[Neal0790]

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This is what i got so far. Just trying to get some opinions, never built a computer before. Pretty much just trying to use it as a gaming computer. Thanks.

[coastie65]

Hi and welcome to the forums. You didn't say what your budget was. That would be helpful. Over all, it looks good although, I would swap out that Hard Drive with this one : http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822145533 . Also, you may want to consider these: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115072 & http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131729

For your memory I would go with this: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231443 which will save you some and is better memory.

For the video card this would be good: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130657 By the part number, I have the same card, but mine only has one fan ( bought in May of last year ) and it is a very good card and $10 cheaper and I saved you $5.00 on the memory. Overall it would add about $50 to your cost and you would have something you would be very happy with for sure. As for Hex Core procesors, there isn't really any practical applications that would actually take advantage of that. If you are on a strict budget, then you could use the AMD build and just change out the Video card & Memory to what I suggested, but if you are a bit flexible them you would be better served with the Intel build.

This post has been edited by coastie65: 23 January 2012 - 06:54 PM

[Rommel]

I agree with coastie,
the HDD you picked is 5900 RPM.
Get a 7200 RPM drive.

( just looked at some HDDs and I think it's a dam disgrace how everybody jacked their prices, shame on those manufactures.
it's almost dollar per gig vs SSDs )

Also if your budget would allow, coastie's i5 cpu will greatly out perform the AMD.
Not knocking AMD because I am using an AMD Phenom, but if you are performance focused, go with coastie's suggestion.

The cpu cooler is big but sweet, I have it.
I believe this is your pick,
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835103065
It will work with the suggested i5 cpu.

This post has been edited by Rommel: 23 January 2012 - 08:50 AM

[LiveBrianD]

DVD Drive: good
Case: good. I should mention that the Antec 300 is pretty good, and costs about $60 on the 'egg. Of course, this is up to you.
Hard drive: Bad idea. Those 5900RPM "green" hard drives are slow as hell. That's fine if you're booting from an SSD, but I didn't see one in the list. Coastie's recommendation is fine.
Motherboard: Good, BUT see the thing about the CPU
Graphics: OK, BUT waldojim had a custom design XFX card and the ram fried on it. I would look into an MSI one if you go for an ati card. A geforce 560ti should be able to play today's and tomorrow's games on high settings @ 1920x1080 just fine (get the regular EVGA one, you can always overclock it yourself if you want). For a budget card, the 550ti is also good (that's what I have and it can play most things at high settings 1920x1080).
PSU: Good, and that should be plenty.
RAM: Fine, but I think that ram is jut 9-9-9-24, and you may want to look into ram with lower timings. I think AMD ram is made by patriot btw. What coastie pointed out is fine.
CPU: Bad idea. That CPU isn't very good for a lot of things. If you can afford it, get a 2500K. An Intel i5 2500K is $220, and would leave you with $115 for the motherboard. If you can raise the budget a little, the mobo that coastie recommended and a 2500K would be good.
CPU cooler: Good. I have a similar one, the Cooler Master TX3 (the TX3 has a 92mm fan, the 212 has a 120mm one) and it's a reasonable cooler for some overclocking.

Oh, and don't you want an OS? (Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM is a good one to use.)

Hey Brian, if you had taken the time to read my post, you have fond that this is unnecessary. I pretty covered the bases and gave him an approximate total, which was about $50 above his and using an i5 2500k . It covered everything you have mentioned with some good alternatives.

This post has been edited by coastie65: 23 January 2012 - 06:57 PM

[coastie65]

Rommel, on 23 January 2012 - 08:42 AM, said:

I agree with coastie,
the HDD you picked is 5900 RPM.
Get a 7200 RPM drive.

( just looked at some HDDs and I think it's a dam disgrace how everybody jacked their prices, shame on those manufactures.
it's almost dollar per gig vs SSDs )

Also if your budget would allow, coastie's i5 cpu will greatly out perform the AMD.
Not knocking AMD because I am using an AMD Phenom, but if you are performance focused, go with coastie's suggestion.

The cpu cooler is big but sweet, I have it.
I believe this is your pick,
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835103065
It will work with the suggested i5 cpu.

Hey Rommel, If you check through my links, I found a halfway decent Hdd for a fairly good price, all things considered.

[coastie65]

LiveBrianD, on 23 January 2012 - 10:55 AM, said:

DVD Drive: good
Case: good. I should mention that the Antec 300 is pretty good, and costs about $60 on the 'egg. Of course, this is up to you.
Hard drive: Bad idea. Those 5900RPM "green" hard drives are slow as hell. That's fine if you're booting from an SSD, but I didn't see one in the list. Coastie's recommendation is fine.
Motherboard: Good, BUT see the thing about the CPU
Graphics: OK, BUT waldojim had a custom design XFX card and the ram fried on it. I would look into an MSI one if you go for an ati card. A geforce 560ti should be able to play today's and tomorrow's games on high settings @ 1920x1080 just fine (get the regular EVGA one, you can always overclock it yourself if you want). For a budget card, the 550ti is also good (that's what I have and it can play most things at high settings 1920x1080).
PSU: Good, and that should be plenty.
RAM: Fine, but I think that ram is jut 9-9-9-24, and you may want to look into ram with lower timings. I think AMD ram is made by patriot btw. What coastie pointed out is fine.
CPU: Bad idea. That CPU isn't very good for a lot of things. If you can afford it, get a 2500K. An Intel i5 2500K is $220, and would leave you with $115 for the motherboard. If you can raise the budget a little, the mobo that coastie recommended and a 2500K would be good.
CPU cooler: Good. I have a similar one, the Cooler Master TX3 (the TX3 has a 92mm fan, the 212 has a 120mm one) and it's a reasonable cooler for some overclocking.

Oh, and don't you want an OS? (Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM is a good one to use.)

Hey Brian, if you had taken the time to read my post, you have fond that this is unnecessary. I pretty covered the bases and gave him an approximate total, which was about $50 above his and using an i5 2500k . It covered everything you have mentioned with some good alternatives.

Hey Brian, You should read through the posts before posting. I had pretty much covered this ground with links to alternatives, including a fairly Decent 1TB SATA 6Gb Hdd for under $150.00. The poster is new and your post will only confuse him. That has gotten to be a problem lately ( too many cooks in the kitchen ).

[BLuRR]

Welcome to the forums! Good luck with your build! Everything looks good.

To be picky, I would go with a case with at least 2 fans, I think that case has only 1.

Also, from what I understand ASRock mobos are not very good. Asus, MSI and Gigabyte are pretty good brands.

Seems like everyone is helping you a lot, if you have any questions feel free to ask!

[LiveBrianD]

Good point BLuRR, I missed that part. I imagine Asrock isn't too bad of the cheaper brands though, as they are a division of ASUS. Brands like ECS or Biostar are likely crap complete though.

As for the fans, remember that the GPU is likely pushing air out the back if dual-slot, the CPU cooler (if it has heatpipes, like most of the aftermarket ones do) is likely pushing air toward the back, the PSU is pushing air out, and then you also have a case fan. For me, the GPU, CPU, PSU, 140mm top fan, and 120mm rear fan, are all pushing air out. I don't have any intake fans, but the whole front of my Antec 300 case is ventilation, and I can feel a moderate amount of air being pulled through there. It's enough that the hard drives aren't exceeding 32C right now (only about 65F in the house though).

This post has been edited by LiveBrianD: 27 January 2012 - 03:54 PM

[coastie65]

Hmmm, Lets see, GPU fan, PSU Fan, CPU fan pulling though the heatsink and pushing towards the back Rear 120 mm Exhaust, two 120mm fans in the top, Exhaust, one 200 mm in the front, Intake. have a little bit of air moving around in there.