Thoughts on my build please

[battlehawk]

I am a Gamer mostly.
It will be used more for rpg, FPS, and strategy gaming.
Some online as well
Anything I screwed up?

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower

MB: ASUS Rampage II GENE LGA 1366 Intel X58 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Graphics: XFX HD-585A-ZNBC Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB Black Edition 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP

PS: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7

Proc: Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor

Ram: G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ

HDD: HITACHI Deskstar HD31000 IDK/7K (0S00163) 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders

Optical: Sony Optiarc DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model AD-7241S-0B LightScribe Support - OEM

CPU cooler: XIGMATEK Intel Core i7 compatible Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler

Xtra: NZXT Sentry-2 5.25" Touch Screen fan controller - Retail

[Khalil]

That motherboard has endless issues. If you must use this very troubled platform use this motherboard ASUS P6T Deluxe V2.

That video card is cheaply made and that company has very poor customer service. Only 2 ATI card makers I recomend are Asus and Diamond.

Hitachi Hard Drives are ok but you will do yourself a favor buying a Western Digital instead, their failure rate is much lower than Hitachi and if it fails you will get a replacement in less than a week from WD, the Hitachi will fall into the Abyss.

You don't need a seperate CPU cooler. Great power supply choice and good memory.

I highly recomend you forget the X58 chipset and go to the I5 instead.

[battlehawk]

The Gene has alot of issues?
I did a lot of research on it and from what I could find there were a few issues with not recognizing unsupported ram and a few correctable sound card issue but couldn't find anything else other than what happens with every board out there - occasional DOA etc.
Can you point me to a forum or review where they discuss the problems that it has?


Thanks for the input on the other stuff as well, I will consider the changes.

Anyone else?

[David M]

I would go with Khalil's advice. His business has built one hell of a lot of computers and his advice comes from personal experience. He and glc are the two most knowledgeable people in this forum.

[glc]

I'll add my thoughts.

1. The Asus P6TD Deluxe is replacing the P6T Deluxe V2 and it's solid.
2. Definitely replace that Hitachi with a WD Black.
3. My ATI choices are Asus, Diamond, and HIS. Sapphire is also quality, but their end user support is basically nonexistent.

With that said, for GAMING the X58 platform is not necessary. The most bang for the buck is P55, such as the Asus P7P55D or P7P55D-E (SATA 6.0 and USB 3.0) and the i5-750. The only change this would necessitate is a dual channel ram kit (or 2 kits) instead of the triple channel.