Buck I think this rig looks pretty good. Everything you've selected is from quality manufactures with good reviews on NewEgg. As far as I can tell everything should be compatible.
The power supply you have is a beast and will be more then adequate (50A 12V Rail!). As for your CPU cooler, I think the one you selected is fine. As a few people mentioned in the reviews, its pretty big and you may have to reverse the side the fan is on to prevent it from touching/covering your memory slots. That combined with the 3 fans the case come with should be more then sufficient for cooling, as long as you do not plan on overclocking. My only twos suggestions: 1) I would consider getting an SSD (solid state) hard drive. They are more expensive, but you have a really nice rig, and it would be silly to have your HDD be a bottleneck. The performance of an SSD vs a regular HDD is very noticeable (when games are loading for example). However, if you're trying to keep under $1k, it can always be an upgrade later. 2) The monitor might be questionable. Its pretty low resolution. I don't really know much about the picture quality, but with the the graphics card you have you should be able to drive a much higher resolution (at least 1920x1080) I've always liked Dell Monitors: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260049 More expensive, but Dell UltraSharp monitors are awesome: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260047 Hope that helps and good luck! -Andy On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Buck <[email protected]> wrote: > If you know anything about computers, perhaps you could help me on my first > build? I'm sorry this isn't about tanks, but I know there are some people > out there who can help me--and some of the best forums I could find wouldn't > accept a Gmail address. > > So, if you're willing to spare a moment, could you tell me if my parts list > works out? Is everything compatible, and the power supply adequate? If you > know anything about cooling-- do I need to buy more than just a fan for the > CPU, or is that and the stock fans just fine? Any > suggestions/comments/advice? I want to build a gaming-level computer at > $1000 or less. > > Attached is my parts list and my calculated cost, in an Excel worksheet. > > Thank you! And yes, my tank is coming along okay... although it is very > slow! I'm hoping I can tackle this when I'm not working on my tank. > > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
