A second go round at a configuration

I'd love a few opinions or advice about this possible configuration for a Digital Storm PC. After reading around the forums some more, and doing some additional research on Newegg, I think I have a slightly better idea what to select component wise, though I am still not certain.

My ticket # is: 587188

Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO (Intel Z68 Chipset) (Features Intel Quick Sync Technology)
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (128GB Solid State (By: Crucial) (Model: RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1) (SATA 6Gbps)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1.5TB Hitachi Deskstar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: 7K3000)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Corsair A70 Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro or Deluxe Series Motherboard)
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 4 Year Limited Warranty
Notes: Please use Coolermaster Haf X Blue Edition: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119239 (contact to confirm $)
Please add blue 200mm fan to top of case - $20


P.S. On further consideration, there is no way "system lighting" would even look good with all these fans, let alone be necessary, I'll be sure to leave it out of the build.

Stick with the Intel 320 series for your SSD. They're much more reliable and doesn't greatly lose its performance over time. It also has 5? years warranty if I'm not mistaken. The crucial ones seem to give people a lot of problems. 

Nothing wrong with z68, but some of the new features are buggy, but if you don't use them then you are fine.

change ssd to 320, change hdd2 to 1TB black caviar for its speed, the rest looks good

Your mobo has sata 3, your drive would only need it if its speeds were faster then sata 2, this is not the case so you got nothing to worry about, lot of hdds will say "sata 3" but their speeds will never even max out sata 2 so whether you connect them to sata 3 or 2 it will make zero difference.

Last question (far as i know ;) ).

Do you think it's worth upgrading to the 160gb ssd for 67$? It's only that much because doing so pushes me into the next "tier" for the discount promo going on.

Originally posted by Bensonc120 I think it's worth it for only $67 more.

Its between that and the 2.5gb version of the 570's to push it over 3k :). Won't get both.

Edited by Fenir8 - 18 Aug 2011 at 12:09pm

Well it will have an ssd either way. Question is between 120 and 160. But if you mean fitting more games, then yeah :)

As for resolution, think its 1920 x 1080 right now.hope to get the dell moniter everyones talking about later :)

Good advice on both fronts really. If you were picking ONE though (to get discount), which would you, personally, choose :).

is the 160gb more bang for my buck than the 2.5gb cards or vice versa. (or do you see a better place to put that money to bump it up to 3k since doing so knocks off another 25 and makes the part i choose to upgrade cost effective)

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=587491

Edited by Fenir8 - 19 Aug 2011 at 1:18am

Originally posted by Fenir8 I'm going to go ahead and pull the trigger. I'm getting the Haf X Blue edition case with the additional fan on top and i'm going to go with the 160gb intel 320 drive, everything else as we discussed :) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119239 So excited ^.^

dst will some how disagree with me. My 128gb c300 beats the 320 by a fair margin. The c300 is actually faster on sata 3 than 2 so it needs it.

Edited by RiceEatin2000GT - 19 Aug 2011 at 1:57am

Originally posted by Fenir8 Originally posted by RiceEatin2000GT Originally posted by Fenir8 I'm going to go ahead and pull the trigger. I'm getting the Haf X Blue edition case with the additional fan on top and i'm going to go with the 160gb intel 320 drive, everything else as we discussed :) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119239 So excited ^.^ dst will some how disagree with me. My 128gb c300 beats the 320 by a fair margin. The c300 is actually faster on sata 3 than 2 so it needs it. Where were you before he convinced me to change it then with his reliability argument :P, lol :).

hhaha hes right on that front, either way you didnt go wrong =)