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[thatguy97]

Hey AC I'm building a rig soon with specs as follows:
Intel core i3 4170 (which comes with paste on the heatsink?)
Asus gtx 950 2gb
Gigabyte ga h97m d3h board
8gb ddr3 1600 (4x2)
Seagate 1tb 7200 rpm
EDIT: 850 watt evga PSU
Any good tips for me as a 1st timer?
Also interested to see what kind of rigs you guys have! Hope this thread isn't redundant, if so sorry.

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[Golfdriver97]

What is your budget? And what are you going to do with it?

 

[hallux]

I wouldn't fill all the RAM slots upon the first build, I'd go with a 2x4 setup (2 sticks of 4 GB, unless you meant this when you said 4x2, 4 GB on each of 2 sticks) so you have a cheaper upgrade path in a year or 2. If your budget will allow, grab an SSD, even if it's a 120 GB one to use as a boot and primary applications drive.

When you go to assemble the system, "build" the board as much as you can outside the case, some will even test-boot it before mounting it in the case. You can get the CPU, Heatsink and RAM installed before dropping the board in the case, this gives you more room to work around the board. Before installing the board in the case, make sure ONLY the standoffs you need are installed in the case, failing to do so will lead to an improper ground path and numerous problems.

 

[thatguy97]

What is your budget? And what are you going to do with it?

600 bucks I'm going to use it for some 1080p (which I hear is the 950s sweet spot) gaming and virtual machines which necessitates the need for more RAM to me

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[thatguy97]

I wouldn't fill all the RAM slots upon the first build, I'd go with a 2x4 setup (2 sticks of 4 GB, unless you meant this when you said 4x2, 4 GB on each of 2 sticks) so you have a cheaper upgrade path in a year or 2. If your budget will allow, grab an SSD, even if it's a 120 GB one to use as a boot and primary applications drive.

When you go to assemble the system, "build" the board as much as you can outside the case, some will even test-boot it before mounting it in the case. You can get the CPU, Heatsink and RAM installed before dropping the board in the case, this gives you more room to work around the board. Before installing the board in the case, make sure ONLY the standoffs you need are installed in the case, failing to do so will lead to an improper ground path and numerous problems.

Yeah I actually miswrote that it's actually 2x4 so all good there, also it's an atx board.

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[Josiah23]

I waiting to get all the parts delivered so I can put it together in a custom PC case.
16 GB ram ddr3

Intel Pentium 20 Year Anniversary Edition which can be overclocked past the Intel Core i3, past some generations of the Intel core i5's and to be almost equivalent to the Intel core i7.

Asrock Super Alloy Motherboard H97M-ITX/ac which has 4 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports, and the basic Ethernet, 3 graphics outputs and HDMI.

This SilverStone SFX Series 500W Power Supply. I wanted to get the 700 or the 980 W Power Supply but it's all good.

The 500 GB Samsung Pro SSD, and AMD Graphics card is being shipped right now. I actually might order another SSD for backup and extra storage. All of this was slightly over $400.00 reaching at $406.00 payed with Paypal

 

[drenfree]

AMD phenom II 1055t six core
Gigabyte GA-990FX with 16 gigs of ram.
Dual AMD r240 in crossfire mode
250 Samsung evo 840 with windows 8.1 pro
120 gig Sandisk for games
3 tb western digital for data and VM's

In the future I will be maxing out the ram to 32 gigs and dropping an AMD 8 core cpu and much better video card.

 

[VilleI]

Looking good. I also would think about getting an ssd drive instead of sata if you do not have some particular need. I also built a new computer just a while ago and switched from sata to ssd. It is just so satisfying when the computer just starts right away instead in a half a day.

 

[Josiah23]

I like the 10 seconds (if that) boot up time, even though I never really turn off my PC, it goes straight to sleep mode.

 

[hallux]

Looking good. I also would think about getting an ssd drive instead of sata if you do not have some particular need. I also built a new computer just a while ago and switched from sata to ssd. It is just so satisfying when the computer just starts right away instead in a half a day.

SATA is the interface type, MOST SSDs use SATA to connect to the system board. Some SSDs will use mSATA or now PCIe but in a desktop computer it'll be SATA.

 

[thatguy97]

Looking good. I also would think about getting an ssd drive instead of sata if you do not have some particular need. I also built a new computer just a while ago and switched from sata to ssd. It is just so satisfying when the computer just starts right away instead in a half a day.

I kind of need a terabyte though, and terabyte SSD would be pricy though later I'll plunder on 80gb SSD for Windows.

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[VilleI]

SATA is the interface type, MOST SSDs use SATA to connect to the system board. Some SSDs will use mSATA or now PCIe but in a desktop computer it'll be SATA.

Oops I meant hdd not sata haha

Also my built:
Sapphire Dual-X R9 280
ASROCK H81-M-HDS
Intel i5-4460

 

[Almeuit]

I will list my rig below w/ links to where I purchased it from .

Alm's Gaming Rig

Case: Roswell THOR V2 (Large Full Tower) - Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower Computer Case, support up to E-ATX / XL-ATX, come with Four Fans - 1 x Front Red LED 230mm Fan, 1 x Top 230mm Fan, 1 x Side 230mm Fan, 1 x Rear 140mm Fan-Retail - Newegg.com

Mobo: ASUS Z97. Probably the worst part of my PC haha --- ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com

Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K (4.0 GHz) -- Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Refresh Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I74790K - Newegg.com - Newegg.com

Heat Sync: Cool Master Hyper EVO -- COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/FM2/AM3+ - Newegg.com

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB -- G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C11D-8GXM - Newegg.com

Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 -- EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-2978-KR 4GB FTW GAMING w/ACX 2.0, Silent Cooling Graphics Card - Newegg.com

HD: Crucial 250 GB SSD -- Amazon.com: Crucial MX200 250GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT250MX200SSD1: Computers & Accessories

 

[thatguy97]

I will list my rig below w/ links to where I purchased it from .

Alm's Gaming Rig

Case: Roswell THOR V2 (Large Full Tower) - Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower Computer Case, support up to E-ATX / XL-ATX, come with Four Fans - 1 x Front Red LED 230mm Fan, 1 x Top 230mm Fan, 1 x Side 230mm Fan, 1 x Rear 140mm Fan-Retail - Newegg.com

Mobo: ASUS Z97. Probably the worst part of my PC haha --- https://forums.androidcentral.com/e....aspx%3FItem%3DN82E16813132118&token=IDgVfQw9

Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K (4.0 GHz) -- Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Refresh Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I74790K - Newegg.com - Newegg.com

Head Sync: Cool Master Hyper EV -- COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/FM2/AM3+ - Newegg.com

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB -- G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C11D-8GXM - Newegg.com

Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 -- EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-2978-KR 4GB FTW GAMING w/ACX 2.0, Silent Cooling Graphics Card - Newegg.com
HD: Crucial 250 GB SSD -- http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX200...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871554

Nice especially the Ram unfortunately my board only supports ddr3 1600 speeds.

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[Aquila]

4th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 Processor (8MB Cache, up to 3.9GHz with Turbo Boost Technology)
Alienware Motherboard (don't know the number)
16 GB RAM DDR3 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871594
EVGA NVIDIA GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 SuperClocked https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871594
1TB (64MB Cache) 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s
256GB SSD
3TB External Drive - not really sure if that's plugged in or not.
2 x 24" Asus 144Hz Gaming Monitors and 2 x 22" LG Monitors (4 total, all 4 are 1920 x 1080) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871594
Logitech G502 Proteus core Tunable Gaming Mouse https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871594
Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871594
Sennheiser G4ME PC Gaming Headset https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871594
NVIDIA SHIELD Controller via USB for a lot of games https://www.amazon.com/NVIDIA-945-1...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871594

Looks somewhat like this:

Don't make fun of my fruit rollup.

I guess that's about $2795 not including legacy stuff from prior builds.

 

[thatguy97]

4th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 Processor (8MB Cache, up to 3.9GHz with Turbo Boost Technology)
Alienware Motherboard (don't know the number)
16 GB RAM DDR3 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871641
EVGA NVIDIA GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 SuperClocked https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871641
1TB (64MB Cache) 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s
256GB SSD
3TB External Drive - not really sure if that's plugged in or not.
2 x 24" Asus 144Hz Gaming Monitors and 2 x 22" LG Monitors (4 total, all 4 are 1920 x 1080) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871641
Logitech G502 Proteus core Tunable Gaming Mouse https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871641
Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871641
Sennheiser G4ME PC Gaming Headset https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871641
NVIDIA SHIELD Controller via USB for a lot of games https://www.amazon.com/NVIDIA-945-1...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4871641

Looks somewhat like this:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9...p2OqQfuFwSOektvXOK9pTGzjIoTL0YD=w1274-h956-no

Don't make fun of my fruit rollup.

I guess that's about $2795 not including legacy stuff from prior builds.

Any Windows(actual windows) in there?!? Lol anyway nice setup, also interesting how popular the 970 is.

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[Aquila]

Any Windows(actual windows) in there?!? Lol anyway nice setup, also interesting how popular the 970 is.

Posted from my Nexus 6/Nexus 7 2013/Surface Pro 3

The 970 is fantastic. Falls into the affordable category, and it is a pixel pushing machine. I'm currently playing Star Wars battlefront, and that game looks absolutely fantastic.

 

[thatguy97]

The 970 is fantastic. Falls into the affordable category, and it is a pixel pushing machine. I'm currently playing Star Wars battlefront, and that game looks absolutely fantastic.

Hopefully even more so after the supposed price cuts soon, which is why I got my eye on the evga 950 sc acx 1.0. Benchmarks show little significant difference with the 960 2gb, I also just have a 1080p monitor so.

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[Almeuit]

The 970 is fantastic. Falls into the affordable category, and it is a pixel pushing machine. I'm currently playing Star Wars battlefront, and that game looks absolutely fantastic.

I have to agree with this. I researched when buying my PC -- the 980 vs 970. The price hike to the 980 just makes that small bump in performance not worth it. I figure I grab one 970 now and down the road when the price drops simply grab another, slap it in there, and be fine for a long time .

 

[thatguy97]

I have to agree with this. I researched when buying my PC -- the 980 vs 970. The price hike to the 980 just makes that small bump in performance not worth it. I figure I grab one 970 now and down the road when the price drops simply grab another, slap it in there, and be fine for a long time .

Plus if you are going the high end route just forget the 980 and just get the 980 ti the performance boost is worth it.

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