Opinion or suggestions for this build

[duplinjch]

Someone posted a link to this Newegg SuperCombo system that says that it has been featured in an editorial by Tom's Hardware. While I can't find this editorial (I searched with and without parenthesize, but I may just be an idiot) the system looks to be pretty hot. It is a little above my budget, but oh well it is not that much more than I was going to pay for a Dell Studio XPS 8100 from Best Buy just 6 weeks ago.

I am up for opinions on this system and I'd love a link to the editorial about it if someone knows where it is. The main things that I need from this system are for it to run 3 monitors and be able to accept an inexpensive wireless networking card so that I can use it with my wireless printers. I'd also like for it to reliable and reasonably upgradeable.

If anyone thinks I should wait for up to a month for the new processors to have their impact on the market, then I am more than willing to do that. I'm in no big hurry.

Here is the system I saw:

This SuperCombo includes:

* Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor (Model:BX80601950)
* GIGABYTE LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Motherboard (Model:GA-X58A-UD3R)
* PowerColor Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity (Model:AX6870 1GBD5-M2DH) - Total of two units
* Kingston HyperX 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (Model:KHX1600C7D3K3/6GX)
* A-DATA 2.5" 64GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (Model:S599 AS599S-64GM-C) - Total of two units
* SAMSUNG Spinpoint 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Model:F3 HD103SJ)
* Corsair Graphite Series 600T Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
* Seasonic 850W ATX12V v2.31,EPS12V v2.92 80Plus Silver Certified, Active PFC Power Supply (Model:SS-850HT) - OEM
* LITE-ON 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA Internal Blu-ray Burner with 3D Playback LightScribe (Model:iHBS212)
* Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B CPU Cooler
* COOLER MASTER Blade Master 120mm Case Fan (Model:R4-BMBS-20PK-R0)

and here is the direct link to it:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.576572


Once again, thanks for everyone's help and please send any suggestions for changes to this system or for an inexpensive wireless card that can be added to this system.

 

[mdd1963]

The 5870 costs less (XFX model is $259 after rebates at Newegg), and outperforms the 6870 by 10-12%.....

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4061/amds-radeon-hd-6970-radeon-hd-6950/13

 

[duplinjch]

Thanks I'll check on that !

 

[joelmartinez]

intel is releasing Sandy Bridge tomorrow so that will change up your build quite a bit (new CPU, mobo, RAM)

CPU: i5 2500K (unlocked multiplier for easy overclocking)
Mobo: Asus Sabertooth p67
GPU: mdd1963s suggestion is good 2x5870s
RAM: g skill 4gb will be on sabertooth qvl ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231430&cm_re=g_skill_ripjaws_x_4gb_cas_7_2_x_2gb-_-20-231-430-_-Product )
SSD: with two SSDs in RAID you lose TRIM support which means your ssds slow down over time much faster get one 120gb instead here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227551&cm_re=ocz_vertex_2_120gb-_-20-227-551-_-Product
Case: the HAF 922 is cheaper and a great case http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026FCI2U/ref=s9_simh_gw_p23_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1S8T4BZEQKCRC1VEYPJ9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938811&pf_rd_i=507846
Free shipping from amazon
PSU: Get this just as good albeit cheaper xfx instead http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207001&Tpk=xfx%20850w
With Sandy Bridge you will only need a small aftermarket cooler to do major overlocking and minor to moderate will not require anything other than stock

btw your combo link has died

 

[duplinjch]

Thanks for your input. I'm not sure how I'm going to respond to this Sandy Bridge stuff.