Author Topic: Need help building my own custom PC  (Read 2272 times)


Offline INFIDEL

  • Trade Count: (+5)
  • Sergeant First Class
  • *****
  • Posts: 325
  • You can never have to many mags.
    • View Profile
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2012, 05:42:38 PM »
Give me a minute and I will check it all for you. I build computers often, and used to run a business doing it lol.
PLUGGING MY SALE THREAD WITHOUT SHAME!
http://www.airsoftarizona.com/index.php?topic=33078.0
On Field Callsign: Rig
Freelancer Airsoft Group - FLAG

Offline INFIDEL

  • Trade Count: (+5)
  • Sergeant First Class
  • *****
  • Posts: 325
  • You can never have to many mags.
    • View Profile
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2012, 06:00:24 PM »
you should have no compatibilty issues. but if i may make a few suggestions.

if you can afford it. i would highly suggest going with this 650w PS rather than a 500w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

and a couple extra 120mm case fans. you can mount the on the side of that case, and have them blow in to shoot cool air on the board to keep it running at peak.
PLUGGING MY SALE THREAD WITHOUT SHAME!
http://www.airsoftarizona.com/index.php?topic=33078.0
On Field Callsign: Rig
Freelancer Airsoft Group - FLAG

Offline Note

  • Trade Count: (+4)
  • Sergeant Major
  • *****
  • Posts: 660
    • View Profile
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2012, 06:04:52 PM »
Ok cool thanks for the help, and if I do all the mail in rebates and can get some discounts I may be able to get the 650 instead of the 500.

Offline INFIDEL

  • Trade Count: (+5)
  • Sergeant First Class
  • *****
  • Posts: 325
  • You can never have to many mags.
    • View Profile
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2012, 06:22:53 PM »
Np, if you need anything else feel free to PM me. i should be able to help with any thing you need.

also if this is your first time ordering from Newegg they have a code for %10 off your first order with them


@Dragn  I got a 1000w single rail CoolMax, running none stop for a year now pulling 855w~ consistant no issues.
PLUGGING MY SALE THREAD WITHOUT SHAME!
http://www.airsoftarizona.com/index.php?topic=33078.0
On Field Callsign: Rig
Freelancer Airsoft Group - FLAG

Offline Note

  • Trade Count: (+4)
  • Sergeant Major
  • *****
  • Posts: 660
    • View Profile
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2012, 06:26:13 PM »
Oh! Sweet what's the code?

Offline INFIDEL

  • Trade Count: (+5)
  • Sergeant First Class
  • *****
  • Posts: 325
  • You can never have to many mags.
    • View Profile
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2012, 06:29:09 PM »
IIRC its "NEWCUSTOMER10"
PLUGGING MY SALE THREAD WITHOUT SHAME!
http://www.airsoftarizona.com/index.php?topic=33078.0
On Field Callsign: Rig
Freelancer Airsoft Group - FLAG

Offline Note

  • Trade Count: (+4)
  • Sergeant Major
  • *****
  • Posts: 660
    • View Profile
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2012, 08:14:04 PM »
you should have no compatibilty issues. but if i may make a few suggestions.

if you can afford it. i would highly suggest going with this 650w PS rather than a 500w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

and a couple extra 120mm case fans. you can mount the on the side of that case, and have them blow in to shoot cool air on the board to keep it running at peak.


So would these work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200049

Offline INFIDEL

  • Trade Count: (+5)
  • Sergeant First Class
  • *****
  • Posts: 325
  • You can never have to many mags.
    • View Profile
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2012, 08:16:35 PM »
yep, should
PLUGGING MY SALE THREAD WITHOUT SHAME!
http://www.airsoftarizona.com/index.php?topic=33078.0
On Field Callsign: Rig
Freelancer Airsoft Group - FLAG

Offline XavierMace

  • Site Admin
  • Administrator
  • Trade Count: (+16)
  • Major General
  • *****
  • Posts: 2906
    • View Profile
    • http://www.xaviermace.com
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2012, 09:28:51 PM »
Hard Drive sucks for the price.  SATA 6Gbps is somewhat moot with a 7200rpm drive with a 16mb cache (actually completely moot in your case since you don't have any 6Gbps ports).  Another $15 with get you twice the capacity and 4x the cache.  If you are wanting better performance get an SSD or at least a Momentus XT ($110 for the original, slower 500Gb or $170 for the new 750Gb).  For an extra $20 you can get a GTX 560 which is a faster card (or $30 for a 6870 if you are set on AMD).  I'd also go with an 880G or 970 (which would get you the 6Gbps SATA) based board rather than 760G.  I've also had much better experiences with MSI in recent years than Asus. 

Offline Note

  • Trade Count: (+4)
  • Sergeant Major
  • *****
  • Posts: 660
    • View Profile
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2012, 09:35:09 PM »
Well this is going to be my first build so I'm satisfied with what I have picked out right now plus I've pretty much reached my spending limit, but I'll take what you have said into mind.

Offline INFIDEL

  • Trade Count: (+5)
  • Sergeant First Class
  • *****
  • Posts: 325
  • You can never have to many mags.
    • View Profile
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2012, 10:11:49 PM »
Hard Drive sucks for the price.  SATA 6Gbps is somewhat moot with a 7200rpm drive with a 16mb cache (actually completely moot in your case since you don't have any 6Gbps ports).  Another $15 with get you twice the capacity and 4x the cache.  If you are wanting better performance get an SSD or at least a Momentus XT ($110 for the original, slower 500Gb or $170 for the new 750Gb).  For an extra $20 you can get a GTX 560 which is a faster card (or $30 for a 6870 if you are set on AMD).  I'd also go with an 880G or 970 (which would get you the 6Gbps SATA) based board rather than 760G.  I've also had much better experiences with MSI in recent years than Asus.

I agree 100%, I didnt want to tell him all that because I assumed he didnt have much to spend. and was pretty set.
PLUGGING MY SALE THREAD WITHOUT SHAME!
http://www.airsoftarizona.com/index.php?topic=33078.0
On Field Callsign: Rig
Freelancer Airsoft Group - FLAG

Offline XavierMace

  • Site Admin
  • Administrator
  • Trade Count: (+16)
  • Major General
  • *****
  • Posts: 2906
    • View Profile
    • http://www.xaviermace.com
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2012, 10:30:00 PM »
We are talking about $30-$45 (~5%) on a $700 build (I'm assuming you already have keyboard, mouse, monitor since there's no mention of them).  The above mentioned coupon code covers that and then some. Being that it's your first build, that's all the more reason to consider advise from much more experienced people.  Having to ask if parts are compatible because you don't know (which I don't mean as an insult) and then disregarding recommendations is kinda silly.  I've built every thing from $500 bargain builds to $100k server racks.  I'm all about building efficiently.  Buying the most expensive parts are never worth it, but buying excessively cheap parts is equally bad.  Buying a significantly slower part to save $20 is just shooting yourself in the foot.

I can understand there's money concerns but when building a computer you also need to be realistic.  $40 is one mag for a GBB or 2-3 mags of BB's.  Not to mention some of my recommendations aren't even talking about spending more money.  You can't use the extra speed of the 6Gbps SATA on the board you picked out but are paying a premium to get a drive that supports it.  You can get an otherwise identical 3Gbps SATA drive for cheaper.  I mentioned the other drives purely as a performance recommendation.  The 880G boards can be had for the same price as the 760G.  The 970's are pretty close on price as well.

Being on a budget makes good first purchases all the more important. 

Offline Note

  • Trade Count: (+4)
  • Sergeant Major
  • *****
  • Posts: 660
    • View Profile
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2012, 10:47:41 PM »
On a side note I take no offense, to be honest my build is based off of someone elses so all reccomendations are appreciated and I have minimal to no knowledge on computer parts so Im somewhat lost in what your saying. I realize I can get a better motherboard and graphics card for 15-30 dollars or so more. I'll go back and switch out some of the parts based on your reccomendations and be back to post them on here. I'm going to have a few questions on some of the parts so I'll edit the list tommorow.
« Last Edit: April 11, 2012, 10:51:42 PM by Note »

Offline XavierMace

  • Site Admin
  • Administrator
  • Trade Count: (+16)
  • Major General
  • *****
  • Posts: 2906
    • View Profile
    • http://www.xaviermace.com
Re: Need help building my own custom PC
« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2012, 11:24:02 PM »
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186205
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236080 (Has $15 off promo)
Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130685 (EVGA's warrenty/service is worth the couple of extra dollars.  Plus it's pre-overclocked)
Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130660 (Non-overclocked model, $10 cheaper)