My First Build - Hardware & Software

Hi, I have the basic knowledge of overclocking and cards. I am making a build on cyberpowerpc.com (even though hearing mixed reviews, their ratings are fine and most customers are satisfied) So is this a good rig? Any suggestions, Any changes i should make? [LIST] [*]CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (SILVER COLOR [+9]) [*]CD2: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive [+21] (SILVER COLOR [+9]) [*]CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-950 3.06 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366 [*]CS_FAN: Default case fans [*]FAN: XtremeGear Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) [*]HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive) [*]MEMORY: 12GB (2GBx6) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module (Corsair or Major Brand) [*]MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI Support) MSI X58A-GD45 Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Triple-Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 Audio, eSATA, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, RAID, IEEE1394a, 3 Gen2 PCIe, 3 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI (All Venom OC Certified) [*]NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network [*]OS: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional [+31] (64-bit Edition) [*]OVERCLOCK: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more) [+49] [*]POWERSUPPLY: * 1,000 Watts - Corsair HX1000W 80 Plus Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready [+175] [*]SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO [*]USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports [*]VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+359] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA) [/LIST]

That's not "Your first build". That's a pre-built, no way to get around it. And no, that's a shit build for what you're going to use it for, changes would be the CPU/RAM/OS/CD2, I would get an SSD as well. Unless you do heavy video rendering and use the features in Professional, you should change those things.

What's your budget?

[quote=falcolombardi;28263606]what's your budget?[/quote] $2,000 usd

[QUOTE=KingNick220;28263918]$2,000 usd[/QUOTE] You can do better than this, if you build it yourself. [editline]24th February 2011[/editline] Yeah, you're pretty much paying 400$ over, and there's stuff in that build that you seriously don't need. What games will you be playing? And which professional movies are you going to cut?

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;28263947]You can do better than this, if you build it yourself.[/QUOTE] Ill look around I guess

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They make you pay $50 for an overclock.

Get an i5. Get a cheaper GPU, I think 560 would be good enough. Only one CD/DVD drive. Less RAM, you don't need over 6GB anyways. Home Premium will work aswell for you as your OS. Cheaper.