Gaming rig from scratch help needed
Ok so its been a while since i even took apart a tower , so any suggestions on how to get aquainted with putting together a rig would be much appreciated.
Anyway, to the meat of this post. I want to build a tower completely from scratch, I have no old parts laying around. I have about a 1500$ budget to build a new rig from scratch. These are a few of the builds my friend helped me put together. Any new suggestions( missing anything) or modifications are extremely welcome. Also i was thinking about SLI but honestly I am not sure. Again thank you for helping me out :wink:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mny8yc
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/69tkRB
Keep in mind that i have not build a pc in probably about 12 years.
Gaming rig from scratch help needed
That last one is a much better build.
Do you need to have wifi? It is a desktop so you wouldnt be moving it around, so why not just use an ethernet cable? Connecting by cable is better for gaming.
The ssd drive you chose is an older model, did you look at the samsung 840 evo or 850 series. They should be around the same price as you chose. Also I would bump the ssd drive up to at least 256gb and get a smaller hdd if you dont need the backup storage memory. FYI ssd drives start to slow down after they reach half full (or half empty depending on how you look at it.) Get an ssd drive twice as big as you anticipate needing.
If you really need to cut the budget... Get an i5 4670k, still overclockable and has 4 real physical cores. I havent used an optical drive in over two years do you really need it? You can install windows from a usb flash drive instead of optical. As mentioned before skip the wifi and use ethernet cable. last resort, the gtx 960 is still pretty fast.
Gaming rig from scratch help needed
You can delete the intel ethernet card. The motherboard you chose has the same intel ethernet chip already built onto the motherboard.
I would stay with the H80i or some other watercooling system. Not only does it cool better, it will be much quieter than an air cooler. After a week your ears will thank you.
Do you have any hdd or dvd drive you can salvage from an old system to reuse.