Hi,
Recently posted a different spec (mickyflinn kindly passed on some
advice!), recently spent a lot of time revising it and largely
expanding the budget!! hahaha. Think I'm then going to compare the
costs of both machines vs firepower hahaha.
First self built machine, looking for some experienced views on
the components and expansibility -
CASE - NZXT Phantom 410 Case
MEMORY - Samsung/Kingston 500GB SSD
RAM - Crucial Ballistix BLS2C8G3D18ADS3CEU Sport XT 16GB (8GBx 2)
240 Pin DIMM DDR3 PC3-14900 Memory Module
MOTHERBOARD - MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard
(4x DDR3, 10x USB3.0, 6x USB2.0, GBE, LAN, HDMI, DP)
PSU - Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze
Certified ATX/EPS PSU
PROCESSOR - Intel Core i5 i5-4690K CPU (Quad Core 3.5GHz
Processor, 6MB Cache, Intel HD 4600 Graphics, Socket H3 LGA-1150)
You'll note no graphics card! Any recommendations with that setup?
Any recommended improvements on the psu? (or anything!) aiming for a qualityy inexpensive machine to run (power
consumption etc?)
Right I have another bizarre compatibility question. I have a
weird fascination with the pentium g3258 processor. Would the
above modem run fine with it? What are the considerations, what
would I need to do to make it work? (socket size is 1150).
Also, with skylake on the horizon (which is one of the reason I
ask the above). Is it worth holding off building the machine for
a time? Or would you expect I can simply replace the chosen
processor as skylake will incorporate an 1150 socket? Did a bit of
research and it looks like it wont be compatible.
Digging through some of the fantastic resources on the site seeing if I can improve on it ..
Recently posted a different spec (mickyflinn kindly passed on some
advice!), recently spent a lot of time revising it and largely
expanding the budget!! hahaha. Think I'm then going to compare the
costs of both machines vs firepower hahaha.
First self built machine, looking for some experienced views on
the components and expansibility -
CASE - NZXT Phantom 410 Case
MEMORY - Samsung/Kingston 500GB SSD
RAM - Crucial Ballistix BLS2C8G3D18ADS3CEU Sport XT 16GB (8GBx 2)
240 Pin DIMM DDR3 PC3-14900 Memory Module
MOTHERBOARD - MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard
(4x DDR3, 10x USB3.0, 6x USB2.0, GBE, LAN, HDMI, DP)
PSU - Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze
Certified ATX/EPS PSU
PROCESSOR - Intel Core i5 i5-4690K CPU (Quad Core 3.5GHz
Processor, 6MB Cache, Intel HD 4600 Graphics, Socket H3 LGA-1150)
You'll note no graphics card! Any recommendations with that setup?
Any recommended improvements on the psu? (or anything!) aiming for a qualityy inexpensive machine to run (power
consumption etc?)
Right I have another bizarre compatibility question. I have a
weird fascination with the pentium g3258 processor. Would the
above modem run fine with it? What are the considerations, what
would I need to do to make it work? (socket size is 1150).
Also, with skylake on the horizon (which is one of the reason I
ask the above). Is it worth holding off building the machine for
a time? Or would you expect I can simply replace the chosen
processor as skylake will incorporate an 1150 socket? Did a bit of
research and it looks like it wont be compatible.
Digging through some of the fantastic resources on the site seeing if I can improve on it ..
