New Gaming PC 1500$+

[Drunkenseagull]

Well I just ordered everything, save the RAM, GPUS, and the case.

Got an awesome price on a freakin 1000w PSU
OCZ ZX Series 1000W ATX12V 24PIN Active PFC 80 Plus Gold 83A Power Supply 140MM Fan Black 5 Yr Wrty
152 after rebate, and all the reviews I've read on it are outstanding, 9.5s across, no complaints, plus its fully modular and free shipping 😀.
http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=13220AC6971&vpn=OCZ-ZX1000W&manufacture=OCZ

Anyways, still on the wire about the case.. Down the to element G or the Antec DF-85 I think..

The cards I want are currently out of stock, plan to order when they are in. MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr II OC GeForce GTX 570 Fermi 732MHZ 1280MB 3.8GHZ GDDR5 PCI-E 2XDVI Video Card
340
http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12980BD1893&vpn=N570GTX%20Twin%20Frozr%20II/OC&manufacture=MSI

Going to order the ram from newegg tomorrow, cheaper and only half way across the country as opposed to the other side.
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL
85 After tax n shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231455&cm_sp=Cat_Memory-_-Daily_Deal-_-20-231-455

Kind of leaning toward the antec.. What do you all think?

 

[j3d1]

i think the antec is definately the way to go

 

[Drunkenseagull]

Well I just wanted to thank everyone for their help, I just now ordered the last parts, the GPU and the Case. Yes thats right Gpu, singular, didn't get two, for now.

GTX 580: Got tired of waiting for the two 570 MSI Frozr to be in stock so I got a single MSI 580 GTX Twin Frozr instead with the idea I can buy another down the road and SLi when I need. This also gives me a single powerful GPU for the games that don't support SLi, which is great. Plus Sli 580s out perform the 590, and have infintly more overclocking capability. As well I ended up with a 1000w Psu so I figured hell I might as well make that thing buzz.

Case: Ended up going with the HAF 932 instead of either of the other cases (DF-85 and the element G.) The G didn't have a side window and I decided I could fit a full tower better than a mid if I rearrange. Colorshift is cool but I'd get tired of it after the first day, old case has something similar. DF-85 on the other hand just looks like ***. I like the 3 front fans, and the dust filters, but besides that I'd hate sitting down to it every time I used it.

Haf has excellent airflow. Has front Sata 3.0 Has huge side fan PLUS window. Looks pretty damn good, Red LED front fan. Also it has the option to mount PSU top or bottom.. Seeing as the Frozrs blow air downward into the case I'm actually considering top mounted PSU and somehow installing a fan in the bottom PSU slot, would work so well for cooling those GPUS..

Well anyway, heres the full build.. I'm to tired to link, just gonna give general names:

CPU: Sandy Bridge 2500k
MoBo: Gigibyte Z68X-UD3H
Hard Drive : 1TB WD 64 MB cache Sata3
Case: Haf 932 Advanced
GPU: MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr II
RAM: 8GB 1866 MHZ 9-10-9-28 G skill Rip Jaws
PSU: 1000W OCZ ZX series Gold Certified
Mouse: G 500 Logitech Gaming Mouse
Keyboard: G 110 Gaming Keyboard backlite
CPU cooling: thermaltake 212 (Think its TT)

Monitor: BenQ 120 MHZ 23.6 Inch gaming monitor. (IS BenQ a decent brand..? Someone recommended it earlier and I didn't look at other 120Mhz monitors)

Anyway, total after shipping, tax, and everything else is 2137.58$ CAD. - 20.00 I think for MIR on the PSU. Thinking plus another 350 by the time I need the second 580 GTX.

Hoping to hell it all arrives before or on Friday. Have the weekend off so I can sit on my ass and put together my first self build.

So.. Whos up for assembling support!?!?! 😀

 

[joshyboy82]

Yeah! Single GTX 580 ftw, SLI down the road. Speaking of which...I'm down that road, guess it's that time...