Building a new computer, need input

steel865

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As i said in the title i am building/upgrading my pc, and this is what i have come up with, if anyone could give suggestions on if items will conflict, or other components that might work better then please let me know :D

just so i dont have to repeat myself ill add a * next to the items i already have

System Manufacturer/System Model
home built

Os
*Windows 7 professional 64bit

CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-880 Processor
(8M Cache, 3.06 GHz)

Motherboard
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe -Xtreme Design - Hybrid Series

Memory
*CORSAIR DDR3 16GB PC3-16000 (4x DOMINATOR GT 4GB) 2000MHz C9

Graphics Card
Asus Nvidia ENGTX5802DI1536MD5 GTX580, 1536MB GDDR5, 782Mhz, 2x DVI, mini-HDMI, PCIE2.0, DX11

Sound Card
*C-Media PCI Audio 5.1 Surround Sound

Monitor(s) Displays
*Okano 55" Full HD LCD TV - 1920 X 1080 Resolution - HDMI Input - 139cm / 55 Inch LCD Screen (Full HD) Resolution - Built in HD Tuner
*2X Asus 24" VH242H BLACK LCD - FULL HD - 5MS / WUXGA 1920x1080 / D-SUB / DVI / HDMI / SPKS

Screen Resolution
1920x1080 X3

Hard Drives/Burners
*Seagate ST31000528AS 1TB
*Western Digital - WD10EADS-00M2B0 1TB
Corsair Force 60GB SSD Drive

*Sony Optiarc DVD RW AD-7240S
*Sony Optiarc DVD RW AD-7240S
Pioneer BDR-206BK Blu-Ray Burner

PSU
Corsair AX1200 1200W Professional Series™ Gold AX1200 — 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully-Modular Power Supply

Case
Corsair Graphite Series™ 600T Mid-Tower Case

Cooling
*Twin 200mm cooling fans with white LEDs
*(x1) 120mm Fan

Keyboard
Logitech G19 Keyboard

Mouse
Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700

Joystick
*Logitech Attack™ 3 Joystick

Internet Speed
*TP-LINK 150Mbps Wireless Lite-N Adapter

Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x IEEE 1394a
2 x LAN(RJ45) port
8 x USB 2.0/1.1
10 -Channel Audio I/O
1 x Clr CMOS switch
1 x PS/2 Keyboard (Purple)
1 x PS/2 mouse port (Green)
1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
1 x Optical S/PDIF Output

Internal I/O Connectors
3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB ports
1 x IDE connector
7 x SATA connectors
1 x IEEE 1394a connector
1 x CPU Fan connector
1 x Power Fan connector
2 x Drive Xpert SATA connectors (navy blue and gray)
2 x Chassis Fan connector (1x4-pin, 1x3-pin)

Front panel audio connector
1 x S/PDIF Out Header
1 x CD audio in
1 x 24-pin ATX Power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector

System Panel(Q-Connector)
1 x TURBO_CON header (for TurboV Remote)
1 x MemOK! button
1 x Power on switch
1 x Reset switch
 
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Steel - Perplexity
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU
Intel CORE i7 3820 - LGA 2011
Motherboard
Asus BF3 Edition Rampage IV Extreme - LGA2011
Memory
32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX 580 3G Phantom 3GB
Sound Card
C-Media PCI Audio 5.1 Surround Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
2x Samsung 27" BLACK LED
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Corsair Force Series 3 240GB SSD
Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB, 10000rpm
Seagate 1TB 7200rpm
Western Digital 2TB 7200rpm
Western Digital 1TB 5400rpm

Pioneer Blu-Ray Writer
PSU
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W
Case
Cooler Master Cosmos II
Cooling
Corsair H100 Liquid CPU Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech G19
Mouse
Zalman FPSGUN
Internet Speed
24mbit/s
It's all a question of taste, but you seem to have it down to a science.

I personnally like the cooler master HALF X case better. Has 2 usb 3 and a sata.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus
OS
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1
CPU
I5 875K Unlocked
Motherboard
P7P55D-E-PRO
Memory
Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3-1600MHz 9-9-9-27 @ 1.65V XMP
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD 732 MHz GPU 1280 MB, 152 GB Mem
Sound Card
Onboard Via 1828S
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung T240 HD
Screen Resolution
Dual 1920X1200 1027X768
Hard Drives
OCZ Vertex II Extended Sandforce SSD 60 Gig 2X WD Black Caviar 1 terabyte 6GBS Transer Sata 3 Marvell Chip
PSU
Corsair Gold fully Modular 80 Plus 850
Case
Coolermaster Half X Full Tower
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12P
Keyboard
MS
Mouse
MS
Internet Speed
Fast enough
Other Info
My fridge has a water tap
Personally i would swap out the Seagate and get two Western Digitals, caviar blacks 1tb.

I would also swap that PSU, unless you are going to be sticking a water cooling kit and sli gtx580, get a 900w or even a 1000w.
I have 1200w and sometimes i think its a bit overkill for my setup.

Perhaps, skip the Logitech g19, nice keyboard but there are hardly any apps that work with it, try a Logitech g510, bit cheaper and a lot more apps work with it.

Apart from those, looks good enough to eat.

Luckly

Edit: have you thought about Sandy bridge instead for CPU i7-2600k, supposed to be very very very good. But... just a thought.
 
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
The HAFmeister (Custom)
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM + SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHZ (OC'd to 3.99Ghz)
Motherboard
Asus Rampage III Extreme x58 SATA 6GB & USB 3.0
Memory
6GB OCZ Reaper HPC Edition PC3-16000 (set 1606Mhz 8-8-8-26)
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA Nvidia Geforce GTX 570
Sound Card
Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SM2433BW 24" Widescreen Monitor
Screen Resolution
1920x1200
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 32Mb Buffer SATA II
Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB 32Mb Buffer SATA II
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 16Mb Buffer SATA II
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 750GB USB
Samsung Spinpoint 2TB SATA II
PSU
Thermaltake Toughpower 1200w (Modular)
Case
CoolerMaster HAF-932
Cooling
Zalman Reserator XT and ZM-WB5 Plus - GPU uses Stock coolers
Keyboard
Logitech G510
Mouse
Logitech G9 Gaming Mouse
Internet Speed
3MB Profile - 350-400kbs (Real-Speed)
Other Info
IcyBox Hot-Swap Bay,
Logitech G27 Steering Wheel,
Xbox 360 Wirless Elite Controller with Microsoft Reciever and
Play & Charge Kit,
Belkin USB Wireless Adaptor,
GAME Generic Controller (Playstation Looky-Likey),
Epson SX125 All-in-One.
Ditto on drives, 2 6gbs if you have the marvel chip on the board.

I have 2 and data reads well. Be sure to turn off defrag on SSD
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus
OS
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1
CPU
I5 875K Unlocked
Motherboard
P7P55D-E-PRO
Memory
Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3-1600MHz 9-9-9-27 @ 1.65V XMP
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD 732 MHz GPU 1280 MB, 152 GB Mem
Sound Card
Onboard Via 1828S
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung T240 HD
Screen Resolution
Dual 1920X1200 1027X768
Hard Drives
OCZ Vertex II Extended Sandforce SSD 60 Gig 2X WD Black Caviar 1 terabyte 6GBS Transer Sata 3 Marvell Chip
PSU
Corsair Gold fully Modular 80 Plus 850
Case
Coolermaster Half X Full Tower
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12P
Keyboard
MS
Mouse
MS
Internet Speed
Fast enough
Other Info
My fridge has a water tap
i already have the hdd's they are in the computer i am using now, so instead of buying new ones i thought id just use the one's i have
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Steel - Perplexity
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU
Intel CORE i7 3820 - LGA 2011
Motherboard
Asus BF3 Edition Rampage IV Extreme - LGA2011
Memory
32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX 580 3G Phantom 3GB
Sound Card
C-Media PCI Audio 5.1 Surround Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
2x Samsung 27" BLACK LED
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Corsair Force Series 3 240GB SSD
Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB, 10000rpm
Seagate 1TB 7200rpm
Western Digital 2TB 7200rpm
Western Digital 1TB 5400rpm

Pioneer Blu-Ray Writer
PSU
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W
Case
Cooler Master Cosmos II
Cooling
Corsair H100 Liquid CPU Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech G19
Mouse
Zalman FPSGUN
Internet Speed
24mbit/s
So, you like them?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus
OS
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1
CPU
I5 875K Unlocked
Motherboard
P7P55D-E-PRO
Memory
Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3-1600MHz 9-9-9-27 @ 1.65V XMP
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD 732 MHz GPU 1280 MB, 152 GB Mem
Sound Card
Onboard Via 1828S
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung T240 HD
Screen Resolution
Dual 1920X1200 1027X768
Hard Drives
OCZ Vertex II Extended Sandforce SSD 60 Gig 2X WD Black Caviar 1 terabyte 6GBS Transer Sata 3 Marvell Chip
PSU
Corsair Gold fully Modular 80 Plus 850
Case
Coolermaster Half X Full Tower
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12P
Keyboard
MS
Mouse
MS
Internet Speed
Fast enough
Other Info
My fridge has a water tap
I'm surprised that with the bucks you're gonna lay down on the i7-880, you didn't opt to go with the i7-2600k.
Granted, you have to wait to April for the new motherboards, you may have a greater advantage with the next generation of
boards and processors.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
CPU
Intel Core i7-4790
Motherboard
GA-Z87X-D3H
Memory
G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon R7 250
Sound Card
Realtek ALC892
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung UN32EH5000, Dell 1703FPT
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080, 1280 x 1024
Hard Drives
WD5003AZEX
WD10EZEX
Samsung HD103SJ
Samsung 128 GB 840 PRO
PSU
SeaSonic M12II SS-500GM
Case
Fractal Design Define R4
Cooling
Zalman CNPS9900ALED
Keyboard
Logitech K800
Mouse
Logitech M705
Internet Speed
16 Mbps
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Bose Companion 2 Multimedia Speakers
Yeah, I would buy a Sandy bridge now, if you can wait a month or so. They appear to run cooler and be overcloked to higher GHz on air than their predecessors. Plus you get all the new architecture, native 6Gb/s SATA and plenty of inoperable 3 Gb/s SATA ports :D And ASUS has some awesome 1155 boards.

but maybe your like me, slightly trailing edge.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 4
OS
Windows 10 Pro. EFI boot partition, full EFI boot
CPU
i7 4770k 4.4GHz (44-44-43-43 turbo) @ 1.248V
Motherboard
ASUS Maximus VI Hero
Memory
16GB (8GBx2) @2200 MHz G.skill Sniper 10-11-10-30-1, 1.6V
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
Sound Card
Onboard SupremeFX Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1200
Hard Drives
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB (OS), Samsung 2x 128GB 840 Pro SSD in RAID0, 3x WD Blue 6Gb/s 1TB RAID0, WD 2TB Black external USB 3.0, 2TB WD20EARS Green external USB 3.0, 2x 500GB Seagate and 1 750 GB external USB, 1x 350GB external USB3
PSU
Seasonic X-850 (2012 KM3 model)
Case
Fractal Design Define R4
Cooling
NH-D14, NF-F12, NF-A15; NF-P14, NF-P12,NF-A14, S12A PWM
Keyboard
Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid - Brown
Mouse
Logitech G602
Internet Speed
126.4 Mb/s down, 24.3 Mb/s up
Other Info
USB 3.0 x8 , SATA III x8, eSATA, USB 2.0 x6. Samsung DVD R/W drive.

WEI: CPU 7.8, Memory 7.9, Graphics 7.9, Disk 7.9
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