Building i7 computer

I planned out my build, however, I am unsure whether its right or not...can someone give me some suggestions?

Asus Rampage III Extreme Socket 1366 Intel X58
http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=031520

Intel Core i7 950 Quad-Core Socket LGA1366, 3.06Ghz
http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=023949

OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 1600 MHz Gold XTC Triple Channel Kits 6GB
http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...em_id=0205 38

Antec Six Hundred Mid Tower Gaming Case
http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=026042

OCZ Fatal1ty Series 750W Power Supply
http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=032838

Western Digital Caviar Black 1000GB (1TB) SATA3 7200RPM 64MB Cache (OEM)
http://canadacomputers.com/product_i...item_id=029337

Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E
http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=035511

Sounds like it's all compatible, and should give pretty good performance. What's your budget btw? Also, what games do you play and at what resolution?

My budget is around between $1000 to 1200. I have calculated the prices including tax its $1600. Games that I want to play are Starcraft II and Guild Wars II

I don't know about the resolution. If I want to change the video card, do I have to change the power supply too?

Well, the current power supply will handle any single video card on the market, so there's not need to change it (other than downgrading to save money perhaps).

Are you building this yourself? & Is that 1000-1200 in Canadian Dollars?

Oh... it says "SLI� Ready (Dual GPU)" on PSU, does it mean it is only for Nvidia or I can use ATI Radeon, too?

Well, I chose the computer parts but my friend will help me build it..so I get to observe how its done and next time I could just do it alone . Yes, its in CDN.

By the way, does CPU/RAM have to be compatible in order to work because I just checked the CPU again it says, "Memory Support: Triple-Channel DDR3-1066." But I plan to use the one with DDR3 1600 (Motherboard supports DDR3 1600).

To keep your final price at 1000-1200, you have some downgrading to do. Take the MB for example. Unless you're looking at massive OCing, a decent MB at around 200$ shall do nicely. Take a look at Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R.

Also, you may want to check the prices on other sites such as Newegg or Tigerdirect.

Get a P55 motherboard with an i5 760 CPU, save about $300 and get just as good of performance in games. Right now you are just throwing money around and buying the most expensive stuff, that you won't benefit from at all unless you are an extreme OC/benchmark breaker... and if this is your first self built PC, I'm guessing you aren't worried about smashing the latest world record in 3dMark Vantage.

Just an example of what you should look for:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ComboBu...t=Combo.558466

Add a GPU:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-914-_-Product

Add a storage HDD:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16822145304

Total 1066.99 + shipping --- and it will perform just as well for gaming purposes as what you had linked to. With some tweaking, I'm sure I could knock that down another $100 for you, but that should give you an idea of what to aim for at least.

Ok, thanks! I will look into that.

Ooo nice combo...



But couldn't we use a small downgrade on the gpu? I mean you should be able to max out Starcraft II and more then likely great quality for GW2 with a lower end card. You could probably get one to do that at half the cost such as:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814102873
Or at least I think that should...I'm not 100% sure of the starcraft II specs though...



Is hitachi a good brand now? Sorry I don't follow hard drives to much But I thought I heard they tended to have issues. Would something like a seagate such as:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16822148337
Provide better quality for only about 15$ more?


Also...I'm a audio RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO. I need a dedicated sound card.

something along these lines:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16829102024

All of that should still be compatable unless I missed something (which is very likely) all for 1027$+shipping with an easily chopped off 100$ if you don't need high quality sound.


Edit: Am I planning other peoples computers right? this is like my first time disagreeing with half of what elder posted xD

I just want to build a really good computer so I don't need to build computers all the time.

lol, you made me smile this morning *gives cookie*

here's my personal preference of hard drives:

Western Digital
Hitachi
Samsung
Seagate
Toshiba
Fugitsu
Maxtor

I would buy in that order, but that's primarily based on past experiences with them, and any of the top 4 on there are fine in my book..... the bottom 3 had better be cheaper than dirt for me to buy them.

I'm not convinced that a 5770 will play GW2 maxed out, but it is somewhat dependent on the OP's Screen Resolution, which has not been disclosed yet.... The 6950 would be better for future proofing of course, but something along the lines of a GTX 460 may be cheaper and serve nearly as well...

As for dedicated sound cards, I don't feel any need for one, but I recognize that some people do, so that's basically up to the OP as far as I'm concerned.

If you haven't already ordered I would seriously consider waiting for Sandybridge (Jan 9th) if you're just a gamer. I'd also drop that OCZ for something like a Corsair VX550. A Rampage III is also quite unnecessary unless you're going to be doing some extreme overclocking.... drop it down for a nice $200-250 board and use the rest for a better graphics card.

get what you can actually afford, not whats got the highest specs as this quite often does not collectively create the best overall performance.
good pc performance is also about synchronicity