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I am planning on building a new PC.

The Previous PC I built was a K6-2 (a while ago!!).

Things have changed a lot and I have some questions.

I have put together this list of components, but I don't know what PSU to get...

NZXT Phantom Case

Asus Crosshair V Formula AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) (or 1100T?)

Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s SSD (I don't need a large HD I'll go NAT)

Crucial Ballistix Sport 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Trip Channel

Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter

OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 (I plan to Xfire later)

What PSU Wattage would you recommend, and have I chosen good components?

Thanks in advance

Dave

PS. My primary usage is gaming. I haven't thought about the monitor yet!!! However, 120 Hertz is tempting... but not if one graphics card can't handle it. I only play Battlefield (and Mount and Blade... my laptops good for that).
 
Sorry stulid, my browser only showed the first part of your post!!! When I saw the component list I edited my reply to thanks!!! I am going to take on your advice and go for a Intel build.

One question I do have though, is about the motherboard. What is the difference between the:

Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 and the Sandybridge B3 revision models?

I am at a loss, although I presume all 1155 type CPUs will function with all 1155 sockets.


Thanks for the suggestion Reaper,

but I'd rather stick with ATI and flash to 6970 (if I can...)

The prise difference is a 120 Hertz monitor.
 
Difficult choice. I'm reading up on the difference. Basically, the 6950 will be about the same at higher resolution but worse at lower...

I can't choose... Which will fall in price quicker? Always the difficult choice
 
I only picked ATI because I thought I could flash it....


However... more GPU Ram should equal higher FPS (in my out dated mind...)
 
*eck it... I'll get this.

Asus MARS II GeForce GTX 580 X2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Nothing else. I'll just look at it.
 
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