I'm looking to build my own computer. I've already picked out all the parts that seemed good.
This is my first time building a computer, so it would be really nice if someone could let me know if this is a good setup.
Any other advice is also appreciated. Thanks.
ASUS VS208N-P Black 20" 5ms LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor
COOLER MASTER Elite 311 RC-311B-SWN1 Silver Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
SeaSonic SS-350ET Bronze 350W ATX12V V2.31 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - OEM
ASRock 880GM-LE FX AM3+ AMD 880G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4100WMGUSBX
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
MSI N440GT-MD1GD3/LP GeForce GT 440 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model F3-8500CL7D-8GBRL
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05-07-2012, 09:54 PMCarlosRAdvice for Computer Hardware.
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05-07-2012, 10:07 PMcC.Agitator
If your going to buy the 8 core then try for a atx mother board, it will work fine but having a atx will always be good but I'm not sure if that case fits regular atxs, it should And maybe try to bump up the power supply, there is a calculator on the Internet somewhere that you should be able to find out what you need.
Edit: didn't see it was a four core my bad, the micro atx should be fine then!! -
05-07-2012, 10:10 PMBogui
What's your max budget?
Edit: I'd go for a gtx560, 650w psu and buy a 1tb hdd for $20 more. -
05-07-2012, 10:23 PMCarlosRWish I could afford an 8-core aha. Thanks for your input!Quote:
Originally Posted by Agitator
Max budget is about 650 excluding monitor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogui
Pretty sure a gtx560 is out of my scope, costs almost double what I have now.
Someone told me that 500GB would be enough. Do you recommend the 1TB for it?
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05-07-2012, 10:29 PMBoguiHow about the 6870? 1TB is better, with 500GB, you'll end up filling up space in no time if you have a lot of resources on your computer.Quote:
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121418 -
05-07-2012, 10:49 PMCarlosRStill seems a bit pricey. The current Graphics Card I have, is $74.99. I will consider though, getting the 1TB hard drive. It is only 30$ more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogui
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05-07-2012, 10:54 PMBogui
Might I suggest that you get a better psu(500-650w) in case you want to buy/upgrade your parts in the coming years?
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05-07-2012, 11:06 PMCarlosRThat is a really good idea. I'll look for something now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogui
Okay, getting this now for the HDD,
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0010HNC-NRSN 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
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05-07-2012, 11:16 PMBoguiGo with this one, it's faster and cheaper by a few bucks:Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlosR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136767
Edit: go with this one instead, I have it in my current rig:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148697 -
05-07-2012, 11:27 PMCarlosR
I'd really like to get me a Seagate HDD, but with the Motherboard I've chosen I'm restricted to HDD's that work on 3.0Gb/s. :(
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05-07-2012, 11:28 PMBoguiI'm also sporting the same motherboard :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlosR
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05-07-2012, 11:35 PMCarlosROoooh, are you sure?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogui
On the specifications page it says:
Storage DevicesPATA1 x ATA133 2 Dev. MaxSATA 3Gb/s6SATA RAID0/1/10/JBOD -
05-07-2012, 11:55 PMBoguiAh, then I'd stick with the other HDD that you chose, my bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlosR
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05-08-2012, 12:42 AMCarlosRHere's the final set up, made some changes according to what you guys told me. :Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogui
Does that look nice and final? Might need some help building the thing too, first time, ahaha.
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05-08-2012, 06:16 AMDistello
Definitely need to go for a higher PSU, perhaps I just read it wrong but 350w more than likely wont run all that.
As for the card, go for ATI (I guess its AMD now), yes Im an AMD fanboy but to hell with it they're just cheaper... and give out around the same anyway - plus your pairing it with an AMD cpu.
Everything else looks fine, personally Im not a fan of the ripjaws for ram, try Vengeance or higher.
I built mine around 7 months ago so Im not clued in with what current hardware is about (besides the cpu) but aside from that it looks like a fine build.
As for the PSU and just about everything else (heres hoping your not american), Novatech.co.uk - best prices I managed to find AND they do their own line of Silent PSUs which tend to work around the same as the big brands for half the price.
Edit: Bogui has a point =p the 6870 is badass, I haz it, and if you need more at any point try and find a motherboard with enough slots (2x x16) so that you can run crossfire at a later date.
Good luck.
