[Help] Bulding a gaming computer!

[Butt Stallion]

Instead of making my own topic, I figured I'd just post my (hopefully) upcoming, first build here to see what peoples thoughts/opinions on my picks were. Any thoughts, opinions or ideas for changes would be greatly appreciated, as this is my first build so I'm not all that knowledgeable on the subject.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YUBA

 

The only thing I haven't picked out is a case, still trying to decide which I want. The ones I'm looking at are:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156078

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144267

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156287

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133191

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146079

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144277

 

As you can see, I'm trying to go with a black case with green accents/LEDs, but I have not been able to locate all that many good looking cases with that style. I think I'm leaning toward the NZXT Phantom.

[Vegan T-Rex]

Believe me, i've seen worse builds.

My friend also went with an i7 3770, but...but...

chose a GT630. Not even DDR5. That is integrated graphics quality graphics

[puddingkip]

Buy one. A lot less hassle. Also, everything wourks and you get a warranty

[There]

Instead of making my own topic, I figured I'd just post my (hopefully) upcoming, first build here to see what peoples thoughts/opinions on my picks were. Any thoughts, opinions or ideas for changes would be greatly appreciated, as this is my first build so I'm not all that knowledgeable on the subject.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YUBA

 

The only thing I haven't picked out is a case, still trying to decide which I want. The ones I'm looking at are:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156078

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144267

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156287

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133191

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146079

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144277

 

As you can see, I'm trying to go with a black case with green accents/LEDs, but I have not been able to locate all that many good looking cases with that style. I think I'm leaning toward the NZXT Phantom.

Decent.

 

Why two HDDs? It's not worth 60% more speed of RAID if you have double the chance of failure. Getting a single 2TB HDD for storage is cheaper and more reliable, but slightly slower. (but you got that SSD, so why not?) 

Why the 4GB GTX 680? The 670 is about 7% slower than it, and it costs 20%  less. Now, as you know, NVIDIA just released the GTX 780 last week. The GTX 770 is coming out later this week, and it will be better than the 680, but cheaper. But let's talk about the frame buffer (AKA VRAM)

You don't need 4GB for that monitor. You don't use any more VRAM if you're on a 60 FPS monitor vs a 144 Hz monitor. 2GB is still more than enough for that size of monitor. 

You're wasting money on the motherboard and CPU if you don't buy a cooler for it. The CPU does come with a cooler, but it... it's terrible. As you know, the Intel 'K' processors are overclockable. You pay a bit more for this ability to overclock. So, if you don't buy a decent cooler for it, you won't be able to overclock, and you'd have wasted money on it. Get the cooler master Hyper 212 Evo, it's like $30. 

The PSU is overkill. You could use a 650W PSU and have some leeway. If you play to do SLI in the future, 750W is ample. 

 

And the monitor. If you really think you want it, then get it, but you could use 120FPS and not notice any difference. I would be perfectly happy with a 60 FPS monitor, but oh well.

 

Happy gaming

[ivor]

This thread looked a bit dead, so I'll reopen it.

 

Case: I have this, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345015 Newegg doesn't stock it anymore but I was able to get one for 29.99 on sale.

 

Sidenote, as for hard drives, do not buy anything Seagate.  Ever.  "Oh look, a 2TB hard drive for only 75 bucks!"  That was me around 8 months ago.  "I certainly hope whoever founded Seagate dies in a fire!"  Me now, after 4 faulty hard drives and 2 full data wipes with a 3rd one coming soon.

[There]

This thread looked a bit dead, so I'll reopen it.

 

Case: I have this, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345015 Newegg doesn't stock it anymore but I was able to get one for 29.99 on sale.

 

Sidenote, as for hard drives, do not buy anything Seagate.  Ever.  "Oh look, a 2TB hard drive for only 75 bucks!"  That was me around 8 months ago.  "I certainly hope whoever founded Seagate dies in a fire!"  Me now, after 4 faulty hard drives and 2 full data wipes with a 3rd one coming soon.

 

I've used a ton of Seagate things, they've all worked great for me. I've never used anything over 1TB, so maybe that's the problem? I don't think that would affect reliability. But maybe.

[GOININHARD]

I bought a "Gaming" pc from Newegg (Yes not the greatest, but good on a budget)

I only have a Nvidia Geforce GT 610 1 GB, witch if i remember correctly is only a $20 - $40 Graphics Card & i can run TF2 steady at about 60 - 80 FPS (Can sit at 100 if not moving)

And a  AMD FX-Series FX-6100 (3.3GHz) witch i will probably overclock to 3.9GHz once i can afford a new CPU heat sync!

Also 8 GB of DDR3 memory!

Only costed me $513.00 Canadian Dollars!

 

 

[Vegan T-Rex]

 

I bought a "Gaming" pc from Newegg (Yes not the greatest, but good on a budget)

 

I only have a Nvidia Geforce GT 610 1 GB, witch if i remember correctly is only a $20 - $40 Graphics Card & i can run TF2 steady at about 60 - 80 FPS (Can sit at 100 if not moving)

 

And a  AMD FX-Series FX-6100 (3.3GHz) witch i will probably overclock to 3.9GHz once i can afford a new CPU heat sync!

 

Also 8 GB of DDR3 memory!

 

Only costed me $513.00 Canadian Dollars!

 

 

I don't know if Newegg would give the option to change some parts around, but going with a, say A8 CPU mighta been cheaper and gotten you a nicer gpu?

Or even a pentium? 

[There]

I don't know if Newegg would give the option to change some parts around, but going with a, say A8 CPU mighta been cheaper and gotten you a nicer gpu?

Or even a pentium?

Well, if you buy a pre-built rig (which I assume he did), you can't. It's basically the same as buying a computer from a manufacturer, except you sort of know what you're buying.

 

As far as an A8 goes, I agree. I think you could have done better for the money if you built a rig from scratch. But if it runs his games well, then who are we to question him?