I just bought parts to build a new computer system. I spent way too much money on it, but I think it should be pretty nice. Also, the system should have a lot of room for upgrades in the future.
The system has the following parts:
Intel i7 920 2.66 GHz Processor I was thinking about going with a Quad core processor since I could save money on the CPU, motherboard, and RAM, but I decided to splurge on the new architecture since it is supposed to perform well and I’ll be able to upgrade the CPU later without having to get a new motherboard. Also, this CPU apparently can do a decent overclock under air cooling – probably up to 3.5-3.8 GHz without much trouble.
Cooler Master HAF 932 Case I probably could have saved money on the case, but I thought this one looked cool. It should give good air flow to keep the components cool.
Scythe Mugen 2 Cooler Most components in Japan are super expensive, but this looks like a nice CPU cooler that was cheaper than what I could get in America. Right now, the selection isn’t great for LGA 1366 socket coolers, but maybe I got lucky ordering in Japan for this one. And I hope it fits in my system.
Western Digital VelociRaptor 300 GB Hard Drive I’m gonna move a 500 GB drive from my old computer for storage and a 75 GB drive to use for Ubuntu, so I thought I’d buy this fast drive for my windows drive.
BFG GTX 260 MaxCore OC2 Only one video card for now. This one comes with a factory overclock (630 MHz vs. 576 MHz for the reference design). Hopefully, I can bump it up a little more.
Samsung 2443BW 24 inch LCD Monitor Got this from Amazon.co.jp where it was only $300 bucks and shipped over night for like 2 dollars. Seems like a good deal for a pretty big monitor.
Corsair 1000HX Power Supply I probably spent too much on the power supply, but it’ll be good for future upgrades. If I want, I could add 2 more video cards to run in Tri-SLI. Also, everywhere I read said not to buy an off-brand power supply.
6 GB (3×2 GB) Patriot Viper 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM Hopefully this is more RAM than I’ll ever need. I also got the 64-bit version of Windows Vista so that the system can recognize more than 4 GB of memory. But if I ever want more RAM when the prices go down, my motherboard has 3 more slots where I could put in another 6 GB. I got 1600 MHz instead of 1333 MHz to give more head room for overclocking.
EVGA x58 SLI Motherboard This can accomodate up to 3 graphics cards and 12 GB of RAM and can handle overclocking. Of course it has networking, sound, USB onboard.
LG Blu-ray Burner Not sure if I’ll need a blu-ray burner, but I thought it would be nice to have. And since I’ll have an HD monitor, I thought it would be good to be able to play HD media.
The total for the system was about $2100 plus $300 for the monitor and $170 for Vista 64. And I’ll probably have to pay about $100 for my brother to ship all the stuff to me from America. Hopefully I can start putting this badboy together in a couple weeks.
sneaky
Wow! And I thought my computer I bought last year was expensive. Good move on the Blu-Ray. I have a player hooked up to my HD and its marvelous. Nothing like watching “The Dark Knight” in Blu-ray! You’re certainly going to have fun building that!
I priced a similar system on Dell with Monitor and Vista64 ultimate and it came out to some where between $3000 and $3200. So I’m saving $400 or $500 dollars not getting a Dell and have a little more flexibility in the components. But the Dell gaming rig did look pretty nice, especially the case’s AlienFX lighting (The case is divided into 5 zones and you can pick between 16 colors to light up each zone, controlling it in software on the computer…and having different lighting schemes for different programs…pretty cool)
But I’ll also enjoy putting it together myself.
My main worry is getting a bum component. If something doesn’t work, it’ll be a real hassle to exchange it.
うらやましー
Fuck you and your job-having self.