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somerandomsillyguy
06-28-2011, 10:06 PM
I've spent a couple days picking out parts for a BEASTLY god-box. I've never built a computer before, but I've been reading about it, and I THINK this will satisfy all my needs. Here's what I'm working with:

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103913

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231323

ASUS M5A87 AM3+ AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131734

2X HITACHI Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723015BLA642 (0F12114) 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145520

SAPPHIRE FleX 100312FLEX Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with ...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102929

NZXT Apollo Steel Chasis for the case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811146025

CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

ASUS VH222H-P Black 21.5" 5ms HDMI Widescreen Full HD 1080P LCD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6824236067

2X Acer S201HLbd Black 20" 5ms LED-Backlight LCD monitor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6824009256

XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler bracket:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835233082

Pixxo MA-C1G5L Blue 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB RF Wireless Optical mouse:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826664018

Logitech K270 Black USB RF Wireless Standard Keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126198

I'm fresh out of highschool, just got my first programming job, this is the first thousand dollars I've ever earned. It did not come easy. I'm planning on running Linux(I'll try out a couple flavors) and just a little bit of windows. Mostly I'll be using this set for coding and CAD with blender, but I'll also want to watch and edit HD movies and do a bit of heavy gaming. Please let me know if you can think of anything that is unnecessary, crappy, or incompatible, or if there's anything else I should consider in order to make this computer run amazingly. Thank you so much in advance :)

RickyTick
06-28-2011, 11:22 PM
Just from a gaming standpoint, I don't care much for a wireless mouse and kb. That's not to say that it won't work just fine, but there's always a chance of some wireless stutter or signal loss right in the middle of a frag fest.

You could run Ubuntu, and add Wine to it for some Windows compatibility.