Build advise

[mikemelo1369]

Hey everyone,

I'm building my first computer and this is what I have currently. Was wondering if anyone can comment on what I have thus far. Also I'm looking for a good SSD to run my OS. Any suggestions?

Cheers,

Mike

Case: Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 or Antec Twelve Hundred - Not sure yet which one
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000W
CPU: AMD Bulldozer FX-8150
MOBO: Asus Sabertooth 990FX
NIC: Intel EXPL9301CTBLK Network adapter
Harddrive: Seagate 3TB Barracude 7200RPM Sata 3
SoundCard: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium



Video Card: ???? I'm looking to run just 2 monitors... Looking for a good method to do this. Not sure if I should do 2 cards or just the 1
SSD: ??? Looking for more than a 120GB
RAM: Not sure here but I'm liking the AMD performance Edition 8GB DDR3 1600MHz 8-9-8 clock rate. Any advise on the RAM?


Am I missing anything else I would need?

Thanks

[lenehan]

Intel SSD, OCZ SSD best bet. Not sure to others. But that for me.

Video card, depend on your needs. ATI 7950 or GTX660/

You dont need a 1KW power supply.

RAM, many choices, look around which deem fit your system.

[Zka17]

A single Asus GTX670 DCII TOP will do two monitors... and it's a pretty one... 🙂 Not sure on the AMD side... recently I didn't tried any of them...

[mikemelo1369]

Alrighty so I kind of revamped my specs a bit here and took some of your advise... thank you very much for that 🙂

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred = $176
PSU: Antec High Current Pro 750W = $94
CPU: AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 = $180

(MOBO and SSD came at combo price) = 369.98
MOBO: Asus Sabertooth 990FX
SSD: Crucial M4 256GB

RAM: 16GB AMD performance 1600Mhz 8CL = $100
NIC: Intel Gigabit CT 10/100/1000 PCI-E Ethernet Network Adapter = $37.90
Harddrive: Seagate 3TB Barracude 7200RPM Sata 3 - $140
SoundCard: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Free I have it on my other PC I'm getting rid of
Video Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 670 - $419


Grand total = $1516.88 + taxes 😞 = $1714.07

[HiVizMan]

Is there any particular reason you need a dedicated NIC, is there a problem with the Sabertooths built in LAN?

Other wise nice build.

[kkn]

drop the NIC unless you plan to do other things whit it. ( my opinnion ).

[lenehan]

Unless he is thinking of network teaming which is very rare accept for server.

[Retired]

Does darkfleet has vent hole in the floor, for psu?

if not, its a tall case, and the cpu 12v cable may end up short, if psu is turned with fan in the up position... just a thought

[sectionate]

I'd wait to purchase the 8150 as prices are about to drop with upcoming new design. One would think that a new amd chip
series should be coming

http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-A-FX-and-Phenom-II-Series-Processors-Now-Up-to-23-Cheaper-288105....

[mikemelo1369]

Thanks for all the advise and heads up everyone. Really appreciate the input. I'll wait off a bit to see what new comes to the market and then build 🙂 Cheers.