New computer build: Need advice

greetz · Post by **greetz** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:34 am

glad to see you repping the #gskill~

sevEN · Post by **sevEN** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:43 am

greetz wrote:glad to see you repping the #gskill~

10:20 AM - 28: yo
10:20 AM - 28: buying gskill ram for my mobo
10:20 AM - 28: thought about you for some gay ass reason
10:20 AM - taylor: hahah
10:20 AM - 28:

defrag · Post by **defrag** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:47 pm

Ram:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820147096

Hard Drive:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136533

Power Supply (2 Choices):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136533

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817371025 (preferred choice)

sevEN · Post by **sevEN** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 1:02 pm

defrag wrote:Ram:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820147096

Hard Drive:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136533

Power Supply (2 Choices):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136533

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817371025 (preferred choice)

stuffs already ordered. the ram and psu came bundled with the mobo processor and case that i really wanted.. so i had to roll with that. but i did take your suggestion on the mobo and processor!

motive · Post by **motive** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 1:14 pm

Case is a waste of money IMO. I would've doubled the memory, but that's just me; I run a lot of bullshit.

unpro · Post by **unpro** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:31 pm

scorch- wrote:
unpro wrote:seasonic makes the best PSU on the market btw. i dont trust antecs, have had 3 of them shit out on me in the past 7 years.
http://nineteeneleven.org/forums/viewto ... =25&t=2663

Lol, I just assumed PSUs were supposed to kick the bucket after a few years. Im currently running a 750W antec I think.

i prefer PSUs that dont shit out in a year or 2. right now ive got a corsair 750w(seasonic manufactures them) before that i went through 1 doa, and 1 dead within a week antecs on this system.

my last system had enermax PSU that ran continuously for over 5 years before dying. i never turn my computer off. i went through 2 more antecs in 2 years, but one of them was a refurb pos i bought on sale needing a PSU and only having 40 dollars to spend, so i dont count it.

the system before that ran a sparkle PSU for pretty much 5 years solid and with a full mobo/cpu/ram/vid swap about 2 years into its life.

you can be happy with PSUs dying, i dont have the money to replace the parts shitty PSUs take with them when they die violently. im done with antec personally.

on that note, fuck razer as well. fuck them up the collective ass.

hildebrand · Post by **hildebrand** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:34 pm

joey, make my lil bro a computer for 600$ CDN.

ill attempt to assemble it for him and help him order it online.

GET AT ME BRO

showtime · Post by **showtime** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:07 am

sevEN wrote:Alright guys, here it is. the final product. thank you all for your help.

CASE: coolermaster HAF 922 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811119197

MOBO: asus P8Z77 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131837

GFX CARD: GTX 660 Ti 2GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130809

PROCESSOR: i5-3570K Ivy Bridge http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116504

RAM: G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB DDR3 12800 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231546

PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plushttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Ite ... 6817171054

SSD: SAMSUNG 830 Series 128GB ssd http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820147163

STORAGE DRIVE: TOSHIBA 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822149382

DVD BURNER: asus 24x dvd burner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827135204

after everything is said and done, spending about 1k. it comes with a couple free games too. (borderlands 2 and tribez ascend). spend more than my original budget, but after getting into it, i just decided to expand the budget. if i wanted to spend 700, 300 extra is not going to kill me. final thoughts, defrag/showtime/dan/sixten?

Here was the final combo I got from newegg. A lot of the same components that you ordered except the PSU is different and it doesn't come with a HD. Might have saved you a little money but looks like you already ordered your stuff. Hope the build works well for ya!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDeal ... bo.1069078

tenks · Post by **tenks** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:34 am

sevEN wrote:Alright guys, here it is. the final product. thank you all for your help.

CASE: coolermaster HAF 922 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811119197

MOBO: asus P8Z77 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131837

GFX CARD: GTX 660 Ti 2GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130809

PROCESSOR: i5-3570K Ivy Bridge http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116504

RAM: G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB DDR3 12800 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231546

PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plushttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Ite ... 6817171054

SSD: SAMSUNG 830 Series 128GB ssd http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820147163

STORAGE DRIVE: TOSHIBA 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822149382

DVD BURNER: asus 24x dvd burner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827135204

after everything is said and done, spending about 1k. it comes with a couple free games too. (borderlands 2 and tribez ascend). spend more than my original budget, but after getting into it, i just decided to expand the budget. if i wanted to spend 700, 300 extra is not going to kill me. final thoughts, defrag/showtime/dan/sixten?

Everything looks solid. Might as well get 16gigs of ram tho. You can't get 12g if you want to run your system properly (dual channel mode)

And that toshiba hard drive blows dick. Go with Western Digital or seagate.

rehpyc · Post by **rehpyc** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 1:26 pm

Hasn't Seagate been pretty piss poor over the past years? I go with WD and Samsung now.

unpro · Post by **unpro** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 1:50 pm

they have, pretty much the only reliable HDDs out are solid state and WD.

defrag · Post by **defrag** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 4:13 pm

rehpyc wrote:Hasn't Seagate been pretty piss poor over the past years? I go with WD and Samsung now.

Samsung = Seagate

Bahahahaha.

tenks · Post by **tenks** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:19 pm

rehpyc wrote:Hasn't Seagate been pretty piss poor over the past years? I go with WD and Samsung now.

i just said seagate for choice. I use WD and it looks like they're one of the last good ones. And samsung = seagate like defrag said.

I only use WD blacks. I have a crucial c300 SSD for my programs/os drive and it's been rock solid for a year+. Same with my 2600k, best cpu purchase Ive ever made. Been running 24/7 @ 4.2ghz on stock cooling for almost ta year.

Looking at Joey's build made me revist hardware prices and damn SSD's have dropped so much since I bought..Goodamn

sevEN · Post by **sevEN** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:49 pm

ya its been so long since i have looked at computer parts, and i just didnt really remember brands very well. i should have known to get a WD storage HD but oh well. so stoked for this to get here next saturday.

i want to pick up a new game or 2 to play on this thing. i am already getting a free copy of borderlands2 which looks incredible. anything else look cool? any suggestions?

CharlieGiteau · Post by **CharlieGiteau** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:06 am

sevEN wrote:ya its been so long since i have looked at computer parts, and i just didnt really remember brands very well. i should have known to get a WD storage HD but oh well. so stoked for this to get here next saturday.

i want to pick up a new game or 2 to play on this thing. i am already getting a free copy of borderlands2 which looks incredible. anything else look cool? any suggestions?

Just back up the important stuff that you'd hate to lose. I've had a WD go down within a couple months. Could you return it and choose a new one? Or do they rape you on restock?

sevEN · Post by **sevEN** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:22 am

defrag · Post by **defrag** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:34 am

awww damn you got the 660ti with the short pcb

sevEN · Post by **sevEN** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:40 am

defrag wrote:awww damn you got the 660ti with the short pcb

mother fucker i cant please you can i? point is this shit is so unbelievably better than what ive been using that i wont notice the difference betwen a shot pcb or long pcb. whatever that iss

dogfire · Post by **dogfire** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:00 pm

sevEN wrote:
defrag wrote:awww damn you got the 660ti with the short pcb
mother fucker i cant please you can i? point is this shit is so unbelievably better than what ive been using that i wont notice the difference betwen a shot pcb or long pcb. whatever that iss

Oh man yeah, should have gotten the long pcb, you're fucked now.....

defrag · Post by **defrag** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:45 pm

oh dont go and get your panties and in a bunch.

yes, i would agree that your system is probably 10x better than your previous rig, but its my nature to point out things that i see.

it's not the end of the world having the shorter pcb (pcb is the green board your graphics card is built on) so take it with a grain of salt.

while it is not my system, i just gave you the best and honest advice from my years of experience in the field.

you dont have to please me, the only person you have to please is yourself.

keep those "mother fucker" comments to yourself.

rolyat · Post by **rolyat** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:03 pm

looks like a pretty solid first build.. and you shouldn't have overheating problems as long as you clean the dust out of your case every 3 to 6 months.. oh and keeping your case elevated also helps with air circulation and dust btw

Wint0 · Post by **Wint0** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:33 pm

goddamn i need a real job....

sevEN · Post by **sevEN** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:31 am

lol defrag, i was just being sarcastic there haha my bad for coming off like that. i appreciate your help throughout the thread.

rehpyc · Post by **rehpyc** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:16 pm

needs a bigger cpu cooler and some oc'ing of the cpu ^_^

sevEN · Post by **sevEN** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:20 pm

sean i did some turbo setting thing in my motherboard software so that it overclocks a little bit. but not much. i dont know how to properly do it myself so i just let it be. but i will probably find out later and do it eventually

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 5:14 pm

I just built my first computer tonight. The scariest part was pressing that bar down to lock the processor into place, I thought that I was going to break it.

ward · Post by **ward** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 6:36 pm

Cool wiring job bro

Sears · Post by **Sears** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:24 pm

yea solid cable management fa sho

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:31 pm

*fixed*

scorch- · Post by **scorch-** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:58 am

Hate to have you nerds look inside my case.

defrag · Post by **defrag** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:13 pm

my handy work from a previous build:

Sears · Post by **Sears** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:14 pm

scorch- wrote:Hate to have you nerds look inside my case.

acetamino · Post by **acetamino** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:29 pm

toxinator does the best wire work, imo.

aLpha.cn-[tang] · Post by **aLpha.cn-[tang]** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:50 am

taylu_b wrote:*fixed*

Is that the Fractal Design Define?

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:14 am

aLpha.cn-[tang] wrote:
taylu_b wrote: Is that the Fractal Design Define?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811139010

Wint0 · Post by **Wint0** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:39 am

Built this a few days ago. Its my first one so I had a lot of oh shit moments where I thought I broke stuff.... Pretty happy with myself though!

toxinatoR · Post by **toxinatoR** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:46 pm

acetamino wrote:toxinator does the best wire work, imo.

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toxinatoR · Post by **toxinatoR** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:54 pm

my setup at the moment, nbd.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:14 pm

My case is 35% blunts and french fries

YOLO