New/first build!

I've always wanted to build my own gaming PC. Now, I'm going to do so.

Here's a list of components:

• Motherboard MSI Z68A-GD80 Newegg.com - MSI Z68A-GD80 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $229.99 FREE
• Processor/CPU Intel Core-i5 2500K @ 3.3GHz Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K $224.99 NEWEGG
• Video Card (GPU) MSI N560GTX Twin Frozr II/OC Newegg.com - MSI N560GTX Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $216.99 FREE
• Memory (RAM) G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM $99.99 NEWEGG
• Power Supply (PSU) Rosewill Xtreme RX750-S-B 750W Newegg.com - Rosewill Xtreme Series RX750-S-B 750W Continuous @40°C ,80 PLUS Certified, ATX12V v2.2 & EPS12V v2.91, SLI Ready CrossFire Ready, Active PFC Compatible with Core i7, i5 Power Supply $89.99 NEWEGG
• SSD OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SATA II Newegg.com - OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $79.99 NEWEGG
• HDD Samsung Spinpoint 1TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache 3Gbps Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $59.99 STORE
• Case Thermaltake Armor A60 Newegg.com - Thermaltake Armor A60 Gaming Mid-Tower Chassis With Cable Management Water Cooling SSD Support And Tool-Less Installation VM20001W2Z $59.99 NEWEGG
• DVD Lite-On DVD Burner Newegg.com - LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - CD / DVD Burners $25.99 STORE
• WiFi Encore ENEWI-2XN42 Wireless N300 Newegg.com - ENCORE ENEWI-2XN42 IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express Wireless N300 Adapter, 2dBi Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates 64/128-bits WEP Encryption
• WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA, WPA2 $19.99 NEWEGG
• Card Reader LOGISYS FP528BK Newegg.com - LOGISYS FP528BK All-in-one USB 2.0 3.5" Internal Card Reader $8.99 NEWEGG

TOTAL $1,116.89

MSI was nice enough to provide me the motherboard and the GPU.

Any thoughts on it? Can't wait to get everything!

Yeah, I should have, but oh well. Looks good, decent price. I think I've used their PSUs before when doing some small repair work for some people. I think 750W was a bit too much. Wasn't sure, so I went for 750W anyway :).

*shivers* Don't like the case... ...

I'm still rocking my Acer P244W. Love it :). Don't really feel the need for a better display.

I was a bit hesitant with the case, but maybe it's one of those products that look better in person :). Just wish it didn't have the USB 3.0 cable hanging out of the back. Wish it used an internal header or something.

UPDATE! Just finished getting everything put together. Working on getting all the drivers and whatnot installed onto Windows 7 Professional (x64, SP1).

Here are a few pics:


For being my first build EVER, I'd say that I did pretty good :). Cables could've been neater if I used a modular PSU, but I shoved all the extra crap behind the other side panel.

Looks good for your first time, what I have learned is that the foundations of the system is pretty important. Meaning, you want to have the space and capacity of the hardware for future upgrades.