My first Build.

[Matterdod]

Hey everyone im planing on building my first computer and wanted to see what you guys think so here goes. (first forum post so be gentel, also if it matters i live in Australia.)

Case: Cooler Master Storm Trooper

Graphics Card: 680

PSU: SilverStone ST75F-G-EVO 750W

Ram: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3

Hdd: Western Digital 1TB SATA3 CaviarGreen

SSD: suggestions? (still not sure if ill be getting one.)

CPU: 2500k

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 PWM CPU Cooler

Motherboard: suggestions?

 

[wassupdoc]

Sounds great, just get a motherboard with the right socket that supports sli (for the future upgrades) and maybe a force gt ssd 60-120Gb and your all set for a great rig

 

[fluffy88]

Hey this is my first post too

1 The heatspreaders on that RAM are huge and will get in the way of the CPU cooler. If you want Corsair Vengeance there is Low Profile RAM which have a normal sized heatspreader that won't cause you problems. Or you can get another brand with lower heatspreaders.

2. If your not getting an SSD you won't want to get that Green HDD as it will make your OS feel quite sluggish. Samsung Spinpoint F3 or WD Caviar Blue are good choices.

3. I would get an SSD and if I was getting one I'd get either a Crucial M4 or a Samsung 830, two of the most reliable and high performance drives out.

I didn't give any links since I don't know of any Austrailian shops and I doubt you want to be ordering from UK/German based shops

 

[yassarikhan786]

The SSD's known to be the most reliable are Intel's and Crucial's as they are the ones that are mentioned the most whenever there is talk of SSD's and how reliable they are. Also the Mushkin's get an honourable mention. With the likes of OCZ and Corsair you do get a few complaints of problems and this understandably makes people wary of such SSD's. So far I've not had any major problems regarding my SSD (touch wood), but there have been one or two instances of my computer having restarted and becoming stuck on the "please select a proper boot device" screen, which as far as I know is related to SSD/boot device problems. This has only happened twice (from what I can remember) in the 8 months that I have had my SSD so I can safely say that it is not an intermittent problem. And obviously people with good experiences are not going to go on hounding (well, most people won't) about how good their SSD's are.

I have a Corsair Force 3 SSD, which has been very good so far with a few small exceptions as explained above so I can suggest it as a possible option. It is priced closely to the M4 so could be a possibility over the M4. Speed wise, there will be no significant real world difference between many of the mid-end SSD's so at the end of the day it's up to you which one you choose in terms of performance. The M4 uses the Marvell controller, which is more reliable than the sandforce controller used in most mid-high end SSD's so if you want top-notch reliability with very good overall performance, the M4 is a good choice.

 

[dipzy]

For SSD's i'd recommend Intel, Crucial, Mushkin, Kingston. The Corsair Force GT's are also good if they in your budget

For motherboard, i you could look into Z77 boards, like the MSI Z77A-GD65, Asus Z77 Sabertooth or the Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H when released

 

[Stryker64]

Ok Fluffy88, the best store of computer parts in Australia is PCCaseGear imho. http://www.pccasegear.com/. I use it for my computer purchases.

SSD: Definitely the get Intel 520 120GB. Best performing SSD and Intel is regarded to be the most reliable SSD manufacturer with the lowest failure rate. http://www.pccasegea...oducts_id=19276

HDD: The WD 1TB Cavier Green is decent hard drive, but personally I would recommend getting a 1TB Seagate Barracuda. It's slightly more expensive than the WD Green, but it's faster and over the course of a year, apparently it will only cost 2 extra cents in electricity, which in the brand scheme of things isn't that much. http://www.pccasegea...oducts_id=19747

RAM: You don't need 16GB of RAM, save money and just get 8GB, that's all you'll need for the foreseeable future. Also make sure they are low profile coolers so they fit under the Noctua. Such as these http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=186_538_913&products_id=17729

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3R. Great colour scheme, reasonably priced. http://www.pccasegea...oducts_id=18791

 

[Matterdod]

Thanks for the advice guys, ill keep it in mind

when i do eventually get my computer ill be sure to post it on here

 

[stevenwright6379]

What will the computer be used for?

if it is only gaming then 16GB of ram is overkill, best off geting 8GB and with the money you save jump up to the next size SSD

though for that i would recomend a 128GB SSD so you can have your OS and your most used games and/or programs installed on it then a hard drive for the rest

you also might want to consider a GTX 580 should be alot of people binning them to be replaced with a 680 so you should be able to get 2nd hand 580s really cheap offering great bang for buck

 

[Stryker64]

Gigbabyte GA-Z77X chipset motherboards have just arrived at PCCaseGear, so you should probably consider one of those over the Z68 Chipset motherboards.

 

[airdeano]

Hey everyone im planing on building my first computer and wanted to see what you guys think so here goes. (first forum post so be gentel, also if it matters i live in Australia.)

Motherboard: suggestions?

welcome to the OC3D forums...

Gigbabyte GA-Z77X chipset motherboards have just arrived at PCCaseGear, so you should probably consider one of those over the Z68 Chipset motherboards.

why? i haven't seen any review making me run and buy a z77 over the z68.

so far just a better VRAM control system, native 3.0 pci-e and thats about it... and i'll bet they aren't as cheap for new technology.

like strabs suggested save some cash in some areas to build a better purchase in others.

airdeano

 

[Stryker64]

welcome to the OC3D forums...

why? i haven't seen any review making me run and buy a z77 over the z68.

so far just a better VRAM control system, native 3.0 pci-e and thats about it... and i'll bet they aren't as cheap for new technology.

like strabs suggested save some cash in some areas to build a better purchase in others.

airdeano

You do get a mSATA port for improved caching. Native USB 3.0 and PCIe 3.0. Improved VRAM should lead to slightly better overclocks. Not to mention new software features that the motherboard manufacturer could have implemented and it's $25 extra which I personally think is a worthwhile trade off.

 

[airdeano]

i see, but i don't own a USB 3.0 anything. i'm not a big gamer so my 560 hawk isn't 3.0

and my 24 power phase is already pretty beefy. but to my point, the z68 will reduce with

the introduction of x77. like the 680 market on video cards. i'm thinking that $25 extra just

moved to $50-80.

but i guess if you are new you should stay true to new technologies..

airdeano