Building my first PC

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Originally Posted by Nuncio [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This isn't a 'serious' gaming machine. He doesn't need a 200 dollar mobo. He also shouldn't be buying foxconn or similar though, which is why I posted the asrock one, which is really quite good.


I covered mobo, and agree with CPU.

Not in the upper midrange, such as this 7770.

I like corsair too, but mushkin is fine, as is PNY.

His rig does not require more than 500 watts from a good PSU. The 7770 is fairly low power pull. Hes got two sticks of ram, one HD and one CD. The lower end thermaltakes are, quite simply, junk. As I said, Antec or Corsair in the 450-750 range.

I really doubt he can afford and SSD with the equipemnt hes already listed, so be realistic.

Stock cooler on i5 at stock speeds is completely adequate, no water cooling or aftermarket required, ever.

Watercooling without extreme overclocking is a waste of money

Thanks for proving my point (he doesnt need watercooling. He's got a midrange card with a midrange cpu, OCing any one thing wont make much of a difference. Get of the WCing kick for him.)

There we go, kinda. Again, intel stock coolers are more than adequate.

Notice he didnt list a monitor in his cart? Prolly cause he's not going to buy one because he already has one.
Yep.




OK.

In regards to the mobo, yes Asus motherboards can easily run $200 dollars but you don't have to buy the most expensive model, mine personally only cost $170 dollars, and it held up to anything I threw at it, untill it was struck by lightning via ethernet port.

Why do you think i recommended the thermaltake tough series 700w? You are picking apart shit that doesn't need to be picked apart. You are making assumptions on what his budget is by what he picked out, however in his post he asked for criticism and I provided it, he did not say I need to build the cheapest gaming rig possible, did he?

No, you are attempting to make an ass out of you and me.

I threw the watercooling bit in there because it's something every person building a rig has at least heard of, so I gave some real feedback on the pros and cons.

Obviously he already has a monitor, but a guy asking for advice on all his computer parts might find it beneficial to understand the benefits of a good brand to purchase and why its beneficial to gaming.

You 'doubt' he can afford a solid state drive. Good for you, luckily he didn't mention price so I pointed out the obvious fact that solid state drives are MUCH better.

Picking apart my valid advice is fucking hilarious when you failed to even read through it properly, such as the thermaltake PSU bit and assuming piffen is broke because hes black. I'd suggest saving your critiques for someone who gives a shit.


Here's one more thought, the rig i recommend is more future proof, oh all he needs is 500 watts? thats terrific because you want more power than you need when it comes to a PSU so you don't stress the PSU or any components on it. And if he goes to a power hungry GPU in a few years to handle a new game coming out he will be glad to know it can handle it.



"This isn't a 'serious' gaming machine. He doesn't need a 200 dollar mobo
I really doubt he can afford and SSD with the equipemnt hes already listed, so be realistic."

What I'm saying is that you being happy with your computer does not mean that other people would be happy with your computer.
What I'm saying is that you being happy with your computer does not mean that other people would be happy with your computer.
What I'm saying is that you being happy with your computer does not mean that other people would be happy with your computer.

foot in mouth you fucking mongoloid.