After months of accumulating components I'm finally ready to assemble my new PC. I have everything but a GPU (the part I originally set out to replace, of course) because I'll be reusing my GTS 250 while I wait for Kepler. Here's what I'll be building:
Case: Lian Li Lancool PC-K58W
Motherboard: ASRock P67 Extreme 4 GEN3
CPU: Intel i7 2600k
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+
RAM: G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage 8GB 1600
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast TX850 850W V2
Storage: 640GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive (from current PC, will upgrade to 2TB RAID1 eventually)
SSD: Intel 320 Series 120 GB SSD
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DG
Optical Drive: Lite-On LightScribe 24X DVD+/-RW
I'll be building it tonight. I watched the Tested.com Jeff Gerstmann video in the OP to get myself acquainted with the process, and I'll have some other walkthroughs open while I do it, along with
PCitYourself.
Does anyone have any other helpful links/advice for a slightly nervous first timer?
Should I be able to connect the front audio ports on my case to the Xonar DG? My M-Audio AV 40s have a headphone jack so I'm assuming I'll be able to get the Xonar DG audio via both the speakers and the headphone jack on the speakers, but I'm just curious.
Also, is there anything I should be careful of regarding the SSD? I saved a link to
SSD Tweaker but I'm not sure if I'll need it. I also have
this Steam library manager bookmarked because I want to install some games on my SSD and others on a different hard drive.