First Desktop Building - Need guidance

[elle]

okay so here's my final list of stuffs .. Setup will be 2 monitor and 2 gpu cards

Power Supply . . . . . Newegg.com - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

Processor . . . . . Newegg.com - Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K

Motherboard . . . . . Newegg.com - ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

RAM . . . . . Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

Video Card . . . . . Newegg.com - EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1372-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

CPU Cooler . . . . . Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7

HDD . . . . . Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive


Are these all good and capable?

The main use of the computer will not be for gaming. I'm not much of a gamer. But it will need speed and good graphics for rendering high reso videos and 3d animation.

[glc]

You don't need 2 graphics cards for 2 monitors, one decent card will do just fine and the one you chose is quite decent. You only need to buy one.

Save some money and get this power supply:

Newegg.com - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

Replace the ram with this:

Newegg.com - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9B

Good to go, add a case and an optical drive.

[elle]

okay - I have a question. What is the difference between using just 1 gpu card against 2 gpu cards? Will it be a huge difference?

And what is the difference of a CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 against CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650? Which one will perform better if in case I use 2 monitor and 2 gpu cards?

And why CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB? Why not G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB? Their like the same except for the brand.

[glc]

The only advantage with 2 cards would be in SLI playing very high end GAMES - and a stronger single card would actually be better in that case. Almost ALL video cards these days have dual monitor outputs. A single 460 would be MORE than good enough to render high res video and 3D animation, and you really don't even need the factory overclocked model. However, with that said, it's going to be dependent on the software you use to do your animations and video editing - you may want a different SINGLE card.

A high quality 650 watt power supply is more than strong enough for any single graphics card made.

G.skill has been having quality and compatibility issues, and the Vengeance is probably the best ram available for that motherboard - it's 1.5 volt XMP ram.

[elle]

well said! Thank you glc. I'll take your advice. I just hope those are all available here in my country.

another thing, what's the good case in the market? I like those that are transparent. I think it's cool to put led fans on them.hehe

[flanzig1]

Cases are pretty much a personal choice especially when it comes to the bling.
As for quaility cases, Antec and Coolermaster are good. There are other good brands.