Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

[Candyman5]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

Ok im attempting to buy my own parts and build one by shopping on Newegg.

I got:

Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147153

Power: Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V V2.2 Intel Core i7 Compliant Dual 80mm Fans Full Cable Sleevings Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153023

Memory: G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C9D-8GAB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231550

Motherboard: BIOSTAR TZ77B LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138352

Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I72600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115071

Only thing now is my graphics card which I have no clue what so ever what to get. I want this to play Diablo 3, Arma 2, Command and Conquer Generals 2 and Company of Heroes 2 solidly. However 2 of those games dont have specs yet, lol. I might just look at the Diablo 3 specs and select a card for it. I am at a total loss when it comes to whats is better and such for the cards.

Im now just looking over everything making sure their compatible with each other. Im a noob (I hate that word) at this so any help is appreciated....lol.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

Candyman I'd go with 550-600W power supply. The 430W is not going to be enough and it will cause you some trouble depending on which video card you get.

For video card, go with a 560 Ti or higher.

You can even get by with an i5 for gaming, but if you can afford the i7 it's not a bad idea.

Ok im attempting to buy my own parts and build one by shopping on Newegg.

I got:

Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147153

Power: Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V V2.2 Intel Core i7 Compliant Dual 80mm Fans Full Cable Sleevings Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153023

Memory: G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C9D-8GAB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231550

Motherboard: BIOSTAR TZ77B LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138352

Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I72600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115071

Only thing now is my graphics card which I have no clue what so ever what to get. I want this to play Diablo 3, Arma 2, Command and Conquer Generals 2 and Company of Heroes 2 solidly. However 2 of those games dont have specs yet, lol. I might just look at the Diablo 3 specs and select a card for it. I am at a total loss when it comes to whats is better and such for the cards.

Im now just looking over everything making sure their compatible with each other. Im a noob (I hate that word) at this so any help is appreciated....lol.

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231460

Same price RAM. A lot more reviews, might be a little safer.

[elTodd]

First of all, check out Newegg or Amazon for your computer parts purchases. Good prices and relatively quick turnaround.

Personally if I was going to be doing a mid range build like yourself. I would do the following:

Intel i5-2500k processor
560 ti graphics card
8 gb ram.

Here is a sample build:


http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/Sh...mit=ChangeItem


You can search around for better sales on like items, but you get the general idea. This will run everything at max. You can probably spend another $100 and go up to a 570 or something on the graphics card and really be kicking butt.

Thanks for the help man. Went with these main specs as well as a few suggestions from the guy at Micro center who was very helpful. Ended up under my $800 limit so I was very happy.

Just finished putting it together, which was very nerve-wracking. First ever build of my own. Just went with the manuals and some common sense. Lol. But everything seems to be working just fine. I'm just hoping I didn't mess something up. Need to zip-tie the wires and clear up the clutter and I should be rocking soon.

Thanks to everyone for the help and suggestions.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

[Candyman5]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

Heres what I got now.
http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/Sh...px?Submit=view

Only thing is deciding on i5 or i7. Lol. And a cheap DVD drive.

[WTF]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

Heres what I got now.
http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/Sh...px?Submit=view

Only thing is deciding on i5 or i7. Lol. And a cheap DVD drive.

Your shopping cart is empty? lol

Very nice start on it so far. I think you forgot to save it.

[Stu]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

What's the story on using SSD's instead of HDD's? Is there a significant improvement in gaming if you use SSD? In order to take advantage do you need to buy a drive big enough to install the OS and Games?

[ehh]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

What's the story on using SSD's instead of HDD's? Is there a significant improvement in gaming if you use SSD? In order to take advantage do you need to buy a drive big enough to install the OS and Games?

One of the biggest is that they should last longer because there are no moving parts. I've read all kinds of performance reviews, some report that it doesn't improve performance that much (not even talking about gaming though).

I have a 128 GB SSD in my netbook for work and the boot time (hit the power button to the W7 login screen) went from 37 seconds on a HDD to 19 on an SSD. However once the machine is up and running I don't notice a huge difference but it's also a weenie little netbook.

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

What's the story on using SSD's instead of HDD's? Is there a significant improvement in gaming if you use SSD? In order to take advantage do you need to buy a drive big enough to install the OS and Games?

I need to do more research on them, but I plan on getting I think a 120GB when I build mine. I am building for the next 5 years though. So I have no reason not to. SSD + HDD to put my music and other non-essential files.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOPS#Examples

Standard HDD = 100 IOPS
Decent SSD = 60,000 IOPS

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=5818&review=ssd+vs+hard+drive

[ehh]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

Ollie - that's what a lot of people are doing but I'm not sure I'm going to go that route. I think I'd rather wait a few years until SSDs come way down in price and just abandon HDDs at that point. Not sure the benefits of SSD are potent enough for me to justify spending all that money on 128GB of storage.

[choadler]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

What's the story on using SSD's instead of HDD's? Is there a significant improvement in gaming if you use SSD? In order to take advantage do you need to buy a drive big enough to install the OS and Games?

I don't have an ssd, but from what I heard load times are the main advantage. Once a game is running though, you shouldn't see much of a difference.

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

Ollie - that's what a lot of people are doing but I'm not sure I'm going to go that route. I think I'd rather wait a few years until SSDs come way down in price and just abandon HDDs at that point. Not sure the benefits of SSD are potent enough for me to justify spending all that money on 128GB of storage.

I thought about that. I figure do a smaller SSD now. Then in 1-2 years or whenever they become the norm I can switch over. I'll also be ready to move on to whatever the best Windows OS is at the time so I can just do a clean install.

[mattsb84]

Re: Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

What's the story on using SSD's instead of HDD's? Is there a significant improvement in gaming if you use SSD? In order to take advantage do you need to buy a drive big enough to install the OS and Games?

Read/write times aren't in the same ball park for ssds vs hdds. It's night and day really. You would see a pretty big difference in application/OS load times. That said, a good GPU will play a larger role in performance of PC games vs a ssd.

120GB seems to be the most competitively priced ssd right now. That would allow for your OS, some applications and a few games. You could raid 0 two 120s and you'd probably have enough room to do whatever you'd like (though you'd still want a storage drive). I currently have a raid 0 of 10k rpm drives as my primary for games/os/apps. Then I have a 1tb drive for data and steam games that I'm not currently playing.

I plan on doing a rebuild at the end of 2013 and finally making the switch to ssds..so long as the price keeps coming down.

[trobinson97]

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Gonna roll the dice on a 240GB SSD. Will come out to $166 after discounts and rebates, seems like a good deal to me.

[WTF]

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Awesome deal.