Hello all I have recently decided to build a PC and was wondering what you think of the parts I have chosen. Please note I live in New Zealand and shit is generally really expensive for parts. Here is the list

Item:	Quantity:	Price:
HIS ATI HD 7950 IceQ PCI-E, 3GB GDDR5, Dual-Link DVI, HDMI, 2x Mini DP Video Card 5In Stock Now!	Remove	$576.30
Coolermaster Storm Trooper XL-ATX Full Tower Case Black 4In Stock Now!	Remove	$287.20
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W Ultra Silent Power Supply 2In Stock Now!	Remove	$462.50
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 Socket AM3+ ATX USB3.0 CrossfireX SLI Motheboard 4In Stock Now!	Remove	$325.00
AMD BullDozer Eight Core FX-8350 4.0GHz 16MB Cache Socket AM3+ CPU 19In Stock Now!	Remove	$314.30
Kingston ValueRAM 8GB 1066MHz DDR3 ECC Reg with Parity CL7 DIMM Quad Rank x8 with Therm Sensor Memory 4In Stock Now!	Remove	$258.60
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA3 64MB Cache 3.5Inch Desktop Internal Hard Drive 40In Stock Now!	Remove	$293.40
Crucial Media 256GB 2.5Inch Internal SATA/300 Solid State Drive 3In Stock Now!	Remove	$269.40

Save money, get an Xbox 360.

that will be a very good computer. will run everything on high settings as of now. But lord thats expensive.

@jdh5153 said:

Save money, get an Xbox 360.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Looks all right, but I'd get a cheaper power supply and an Intel processor.

@tunaburn: Being in NZ everything is expensive for gaming

@believer258: I might SLI my card in the future so good to have the option

@jdh5153: I have a 360 but most new games in NZ are $100 which is 90 usd or so and for call of duty and the major reals es its 120 steam is just to dam cheap at the most 60 usd for a new realse the you get the sales.

If you are into overclocking, and running games at extreme settings with dual monitrs and such that would be a great PC. However, if you just want games playing at 1080P on a 27-32 inch monitor you need to go back to the drawing board and save yourself about $2,000.

@me3639: Thats what I intend to do with this machine plus I want to be setup for the next generation of consoles

@Time_Lord said:

@tunaburn: Being in NZ everything is expensive for gaming

@believer258: I might SLI my card in the future so good to have the option

@jdh5153: I have a 360 but most new games in NZ are $100 which is 90 usd or so and for call of duty and the major reals es its 120 steam is just to dam cheap at the most 60 usd for a new realse the you get the sales.

The obvious solution is move out of New Zealand.

1200w power supply is a bit on the overkill side, do you not agree? Unless you're planning to crossfire in the future, I would recommend something lower.

You should probably invest that money into better memory. I know it is not needed as much in gaming, but it would be better to have a higher Mhz speed and more of it. Overclock your memory to the max! (Do not do that, I am merely jesting)

Unless you need a 256 GB SSD, I believe 120 GB SSD will be more than enough to store your OS on it. Primarily, you want to use that 2 Terabyte HDD for your storage and your OS on the SSD. I would also recommend that you go Intel rather than AMD. Just get an Intel i5 3750k and I am whoring out this MOBA but... If you can find it in your country.

Additionally, if you can find this tower I would also suggest that as well.

Overall, you have a pretty nice build. However, I still suggest that a lower power supply and better ram would definitely be needed.

Edited: Welp, if you are planning to crossfire. No point in reducing the power supply. :/

I wouldn't go near AMD. The Bulldozer line has been a total let down, and everyone I know that has recently built an AMD computer ended up forking out the cash anyway for an Intel chip and supporting board. Also, Believer's right. 1200W is way too much. That's if you're planning on running a series of hard drives in RAID and going with a 4-way SLI/Crossfire setup. As proof, here's my PC:

• Corsair HX750 (750 Watt) power supply
• Intel Core i7-3770 (3.4GHz, Overclocked @ 4.2GHz)
• MSI Nvidia 670PE (Primary), MSI Nvidia GTX 670 (Secondary) in SLI
• 2x OCZ Agility III 240GB SSDs, in RAID 0
• Seagate 2TB 7200RPM Hard drive
• Corsair Vengeance LP 8GBx2 memory, 1333MHz (Overclocked @ 1600MHz), 9-9-9-27 Timings
• Some generic-ass DVD burner
• Cooler Master Stryker case
• X-in-1 Card reader with 4 USB 3.0 ports

Everything is powered fine, I've got plenty of overhead if I wanted to add more hardware. And I just noticed you went with "value ram?" That's a terrible, terrible idea. DDR3 at 1333MHz is cheap and plentiful, and most of it has overclock profiles that put it at 1600MHz or higher simply by telling the BIOS to use that profile.

Oh, and Cooler Master makes WONDERFUL cases. You'll love that thing.

@Time_Lord said:

@tunaburn: Being in NZ everything is expensive for gaming

@believer258: I might SLI my card in the future so good to have the option

@jdh5153: I have a 360 but most new games in NZ are $100 which is 90 usd or so and for call of duty and the major reals es its 120 steam is just to dam cheap at the most 60 usd for a new realse the you get the sales.

1200W is still too much. If you're going to go crossfire, I'd say go around 800W.

But more importantly, Intel processor. AMD cards are fine but AMD processors are not so great compared to the Intel ones that run circles around them. C'mon, for this budget you could get a pretty good i7.

Why are you spending $250 on slow memory? Also don't buy a green drive unless you're just using it for storage. And that case is not something I would buy, but cases are whatever.

I was going to do this. but i'll probably save money if im a day 1 adopter and buy all the launch games

Id go for Nvidia and Intel instead of ATI and AMD, but I suppose that is a personal preference. I just never hear anyone complaining about nVidia, and intel is imo better than AMD.

@JackG100:

the only problem with i have with nvida is the price if i want say a 680thats 1200 for the gpu alone and i7 is about the same

Whatever you do do not get AMD over Intel.

@Time_Lord: I'm just going to reiterate the points I agree with: switch to Intel CPUs, drop down to a 128GB SSD, cut your PSU to 800 or so (I run crossfire 6950s and they barely pull 600 from the wall with an i7, SSD + HDD, and a ton of fans), and buy something other than value RAM.

As for AMD vs nVidia GPUs, I can't speak for SLI but Crossfire support has always been very flaky, with slow driver updates and stability issues. My advice is to slap a 670 in there, get a i5 (you don't really need an i7 for gaming), and then drop in another 670 if the performance isn't there/you have the cash.

You didn't post your monitor's resolution (or your budget), so I'm not sure how much graphical oomph you are going to need (and if you have the cash to do it).

@Time_Lord said:

@JackG100:

the only problem with i have with nvida is the price if i want say a 680thats 1200 for the gpu alone and i7 is about the same

i found a 680 for 800 bucks there, and 500 bucks for a 3770K.

is this store the place to go when shopping for computer parts though? seems to be kind of crappy honestly, i mean, usability and design etc.

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CORR5714	CORSAIR Professional Series AX1200i 1200W 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Fully-Modular Power Supply [change]	$579.00
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HIS6902	HIS IceQ 795Q3G2M Radeon HD 7950 384-bit 3GB GDDR5 PCI-E DVI/HDMI/2xMini DP [change]	$529.00

$2,901.21

check that out, pretty much the same build, but a way better mechanical harddrive, (for cheaper) and a powersupply on the same level of stupid as before, ( even 100 bucks more expensive ) and i still kept it just 200 bucks over the other build.

just switch the power supply out for something adequate and it'll be almost at the price level of the amd build.

Good lord.

A five hundred dollar power supply? I think mine was like 45 bucks...

Yeah, you dont need 1200W...

Reiterating: PSU is way too much and Bulldozer is no good. Did you pick these parts yourself or did you have somebody else help you?

@Devildoll said:

@Time_Lord said:

@JackG100:

the only problem with i have with nvida is the price if i want say a 680thats 1200 for the gpu alone and i7 is about the same

i found a 680 for 800 bucks there, and 500 bucks for a 3770K.

is this store the place to go when shopping for computer parts though? seems to be kind of crappy honestly, i mean, usability and design etc.

COOR3928	COOLER MASTER CM Storm Series Trooper Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case [change]	$289.00
OCZ0362	OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-256G 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 5 Years Warranty [change]	$349.99
HDD492	Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive OEM (2 Years RTB Warranty) [change]	$139.99
CORR5714	CORSAIR Professional Series AX1200i 1200W 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Fully-Modular Power Supply [change]	$579.00
SABERTOOTH Z77	ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard [change]	$330.23
INTL1434	Intel Core i7 3770K Unlocked Gen3 Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz 8MB Cache LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Hyperthreading Processor [change]	$465.00
CORR2904	CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 [change]	$219.00
HIS6902	HIS IceQ 795Q3G2M Radeon HD 7950 384-bit 3GB GDDR5 PCI-E DVI/HDMI/2xMini DP [change]	$529.00

$2,901.21

check that out, pretty much the same build, but a way better mechanical harddrive, (for cheaper) and a powersupply on the same level of stupid as before, ( even 100 bucks more expensive ) and i still kept it just 200 bucks over the other build.

just switch the power supply out for something adequate and it'll be almost at the price level of the amd build.

This. And dude, you don't need a 1200W PSU. You don't. Also stick with the Sabertooth, it's sweet.

@Devildoll:

Thanks for the advice the piont of my Build is to keep me sorted for the next five years or so I have two 24 Inc leds I will be ruining and I will also have it hooked up to my 52 inch tv by way of wireless HDMI to play console games on steam on max settings.

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INTL1434	Intel Core i7 3770K Unlocked Gen3 Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz 8MB Cache LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Hyperthreading Processor [change]	Remove	$465.00	$465.00
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CORR5714	CORSAIR Professional Series AX1200i 1200W 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Fully-Modular Power Supply [change]	Remove	$579.00	$579.00
HDD492	Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive OEM (2 Years RTB Warranty) [change]	Remove	$139.99	$279.98
OCZ0362	OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-256G 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 5 Years Warranty [change]	Remove	$349.99	$349.99
COOR3928	COOLER MASTER CM Storm Series Trooper Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case [change]	Remove	$289.00	$289.00

you could do with a 650 watter if you are only going to use one gtx 680, and around 850 if you want to get another one in the future.

as long as you keep stuff at stock, a rig with a 680 will not use more than 400 watts, and just under 600 if you have two of em.

Why do you want a 1200w power supply? Unless you've got 4 GPUs with multiple raid arrays I don't see the point.

Also, You can order from NCIX.com and pay realistic prices, as they ship worldwide. I'm not sure how much shipping to NZ would be (don't order a case from there).