drive bay?

DRIVE BAYS 13 DRIVE BAYS
5 EXTERNAL 5.25" DRIVE BAYS
2 EXTERNAL 3.5" DRIVE BAYS
6 INTERNAL 3.5" DRIVE BAYS
Screwless Rail Design
 
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I'm not sure how the Agility series holds up. Not sure if you know, but there has been immense fuss over SSD's and poor random write performance, so you need to be careful which one you buy. At the top of the list right now are the Intel drives and the OCZ Vertex drives. I believe there are a few others with Samsung controllers that are quite good, but those two are still at the top.

Again, not sure about the Agility.

Have a read of these SSD articles here: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/ there is another one due soon which will include newer drives etc, so keep an eye out for it.
 
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Assumed you might need an operating system.
 
neologan said:
I'm not sure how the Agility series holds up. Not sure if you know, but there has been immense fuss over SSD's and poor random write performance, so you need to be careful which one you buy. At the top of the list right now are the Intel drives and the OCZ Vertex drives. I believe there are a few others with Samsung controllers that are quite good, but those two are still at the top.

Again, not sure about the Agility.

Have a read of these SSD articles here: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/ there is another one due soon which will include newer drives etc, so keep an eye out for it.
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Will get Vertex 60GB then, but I am ordering the components two weeks later, maybe more news about SSD's at the end of July.
 
I would recommend keeping the optical drive as the original Sony you had. It's the fastest, best writing drive at the moment.

850w should be more than enough for high-end SLI, but the cards need to be the same.
 
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Is overclocking that important to you? Because if you get an i7 at 2.66ghz, you can then spend more on better parts which would probably equal the same price as you have specified.
 
Okay so I found a pretty good guide on overclocking the i7 920 by Gigabyte. Looks pretty easy, means I will try to overclock it myself. Added a nice soundcard and cardreader.

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Asus Xonar D2 7.1 PCI Sound Card (90-YAA021-1UAN00) Asus Xonar D2 7.1 PCI Sound Card (90-YAA021-1UAN00) £76.99
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