Building Computer- Ideas?

:-/ hello. I've been saying I'm gonna build my college desktop for ages now

For a very good laptop that actually beats my laptop mine is on sale for $999
SAMSUNG RF Series RF511-S04 Notebook
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...2630QM%282
Sandy Bridge Intel i7 2630QM Quad-Core (2.00ghz) L3 6mb Cache 32nm
8GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 1GB Video Memory
640GB 5400rpm Harddrive

Or
This laptop in my opinon would be a little lower but a little bit but is pretty powerful. Priced at $725
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6834157877
HP Pavilion dv6-6140us
AMD A-Series A8-3500M (APU) Quad-Core 4mb Cache 32nm
AMD Radeon HD 6620 (APU)
6gb RAM
Blue-Ray Combo
640gb 5400rpm Harddrive
APU = Accelerated Processing Unit (CPU/GPU)

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http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Public...r=14357591

Here, compiled a wish list, let's start reviewing and tweaking it.

No SLI fancy ****, only single good GPU is the way.

Someone find a better case?

:-/ hello. I've been saying I'm gonna build my college desktop for ages now

For a very good laptop that actually beats my laptop mine is on sale for $999
SAMSUNG RF Series RF511-S04 Notebook
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...2630QM%282
Sandy Bridge Intel i7 2630QM Quad-Core (2.00ghz) L3 6mb Cache 32nm
8GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 1GB Video Memory
640GB 5400rpm Harddrive

Or
This laptop in my opinon would be a little lower but a little bit but is pretty powerful. Priced at $725
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6834157877
HP Pavilion dv6-6140us
AMD A-Series A8-3500M (APU) Quad-Core 4mb Cache 32nm
AMD Radeon HD 6620 (APU)
6gb RAM
Blue-Ray Combo
640gb 5400rpm Harddrive
APU = Accelerated Processing Unit (CPU/GPU)

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http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Public...r=14357591

Here, compiled a wish list, let's start reviewing and tweaking it.

No SLI fancy ****, only single good GPU is the way.

Someone find a better case?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811129066

Better cooling system with air filters.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814130628

If you need to go cheaper on the build, also it comes a free Crysis 2. If not, **** SHOOT FOR DA STARS WITH THE 570!

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Public...r=14357591

Updated with Tai's case, added a CPU heatsink, it is optional but recommended.

Just get a Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling System just plug on the CPU and screw in the screws of the radiator and the fan to the back side of the case (120mm fan side) and your good to go. So you don't have to deal with cleaning the fan plus it cools better and stays quiet.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6835181015

The price is $69.98 but with Mail and rebate it is $55

Well thank you for the help and info and.. everything!

Okay well... To start, I was really hoping to keep it under $1000. I hope that's possible while somewhat maintaining the quality.

I already have a laptop which I'm using now and as **** as it is, I'm going to settle with this until it dies in a year or two.

For GPU I would go with Nvidia, just because I know they run excellent graphics. And I don't need SLI or Crossfire.

AMD is fine with me. As long as its lower price is worth it. I should also mention that I'm going to be using this for computer programming AND animation, graphic design, art etc. (double major) in addition to games and such.

With cooling, is there anything important I should consider other than water cooling?

And definitely not dual screens.

As far as assembly goes, I can do that myself.

Get this bundle.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundl...mbo.691474
For $625

1x COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (Model:SGC-2000-KKN1-GP)

$89.99
1x GIGABYTE GA-870A-USB3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard (Model:GA-870A-USB3)

$94.99
1x COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M700 RS-700-AMBA-D3 700W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply (Model:RS-700-AMBA-D3)

$119.99
1x AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDE00ZFBGRBOX (Model:HDE00ZFBGRBOX)

$189.99
1x CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (Model:CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B)

$74.99
1x Seagate Barracuda Green ST1500DL003 1.5TB 5900 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive (Model:ST1500DL003)

$64.99
1x COOLER MASTER Hyper N 520 RR-920-N520-GP 92mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Intel Core i7 compatible (Model:RR-920-N520-GP)

Then get the new Gigabyte GTX 570 it has higher clock plus more fans to keep it cool
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814125384



Totaling $970 with the Computer parts plus the NVIDIA Card.

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Six Core Processor
8gb of RAM
1.5tb Harddrive
700watt PSU
Gigabyte Motherboard
Cooler Master Case
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
Same CPU Cooler Flatcher posted the Cooler Master CPU cooler.

Just get a Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling System just plug on the CPU and screw in the screws of the radiator and the fan to the back side of the case (120mm fan side) and your good to go. So you don't have to deal with cleaning the fan plus it cools better and stays quiet.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6835181015

The price is $69.98 but with Mail and rebate it is $55

I agree with the liquid cooling for the CPU instead of heatsink/fan.
It will cool better with very little increase in cost compared to heatsink/fan.

You will still have to clean the fan occasionally along with the radiator. Dust will still build up. This is crucial with liquid systems because all the heat dissipation is it the radiator and if its clogged with dust it will dissipate much less heat than a big aluminum block on the CPU.

But it does work better than a heatsink when cleaned.

Note: The bigger the radiator, the better the cooling.

I'm going to be using this for computer programming AND animation, graphic design, art etc. (double major) in addition to games and such.

Then get the new Gigabyte GTX 570 it has higher clock plus more fans to keep it cool

A consumer graphics card will suffice until you reach serious detailed schoolwork or ACTUAL WORK under graphical design.

Then you're going to need the memory bandwidth and rendering of a workstation card.
Or you'll be facing waiting like at the lines in DMV during Rendering.
Maybe completely shitted on in Maya or something.


Budget-wise:
You're going to have to jank on the Graphics Card to cheaper
- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814130568
or
- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814130604

And have this in reserve:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814195077


You're going to have to deal with switching out the cards when the serious times come.
But the workstation cards will make your god-**** art life as smooth as my lotion'd penis on Sunday porn nights.

Okay well I decided to use a lot of your suggestions but I'm not too sure about the graphics card. I know it has excellent capabilities and would be great for overclocking but if I still need a monitor and speakers plus thermal compound, its going to be too expensive.

So far, this is my list:

The bundle: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundl...mbo.691474

The rest of the computer: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Tempor...hangeQty=0

The sound system: ?

Can anyone help me like... downgrade reasonably? This together costs $1,338 and that's about 200 more than what I would like...

You made it on the temporary wishlist so we can't see it make it in the saved wishlist.

Anyway I got a deal for $1062 this however does not include tax. I live in NJ is has the highest percentage of tax. So i did not include it also shipping too.

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySav...D=24183388

and then get this bundle instead.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundl...mbo.689760

In total you have two graphics card one workstation/professional graphics card, one gaming graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460, Antec Nano Diamond Thermal compound, ASUS Monitor, and Speakers and the whole bundle.