kasc

Hey everyone. I've decided recently that I'm going to get a new PC in a couple of weeks (sooner I hope ). Here's the spec I have come up with after having a discussion with people from my gaming clan:


I have a few questions really:

1. Is the spec OK? Am I getting good bang for my buck? I know the case is rather pricey, but the way I see it, the reviews for it at superb and it keeps everything nice and cool so hopefully it'll increase the life of my parts :) (+ plus it looks nice : )

1.5 Am I missing anything? The only things I'm bringing from my old PC are my dual monitors, keyboard and mouse. Am I going to be able to get these parts and start setting up the day I get them?

2. Should I use the stock fan that comes with the CPU? I don't plan on overclocking much (most likely not at all) so I'm not sure if I'll need a different one. When I made the PC I didn't get any thermal paste with it so didn't even know I had to use it (it's an Athlon 64 3000+). Is it necessary and will I get any with my stock fan?

3. How would I build this? I have had a look at some videos on youtube and even though none are specific to these components they make it seem pretty easy. For my current PC I only watched someone build it!

Thanks for your time, I realise I've asked a lot... but I tried to get it all out in one go to the thread doesn't drag on forever.

Thanks for your time, and I look forward to your responses ;)
Kasc

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Tumbleweed36

I think you could do better for a decent power supply than the OCZ. While OCZ is not a bad power supply, it is not in the same class as the Corsair units. I recommend the Corsair 650 and if you are planning on moving (or even remotely think you might) up to a faster video card in the next year or so, go for the Corsair 750:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005

/or/

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=corsair+power

kasc

Right I've changed the PSU for a 750W Corsair one :P

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CA-011-CS

To that.

kasc

Bump, no one? D:

grimx133

The hard drive is a good storage drive, but not so good as an OS drive, it's slower. Part of the power and noise reduction thing. I just picked up a couple of 640GB Caviar Black drives, though you do pay the price in more noise and power consumption.

Naturally, I like your case pick. Very nice to work in, plenty of space. Good to run cable behind the motherboard tray, not as much spaghetti to block airflow, and there's lots of that. I doesn't come with a fan for the door, any 120x120 x 25 works there, and clips in very easily. There is also a mid-fan mount that clips onto one of the drive bays, but if you use that you can't have any hard drives in that particular bay. Still leaves room for six drives, so no biggie. Leave a bit of slack in the power and data cables to those drives, to clean the filters you need to slide the bays out an inch or so, if the cables are tight, you'll end up unplugging something.

wrench97

You'll need a DVD drive in order to load the OS and programs, a Burner would come in handy for backups.

Even though the videos are not specific to these parts it will pretty much be the same.
The stock cooler will be good for stock CPU speeds for a overclock you'll need something like this> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233029

kasc

Yeah sorry forgot to mention I had a DVD drive already.

What sort of HDD should I put the OS? Don't really wanna spend the cash on a SSD ..

wrench97

One of the WD Black drives > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136319