New PC (redux)

[McBride]

Would this be too bad? It's what I came up with...

 

Generic Asus DVD Drive

Antec 300

WD Caviar Black 500GB

Hanns G 22" Monitor

Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD 5850

Corsair 650TX

Logitech MX518 mouse + generic keyboard

G.SKILL Ripjaws 4GB (2x2) RAM

Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 LGA 1156 Mobo

Intel i7-920

And some arctic silver 5 thermal paste

 

id recommend a bigger case if your getting a 5850 a small antec 300 might not be able to hold a card that big, but i might be wrong also, it just matters how the case is set up.

[Toxin]

id recommend a bigger case if your getting a 5850 a small antec 300 might not be able to hold a card that big, but i might be wrong also, it just matters how the case is set up.

 

The 5850 isn't that big/the Antec 300 is big enough to handle it.

[PotshotPolka]

I would recommend (my) Antec 900, but I would also strongly suggest paying the extra money for a full-tower Antec 1200 since they have dust filters.

 

Also, if anyone wants to answer this:

 

Q9550 VS i7 920? They're both comparable in pricing, Q9550 has a larger L2 cache (920 has L3 caches though) and a faster system clock. If you didn't plan on OCing either which would you suggest?

[trakaill]

I would recommend (my) Antec 900, but I would also strongly suggest paying the extra money for a full-tower Antec 1200 since they have dust filters.

 

Also, if anyone wants to answer this:

 

Q9550 VS i7 920? They're both comparable in pricing, Q9550 has a larger L2 cache (920 has L3 caches though) and a faster system clock. If you didn't plan on OCing either which would you suggest?

 

def the 920 for the hyper threading... allows it to be a great performer.. and future possible update...

 

the L3 cache is better but I dont know how much better...