As it is approaching the time where I am going to start buying bits for my system (going to do it over a couple of months to spread the cost).
I have a few questions.
I am after much deliberation going to go for an air cooled rig (for now at least) with an Intel Haswel based OC UK motherboard/RAM/CPU bundle, and an Nvidia 770 4GB graphics card.
The computers primary use will be for gaming, I assume that I will be wasting my money going for an i7 and I may as well as stick with an i5 or would an i7 be better for ‘future proofing’
As I only intend to ever have 1 graphics card (it’s a good one) I assume that a 650w modular PSU will be more than adequate (but still give me the potential to upgrade to a OC Tech labs V8 Turbo water-cooling kit in the future)?
For the air cooling (Prolimatec Panther CPU cooler (i5/i7 4.4GHz bundle)) will the Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower case will be fine, and if so what if any extra fans will I need in order to keep my system cool.
I am currently using a 1080p 32” HD LCD TV as my monitor because it serves a dual purpose as I have my Sky + HD box plugged into it (good old multi-room) as well as my ageing and slowly dying Alienware area 51 (5 year old) laptop. Now the TV is not as crisp as the laptops screen (DVI to HDMI out) so I want a computer monitor. However, I have space for one or the other and nowhere else to mount the TV so I assume (having never done it) that a computer monitor is good for watching TV on.
Sorry I am asking a lot of newby questions because I haven’t built a machine in over 6 years, things including case design have come a long-long way since then.
Essentially I am looking at:
OC UK i5/i7 Haswell overclocked bundle with 16GB of RAM, cooler etc.
GTX 770 4GB GDDR5 graphics card
Samsung 500GB 840 Series SSD
Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache (already have a 2TB external, this would simply be for creating a backup partition, storing music etc.)
Corsair TXM 650W Modular PSU
Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower case / Corsair Carbide Series 330R Quiet Mid Tower Case
ASUS PCE-N10 Wireless-N150 PCIe Adapter (might not be needed yet if I get the CAT5-E around the outside of the house)
A-N-Other 24x CD/DVD RW
I have a few questions.
I am after much deliberation going to go for an air cooled rig (for now at least) with an Intel Haswel based OC UK motherboard/RAM/CPU bundle, and an Nvidia 770 4GB graphics card.
The computers primary use will be for gaming, I assume that I will be wasting my money going for an i7 and I may as well as stick with an i5 or would an i7 be better for ‘future proofing’
As I only intend to ever have 1 graphics card (it’s a good one) I assume that a 650w modular PSU will be more than adequate (but still give me the potential to upgrade to a OC Tech labs V8 Turbo water-cooling kit in the future)?
For the air cooling (Prolimatec Panther CPU cooler (i5/i7 4.4GHz bundle)) will the Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower case will be fine, and if so what if any extra fans will I need in order to keep my system cool.
I am currently using a 1080p 32” HD LCD TV as my monitor because it serves a dual purpose as I have my Sky + HD box plugged into it (good old multi-room) as well as my ageing and slowly dying Alienware area 51 (5 year old) laptop. Now the TV is not as crisp as the laptops screen (DVI to HDMI out) so I want a computer monitor. However, I have space for one or the other and nowhere else to mount the TV so I assume (having never done it) that a computer monitor is good for watching TV on.
Sorry I am asking a lot of newby questions because I haven’t built a machine in over 6 years, things including case design have come a long-long way since then.
Essentially I am looking at:
OC UK i5/i7 Haswell overclocked bundle with 16GB of RAM, cooler etc.
GTX 770 4GB GDDR5 graphics card
Samsung 500GB 840 Series SSD
Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache (already have a 2TB external, this would simply be for creating a backup partition, storing music etc.)
Corsair TXM 650W Modular PSU
Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower case / Corsair Carbide Series 330R Quiet Mid Tower Case
ASUS PCE-N10 Wireless-N150 PCIe Adapter (might not be needed yet if I get the CAT5-E around the outside of the house)
A-N-Other 24x CD/DVD RW
, I plan to buy things that won't change or are on offer such as the case, PSU, fans, fan controller, HDD, DVD/CD RW etc. first and then buy the guts of the machine later on.