Help with first real computer

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 Hello all from Misawa AB, Japan.
 I need some help with my Configuration, I'm not too literate with computers or building them for that matter. I prefer Fans than the Liquid cooling. I'll be using 90% of it for gaming, and 10% for just watching Anime. The games I want to play on it are StarCraft 2, WoW, EVE Online, Fallout 3 & New Vegas, and Shogun 2.

Opinions are much appreciated. 

My Budget is $2000 Max.
My Resolution is 1920 x 1080 (Acer V Series V213H BJbd)

Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67-M PRO (Intel P67 Chipset) (New & Improved B3 Revision Without SATA 3G Issue) 
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1000W Digital Storm Certified (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition Highly Recommended)  
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition) 
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Hitachi/Seagate (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) 
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 550 Ti 1GB (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: Upgrade Chassis With Zalman Performance Fans (Up to 6 Fans) 
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Enhancements: Scythe Kaze Master Temperature Display & Fan Controller (Requires Chassis Airflow Upgrade) (KM01-BK) 
Chassis Mods: HailStorm & 950Si: Processor & Video Card Area: Drill and Mount Two Side Window 120mm Fan Blow-Holes 
Noise Reduction: Noise Suppression Package Stage 1 (Optimized Airflow & Fan Speeds Only) 
Boost Processor: FREE: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz
Boost Video Card: FREE: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability 
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 Home Premium (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 3 Year Limited Warranty

Edited by Cook Cat - 02 Jun 2011 at 7:07am

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Cook Cat Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 02 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Quote Reply Topic: Help with first real computer Posted: 02 Jun 2011 at 6:57am
	Hello all from Misawa AB, Japan. I need some help with my Configuration, I'm not too literate with computers or building them for that matter. I prefer Fans than the Liquid cooling. I'll be using 90% of it for gaming, and 10% for just watching Anime. The games I want to play on it are StarCraft 2, WoW, EVE Online, Fallout 3 & New Vegas, and Shogun 2. Opinions are much appreciated. My Budget is $2000 Max. My Resolution is 1920 x 1080 (Acer V Series V213H BJbd) Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core) Motherboard: ASUS P8P67-M PRO (Intel P67 Chipset) (New & Improved B3 Revision Without SATA 3G Issue) System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 1000W Digital Storm Certified (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition Highly Recommended) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Hitachi/Seagate (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) 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 550 Ti 1GB (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: Upgrade Chassis With Zalman Performance Fans (Up to 6 Fans) Internal Lighting: - No Thanks Enhancements: Scythe Kaze Master Temperature Display & Fan Controller (Requires Chassis Airflow Upgrade) (KM01-BK) Chassis Mods: HailStorm & 950Si: Processor & Video Card Area: Drill and Mount Two Side Window 120mm Fan Blow-Holes Noise Reduction: Noise Suppression Package Stage 1 (Optimized Airflow & Fan Speeds Only) Boost Processor: FREE: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz Boost Video Card: FREE: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability 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 Home Premium (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 3 Year Limited Warranty Edited by Cook Cat - 02 Jun 2011 at 7:07am
	Misawa AB, Japan

ironmb Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Feb 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 506	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 2011 at 8:00am
	Is 2000$ max for the computer+shipping? Or is it max just for the computer, and you can afford 130$ to ship to APO, AP. I'm also stationed at Misawa AB, and 130$ is what it cost to ship it. Couple of things wrong with this build. The "Chassis Mods: HailStorm & 950Si: Processor & Video Card Area: Drill and Mount Two Side Window 120mm Fan Blow-Holes" is meant for the Hailstorm case, as you have chosen the Coolermaster 690. The tempature display is not accurate.. you're better off download CPU-Z, as this displays more accurate temps. Overclocked video cards are nice, but also at a price of the lifespan. IMO you would be better off sticking with stock clock'd cards, at your resolution you wont notice the difference. I'm not sure if noise is a huge factor, but most noise comes from your GPU at max loads. You could go with this build, only based off the games you're playing 1 570 will push WoW, and EVE at max with no problems.. You insisted you wanted air cooling instead of liquid, the 942 has some of the best air flow you can get. It has 1 front 230mm fan, top 200mm, side 200mm, rear 140mm. If you can afford about 40$ (25$ special order fee +20$ for fan) you can ask Digital Storm to order/install another top 200mm fan for maximum airflow. You can opt to add a card later down the road once you save up some more money. Adding these cards are pretty simple, you just plug the 2nd card into the PCI slot, and add the bridge connector. But if you want SLI now, we can change a few things. Also, down the road you would really benefit alot with an SSD as your operating system / games / apps drive. The Intel 320 120gb is a solid reliable drive. ticket number: 564667 Price: 2,064$ 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 P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67 Chipset) (New & Improved B3 Revision Without SATA 3G Issue) System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 1000W Corsair (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks 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: 1x 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: - No Thanks Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks Boost Processor: FREE: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz 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 Home Premium (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 3 Year Limited Warranty Now if you can up your budget about 300$ more you could get this. This saves the headache of adding an SSD and reinstalling / cloning your Operating System. ticket number: 564670 Price 2,340$ 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 P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67 Chipset) (New & Improved B3 Revision Without SATA 3G Issue) System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 1000W Corsair (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 320 Series) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition) 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: 1x 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: - No Thanks Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks Boost Processor: FREE: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz 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 Home Premium (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 3 Year Limited Warranty Edited by ironmb - 02 Jun 2011 at 8:12am


ironmb Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Feb 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 506	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 2011 at 8:19am
	Also for the best deal out atm, you should look into the ODE stage 2. The CPU is cooled with a generic liquid cooler, but has little less performance/almost-the-sam, than the stage 2 air cooled. Comes with an SSD for fast loading in games, and 2 560's. http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadode.asp?id=547843 Edited by ironmb - 02 Jun 2011 at 8:34am


Cook Cat Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 02 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 2011 at 9:49am
	Ok thanks for the help, I'll most likely go with your second Config. but will need to wait for payday on the 15th this month to be above that price, $2000 max was for the computer. The suggestion about adding another top 200mm fan, that would help as well for the second Config I'm guessing? And yea the noise isn't a problem for me.
	Misawa AB, Japan

ironmb Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Feb 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 506	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 2011 at 9:55am
	Ya, adding another 200mm fan to the top will give you alot of airflow. And being at Misawa, it is always cold.. unless you're in the towers/dorms, so your tempatures should be very very good.


Cook Cat Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 02 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 2011 at 7:05pm
	ok cool except im stuck in the dorms , but I think it will be fine, my room stays cold thanks to box fans :P
	Misawa AB, Japan

DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jun 2011 at 1:22am
	ticket numnber 564670 is not loading with the haf x for some reason, so make sure the case is haf x and Ask DS specifically for this fan to be added to the top, so you endup with 4 x 200mm fans: haf 200mm non led fan I do like to point out that adding a ssd is very easy and no headache and cloning is super easy and no hassle. Edited by DST4ME - 03 Jun 2011 at 1:23am
	Nvidia Drivers----AMD Drivers

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