First Computer Build

[orlyy]

How about Corsair H100i for Liquid cooling?

It's a 3770s........ PLEASE do explain the need for an h100i

[Dongonata]

Mweh. Intel.

[Genesis]

So this will be my first time building a computer and I just wanted to make sure if everything is alright and take in any suggestions from you guys. My main concern is if the Power Supply will be enough. Thanks

Motherboard: ASUS P8B75-M/CSM
Liquid Cooling: CORSAIR Hydro Series H50 Quiet Edition Water / Liquid CPU Cooler
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770S
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR3 (1 x 8GB @ 1600 MHz)
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked
Solid State Drive: Samsung 250 GB 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive
Hard Drive: Western Digital 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB
Power Supply: EVGA 500W
Operating System: Windows 8.1

The reason why that dude said to get 2 4gb sticks instead of 1 8gb stick, is because you can run the 2 4gb's in Dual Channel mode which is supported by most motherboards these days and provides heaps better performance.



The b75 is for business, yes. However the person that told you to get H61 is totally wrong because H61 has less features and isn't even supported by your CPU.
(H61 is made for the home user, however optimized for 2nd generation Intel i7's only, Your CPU is a 3rd generation Intel i7 and therefore you would want a H77 chipset compatible motherboard which would support your 3rd generation i7!)
B / Q series = Business
H series = Home user
Z series = Extreme user, mostly has all the features you'll need.

It's REALLY hard to find LGA 1155 motherboards these days but i'll recommend this board for you because it's the best bang for your buck option and also Z77 so it's got all the bells and whistles.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157293
Beware that it's an ATX motherboard and not a uATX form factor like the one you picked (This one is a touch bigger) So make sure it fits your case

Other than that, you're fine. A 500w PSU is fine for a single 750ti.
Just make sure your PSU isn't some generic chinese crap because there a lot of PSU's out there that are unbranded and rate themselves at 500watts and above, then you push them past 250 watts and they explode on you. EVGA is a great brand though so you'll be right.

The 750ti should be able to play games on medium settings at 1080p if that's what you're looking for.

[[MPGH]Flengo]

The reason why that dude said to get 2 4gb sticks instead of 1 8gb stick, is because you can run the 2 4gb's in Dual Channel mode which is supported by most motherboards these days and provides heaps better performance.



The b75 is for business, yes. However the person that told you to get H61 is totally wrong because H61 has less features and isn't even supported by your CPU.
(H61 is made for the home user, however optimized for 2nd generation Intel i7's only, Your CPU is a 3rd generation Intel i7 and therefore you would want a H77 chipset compatible motherboard which would support your 3rd generation i7!)
B / Q series = Business
H series = Home user
Z series = Extreme user, mostly has all the features you'll need.

It's REALLY hard to find LGA 1155 motherboards these days but i'll recommend this board for you because it's the best bang for your buck option and also Z77 so it's got all the bells and whistles.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157293
Beware that it's an ATX motherboard and not a uATX form factor like the one you picked (This one is a touch bigger) So make sure it fits your case

Other than that, you're fine. A 500w PSU is fine for a single 750ti.
Just make sure your PSU isn't some generic chinese crap because there a lot of PSU's out there that are unbranded and rate themselves at 500watts and above, then you push them past 250 watts and they explode on you. EVGA is a great brand though so you'll be right.

The 750ti should be able to play games on medium settings at 1080p if that's what you're looking for.

Sadly already built it up now. I figured out about the dual channel somewhere else a while after, I forgot where. But thanks for answering that. I have to get another stick of RAM now.

I can run games at about 40 FPS on Ultra right now. I'm not crazy for looking at high FPS rates so this is good for me.

As for the motherboard, I'll aim for selling my current one and replacing everything with the one you suggested.

Thanks a lot for your help

[Genesis]

Sadly already built it up now. I figured out about the dual channel somewhere else a while after, I forgot where. But thanks for answering that. I have to get another stick of RAM now.

I can run games at about 40 FPS on Ultra right now. I'm not crazy for looking at high FPS rates so this is good for me.

As for the motherboard, I'll aim for selling my current one and replacing everything with the one you suggested.

Thanks a lot for your help

Meh, you don't have to worry about it too much now lol.

Good that you are happy with everything.

I'm in the process of building another system for myself at the moment, just not sure weather I should give in to temptation and go for the top of the line processor or not.

[[MPGH]Flengo]

Meh, you don't have to worry about it too much now lol.

Good that you are happy with everything.

I'm in the process of building another system for myself at the moment, just not sure weather I should give in to temptation and go for the top of the line processor or not.

For longer lasting it would be worth it to go for top of the line now instead of wanting to or needing to later on. It'll just be double the cost

[Kongou.]

For longer lasting it would be worth it to go for top of the line now instead of wanting to or needing to later on. It'll just be double the cost

As a fellow computer builder, I always tell people who ask about building budget computers to buy a good CORE system now with a really cheap 30$ graphics card and buy a decent one later on so in the end you really feel that you could have built you're computer better.

It's hard the first couple of weeks/months waiting to save up for that killer GPU, but in the end if you're patient it's deff worth it

[Loftier]

Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 4770K 3 50GHz
RAM
16GB Dual-Channel DDR3 666MHz
Motherboard
MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)
Graphics
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 (EVGA)
Storage
931GB Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 ATA Device

[Minnesota Dabs]

Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 4770K 3 50GHz
RAM
16GB Dual-Channel DDR3 666MHz
Motherboard
MSI Z87-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)
Graphics
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 (EVGA)
Storage
931GB Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 ATA Device

What are you trying to achieve with an overpriced, and outdated build?

[Edipus]

Grate specs,
Im going to buy a new pc too soon !

[Minnesota Dabs]

Grate specs,
Im going to buy a new pc too soon !

How do you grate specs? I thought you can only grate cheese and vegetables?

[Snowgoons]

I recently bought 2GB Videocard, it suggest you would buy a 4GB one because games like Assasins Creed Unity and Far Cry loves VRAM.