Hey ive read Joneagle's forum about building a computer for starcraft 2 and have now put together a list of parts i will order from newegg.com to build my own. It would help me out a lot if someone could verify that all these parts will work together and if im missing anything. case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160 COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171037 COOLER MASTER Silent Pro 700 RS-700-AMBA-D3 700W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131623 ASUS P7H55-M PRO LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115219 Intel Core i5-660 Clarkdale 3.33GHz 4MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor BX80616I5660 ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145198 CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TW3X4G 1333C9 DHX video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339 EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320 Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive DVD drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135202 ASUS DVD-E818A6T/BLK/B/G Black 18X SATA DVD-ROM Drive - Bulk
i'd recommend a cheaper case. there's really no need to spend that much money if you're not making a monster build. this one's still very big and roomy, if you want to upgrade to SLI or half a dozen hard drives in the future. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021 this one's almost $100 cheaper and is of great build quality and layout. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148325 Crucial is a pretty good company. don't know why corsair's RAM is priced so high, with those specs. seems like an older listing. Video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133266&cm_re=GTS_250-_-14-133-266-_-Product the GTS250 is the same card as the 9800+, just renamed. you can find it for even cheaper. just about any in-stock 9800 card is probably old stock, which means it will probably be priced higher than it should be. if you want more performance than that, there's the Radeon 5770 for only slightly more money. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121363&cm_re=5770-_-14-121-363-_-Product if you want to take the money you saved from the case and raise your budget for the video card into the $200+ range, you'll be looking at the GTX260 or 5830. of course, these are both probably overkill for SC2, so you probably don't need them unless you play other games. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130434&cm_re=GTx_260-_-14-130-434-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...1327&cm_re=radeon_5830-_-14-161-327-_-Product everything else looks pretty good.
Dont know, but does it make any sense at all to buy a Micro ATX-MB? Your Case is big enough to support a "regular" ATX MB....advantage: More room for your components, better "Airflow" for cooling.....
microATX is usually cheaper, although you might be able to find cheap full ATX boards. most people will never use more than 1 or 2 slots. most people really only use 1, for the video card. almost nobody uses an independent sound card, network card, etc. any more these days. if you wanted a 2nd video card, there are mATX boards with 2 PCIEx16 slots out there.
