Thread: Building a Computer - Require Assistance

I'm not too good at this, and it's my first time actually building a computer. I have some knowledge on the subject, but not enough for me to trust my own judgment. So far everything looks okay, but I'm sure I might actually be wrong.

I need two things. One, for someone to make sure all these parts are compatible with each other. I'm pretty sure they are, but I most definitely could be mistaken. Two, to make sure I'm not missing or forgetting anything.

Mobo: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&sku=A455-2855

CPU: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...sku=CP1-I7-920

Graphics Card: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...09&sku=B52-280

Sound Card: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...2&sku=C44-3350

RAM: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...7&sku=C13-2040

Hard Drive: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...sku=TSD-1500AS

Power Supply: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&sku=A406-1116

CPU Cooling Fan: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...9&sku=ULT40417

BluRay/DVD/CD Drive & Burner: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...6&sku=L12-1192

Case Fan: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&sku=Q131-3024 x6

Case: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...134&CatId=1510

Speakers: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...3&sku=L23-6326

Keyboard and Mouse: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...6&sku=L23-9800

Monitor: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...0&sku=H94-2801

Operating System: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...3&sku=M17-7414


The price, after Shipping & Handling and Taxes, comes to $3,891.81

Completely updated original post.

No point in a separate sound card. There's one on-board the motherboard.
And a 1000W PSU? What're you building, Skynet?
Also, scariest CPU cooler I've ever seen.

Oh, and do not get a Seagate HDD.
Mine just collapsed 3 months from purchase. Was told their latest series is known for that.
Sure, not a 100% certain claim, but you can never be too safe. So I got a WD.

Originally Posted by Merlock

No point in a separate sound card. There's one on-board the motherboard.

I can't settle for on-board sound. I've heard good things about this card, crisp, clear, high quality sound with no crackling. I'd like really high audio quality and am willing to put out the extra money to do so. It goes perfectly with the speakers for really high quality and really loud sound and heavy bass

Originally Posted by Merlock

And a 1000W PSU? What're you building, Skynet?

Shhhh!

I plan on possibly expanding later, adding more in the future.

Originally Posted by Merlock

Also, scariest CPU cooler I've ever seen.

Why thank you.

Originally Posted by Merlock

Oh, and do not get a Seagate HDD.
Mine just collapsed 3 months from purchase. Was told their latest series is known for that.
Sure, not a 100% certain claim, but you can never be too safe. So I got a WD.

I've heard this on their 1TB Hard Drives, but not their 1.5TB Hard Drives. I might just follow your advice on that though, just to be sage.

Originally Posted by ExoByte

I've heard this on their 1TB Hard Drives, but not their 1.5TB Hard Drives. I might just follow your advice on that though, just to be sage.

Mine was a 160 GB. -.-
So I think it's safe to say it's hardly just the TB drives.

As for the sound, I guess with speakers, it might make sense.
Though I'd still never dish out over $100 for a sound card. Eesh.

Then again, I'm all for earphones and no speakers.
With them you can have the music or whatnot on as loud as you want and you aren't making the house shake.
Nor do the neighbours come at you swinging shovels.

I also had a Seagate drive crash and they refused to honour the warranty. I only had it for about two years, it's a horrible brand.

The only brand that I would really trust for a hard drive would be IBM.

Originally Posted by Merlock

Mine was a 160 GB. -.-
So I think it's safe to say it's hardly just the TB drives.

As for the sound, I guess with speakers, it might make sense.
Though I'd still never dish out over $100 for a sound card. Eesh.

Then again, I'm all for earphones and no speakers.
With them you can have the music or whatnot on as loud as you want and you aren't making the house shake.
Nor do the neighbours come at you swinging shovels.

Even using headphones your soundcard makes a difference. Onboard soundcards are a bad idea, they have really poor sound quality.

Really, an i7? Save some money and buy an AMD processor, unless you're doing serious work that needs that good of a processor. By the way, gaming is not serious work, I'm talking about doing things like heavy video encoding.

DDR3 memory is kind of pointless, you'll hardly get a speed difference for the price, you really don't need more than 4GB of DDR2.

For the HDD, go for a WD Black Caviar one, I hear they are great.

You seem to be trying to build the biggest and most expensive computer you can, but you're actually just wasting your money on things you don't need.

Edit: You could save a lot of money buying a normal DVD-Rom drive. Unless you watch lots of BLOOOOOO RAY movies, once again, useless.

Edit 2: Windows 7 RC1 is out, better than Vista, and free for now. It's also perfectly stable.