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IshTing

IshTing

IshTing

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Ok most of the stuff I say will probably come across as dumb but Im very new to this. My friend told me he built his own PC from scratch, he bought all the parts and a case and built it. I found it very interesting and decided I would like to build my own PC. Money is not an issue as I have a job and will buy each thing gradually as I can.

I asked him to put me a list together of high range stuff and I would buy the parts. He said ok but to post the list here and have someone check it over, and for someone with more experience to change the list up a bit if neccessary.

List -

Motherboard
Graphics Card
Processor
Blu-Ray Drive
Case
Power Supply
Sound Card
Memory
Hard Drive
CPU Cooler
Thermal Materials

Any help would be appreciated

Thank You
 
first thing i would say is drop the graphics card for a cheap oen and wait for the DX11 cards to come out before you get a high end GPU. this way, if DX11 turns out to be bad, you can still get a good DX10 card, however if it turns out to be good, you have justification to get a new graphics card so soon after buying one.

if you are planning to only have 1 graphics card, I would get a less powerful GPU, about 600W should be enough.

the rest of the system looks fine
 
Motherboard. Rampage Extreme is a high end Overclocking board, for most users this is overkill.
Graphics Card. I wouldn't pick the ASUS 285. It's not worth the extra money over say a BFG 275.
Processor. The i7 920 is a great chip no doubt. But maybe you'd be better off waiting for the new socket from Intel in the next few weeks and an i7 860 (this will influence motherboard).
Bluray. Are you planning on playing Blurays on this? I wouldn't bother, and just get a decent DVD+-RW. If you are then an ATI card might be a better choice.
Case. Personal Choice, the 1200 is decent - I think it's ugly tho.
Power Supplu. 850W is a good power supply if you are running a couple of graphics cards, extreme overkill for one. Get one with modular cables, will be easier to tidy the insides.
Sound Card. Most people don't bother these days (especially when their motherboard comes with X-Fi!)
RAM. If you are just running 6GB get something faster, it will help with O/Cing.
Hard Drive. You might want to consider a SSD in addition to the 1TB storage drive.
The TRUE CPU cooler is good, but you'll need to add a fan to it. The Megahelems are supposed to be good for i7.

Post a budget and what you are planning to use the PC for and someone will spec you something appropriate. What I see here is an unguided build where all the most expensive parts have been picked regardless of suitability :)
 
sldsmkd said:
Motherboard. Rampage Extreme is a high end Overclocking board, for most users this is overkill.
Graphics Card. I wouldn't pick the ASUS 285. It's not worth the extra money over say a BFG 275.
Processor. The i7 920 is a great chip no doubt. But maybe you'd be better off waiting for the new socket from Intel in the next few weeks and an i7 860 (this will influence motherboard).
Bluray. Are you planning on playing Blurays on this? I wouldn't bother, and just get a decent DVD+-RW. If you are then an ATI card might be a better choice.
Case. Personal Choice, the 1200 is decent - I think it's ugly tho.
Power Supplu. 850W is a good power supply if you are running a couple of graphics cards, extreme overkill for one. Get one with modular cables, will be easier to tidy the insides.
Sound Card. Most people don't bother these days (especially when their motherboard comes with X-Fi!)
RAM. If you are just running 6GB get something faster, it will help with O/Cing.
Hard Drive. You might want to consider a SSD in addition to the 1TB storage drive.
The TRUE CPU cooler is good, but you'll need to add a fan to it. The Megahelems are supposed to be good for i7.

Post a budget and what you are planning to use the PC for and someone will spec you something appropriate. What I see here is an unguided build where all the most expensive parts have been picked regardless of suitability :)
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This is why you have to love this place at times. :)

On a side note are you already ok for monitor,keyboard, mouse etc?
 
Well for the motherboard id go for say a £180-200 one, the rampage is a bit much unless your gonna do a lot with this. However when i ran a server on it, it ran gr8 compared to a gigabyte x58 mobo.
+1 to the others about directx11, look for a 275gtx or maybe a 260 (216 core) and save for a behemoth dx11!
tbh if your just going for a single gpu card throughout your build id just go for a 700-800 wat, only use a 850 if ur maybe gonna do 260? sli or 4850 cf (rofl).
tbh the case is fine but if you wanna look for others then id say the coolermaster i think its the 590 or 690 is very good, infact its what iv got for my 285gtx build.
No problems with processor.
If youve gotta ps3 then dont geta bluray, unless you realllly want to. btw blimey its expensive.
nice soundcard, just think its overpriced a bit.
from there on everything seems fine, shouldnt have a problem! hf building
 
IshTing said:
[snip]Money is not an issue as I have a job and will buy each thing gradually as I can.[snip]
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All the other posts have been fantastic about your list of hardware but I figured I'd post my opinion on this.
While it usually would be okay and it kindof depends on how gradually you mean, but you'd save money if you buy the system all together - particularly on delivery.
If by gradually you're meaning similar to what a friend of mine has done and you mean over the course of a couple of years then you'd likely wind up with a computer where bits of it are now outdated and bits are brand new but you paid a premium for practically everything.
I'd suggest either saving up and buying it all at once (cause you can't use it till you have everything anyway) or using a buy now pay later type thing which allows you to do the same thing only having the stuff earlier.


Just my 2 cents.
 
Buying gradually can be fine, it's what i'm doing - it makes it into a nice little project over the course of a few months and you can really research components - but there are hassles with rma's of dead parts that you didn't know were dead for months and stuff.

If you have a pre-existing PC that you can gut for parts + have free delivery then it's fine.

(it's also a good way to blow a budget ;))
 
Save the money up and get your part's in one go by that time you might qualify for free poastage and its possible you might get a better spec pc.
 
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