Need help building a system!

[Redbull]

Hey guys, I am building a system (My first time! :D)and I need your help.

I know the basics, and by reading a couple of tutorials here and there, it looks easy.
I have taken apart my current PC and played around with it and put it back successfully
without having anything blow up. I was previously going to buy a prebuilt, but since it
will save me a couple hundred bucks, why not just build one? Okay so here is what I need...

It has to include:

An i7 920
A GTX 285 Graphic card (or a 295 if in price range)
At least 4 or 6 gb ddr3 1333 ram (the more the merrier)
1 TB HDD seems fine 7200 rpm or something I don't really know what's the best
Power supply can be whatever it needs to be to run everything
A VERY NICE case
A good motherboard with good built in wifi, etc
And for an OS... I hear vista x64 is good? Ultimate seems fine...
(Will buy windows 7 later on)
My price range is around 1200$, not including this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236049)
So if you combine the screen + everything, make it less than 1500$
I have everything else / will buy later on in the future... (Mouse, etc.)

Remember, I am a noob at this so don't yell at me if you have
no idea what I am talking about :p. I couldn't find a better
forum to post this if I tried, so here you are, go crazy.

Redbull

[T Rush]

... so here you are, go crazy.
I think you are on the right track

basically to run the 1920 x 1080 x 24" x 60Hz/fps monitor you picked, something like a GTX 275/285 would be a fine video card, but on those the "next gen" $300~$500 cards are coming soon, so beware of buying in that top-end range until that happens
...if you are not needing dual/multi video cards, which no one ever does if they can wait a whole 18months for the next-gen, then the LGA-1366/X58 platform with current Core i7 is kinda hard to stomach....and AM3/Phenom or LGA-1156/Lynnfield would be wiser at your ~$1200 'box' budget

I'm personally more interested in some of your 'keeper' hardware(like not a video card or CPU, which at most last about 18months~3years) like things such as the case, PSU, CD/DVD/BR/SSD/Hard drives and monitor...as those will still be usable long after everything else's time has come and gone

[jon_hill987]

Don't get 4 GB of RAM, the X58 motherboard (which you will need for the i7) works best with triple channel DDR3 so you need three or 6 sticks. 3x2GB is a good bet.

[Redbull]

I think you are on the right track

basically to run the 1920 x 1080 x 24" x 60Hz/fps monitor you picked, something like a GTX 275/285 would be a fine video card, but on those the "next gen" $300~$500 cards are coming soon, so beware of buying in that top-end range until that happens
...if you are not needing dual/multi video cards, which no one ever does if they can wait a whole 18months for the next-gen, then the LGA-1366/X58 platform with current Core i7 is kinda hard to stomach....and AM3/Phenom or LGA-1156/Lynnfield would be wiser at your ~$1200 'box' budget

I'm personally more interested in some of your 'keeper' hardware(like not a video card or CPU, which at most last about 18months~3years) like things such as the case, PSU, CD/DVD/BR/SSD/Hard drives and monitor...as those will still be usable long after everything else's time has come and gone

1. So your saying that if I want a single card I will be better off with something like an and phenom 2 x4?

2. And for my current pc parts, trust me, I have a dinasour agp pc that rus slower than my phone, so I need new internal parts.

My current pc is a Sony vaio pcvrx660.

Pentuim 4 1.8 ghz
1 gig ram
80 gb failing hdd
15 inch CRT
Radeon HD 3650 agp x4 not x8.

[Redbull]

Bump. :)

[<--DGK-->]

For Graphics go for a GTX 295 Co-op FTW (single PCB) 1 is good enuf its 2 GPU in 1 anyway,it costs tho.

For PSU get Corsair HX1000W its a 1k Watt PSU,Pros use it and its price is Reasonable.Or go high END like Enermax Evo Galaxy 1250W.Juz dont get the ULTRA PSUs they have SLI complications.

For a MOBO read their specs specially its size,your Case should support your MOBO's size.Try checking out EVGA's i7 MoBos or look @ some cheap MoBos like Asus Rampage.I recommend EVGA MoBos.

As for HDD you dont need a 1Tb (unless youre a Movie,Games,Etc collector).
Go for something like 300-500gb 10k RPM i reccomend Western Digital

And for RAM u HAVE to go for 3x 2gb DDR3 16000mhz,18000mhz,20000mhz sticks go for Corsair or G-skill,yo dont need a 12gb RAM set upunless youre a File transfer maniac.were talking about like 10-20gigs file transferring.

And for CPU Cheapest is the i7 920s grab the DO stepping ver. It overclocks to 4ghz w/o feeding it too much voltage.Like you can achieve 3.8ghz with juz more or less 1.2v using an after market Cooler.

For Cases.its up to you.theres a lot of cases there.try looking out for these HAF 922/932,Corsair Obsidian,Silverstone TJ07.these are good cases for Watercooled or Aircooled set up,VERY LARGE interior space!

as For style.
I recommend the Case im using..Silverstone Raven RV01.

For OS you dont have to buy an OS seriously.u know what i mean.$200+ for juz an OS isnt worth cuz u can get it free somewhere out there haha.betta spend that 200bucks ye have on hardware.


These are jus MY recommendations from my point of view.
you should;
1.Get a Case 1st
2.then PSU
3.then Mobo followed by CPU+RAM (dont forget the CPU cooler)
4.next GPU
it doesnt matter really w/c one 1st but...its good thing to get things in order so you mess up in the future.

Juz buy a hardware part 1 at a time.and dont rush things up.Plan,read,search carefully man. were talking bout money here,so u dun wanna grab a wrong hardware,like i did with those ULTRA PSUs.

Heres my RIG http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s41/boneless360attack/Project%20Illiminatti%202/

Or try visiting my Rigs Worklog here http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=100372

hope i helped you decide.

[Baron_Fel]

Id go with a i7 860/P55/5870 system with that budget. A Corsair 850W will suffice and its not that expensive atm.

[renegadeafk]

Yeah I'd VERY highly recommend getting the 5870 that just came out if you are going high end, amazing performing card and you get direct11 future proofing you a bit.