Need Help in Building a Gaming PC

I need help in building my gaming PC preferably for 24/7 gaming!

setup:

MoBo: ASUS P7P55D-E PRO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx…;SID=4fo6k6r07n

Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 570
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx…;SID=4fo6anfb1s

CPU: Intel® - Core™ i7-870 Processor
Model: BX80605I7870 | SKU: 9486576
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Intel%26%23174…5134&loc=01

PSU: Corsair 750W ATX Power Supply
Model: CMPSU750HX | SKU: 9506778
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Corsair+-+ATX+…p;skuId=9506778

RAM: Corsair 4GB DDR3 DIMM Desktop Memory
Model: CMXG4GX3M2A1600C9 | SKU: 1120738
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Corsair+-+4GB+…p;skuId=1120738

HD: Western Digital - Caviar Black 1TB Internal Serial ATA Hard Drive for Desktops (OEM/Bare Drive)
Model: WDBAAZ0010HNC-NDSN | SKU: 9861668
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Western+Digita…d=1213047091732

SSD: Intel X-25M 80GB SSD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx…;SID=efonn2lhlk

DVD-Drive: LITE-ON iHAS424-98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx…;Tpk=iHAS424-98


***I have $850 gift card from Best Buy so I tried to buy some there, so far I already bought a Samsung 21.5'' LED monitor, 4GB Corsair RAM, 1TB WD Hard Drive from this list. I also bought a Corsair GS800 PSU, but would like to replace it with a Corsair 750HX. please suggest anything. this is what i came up in reading forums and reviews. thnx!

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M i C 2 x x

Hello M i C 2 X X, Welcome to the WTT Forums! Looks like a good setup to me. If you're planning to game for extremely long periods of time, you might want to think about getting a aftermarket cooler for your CPU. A decent case with plenty of airflow (and dust filters for the intakes) will also help. The cooler everything runs, the longer it lasts. The one thing I would say about that mobo is that it's odd that it only has 4 RAM slots. Mobo's featuring DDR3 tend to have 6 so that you can take advantage of the triple channel feature. It may be worth trying to find a mobo that isn't crossfire/sli compatible (considering you're going for a single GPU setup) and one that has 6 or 8 RAM slots. Cheers, Nahumi

thank you sir! im planning to get a CM Storm Sniper for my casing http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx…N82E16811119194

im suppose to get a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R which has 6 memory slots, 10 USB connectors but is more expensive and has LGA1366 socket unlike the ASUS P7P55D-E Pro which has LGA1156 socket which they say is more reliable and pretty much faster.

Okay, after doing a bit of digging into LGA 1156 vs LGA 1366, it turns out that only the latter uses the X58 chipset. It's this chipset that supports triple channel DDR3. I'm an AMD fan, so this is new territory for me. By the looks of it the LGA 1366 socket is intended for 6+ core CPUs and USB 3.0 / SATA 6GB/s. IF you're wanting support for all of these, the LGA 1366 is the way to go. The X58 Chipset has spare PCIe lanes, which manufacturer's are using to fully support these newer hardware standards. The LGA 1156 socket is more mainstream, which is why it's cheaper. People are also saying that it's more stable because the manufacturer's feel they need to spend more time making it stable straight out of the box. This isn't needed so much for LGA 1366 because chances are it's being bought by consumers who already know their way around hardware and who will be able to make the necessary adjustments to make it work properly. In the end you need to be able to stick to your budget. A LGA 1366 socket mobo will not only have a higher initial price, but it will also require you spend more on the RAM and the CPU. You could save quite a bit of cash on the GPU by going AMD instead, and you could also save about $60 on the case by getting a lower model.

if your going to get the i7-870(good cpu) then you don't have any choice in the matter, you have to go with 1156 motherboards, it doesn't fit/work in 1366 motherboards. nice gaming rig your building there.