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Assembling a computer help...? - Jay Laruja I currently have these Items: Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 Yorkfield 3.2GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 136W Quad-Core Motherboard: EVGA 132-CK-NF79-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel RAM: 2 x CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TW3X4G2000C9DF Video Cards: 2 x BFG Tech BFGEGTX2801024H2OCWE GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Hard Drive: 2 x Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive Optical Drives:LITE-ON Black 12X DVD-ROM 32X CD-ROM SATA Blu-ray DVD-ROM Drive Model DH-4O1S-08 ASUS Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E818AT LITE-ON 4X Blu-ray Disc Triple DVD Burner Black SATA Model DH-4B1S-13-VAC - OEM Do these parts fit together? What power supply do I need to buy to support all of these? What is the best cooling system that goes with these parts? Thank you...

Best Answer: thats an outstanding gaming build, but make SURE that the RAM is compatible with the motherboard. its corsair so it should work. you dont list a power supply either i would recommed this as a case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119138 and this for a power supply. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002 as for cooling, unless you know what you are doing or know someone else that does, stay away from water cooling. CPU cooler http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103040 and get this to go with it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007 VGA cooler. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118037 - Jedi Master <

For a power supply, get 800 watts at least. This is based on figures here: http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTUxOCwxMCwsaGVudGh1c2lhc3Q= and here: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3334&p=9 You'll be drawing at least 500w at load, and this doesn't take into account all the peripherals you have and the possibility that you might want to overclock. Make sure it has enough power on each rail to handle your setup. You might want to go to slizone and check out their sli-certified PSUs: http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_build_psu.html Note that the supplies they list may vary greatly in things like noise and build quality (and it's not an exhaustive list of supplies that will work), so check out some reviews before you settle on a PSU. Whatever you do, get a good quality supply --- with what you're spending on your system, it would be silly to skimp and get a cheapo power supply. For a case, slizone has certified some cases: http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_build_cases.html In addition to the cases listed in that URL, the Antec 1200 might be another reasonable choice. Whatever case you get, a priority should be something with good cooling. For CPU cooling, two popular coolers are the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 and the Thermalright Ultra-120. Once bit of advice is to get a bolt-through kit so you don't have to rely on the usual Intel push-pins to secure your heatsink. For a thermal compound, Arctic Cooling MX-2 may be slightly better than the usually recommended Arctic Silver 5. - Ratufa

you have that kind of money and you need to build your own computer? you better have a really big case with a good cooling system - champers

Everything looks good. Great build btw. procesor and motherboard sockets match, as does the ram, for a case i would go with: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133062 - Chris B