Guide to helping you choose your components

dylanwells · 20 Sep 2012 at 03:54

thanks for this .. i appreciate it.. thanks again

romper76 · 9 Oct 2012 at 14:46

good job, nice read.

durgaprasadzone · 31 Oct 2012 at 04:26

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Talha · 23 Dec 2012 at 17:05

can somebody please tell me if the cooler master pro heatsink can be used with all AMD CPU's?

Roverno · 1 Jan 2013 at 13:58

Just happened to click onto this and i think it could do with a bit of a refresh...

580 on a high end intel build? i dont think so

durgaprasadzone · 23 Apr 2013 at 10:39

thanks for info

steedy1991 · 11 May 2013 at 16:09

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tingting44 · 25 Aug 2013 at 11:38

THANKS to all who has put up these very useful threads for all us noobs! i would have never even thought about building my own pc before coming on here, GREAT community guys, again thank you all

OldSchoolTech · 19 Oct 2013 at 22:51

Thanks To 95thrifles - A PSU/Case Dilemma

Many thanks to 95thrifles for de-mysifying the hardware issues.

Although I worked as a "technician" back in the day, I was trained as a programmer rather than a hardware engineer. There's also been rapid development in hardware technologies (especially in GPUs and Cooling Systems) that I will admit, have passed me by.

Okay... I think this is the right place to post hardware questions, apologies if incorrect - I did look round the forums as best I could.

Question 1.

After looking at a few build tutorials (and 95thrifle's guide) I'm wondering if the old "emachines" tower case I've got will be able to house a 500w PSU?
(I dont know if I can post a pic of the case here? It says 130DVD Emachines on case front if that helps - Advice welcomed).

These new power supplies look huge - compared to stock ones....

Here's the specs for my new game build so far ...

1. Intel i3 (Sandybridge) processor 1155
2. Gigabyte Z68AP motherboard
3. Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (1x8GB) 1600MHz PC3-12800C10 RAM
4. Seagate Barracuda 7200 hard drive
5. Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - CPU cooler (4 pipes)
6. Any (second-hand) PCI-E 512MB graphics card

PS: The PC games I wish to play are "Alice Madness Returns" and Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 1. Curiously, the "Alice" Game mentions that:
"Nvidia Geforce 8400,9400, 210 are not supported" - There's so many graphics cards out there, I'm not sure what I should install... ?

Kind Regards, OldSchoolTech

james08800 · 12 Nov 2013 at 18:21

I currently have a single GTX 660TI, would you recommend another in SLI or changing card altogether?

Cleisthenes · 18 Nov 2013 at 10:26

Did that other thread answer your question or is your situation slightly different?

james08800 · 29 Nov 2013 at 21:17

still not sure

PhonicHD · 6 Jul 2014 at 09:14

This is probably the most in depth guide i have ever read, Thank you for taking the time to craft this piece of art aha

Darth Sidius · 8 Jul 2014 at 14:34

Hi

I'm after some advice regarding my next purchase. I need a machine for high end gameing and rendering as lots of Autocad work will be performed. On occasions this will be done in tandem so I would need a spec that would cope with these demands.

I was reading about the I7 Devils Canyon and would like to know if this is the best processor or are there better ones? Also, should I purchase one now how future proof will it be for the next 4/5 years?

What recommendations can you make for CPU/Memory/Graphics/Board/PSU/no of graphics cards etc?

Thanks

Darth Sidius

Doomedspeed · 10 Jul 2014 at 08:16

Darth Sidius said:
Hi

I'm after some advice regarding my next purchase. I need a machine for high end gameing and rendering as lots of Autocad work will be performed. On occasions this will be done in tandem so I would need a spec that would cope with these demands.

I was reading about the I7 Devils Canyon and would like to know if this is the best processor or are there better ones? Also, should I purchase one now how future proof will it be for the next 4/5 years?

What recommendations can you make for CPU/Memory/Graphics/Board/PSU/no of graphics cards etc?

Thanks

Darth Sidius

Hi Darth,

I suggest you make a thread in this GH forum.

If you outline youre requirements (like above) and budget (and any other things you are thinking about) we can help you out much better.

It'll be better that way as more people will see it and be able to help you personally.

Brian18741 · 2 Aug 2014 at 15:00

This is a good read and still relevant, thanks for posting!

Resa69 · 10 Aug 2014 at 18:58

james08800 said:
I currently have a single GTX 660TI, would you recommend another in SLI or changing card altogether?

Sell it and get a r9 290

Gaming4Life · 17 Dec 2015 at 00:19

james08800 said:
I currently have a single GTX 660TI, would you recommend another in SLI or changing card altogether?

Change the card to a better one if possible. It depends on your budget and the amount of time you spend gaming with the factor of what resolution you want to play at

I have a 4gb gtx 960 oc and that's good enough for me

Random Guy Esq. · 17 Dec 2015 at 00:56

Gaming4Life said:
Change the card to a better one if possible. It depends on your budget and the amount of time you spend gaming with the factor of what resolution you want to play at I have a 4gb gtx 960 oc and that's good enough for me

You're responding to a post from over two years ago.