Building a PC

[maltrophstitan]

His computer is fine the way it is now lol. You guys are going to give him anxiety over this damn purchase. It is a damn fine PC

It is a good rig. you should be happy with it

[PeanutButterMunky]

It's the only way I can seem to buy stuff. If I don't owe it, I can't save it, guess I'm a bit odd on that front.

Whatever helps, lol.

[John25]

Hmm you might want to switch your RAM to low profile sticks as that Cooler will most likely cover the first DIMM Slot (even though you are only getting 2 sticks which you can slot into the 2nd & 4th slots) you want to add more in future

plus maybe pick up the Noctua D14 CPU cooler instead as that always gets mentioned in threads when people are looking for Coolers


Just my 2 cents of course.

[MonkeyClaw]

Hey everyone,

I don't profess to know much about PC hardware, I spent two years in HS doing repair and building, but that's about it. I'm looking to build my own rig, with a budget of $800.


I'm looking for opinions, and this is the list I have so far.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HCzZ

We can exclude the HDD from that, as I'll just format that one in my existing PC.

Should any components be changed?

I would not go with a sleeve bearing CPU fan, go with a ball bearing fan, it will be quieter and last much longer!

[John25]

http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm

heres a CPU Cooler guide

[MATRIX 2]

Hey everyone,

I don't profess to know much about PC hardware, I spent two years in HS doing repair and building, but that's about it. I'm looking to build my own rig, with a budget of $800.


I'm looking for opinions, and this is the list I have so far.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HCzZ

We can exclude the HDD from that, as I'll just format that one in my existing PC.

Should any components be changed?

I'd drop the cpu cooler (unnecessary unless you overclock).

swap the motherboard to this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128544

change the HDD to this:

http://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-Deskto...tal+1+terabyte

change the PSU to this: (you do not want to skimp here)


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817151096


could save some money here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150604

And while the 3770k might be a slight improvement over the 3570k in certain tasks, it isn't ~$120 better:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=I69-3570K