Good deal for build? HELP need answers ASAP

[ginaB519]

I'm the Graphic Design Student that posted on Sunday... Would this be a good deal for me? I don't game much... But the HDs and RAM are very important... He will OC for free.. I priced it and it seems like a really good deal... help me out!!! Thanks.

Western digital 150gb 10000rpm (or 74gbx2 on raid) --> Which should i choose??
in addition to...
1.5tb seagate
800w power supply
Asus X58 P6Tdeluxe
Core I7 920 overclocked to 3.8ghz
Xigmatec CPU cooler with
XIGMATEK ACK-I7361 CPU Cooler retention kit
9GB ddr3 1600 mhz ram(mushkin and gskill) overclocked to 1800mhz
or
2x Corsair (total 8 gb)
Coolermaster Haf 932 case with 3x230mm and 1x 120mm fan
22xDVD-rw

Options and prices given to me
(older graphics cards because I told him I don't game much)
with 2x8800gt and 8gb ram -> $1370
with 2x8800gt and 12gb ram -> $1460
with 3x8800gt and 8gb ram -> $1460
with 3x8800gt and 12gb ram -> $1550
with 2x8800gtx and 8gb ram -> $1420
with 2x8800gtx and 12gb ram -> $1530
with 4870x2 and 8gb ram -> $1550
with 4870x2 and 12gb ram -> $1630

Thanks!!

 

[philbar71]

get 2 of these for ram. would be a beast of a performer.

Newegg.com - OCZ Reaper HPC 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1800 (PC3 14400) Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

this PSU would be better,

Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies

and go with one of these or 2 if you have the cash to spend and want some extreme gaming.

Newegg.com - BFG Tech BFGEGTX2851024OCPE GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

 

[ginaB519]

The thing is it would have to be with these parts... someone has offered to build it for me... this is what he has... is it worth it??

 

[philbar71]

well the thing with i7 is that you really want the ram to be running in tri channel.

Newegg.com - Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Newegg.com - OCZ Reaper HPC 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1800 (PC3 14400) Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory X2

that's what you should be going for, but the best would to go for the 4870x2 and the 12bg of ram if you have the cash.

 

[ginaB519]

if i do 3x the corsair = 12 gb would that be triple channel?

 

[philbar71]

yes, you want to have the ram, it being triple chanel, and in paris of 3. each stick being 2GB a piece for 12GB in tri channel. meaning 6 sticks of 2gb total.

 

[ginaB519]

can i mix brands and have it still be triple channel? if i follow that format

 

[philbar71]

yes, you can mix brands. just be sure that the ram is triple channel capable.

 

[ginaB519]

thank you so much!!

 

[Pinscher]

Philbar why are you suggesting top of the line graphics cards when he said he barely games??

I would just build it yourself. That PSU seems kinda sketchy, and you're limited to exactly that stuff. Most of it is pretty good stuff, but if he knew what he was doing, he wouldn't be offering dual channel ram with an i7.