Vetting My New Build

[nbcrusader]

One lesson I’ve learned in life, never build a computer without vetting the components through the knowledgeable and generous folks here at PCMech. It is time to finally update my old P4 machine.

Proposed New Build – for Gaming, Video Editing, Photoshop (no plans to overclock). No budget constraints. Will use Windows 7 x64 Home Premium.

Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor

ASUS P7P55D LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16

Primary Drive: OCZ Vertex Series OCZSSD2-1VTX60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD)

Data Drive: Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EADS 2TB SATA 3.0Gb/s

LG DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS50

COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 RC-1000-KSN1-GP Black/ Silver Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified

I selected parts that were in stock at Newegg. If there are better parts, I am willing to wait until they are in stock.

Any comments, suggestions or alternatives would be greatly appreciated!

[Khalil]

Looks like an excellent rig, you chose really good components, my only recomendation is that you go either with a Diamond or an Asus for the video card just because Sapphire does not have direct RMA for end users.

[glc]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167005

That would be my SSD of choice if I had to buy one now. I have been told that Intels are the only ones that are truly stable and reliable.

[nbcrusader]

Thank you for the advice!! You guys help so many people with your thoughtful comments and suggestions.

[nbcrusader]

I just noticed that the COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 is no longer carried by NewEgg.

Any suggestions for a large, cool, quiet case? No side window or glowing fans please. No budget limitations.

[David M]

With no budget limitations, look at the Lian-Li cases. Most of the cases have no external lights, large decals, plastic alien heads or any of that crap. They really are very well constructed, professional looking cases. I have three of their cases.

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product...=1&sc_index=25

This is my favorite: http://lian-li.com/v2/tw/flashpage/a70f&a71f/a71f/

At home I call it the Monolith. It looks like the monolith from 2001. Its black, rectangular and large...that's it. There are also some midsized cases that look similar.