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Old 11-28-2010, 11:31 AM   #1
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Building 1st PC and looking for some advice

I am going to attempt to build my own PC, so I was looking for some advice. It will be mainly be used for gaming and just browsing the net. I am the very early stages, but these are the parts ive been looking at:

Processor: Intel core i7 950 3.06ghz

Motherboard: Asus psx58d

Hard drive: western digital caviar black 2TB

Ram: corsair dominator 6 6gb (2x 3gb) 12800 1600mhz

Power supply: corsair 750w

Video card: Evga geforce 1280mb gtx470

Solid state drive: Kingston 64gb

OS: Windows 7

Dvd drive: Lite-on light scribe 24x SATA DVD+/rw drive

These are the items vie been looking at, but I was wondering if their could be any issues here or some better parts I could choose. Any help would be appreciated.
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Old 11-28-2010, 12:12 PM   #2
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We don't recommend the X58 platform unless you have a specific need for it and you are an experienced builder. The difference in performance between it and a properly speced out P55 is very small, and you can save some money.

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Dual channel 1333 MHz or low voltage 1600 ram - 4gb x 2 kit if you want more than 4gb
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