Building a PC - Advice

quickfire13

quickfire13

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Hello,

To my fellow CAG mates, I've decided recently to build a PC despite my disgustingly sparse information about computer design. So, after much help from many people, I started to look at parts that I would buy to build it. This list of components is what I have come up with and could use some advice.

Processor:

Intel Core i7-2600k Sandy Bridge

GPU:

MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti

or

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68

RAM:

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)

or

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB)

Internal Hard Drive:

Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB

Power Supply:

CORSAIR Gaming Series GS800 800W ATX12V

Case:

Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower

Heat-Sink Fans:

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2

Optical Drives:

ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X

or

LG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model UH12LS28 OEM LightScribe Support - OEM

Monitor:

Samsung 27" Monitor
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But I also went ahead and went to iBUYPOWER.com and customized one of their PCs. It can be found here:

quickfire13's iBUYPOWER PC

So, for whoever manages to help me out, even a little bit, I am very grateful. I am very open to suggestions. Thanks again.


~QF13
 
Motherboard? I see it but the link doesn't work :D

Looks good so far after a very quick glance. I'd go with the G.Skill ram, just because I've never had a problem with it. That hard drive comes with a DVD burner / drive btw so you can save some money there.

Also since you're not using SLI, I assume, you can get a smaller wattage power supply. Save yourself some money. Unless money is not an issue then just go for it honestly won't hurt.

Don't forget a operating system.

How much is all of it together btw?
 
looks fine dude. I'd prolly stick with teh blu-ray drive to be future proof

If your rolling in dough I'd pick up a 580 gtx but that would add like 200 bucks to the gpu alone lol.
 
You could save some money and go with a i5-2500K. It's widely considered the best bang-for-buck CPU out there. If you wanted to wait another couple of months the Ivy Bridge processors will be rolled out as well.

If you still want to roll with the 2600K that's fine as well; you certainly can't go wrong with it.

Also, welcome to the world of PC building. Before you know it you'll be researching SSDs, audio cards, speaker set-ups, and so on. It's quite the addicting and expensive hobby.
 
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