Luke
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Well, as some of you may know, i am building a new rig around January sometime. I have been a bit out of the loop for the best tech because i have been busy, but im getting back to it now. I was just putting together a build today to plan out my build. Some of these parts may change depending on price drops, new stuff, etc. Also if you know of something better for the same or cheaper then please let me know.
CPU: I7 860
CPU H/f: Zalman cnps9900nt, or corsair hydro series h50 (depending if it ships with an 1156 bracket from ncix or not, they are pretty much the same price, so why not)
mobo: Asus maximus III Formula
GPU:xfx 5870 (was going to be a 5970, but some stuff happened and it is now out of my budget)
PSU: xfx 850w Black Edition (could possibly change to something else)
Ram: G-Skill Ripjaws 2x2gb x2...for a total of 8gb (i do some photo shop, and multitasking, 8gb is not really needed, but 6gb just seems pointless, why not go to 8 right?)
Monitor: (yep monitor upgrade for this build) asus vw266h 25.5' 2ms
Speakers: (again, upgrading them as well for this build) Most likely going with razer mako's (i love the look of them too)
the colour theme is obviously red (mobo, ram, case fans, gpu are all red.), and green. If i get the zalman cooler i can get it with a green led fan. But if not then only the psu will be red. I would rather if the psu was red instead of green, but i love the look of it either way. This build is also more focused on look then some of my others as well.
already have a full tower haf that i will be using again for this build.
I'm going a little more all out then i usually do for this build. Really i just want to know what you guys think of it?
CPU: I7 860
CPU H/f: Zalman cnps9900nt, or corsair hydro series h50 (depending if it ships with an 1156 bracket from ncix or not, they are pretty much the same price, so why not)
mobo: Asus maximus III Formula
GPU:xfx 5870 (was going to be a 5970, but some stuff happened and it is now out of my budget)
PSU: xfx 850w Black Edition (could possibly change to something else)
Ram: G-Skill Ripjaws 2x2gb x2...for a total of 8gb (i do some photo shop, and multitasking, 8gb is not really needed, but 6gb just seems pointless, why not go to 8 right?)
Monitor: (yep monitor upgrade for this build) asus vw266h 25.5' 2ms
Speakers: (again, upgrading them as well for this build) Most likely going with razer mako's (i love the look of them too)
the colour theme is obviously red (mobo, ram, case fans, gpu are all red.), and green. If i get the zalman cooler i can get it with a green led fan. But if not then only the psu will be red. I would rather if the psu was red instead of green, but i love the look of it either way. This build is also more focused on look then some of my others as well.
already have a full tower haf that i will be using again for this build.
I'm going a little more all out then i usually do for this build. Really i just want to know what you guys think of it?