Need help building my computer. any help is appreciated

[Puffbubba]

i was wondering if i would have any compatibility issues with my build so here it is
NZXT Phantom full tower case
SAMSUNG EcoGreen 2TB 3.0Gb/s 3.5" internal hard drive
XFX Double D FX-787A-CDFC Radeon 2Gb 256-bit CDDR5 PCI 3.0 x 16 HDCP (gpu)
Thermaltake TR2 RX 750w Bronze W0382RU ATX 12V v2.3 (power supply)
CORSAIR Vengance 8 Gb (2x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (ram)
Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bride 3.5 GHz (3.9 GHz Turbo) Quad-Core Desktop Processor
ADATA XPG SX900 ASX900S3-64GM-C 2.5" 64 GB internal ssd (for operating system)
ASUS P8B75-VLGA 1155 Intel B75 SATA 6GB/s USB 3.0 ATX Inte Motherboard


all together it is $1,108.98 although i havent decided on how much hard drive memory i want

[fecal fiend]

Hi, You should have a great pc with all that you've listed! I can't see anything that would give you any compatability issues. I presume you're going to install windows 7......

[Puffbubba]

I haven't decided between windows 7 or windows vista

[DanteYagyu]

Definitely get Windows 7, Vista shouldn't even be considered an option (you'll have a LOT of problems with it)

[Puffbubba]

Alright thx guys. One more question. If I decide to get just 1TB of hard drive memory an I buy extra memory later on will it interfer with what I currently have loaded on the computer?

[T3XASOUTLAW]

Messaggio originale di \TG/baltolover123:

Alright thx guys. One more question. If I decide to get just 1TB of hard drive memory an I buy extra memory later on will it interfer with what I currently have loaded on the computer?

you can always add more HDD's if you fill up 1tb with say steam games, then you will have to redirect steam to the other hard drive, but who plays a TB worth of games at a time, you can always keep your current 10 on a drive and delete local content later on.
I have a dual boot 128gb ssd, running win7 and ubuntu 12.04, with just the 1tb hard drive for steam and storage, and I haven't had any problems.

[Tusken GA]

Yeah unless your Steam library consists of 2000 games, each of which you play regularly, and you have a vast video/movie library, 1 TB is more than enough. However if you have say several seasons of TV shows, dozens of HD movies, and tons of anime, the 2TB drive would be a better choice.

Also, you may want to get faster RAM. Some games, like Crysis, are noticably faster as RAM speed increases. Plus the cost of an 1866 mhz 8gb kit is not significantly higher than that of a 1600 mhz kit.

[Puffbubba]

so ur saying i should get 12 gb 1600mhz of ram?

[rolivas09]

I think you should get the Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive from Newegg its $87

[Granada]

Get a Xeon E3-1230V2 (cheap trick) and invest the saved into some better SSD or GPU. Also a 750w PSU is way to much for this setup, with 400w it works already fine, get 500-600 if you're uneasy with it. RAM "speed", in every aspect, is only visible in benchmarks, except you want to oc, then it could work out to buy some qualitiy (...)

[Puffbubba]

whats a good 300 dollar gpu?

[11Chad]

A good 300 dollar GPU would be the GTX 660ti.

[11Chad]

Messaggio originale di Ernesto Horo:

Get a Xeon E3-1230V2 (cheap trick) and invest the saved into some better SSD or GPU. Also a 750w PSU is way to much for this setup, with 400w it works already fine, get 500-600 if you're uneasy with it. RAM "speed", in every aspect, is only visible in benchmarks, except you want to oc, then it could work out to buy some qualitiy (...)

Why would you need a Xeon?

[[L.o.N]Naed]

Messaggio originale di terminaternc:

Messaggio originale di Ernesto Horo:

Get a Xeon E3-1230V2 (cheap trick) and invest the saved into some better SSD or GPU. Also a 750w PSU is way to much for this setup, with 400w it works already fine, get 500-600 if you're uneasy with it. RAM "speed", in every aspect, is only visible in benchmarks, except you want to oc, then it could work out to buy some qualitiy (...)

Why would you need a Xeon?

The "trick" he is talking about is that the CPU he mentions is basically an Ivy Bridge quadcore with HT, for some obscure reason it just costs less ... blame intel or something :)

[[L.o.N]Naed]

Messaggio originale di \TG/baltolover123:

so ur saying i should get 12 gb 1600mhz of ram?

No, get either 8 gigs (2*4) or 16 gigs (2*8) :)

[Puffbubba]

ok here are my improvements to my build

i got the saegate barracudo ST1000DM003 1TB 7200RPM
EVGA 02G-P4-3660-KR GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit
PC Power and Cooling Silencer MK III 500W Modular 80PLUS Bronze Power Supply
Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866
i kept the case, the processor, the motherboard, and the ssd