1st time build, help?

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EYE_ON_ME

EYE_ON_ME

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Hi,

Really new to the site been a member for a while but have not done much apart from reading the project section.

I have just jumped in and bought these bits and will be buying more asap to start my build.

It will be my 1st one and I'm sure I will need all the help I can get LOL

DSCF9432 by brendanwest, on Flickr
DSCF9433 by brendanwest, on Flickr

My Mobo will be the Asus Maximus VI HERO Z87, case Corsair 540, what RAM, CPU and PSU do you guy's recommend?


I will update as I much as I can with photo's.
 
RAM - I've allways been a bit of a corsair fan boy when it comes to RAM but at the moment for fairly decent nice looking RAM I think the Avexir kits are hard to beat. Something like: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-000-AR You can go for higher speeds but it really won't make any difference for the majority of tasks, just depends on your willingness to spend cash.

CPU - Probably a 4670k Link But again if you wanna spend cash for a small imporvement go for the 4770k, other option is wait a week or two and see what happens when the new motherboards and processors hit the shelves.

PSU - I've allways had good experiances with Silverstone but anything from Corsair, Seasonic, Silverstone or Super Flower should stand you in pretty well, I'd probably plump for about 750w unless you think you may go SLI later then I'd go for something around 1000w, Allways better to overestimate than skimp on the wattage imo.
 
Mole. said:
RAM - I've allways been a bit of a corsair fan boy when it comes to RAM but at the moment for fairly decent nice looking RAM I think the Avexir kits are hard to beat. Something like: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-000-AR You can go for higher speeds but it really won't make any difference for the majority of tasks, just depends on your willingness to spend cash.

CPU - Probably a 4670k Link But again if you wanna spend cash for a small imporvement go for the 4770k, other option is wait a week or two and see what happens when the new motherboards and processors hit the shelves.

PSU - I've allways had good experiances with Silverstone but anything from Corsair, Seasonic, Silverstone or Super Flower should stand you in pretty well, I'd probably plump for about 750w unless you think you may go SLI later then I'd go for something around 1000w, Allways better to overestimate than skimp on the wattage imo.
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I will have a look into that RAM looks nice :) as for the PSU what power should I be looking at?

When do the new CPU come out? as I'm away for a couple weeks so fingers crossed they will be out and the 4770 will drop in price?
 
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^+1^ refresh is out in a few weeks, plus psu i cant recommend EVGA highly enough, prob only need a 750w but you could get the 850w or 1000w if you want to go sli but super flower psu are good aswell.:)
 
paulm71 said:
^+1^ refresh is out in a few weeks, plus psu i cant recommend EVGA highly enough, prob only need a 750w but you could get the 850w or 1000w if you want to go sli but super flower psu are good aswell.:)
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Aren't the EVGA psu's just re-badged Super flowers anyhow?
 
paulm71 said:
yes they do make them, ive the 850w G2, great PSU.Its paired with the MSI z87m mobo, great board had no problems with it, will def keep with MSI from now on.
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Yer, MSI have really gone up in my estimations recently, bought a fair bit of there stuff for my mining rigs and it's all pretty much flawless.
 
the new MSI z97 mobo looks like a beast, EYE ON ME maybe take a look at that mobo cause as you have the MSI GPU it will boast the card abit more when there paired.
 
My *MSI Gaming 7 with a*Corsair*Hydro Series H75 plus two corsair AF120 Red LED 120mm Fans were delivered today, but what do I keep the H100i or the H75??
 
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