Well after 8 hours of non stop building, wiring, re-wiring, and double checking the stability of everything, i finally finished my second computer build.
Computer Hardware:
Intel i7-950 3.06GHZ LGA 1366 Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211
Gigabyte GA-X56A Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128413
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 Graphic Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125353
Corsair XMS3 6GB DDR3 1600 RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145236
Corsair HX 850W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116036 (Pending Arrival)
Cooler Master GeminII CPU Cooler/Heatsink
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103046
Case:
NZXT Phandom Black Steel/Plastic ATX Full Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146068
NZXT Sentry LX LCD Fan Controller
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811992004
SATA Drives
Sony Blu-Ray Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118050 (Pending Arrival)
Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118040
Seagate 500GB 7,200RPM Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395
Seagate 1TB 7,200RPM Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433
Neon Lighting
Logisys CLK15GN 15" Dual Green Cold Cathode
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16800888072
Logisys CLK15BL 15" Dual Blue Cold Cathode
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16800888073
Logisys CF120BL 120mm BLUE 4 LED Case Fan (5 Total Installed)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999479
Total Cost: 1644.76$~
The only thing that I'm already disappointed with is the hard drive performance, but everything else is an awesomely good 7.5/7.9 score on the windows benchmark.
I wanted to go with solid state drives but who the hell wants to pay like 200$ for a 60GB solid state drive at the moment. Way too expensive and i was on SOMEWHAT of a budget. The two neon colors actually worked out the way i wanted it to, a perfect mix and almost a teal radiance to it.
Also if you notice, i took extreme OCD care on the cable management this time around as the first PC i ever build in 2007 is a wiring nightmare and cords often rub against fans and annoy the ***out of me.
I'm curious on the input of people who may know about the keyboard and mouse i am interested in.
Razer Naga Mouse:
Razr Lycosa Keyboard:
Does anyone have any experience with either of these? In either case thanks for reading and checking out my new build, i was excited as hell to finally build my second custom PC. Luckily it will easily take the week of FFXI being down to plan the network schematics and prepare a backup of all my information and prepare the entire home for a re installation.
Next up i need to order 3 new monitors as i want to sell my current 3 dell ones.
I'm semi-interested in these monitors here:
Acer G215
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009275
Not a bad monitor for $134.99 and the display goes up to 1920 x 1080. I currently use 3 Dell 20" monitors which are stuck at 1680 x 1050 at this moment.