New member, First build! What are your thoughts?

CPU and SSD on order!! Might be here today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Went for the i7 3770k and the Real M4 128gb. Can't wait!!

Oh and I also bought the Xonar DG and a wireless network card. Decided against the GPU.
 
System built and up an running!!!! Had few problems though, the mobo wasn't compatible with the i7 3770k out the box so I had to buy an intel celeron G520 for £45 in order to update the BIOS!!! Then I had a few issues with the BIOS not finding any drives when I was trying to update but that was more my fault and my lack of knowledge but with some help from these forums I did it and it is brilliant!!!!

Thanks to everyone who helped me through this long process!!!!!

Final Specs

Mobo
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
CPU
i7 3770k
PSU
Cooler Master Silent Pro 600 Gold
RAM
Crucial Ballistix sport 16gb 1600Mhz
HDD
WD green 1TB 64Mb cache *single platter*
SSD
Crucial RealSSD M4 128gb
CD drive
Pioneer 24x DVR-S19LBK

Extras
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler
Noctua NF-R8
Truequiet 120mm Fan
Logitech K360 Wireless Keyboard
Logitech Wireless mouse
Wireless network card
Asus Xonar DG 5.1
 
Gnerf said:
Very good, was it scary? Going to attempt my first build next week!
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The scariest thing ever is pressing the power button for the first time!! When mine switched off straight away my heart sank!!! Although the most frustrating part is having problems it's a really good way of learning.....annoying but good!! I definitely won't make the same mistakes again!! When it all works it feels good!!!

Good luck with your build, any issues and their's plenty of people on here to help and if you have any problems with BIOS updating I might be able to help lol :)

Have you got a thread started?
 
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