LGA 1366 Build - Thoughts on Component Selection

[Jim Davie]

Hey everyone,

While I'm not a noob at building a PC, it has been a while since I've done it.

My needs are a mid to high-end system which allows for some growth, and overclocking abilities. I am not a gamer, but am into great peformance while remaining rock solid.

Here's the componets I'm looking at thus far.

I should note that I hae been buying stuff for the last several months, and what I have yet to purchase is the Motherboard, CPU, RAM and Video card.

Thanks in advance for your toughts and feedback!

Jim


Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Black RC-932-KWN3 Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case with Side window
Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
Newegg.com - Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950
Newegg.com - Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
Newegg.com - Scythe Kaze Master Pro 5.25 Fan Controller
Newegg.com - MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Newegg.com - CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive


Newegg.com - MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5/OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Newegg.com - Hanns·G HZ251HPB Black 25" 2ms X-Celerate OD 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 X-Contrast 15,000:1 DCR (800:1 typical) Built-in Speakers
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - Operating Systems

[flanzig1]

The general thought around here is to use the 1156 socket due to tweeking that needs to be done on the 1366 socket and the X58 chipset and ram. MSI has had some issues with the quailty of their motherboard.
For the Fermi video card, you want the 1gig version

[glc]

If you absolutely must build a socket 1366 system, the only recommended motherboard is the Asus P6TD Deluxe.

However, I would personally build an 1156 system with one of the Asus P7P55 series boards.

If you are not a gamer, why are you buying a GTX460?