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Hi everyone,

I am in the process of building a new computer, and over the past few weeks have been sapping up infomation from your posts on this forum. Before I take the plunge on buying my new computer I thought I would post my spec and see if I cant get some advice to see if its all going to work okey and if there is anything you would tweak on it.

Spec

Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X5D (Socket 1366) - OEM PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) Socket LGA1366 - OEM

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler ( Socket LGA1366)

OCZ 6GB 1800MHz DDR3 PC3-14400 (3 x 2GB) Reaper Low Voltage Tri-Channel Kit

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 x2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express - Retail - I was going to go for the GTX 295 but a) it seems to be a bit of overkill and b) it is 100- 150 quid more expensive. I do have a hannspree 27″ monitor that has a pretty hefty resolution on it but I just cannot justify spending so much on a graphics card. I was also thinking what would give a better performance. 2 x ATI HD 4870 in crossfire or 1 x ATI HD 4870 x2 on its own. In theory it would seem like there is not much performance difference between the two but 2 x ATI HD 4870 are cheaper.

Note: I have a Hanns.G HG281D 28″ Wide screen LCD Monitor as my main monitor

Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card - I may have gone completely overkill here but I really want a good sound card as I love listening to music though some decent speakers (yet to buy). This seems to be a really good sound card from reviews but I am not sure if I am spending too much on this and if I could go for a lower Xonar model.

Corsair 850W ATX SLI Compliant Powersupply

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB Sata2 32MB Cache - OEM - Data Drive

Samsung MLC SSD 64GB x 2 - RAID 0 - OS drive

LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Rewriter & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - retail

Antec 900-2 Black Case

Peripherals

I would like a keyboard and mouse for gaming. I would like them both to be really quite high quality as it is soo important to have a nice keyboard and mouse. Have selected the Logitech MX Revolution Advanced Cordless Mousebut am having problems selecting a nice gaming keyboard and a good mouse pad. Can anyone recommend one? Thought about the logitech G15 Gaming keyboard, it seems to have a good dedicated following online.

A screenshot of my basket can be found here

Does anyone have any suggestions for me on this build? Its been a long time since I have made my own computer and I'm rather rusty so your help is greatly appreciated.
 
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Can't fault it tbh, although if you're not going for SLI/Crossfire then your PSU is a bit overkill, a 600W would suffice.
 
Cheers for the advice. I will get a lower wattage power supply. Just noticed the one I have put in there isn't modular aswell. For tidyness I think it would be nice to get one of those.

That antec p182 looks super nice :) , hmm I am going to have a look at some more reviews, but it looks better than the 900-2 case especially for noise. Does anyone have this case? Is my graphics card and cpu cooler going to fit in it?

I have an x-fi card thats a few years old, but it seems xonar have the edge in vista and proberbly when win7 comes out as well :D
 
I have the p182 the graphics card will fit in there .

You then put your hdds in the lower compartment.

The noctua should fit in there fine too from what I've seen of others'.
 
VortexA1 said:
What do you think of the Razor Tarantula?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-022-RA&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1258

imo looks the best keyboard ..I'm searching for one and thought I'd show you for your consideration.;)
Click to expand...

That seems pretty good. I'm not so sure about all the extra things you have to buy for it though. I would most probably buy the interchangeable keys though. Changing the keys for little picture of guns, is so unnecessary, but so cool at the same time.

I must say I do like the idea of a backlit keyboard. The http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-029-SK&tool=3 looks pretty good
 
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That looks a nice keyboard - that is definitely on my short list now.

I was thinking - how are you going to back up your docs/music etc?

I have 2 data hard drives in the comp both holding the docs/music/same game data etc(the 1st one for main use,the 2nd for backup) - so in effect if 1 drive dies I still have the docs/music etc on the other hdd.:)

With the psu try and make sure the depth of it isn't too much 'cos it can get tight in the lower psu bay otherwise - also make sure the cables are nice and long and then you can run them at the back of the case and then it's really nice and neat and all unobtrusive - I have the corsair tx750 and that's a tight fit in the bottom but the cables are nice and long . the lesser powered corsair is an easier fit than my one;neither are modular just making the point about depth and cable length.
 
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