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09-09-2011, 11:19 AM
Hi All, I'm looking to assemble my first system and was hoping to get some feedback, mostly to help me overcome the paranoia that I've made a mistake somewhere. The components I've chosen are largely based on the recommended High-End AMD build:
Case (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216): COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN2 CM690 II Advanced Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021):CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W
Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131646):ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD
CPU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727):AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache
RAM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311):G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161372):HIS IceQ X Turbo H695QNT2G2M Radeon HD 6950 2GB
Hard Drive (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533):Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204):ASUS 24X DVD Burner
Monitor (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824262011):HANNspree By Hanns-G HF225DPB Black 21.5" 5ms
Note that I already have a keyboard/mouse and Windows 7 Enterprise (x64 bit).
My main questions are (in order of concern):
1) Does everything look compatible? Did I miss something?
2) Is any component clearly "overpowered" compared to the others? That is, is there anywhere I could cut costs without losing much performance. Alternatively, are any of the components clearly a weak-link in the chain, and likely to be a performance bottle-neck?
3) If anyone has this processor, have you found the stock cooler to be sufficient? If I want to overclock sometime in the future, is upgrading the cooler a must?
4) Am I locked into using an AMD processor forever, or can the other components be used with an Intel processor and motherboard?
Thank you!
Case (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216): COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN2 CM690 II Advanced Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021):CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W
Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131646):ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD
CPU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727):AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache
RAM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311):G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161372):HIS IceQ X Turbo H695QNT2G2M Radeon HD 6950 2GB
Hard Drive (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533):Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204):ASUS 24X DVD Burner
Monitor (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824262011):HANNspree By Hanns-G HF225DPB Black 21.5" 5ms
Note that I already have a keyboard/mouse and Windows 7 Enterprise (x64 bit).
My main questions are (in order of concern):
1) Does everything look compatible? Did I miss something?
2) Is any component clearly "overpowered" compared to the others? That is, is there anywhere I could cut costs without losing much performance. Alternatively, are any of the components clearly a weak-link in the chain, and likely to be a performance bottle-neck?
3) If anyone has this processor, have you found the stock cooler to be sufficient? If I want to overclock sometime in the future, is upgrading the cooler a must?
4) Am I locked into using an AMD processor forever, or can the other components be used with an Intel processor and motherboard?
Thank you!