James Rohal

PSU: Cosair CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V

More than enough power to drive an SLI rig.

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932

Provides great airflow. Full tower will fit anything I need. Push button drive bays make for a painless setup. Supposedly the EVGA motherboard sits quite nicely in here.

Motherboard and Graphics Cards: EVGA X58 ATX and two (2x) EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 (Overclocked)

Sweet deal over at Newegg. I decided to go with nVidia because I wanted CUDA support.

Processor: Intel Core i7 920

Allows for amazing overclocking using the EVGA board.

Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional

RAM: Cosair Dominator 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Triple Channel

If you are going with a Core i7 processor, be sure to go with triple channel ram.

Hard Drives: One Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB for my operating system and one Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB for my data.

Cooling: Thermaltake V1 Max-Performance CPU Cooler and Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

Monitor: 24″ BenQ G2400WD

If you only plan to run a 1920×1200 resolution, then this is a sweet monitor. Recommended by AnandTech.

DVD Drive: Samsung 22X DVD+/-RW SATA Burner

Miscellaneous: Four (4x) SATA cables and Cable Ties

Buying multiple SATA cables saves you money. The cable ties allow for cable management even though the HAF 932 helps you out

I did not purchase speakers, a mouse, or keyboard. With mail-in rebates ($40) the total comes to (with shipping): $2509.21.

Update: I created a post over at Tom’s Hardware where I updated the specs.