I'm ordering some components to make up a new pc. I'll mostly use it for gaming. I'll give a list of the parts I'm about to use. I would love some of your opinions and advice on compatibility and other more preferable parts than the ones I'm listing. CPU: Intel Core i7 860 link CPU cooler: COOLER MASTER HYPER 212 PLUS link Motherboard: Asus P7P55D-E PRO link RAM: 4096MB Corsair XMS3 DHX TW3X4G1333C9DHX link GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X HD5870 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E link PSU: Corsair HX650W link Optical drive: Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE/RW22xSATA 6xDVD/Pack 1PK link HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS (2 times, no RAID) link HDD (near future): Seagate Barracuda XT (2TB en SATA-III 6Gb/s) link Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D link
Hi go for a core I7 not core I5, if it's gaming and perfomance you want core I7 is the way to go. Stay away from Asus nothing but trouble. Evga are pretty much ontop at the moment. Other than that everythin looks good.
I listed a core i7 as my choice, so don't understand where you get the i5 from And, if I may ask what are your personal experiences with Asus, that you say nothing but trouble? I've never had bad experiences with Asus and they have a good name. But I'm interested in your side of the story.
lol sorry about that had the wrong link from a pervious post. My personal experience with Asus they are utter rubbish since they moved their production to china. I've had a few motherboard of their's which are just instant failures alot of the time they refuse to post and a reset cmos is needed this is even without overclocking. My boss just bought two Asus laptops for Windows 7 installation which installed fine then restarted and wouldn't post. I've got an Asus opticle drive had it for just over a year been used about 20x if that and now won't read disks and refuses firmware updates. So personally I would recommend staying clear.
Auch, that doesn't sound good at all. :-/ Bummer really want the SATA-600 connection though (the real stuff, with their own bridge-chip, to achieve up to 500Mb/s)
why what drives are you going to be using on the sata 6gbit bus? just the caviar blacks and the Barricuda? or you also doing it because it's future proof? for SSD's etc
Indeed future proofness for sata600 SSDs, when they come on market. Also by know I decided to go for two Samsung spinpoint F3 1TB as HDDs. Because of their 500GB platters. Also I will probably look for a cheaper case: HAF932.
