Is this a good build for $2000 Canadian?

Hey whats up all, I built this PC for a friend of mine in Canada, just want to get some feedback from you guys what do you guys think?

Thanks!

Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7860

ASUS P7P55D LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard

OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK

2X EVGA 012-P3-1470-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

ASUS VH222H Black 21.5" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Blue RC-932-KKN3-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

SAMSUNG DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223L LightScribe Support - OEM

One thing would you go with that CPU and Motherboard OR

Same CPU just 1366 socket, and this motherboard?and why?

Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601930

EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Thanks

Currently going with The 1366 Socket CPU and the eVGA motherboard.

If you go with the i7 860/P55 setup you don't need a triple channel RAM kit as it uses dual channel. So far the only cpu/mobo that uses triple channel is i7 9xx/X58 setup. The i7 930 offers a better mult-gpu setup because it has more PCIe lanes (36) so you can SLI/Crossfire on full speed slots (16x & 16x). The i7 860 (and all i7 8xx cpu's) have an onboard PCIe controller and only offer 16 PCIe lanes (8x & 8x). I'm not sure if the GTX 470 fully saturates an 8x PCIe slot and if it doesn't then it won't matter which setup you go with.

Either way you go it is a good build.

not really i bought for 1000€ 920i7 with 2 260s in sli last year

If you go with the i7 860/P55 setup you don't need a triple channel RAM kit as it uses dual channel. So far the only cpu/mobo that uses triple channel is i7 9xx/X58 setup. The i7 930 offers a better mult-gpu setup because it has more PCIe lanes (36) so you can SLI/Crossfire on full speed slots (16x & 16x). The i7 860 (and all i7 8xx cpu's) have an onboard PCIe controller and only offer 16 PCIe lanes (8x & 8x). I'm not sure if the GTX 470 fully saturates an 8x PCIe slot and if it doesn't then it won't matter which setup you go with.

Either way you go it is a good build.

Change your board to either the MSI P55A-G55 or the P7P55D-E Pro, whichever you prefer. Both support Crossfire/SLI, both run at 8x/8x, and both support USB 3.0 and SATA III.

And get these MSI Frozr 465's instead. Linus at NCIX is unlocking them for customers to GTX 470's, and with the added cooling of the Twin Frozr II cooler, it would be a better buy. And it's shiny too :P

Change your board to either the MSI P55A-G55 or the P7P55D-E Pro, whichever you prefer. Both support Crossfire/SLI, both run at 8x/8x, and both support USB 3.0 and SATA III.

And get these MSI Frozr 465's instead. Linus at NCIX is unlocking them for customers to GTX 470's, and with the added cooling of the Twin Frozr II cooler, it would be a better buy. And it's shiny too :P

ravenguard90

i would look for something with usb 3.0, but thats just my preference. otherwise nothing wrong with it that i can see