It's been about 7 years since I've build a new system, and I've only casually been following hardware changes since then. I started putting the pieces together for a new gaming system I'm going to build, but quickly realized that being out of the loop for so long has left me with lots of questions.
I don't have a firm budget in mind. It's going to be pretty high end, but I'm not going to go crazy a buying i7-980 for instance. I'll be looking to overclock it of course.
Here's what I feel like I've made up my mind on so far:
ASUS VW266H Monitor
Intel Core i7-950
2 x Crucial Real SSD C300 128GB SATA-6GB/s (RAID 0)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB SATA-6GB/s HDD
Lite-On 12X Blu-ray Burner SATA Model iHBS112
So a lot of stuff missing still such as motherboard, memory, PSU, graphics card, etc.
Before I get to that, I have some questions:
With my 1920x1200 monitor, what is the best graphics solution? A single card, or SLI/Crossfire? I'm going to be playing pretty much everything....
I need a motherboard with 3 x SATA-6GB/s connectors for my 2 x SSD and HDD, right? Doesn't seem to be too many of those with this being the only one on newegg that matches my CPU socket as far as I can tell......
Memory recommendations? What's the fastest brands out there these days?
That'll do for now. Thanks
I don't have a firm budget in mind. It's going to be pretty high end, but I'm not going to go crazy a buying i7-980 for instance. I'll be looking to overclock it of course.
Here's what I feel like I've made up my mind on so far:
ASUS VW266H Monitor
Intel Core i7-950
2 x Crucial Real SSD C300 128GB SATA-6GB/s (RAID 0)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB SATA-6GB/s HDD
Lite-On 12X Blu-ray Burner SATA Model iHBS112
So a lot of stuff missing still such as motherboard, memory, PSU, graphics card, etc.
Before I get to that, I have some questions:
With my 1920x1200 monitor, what is the best graphics solution? A single card, or SLI/Crossfire? I'm going to be playing pretty much everything....
I need a motherboard with 3 x SATA-6GB/s connectors for my 2 x SSD and HDD, right? Doesn't seem to be too many of those with this being the only one on newegg that matches my CPU socket as far as I can tell......
Memory recommendations? What's the fastest brands out there these days?
That'll do for now. Thanks