Need help building my first PC.

We built a budget minded i5 Sandy bridge over at OCN for about $1400 US $, i'll see if I can find the build and post it here.

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Ok here are the two options we put together. One is using a GTX570 the other is using a 6970. Gives you an idea of whats out there. You can make it cheaper also if your not going to overclock it then don't pay the extra money for the "k" version. That is the unlocked version for overclocking.

Don't forget that he's doing this in Canadian dollars not American. Prices are a little different plus conversion.

We built a budget minded i5 Sandy bridge over at OCN for about $1400 US $, i'll see if I can find the build and post it here.

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Ok here are the two options we put together. One is using a GTX570 the other is using a 6970. Gives you an idea of whats out there. You can make it cheaper also if your not going to overclock it then don't pay the extra money for the "k" version. That is the unlocked version for overclocking.

Don't forget that he's doing this in Canadian dollars not American. Prices are a little different plus conversion.

Those prices are within his budget. The exchange rate is roughly $0.96 CAN to $1.00 US. If hes not over clocking he can drop to a normal 2500 to save a few bucks. Forgot to add in an OS. Win 7 Pro is about $130. Also, by all means he doesnt have to use those exact graphics cards. This is just to give him a rough idea of what you can build for what price range.


Go to newegg.ca for Canadian prices. They are very similar to what I posted. Using the same components as the nvidia build plus adding in Win 7 Pro 64 bit the total is $1,147.92 at newegg.ca

I'm very satisfied with my MSI Big Bang 1366 board's performance.
I steered away from Sandy Bridge when I was building this because of the Sandy Bridge SATA issue.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/sandy-bridge-flaw-recall/

It is supposed to be fixed....just make sure your hardware is in the post fix batch.

Here is what I'm running right now:
Intel I7-X 980 Extreme, 3.3ghz CPU (Have OC'd to 4.1ghz)
MSI Big Bang Extreme 1366 Motherboard
12GB Corsair, 3x4, "Vengence" triple channel Ram
EVGA GTX 570HD Video Cards, 2 in SLI
Corsair 1200 Watt Power Supply
Corsair 800 Case (Friggin awesome case with external drive access)
WD 1GB, Caviar Black, 6mb Hard Drive (main C drive)
WD 2GB, Caviar Black, 6mb Hard Drive (DATA and storage drive)
WD 1GB, Caviar Black, 6mb Hard Drive (C Clone, Cloned every Friday)
Plextor Writable Blue Ray/DVD/CD Drive
Asus DVD/CD Writer
Logitech G15 Keyboard
RAT9 Cordless Mouse, Logitech Performance MX Mouse (Backup)
Sennheiser Headphones
Dell 24" monitor ( I just got a Samsung FX2490HD but haven't even taken it out of the box yet)
NetGear WNDR3700 Router

Have a fun build....I buy everything from Newegg.

Da Old Dog
BikerDog

that's a pricey setup, I have the same extreme processor and just looked it up on line and it's still running around 1000.00

That's a really nice rig...

I'm very satisfied with my MSI Big Bang 1366 board's performance.
I steered away from Sandy Bridge when I was building this because of the Sandy Bridge SATA issue.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/sandy-bridge-flaw-recall/

It is supposed to be fixed....just make sure your hardware is in the post fix batch.

Here is what I'm running right now:
Intel I7-X 980 Extreme, 3.3ghz CPU (Have OC'd to 4.1ghz)
MSI Big Bang Extreme 1366 Motherboard
12GB Corsair, 3x4, "Vengence" triple channel Ram
EVGA GTX 570HD Video Cards, 2 in SLI
Corsair 1200 Watt Power Supply
Corsair 800 Case (Friggin awesome case with external drive access)
WD 1GB, Caviar Black, 6mb Hard Drive (main C drive)
WD 2GB, Caviar Black, 6mb Hard Drive (DATA and storage drive)
WD 1GB, Caviar Black, 6mb Hard Drive (C Clone, Cloned every Friday)
Plextor Writable Blue Ray/DVD/CD Drive
Asus DVD/CD Writer
Logitech G15 Keyboard
RAT9 Cordless Mouse, Logitech Performance MX Mouse (Backup)
Sennheiser Headphones
Dell 24" monitor ( I just got a Samsung FX2490HD but haven't even taken it out of the box yet)
NetGear WNDR3700 Router

Have a fun build....I buy everything from Newegg.

Da Old Dog
BikerDog

Very nice set up! The Sandy Bridge sata issue has been fixed. I got a new mobo that came with the new hardware to fix the issue. Old one had the problems.

This is what I have:

Corsair 800D Case
i7 2600K
Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
Corsair AX1200
2x MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozr II SLI'd
MSI GTS 250 Twin Frozr PhysX
Logitech G500 Mouse
16gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
1.5TB WD Black HDD
750gb WD Black HDD
7 Scythe Ultra KAZE 120mm fans 3000rpm 100+CFM
Samsung SH-S243
19" LCD and Asus 23.6" VE247H

Liquid Cooling:

Swiftech Apogee XT Extreme CPU H20 block
Swiftech MCRES Micro Rev. 2 Small Form Factor / High-Flow Reservoir
Innovatek Eheim HPPS i High Power 12V Water Pump
XSPC RX360 Triple 120mm Radiator
Fluid XP+ Nano-Fluid Liquid Cooling Fluid - Clear
PrimoChill PrimoFlex PRO LRT Tubing 1/2"ID 3/4"OD- UV Blue
Arctic Silver Thermal Compound

Windows 7 Ultimate 32 and 64 bit

wow.... just wow, i use to have a cool computer at one time and hopfully i will again someday.. looking at all these sweet machines makes me wanna chuck this loaner out the window, or shoot it with my AR15

Awwwww......great minds stink alike. ROFLMAO

Love your setup.....Very nice!!!!!

Yeehaw! Yep Marge, I think I like this bunch of cowboys .....
Rolling' Rollin' Rollin, keep them Doggies rollin, .....keep them doggies rolling Rawhide! ..... <Whip Snap>

Yep, I like your squad/clan...... heh heh heh

Da Dog
BikerDog

Ya umm could either of you leave your front door open tonight for no particular reason. I wanna stea.... er I mean review and fix any and all future problems your pcs may have. It may take a while though.

Jezzzzz i like it man.

I'm very satisfied with my MSI Big Bang 1366 board's performance.
I steered away from Sandy Bridge when I was building this because of the Sandy Bridge SATA issue.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/sandy-bridge-flaw-recall/

It is supposed to be fixed....just make sure your hardware is in the post fix batch.

Here is what I'm running right now:
Intel I7-X 980 Extreme, 3.3ghz CPU (Have OC'd to 4.1ghz)
MSI Big Bang Extreme 1366 Motherboard
12GB Corsair, 3x4, "Vengence" triple channel Ram
EVGA GTX 570HD Video Cards, 2 in SLI
Corsair 1200 Watt Power Supply
Corsair 800 Case (Friggin awesome case with external drive access)
WD 1GB, Caviar Black, 6mb Hard Drive (main C drive)
WD 2GB, Caviar Black, 6mb Hard Drive (DATA and storage drive)
WD 1GB, Caviar Black, 6mb Hard Drive (C Clone, Cloned every Friday)
Plextor Writable Blue Ray/DVD/CD Drive
Asus DVD/CD Writer
Logitech G15 Keyboard
RAT9 Cordless Mouse, Logitech Performance MX Mouse (Backup)
Sennheiser Headphones
Dell 24" monitor ( I just got a Samsung FX2490HD but haven't even taken it out of the box yet)
NetGear WNDR3700 Router

Have a fun build....I buy everything from Newegg.

Da Old Dog
BikerDog

So this is what ive come up with. Its a AMD build.


PSU:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=023484

CPU:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=030521

Mobo:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=031516

GPU:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=035091

RAM:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=033194

HDD:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=029866

SSD:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=028372

Case:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... &body=MAIN

Cost : ~1150 $CA (perfect!)

What's left : OS, DVD drive, Monitor, keyboard, speakers and mouse.

One thing im still wondering about, is the sound card. Is it necessary? i would think so, since i want speakers and nice sound. but i have no idea what to take! any recommendations? (under 80$?)

EDIT: oh yeah, are all the parts compatible? i checked, and i think they are, but i didnt go down in small details.

So this is what ive come up with. Its a AMD build.


PSU:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=023484

CPU:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=030521

Mobo:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=031516

GPU:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=035091

RAM:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=033194

HDD:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=029866

SSD:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=028372

Case:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... &body=MAIN

Cost : ~1150 $CA (perfect!)

What's left : OS, DVD drive, Monitor, keyboard, speakers and mouse.

One thing im still wondering about, is the sound card. Is it necessary? i would think so, since i want speakers and nice sound. but i have no idea what to take! any recommendations? (under 80$?)

EDIT: oh yeah, are all the parts compatible? i checked, and i think they are, but i didnt go down in small details.

Get this PSU:
http://canadacomputers.com/product_info ... _id=032196
$50 cheaper and 50 watts less.
And this hard drive is better:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=036103

Me is right about it bob and if i was you i would buy a full tower case not a mid one.

And this hard drive is better:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_ ... _id=036103

Another thing is that if you're going to be for gaming and not just pure processing power, you can go down a few bucks for the highest end P2 X4 black edition instead of the T1090, and then shoot for a higher end card. The 6870 is the brilliant mid-range card, or you could go up to a 6950. Both are great, but I'm not sure if there's a gigantic performance boost between the main two 68X0 cards.

Also, I don't know about anyone else, but probably the thing I look at most out of all the parts is the PC case, and seeing low cost cases just makes me cringe a little. It seems like a simple part, but it can be either beneficent or deficient. I definitely don't want to force a decision on you, so just go with what you feel fits your needs.

Another thing is that if you're going to be for gaming and not just pure processing power, you can go down a few bucks for the highest end P2 X4 black edition instead of the T1090, and then shoot for a higher end card. The 6870 is the brilliant mid-range card, or you could go up to a 6950. Both are great, but I'm not sure if there's a gigantic performance boost between the main two 68X0 cards.

Also, I don't know about anyone else, but probably the thing I look at most out of all the parts is the PC case, and seeing low cost cases just makes me cringe a little. It seems like a simple part, but it can be either beneficent or deficient. I definitely don't want to force a decision on you, so just go with what you feel fits your needs.

I'd stick with an X6, but I think he should stick with the 6850, but just do yourself a favour, get a diff mobo with Crossfire so u can buy what ever card u want in the future and crossfire it. Plus I think crimson mentioned that u can crossfire different sets of cards.