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hey my name is nick and im really new to this whole building a computer. its my first one that im building and i am just trying to get a parts list together for things that im going to need and im trying to figure out what a good bottom mount power supply for gaming and continuous use would be? thanks in advance

what would be a good ATX motherboard to go with this setup and power supply? im looking at getting an intel i7 processor just trying to decide what processor and motherboard to go with this. this is the case that im using http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6811133201
im looking into using 8gs of ram atleasts with this whole thing but im having a hard time really deciding on the whole thing lol

This board has NO gimmicks and you can use ALL Sata Ports as you wish.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6813131818

Also can Add ThunderBolt Later.

The Reviews for ALL Generation 3 MBs are not good right now but they will be over time as new Bioses are released or MB Revisions are made.

Less expenisive boards leave off Good Features and more expensive boards have Gimmicks.

Best to use a STANDARD Board like this for future planning.

Rick P.

what would be a good video card for that then? cus at first i figured it had one because of the 2 hdmi ports that it has but apparently not cus it says no onboard video chipset unless im understanding that wrong

would this be a good ram for it? i was looking and it seems like itll work with the motherboard that you recommended

http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6820231568

This STANDARD known good Ram would probably be best as it supports XMP 1.3 Extreme Profile (Dual SPD).

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6820233299

OR

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6820233144

STANDARD Blu-Ray
Either of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....2D252%2DTS

If NO Blu-Ray needed, then:

STANDARD Burner
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6827135204

Cables are included with Motherboard.

Need (2) of these for operation in Raid 0 Array for Windows System
Intel 520 Series Cherryville SSDSC2CW120A3K5 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6820167093

The (2) Solid State Drives are used on the Sata III ports in a (Raid Array 0 Configuration) to run Windows 7
or Windows 8.
They are FAST !!!!

The Seagate Mechanical Hard Drive is used on the Sata II Ports to store your Data and Backups on.
It's slow but doesn't matter because it's used to store a lot of stuff on as a STORAGE drive !!!!

The CPU is Shipped with the Proper Heat Sink and Fan. :)

Here's a Gaming Video Card.
GIGABYTE GV-R787OC-2GD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6814125418

This Gaming Build will be around $1600 total.

What do you think ??

The on-board video can work as well but is not as fast as the PCIe 3 x 16 Video Card.

You will need Windows 7 Pro O/S which is upgradable to windows 8 for $15 when it comes out.
Keep your Newegg Shipping Documents as Proof of Purchase.
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6832116992