• Building a PC for the first time - for gaming
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Hi guys. I am going to build my own PC for the first time (with help from a friend though) and as I am still quite new to the knowledge of all the good things to know about hardware, I would really like your opinion in the following build: CPU: Core i5 I5-2500K 6 MB Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe B3 Revision Ram: Kingston ValueRAM 4 x 4 GB GPU: Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "Phantom" (1.5 GB) Harddrive: WD Caviar Green WD20EARX 2 TB Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro (700W) CPU cooler: any suggestions? With this PC I want the following: - To future proof it. - To be able to run all applications on max settings (games). - For now using a single monitor (1080p). I am still not quite sure, whether the PSU will be enough, and if not, which one should i go for then? Is a ssd necessary (to run the OS)? If it is, should i then be going for a 64gb or a 100gb? And if you have any experience with some of these items, and can suggest some improvements to my build, I would really like to hear it. Else I would just like to hear your opinion. Money is not that big of a deal, but should be withing a 100-200$ range of the current hardware chosen.
Don't get a Green (5200 RPM) Drive. They're slow as fuck and only useful for storage. You'll want a SSD to go with those specs, it speed it up so much, combine that with two 1TB SpinPoint F3's if you really need 2TB..
If you're spending that much money on a Motherboard you probably want 2 PCI x16 slots, just in case you want to use SLI in the future (which you probably will because your build is flexible and has room for some easy upgrades). You also might want to give yourself some headway with that PSU because if you want to upgrade anything in the future you are definitely going to need to buy a new PSU as well (namely your graphics card, this applies to the SLI statement as well). That's my opinion, but the main point is everything on your build should work well together, I don't see anything wrong. Follow Goz3rr's hard drive advice as well.
That motherboard *does* support SLI?
[QUOTE=AgentBoomstick;33636560]If you're spending that much money on a Motherboard you probably want 2 PCI x16 slots, just in case you want to use SLI in the future (which you probably will because your build is flexible and has room for some easy upgrades). You also might want to give yourself some headway with that PSU because if you want to upgrade anything in the future you are definitely going to need to buy a new PSU as well (namely your graphics card, this applies to the SLI statement as well). That's my opinion, but the main point is everything on your build should work well together, I don't see anything wrong. Follow Goz3rr's hard drive advice as well.[/QUOTE] So, how powerful do you suggest my PSU to be?
750/850w to futureproof it.
Your build looks solid to me. The hard drive MIGHT be a problem and you should definitely look into it but I wouldn't flip a shit over it. Your PSU is also fine. I'm doing SLI with 2 GTX 460's and an i5 2500k and my PSU is 750w. For your CPU cooler, the Hyper 212 plus would be great. The stock cooler on the 2500k is really great though. I wouldn't stress it too much. It can handle an OC of around 4.0ghz in the upper 60's.
[QUOTE=h2ooooooo;33638351]That motherboard *does* support SLI?[/QUOTE] It supports it, but that motherboard will go into x8/x8 mode if he is using 2 GPUs. You will get the most performance out of a mobo that does x16/x16.
[QUOTE=AgentBoomstick;33643320]It supports it, but that motherboard will go into x8/x8 mode if he is using 2 GPUs. You will get the most performance out of a mobo that does x16/x16.[/QUOTE] The difference between x8 and x16 is 2 fps max.
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;33643323]The difference between x8 and x16 is 2 fps max.[/QUOTE] Well if you read my post, if he is going to be spending [i]that much[/i] on a motherboard, he should probably do it. If he isn't, there are much cheaper motherboards that function exactly the same and usually run the same hardware.
[QUOTE=AgentBoomstick;33643570]Well if you read my post, if he is going to be spending [i]that much[/i] on a motherboard, he should probably do it. If he isn't, there are much cheaper motherboards that function exactly the same and usually run the same hardware.[/QUOTE] You do know that the Sandy Bridge Chipset only has 16 PCIe lanes right?
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;33638927]750/850w to futureproof it.[/QUOTE] there's no such thing as futureproofing
[QUOTE=Soleeedus;33650617]there's no such thing as futureproofing[/QUOTE] There's such thing as futureproofing [I]better[/I] than something else.
[QUOTE=Soleeedus;33650617]there's no such thing as futureproofing[/QUOTE] But the main factor is PSU Power and motherboard.
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