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| Thread ID: 119053 | 2011-07-02 07:11:00 | Please help with my first PC build | cagesen (16448) | Press F1 |
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| 1214108 | 2011-07-02 21:54:00 | second: thanks pctek. why did you choose the P8P67 Pro B3 over the P8Z68-V Pro? (as i'm new to building, im trying to stock up on info) Well I didn't really. Nothing wrong with either. I used to care about the boards, now, as I never used half their features I don't. I draw the line at mATX or budget boards for gaming PCs but other than that I don't care too much. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1214109 | 2011-07-03 09:01:00 | I just bought a 2TB Western Digital Green HD for around $100. It may not be the best performing but I am very impressed with how quiet it is - virtually silent. If you're planning on using your PC in a bedroom or similar small area noise might be an issue? But then you will prob have a decent sub woofer hooked up for your gaming anyhow. How far away are you from starting the build? Have you got all those parts you listed or is that just your shopping list? My advice is - go for it! excellent fun putting it all together if you're not doing it all day. Cheers. |
Eorr (2788) | ||
| 1214110 | 2011-07-03 11:26:00 | Putting a WD Green series in a gaming PC pretty umch defeats the point in building a gaming PC, imo. Great for bulk storage, not for performance. The Ripjaws are a great choice for RAM - imo every bit as good as Corsair's XMS series (though if you really want good, go Corsair Vengeance ;)) The main difference between the two boards you're looking at is the Z68 offers onboard video (a no-no for gaming) as well as wider support for multi-GPU setups. Not really convinced it's worth it at the moment, though. All in all, a pretty good looking build, but personally I'd avoid the Sapphire GPU and look at Asus, Gigabyte or eVGA. Additionally, while the Spinpoint F3 series are great mechanical SATA II drives, I'd consider adding an SSD for a gaming box and using the mechanical drive for storage. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1214111 | 2011-07-03 15:18:00 | My green seems alright. Bit of stutter here and there at spawn times in tf2 but for the most of it, it's perfect for TF2, l4d2, portal, the witcher, etc in 1080p and blah blah. Load times are all right. | 8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 1214112 | 2011-07-03 20:58:00 | I think it depends on the level of performance your aiming for. If you're a hardcore gamer who accepts nothing less than the best then of course you'll stick a fast expensive HDD, but if you only casually game any HDD should do. :pf1mobmini: |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1214113 | 2011-07-03 23:00:00 | Hope you have a lot of Llama's available. Anyway, great specs you should be happy with it, very similar to mine except for graphics hardware. I'd also suggest an SSD if the budget can stand it but all it achieves is faster boot up and game launching speeds so not really needed. As to the motherboard choice the Z68 mainly adds better crossfire/sli support (in theory) and improved support for the video encoding capabilities of the cpu, neither of which offers much in reality for most gamers. Either board would be great. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1214114 | 2011-07-11 21:57:00 | Thanks for all your help. Built my pc and it's running brilliantly (except for the first time because I forgot to give my cpu power :clap ) I'm now off to hug some llamas. |
cagesen (16448) | ||
| 1214115 | 2011-07-11 22:23:00 | Get a decent after market cooler for the CPU...You should be able to clock that K to 4.5 without a sweat! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1214116 | 2011-07-12 00:44:00 | Get a decent after market cooler for the CPU...You should be able to clock that K to 4.5 without a sweat! i ended up getting a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. but that's the only after market cooling i have. dont i need more before i can oc? |
cagesen (16448) | ||
| 1214117 | 2011-07-12 00:50:00 | i ended up getting a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. but that's the only after market cooling i have. dont i need more before i can oc? Hmm, is that the Rev 2 version?....Does it have the bolt thru kit?...The push pin fasteners are a waste of time...however if it does, you will be fine for 4.3 - 4.6 Ghz |
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