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New build planned. Need general advice
Hi guys.
It WILL happen this time. I guaranty it. I saved money over the last 5½ months to make a 2000$ CAD budget for a brand new computer that will replace my current one.
I will...
* NOT be overclocking.
* be playing some games from time to time.
* be watching Blu-ray movies even if I hate those stupid DRMs.
* NOT be setting up RAIDs
* NOT be setting up CrossFire or SLi
So here are the parts. All price are in Canadian dollars and from Newegg.ca
-----------MODIFIED BUILD WITH RECOMMNADATIONS--------------
Hardware name colored in red = changed. Hardware name colored in green = Added.
CPU Core i7 950 3.06GHz - 318.99$ (Link)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R - 189.99$ (Link)
RAM Corsair XMS3 3x2GB DDR3 1333MHz 9-9-9-24 - 122.49$ (Link)
SSD OCZ Agility 2 OCZSSD2-2AGTE90G 2.5" 90GB - 189$ (Link)
GPU ASUS ENGTX460 GeForce GTX 460 1GB - 247.49$ (Link)
Optical Drive LG UH10LS20 CD/DVD burning + Blu-ray reading support - 99.99$ (Link)
Sound card On-board + HT-Omega Claro Halo - 164.99$ (Link)
Case Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62 - 99.99 (Link)
Power Supply SILVERSTONE DA700 700W (Modular) - 100.99$ (Link)
Monitor Asus VW246H 24" 2ms - 229.99$ (Link)
Accessories
Cables Unlimited Anti-static Wrist Strap With Grounding Wire - 7.49$ (Link)
Nippon Labs Premium 6 ft. HDMI to mini HDMI cable - 9.49$ (Link)
Koutech IO-RC522 All-in-one USB 2.0 Card Reader / Writer - 10.99 (Link)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - 9.99 (Link)
-----------ORIGINAL BUILD-------------
CPU Core i7 950 3.06GHz - 318.99$ (Link)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 - 184.99$ (Link)
RAM Corsair XMS3 3x2GB DDR3 1333MHz 9-9-9-24 - 122.49$ (Link)
SSD G.Skill Phoenix Pro Series FM-25S2S-80GBP2 80GB - 175$ (Link)
GPU EVGA nVidia GeForce GTX 460 - 254.99$ (Link)
Optical Drive LG UH10LS20 CD/DVD burning + Blu-ray reading support - 99.99$ (Link)
Sound card On-board + HT-Omega Claro Halo - 164.99$ (Link)
Case Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62 - 99.99 (Link)
Power Supply Corsair HX Series CMPSU-620HX 620W (Modular) - 112.49$ (Link)
Monitor Asus VW246H 24" 2ms - 229.99$ (Link)
Accessories
Cables Unlimited Anti-static Wrist Strap With Grounding Wire - 7.49$ (Link)
Nippon Labs Premium 6 ft. HDMI to mini HDMI cable - 9.49$ (Link)
--Software/hardware From Current build that will be transfered--
Hitachi 7200RPM 500GB HDD (holds data)
Western Digital VarRPM 1TB HDD (holds data)
Eagle Arion speakers
Samsung ML-2010 Laser Printer
Canon LiDE 200 Scanner
Keyboard (Logitech Media Keyboard Elite)
Mouse (Logitech LX7)
Windows 7 Édition Familiale Premium (Home Premium French)(full retail)
Office 2007
Questions time! EDIT : And those has been answered!
1. Do I need thermal paste (or is there any pre-applied?)
2. Is the SSD a good choice.
3. Enough wattage from PSU?
4. Is there any conflicts or known compatibility problems between two hardware (ex. RAM with Motherboard)
So, do you have any other suggestions to this build? I can change parts as long as I stay UNDER the 2000$ mark. For the SSD, I would like no less than 80GB. I currently use 70GB on my current disk and well, 64GB is not gonna do it.
Hope you guys will help me out through my first real build from scratch.
Later
EDIT
Epic 900th post.