How easy is it to build a pc for a complete novice ?

The Matrix said:
honosuseri

On the Zalman Z9 door, the mesh holes look big, does dust get in easy as it looks like it could from the size of the mesh holes ?

Also while i'm here just a couple of quick things, that internal wi fi card you posted above doesn't get good reviews on the customer feedback tab, would it be safer to go with the dongle or a better wi fi card if they have one on here.

MEMORY: Because i'm going with a Gigabyte board that has blue in it, would these Corasair Vengeance be suitable for the Gigabyte motherboard above which i'm going to use ? Do you rate them as memory ?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-300-CS&tool=3
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Dust does "catch" on the side panel mesh. There are dust filters at the front of the case, so dust does collect at the front too, easy enough to dust down if im honest. I've owned the Z9 case for quite sometime, it's quirky but it's hard to grumble for what you get for the price.

The wifi card had good and bad reviews. Unless it's a unanimous decision, I generally put really bad reviews down to user error. I never spec stuff I wouldn't buy myself ;) If you'd prefer the USB dongle fair enough, the one advantage is that you can use a USB extension so you can place the USB dongle in different places to get a better signal sometimes.

The RAM you have linked isn't low profile. Those "agressive" looking heatspreaders on the RAM are a pain if you want to fit aftermarket heatsinks over the top of them. It would be wiser to go with something like THIS instead, if you want to continue the blue theme.
 
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How do you copy and paste a shopping basket like people have previously done on the thread where it displays it in the same form.

Ive ordered my build from OCUK and should be here tomorow.
 
Thanks scrlk

This is the build ive ordered, ive also bought a Pioneer x 12 blu ray writer, Pioneer optical dvd drive and a Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB drive for storage. Total cost for everything £899

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £173.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £79.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x BitFenix SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Reader - Black £18.98
Total : £759.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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The bluray writer will burn and read DVDs too bud. You don't need an extra optical drive. I hope the bluray was a retail unit and not OEM ;)

I have a card reader in my Z9 too. Does prove handy from time to time and looks good sat in the bay :)
 
honosuseri said:
The bluray writer will burn and read DVDs too bud. You don't need an extra optical drive. I hope the bluray was a retail unit and not OEM ;)

I have a card reader in my Z9 too. Does prove handy from time to time and looks good sat in the bay :)
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The blu ray burner is retail, i need an extra optical drive to copy from one disc to another as i burn quite a lot of dvd's as back up.

Pioneer BDR-S07XLT 50GB 12x Internal BD Writer Retail
 
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When you can (probably best to do it before you start building, will save hassle) I'd swap the fans which come with that case for some of these, they're a lot quieter than the Zalman ones. And as for the side panel, i've got one of these and it does a blinding job.
 
The Matrix said:
The blu ray burner is retail, i need an extra optical drive to copy from one disc to another as i burn quite a lot of dvd's as back up.
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It's common practice to make an image of the disk (.iso file or similar) and then burn that, rather than do burns on the fly. You can keep the image on the HDD as a backup too, there are virtual drive software tools that let you "mount" these isos and use them instead of burning them to disk.

It's all clever stuff lol
 
J-FRO said:
When you can (probably best to do it before you start building, will save hassle) I'd swap the fans which come with that case for some of these, they're a lot quieter than the Zalman ones. And as for the side panel, i've got one of these and it does a blinding job.
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Thanks for the pointer, with it being my first build i'll just try and get it going first then i can look into slight mods later, the fans seem an easy upgrade so i can do them at any point i guess.

These are the fans i was going to look at, someone mentioned them on another thread on here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11TIfocssvY
 
The Matrix said:
Thanks for the pointer, with it being my first build i'll just try and get it going first then i can look into slight mods later, the fans seem an easy upgrade so i can do them at any point i guess.

These are the fans i was going to look at, someone mentioned them on another thread on here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11TIfocssvY
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The Z9 fans aren't that bad if im honest. Cutting the hex mesh away improves airflow and helps with the noise.

Bitfenix has sent me two of THESE to help test the hydra pro fan controller. Note they are still blue LED. Their fan controller will allow me to turn the LEDs on and off :D

As the Z9 can take 140mm at the top and front I requested bigger than 120mm ;)
 
Operating system question.

With windows 8 not far away dop you reckon it would be better to install the windows 8 preview version as my OS for the time being like someone suggested previously then decide later if its better to go with 7 or stick with 8 ?

I presume that windows 7 will drop in price once 8 is released.
 
The Matrix said:
Operating system question.

With windows 8 not far away dop you reckon it would be better to install the windows 8 preview version as my OS for the time being like someone suggested previously then decide later if its better to go with 7 or stick with 8 ?

I presume that windows 7 will drop in price once 8 is released.
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After all the help/advice i've given, I'm not sure I like being refered to as "someone" lol

Yes I think it's wise to try the preview. October isn't really that far away to wait in my opinion. If you don't like windows 8 then by all means get windows 7 instead
 
Stone22uk said:
This would be the one me thinks http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4144&dl=1#dl
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Cheers Stone, when i select Windows 7 64 bit as the operating system do i need to download everything on the list underneath, forgive me as i'm not an expert in this, its my first build. I'd rather ask than potentially put the wrong or un-needed drivers in.

Also, whats the order to install the drivers, do they have a set order to be loaded and do you need to re-boot after each driver has been installed ?
 
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A couple of boxes turned up earlier today, now all i have to do is stick it all together :eek::D .... A bit of sticky tape should do the trick.

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