If you could redo your build, what would you do?

[CCap]

As the title implicates, if you could redo your rig/setup, what would you do?

 

Here is what I'd change: 

 

First, I would change my case-- I hate it. 

 

Aesthetically she's a beaut but to be honest it was a pain in the rear to get her going, and nearly impossible to manage cables. It doesn't look awful, but it was a hell of a challenge to get it where it is. I have the Bitfenix colossus and I really hate the inverted motherboard layout of the case. I really do. I will be changing my case to an H440 here soon, and will snag an Asus Maximus VI Formula to fill up the case a bit better than my Maximus VI Gene will do. 

(this is the fault of the inverted motherboard layout) My H100i rubs against my graphics card much more than I would like, it almost kinks the cable which pretty much eliminates my chances of ever SLI'ing this beast... (Which was the reason I went mATX instead of ITX))

 

My HDD: 

 

I bought a Seagate Baracuda before I had known about the WD black, had I know about it, I would have picked one up. Baracudas = loud = I don't like.

 

My AF120 Red LED Fans:

 

These were a terrible idea, they are really loud and little did I know they aren't PWM.

 

My 780ti:

 

Only because I am going to be upgrading out of my case will I change my graphics card, I would much rather have a KPE than a reference card. I'd be watercooling the KPE after a few months to leave me room to upgrade to 900 series or whatever they come out with at that point.

 

All in all, my build was rushed. I had planned out a really elaborate 3,000 build, and then my budget got cut by $1,000. I had to replan everything, I panicked, and ordered it in a rush. I am unable to RMA most of it (I'm going to RMA my AF120's and pick up some gentle typhoons). 

[DirkaFat]

I would have saved to go SSD only and I would have picked a better case, like the r4 or something

[toilet-handle]

better processor 

[Chris_nz]

Maybe change my H100i to an air cooler,

 

the pump its the only thing thats loud and annoying, its humming noise drives me nuts, maybe its faulty

[TheSLSAMG]

MSI Twin Frozr GTX 770 and a Z87 MPOWER/i7 4770K.

 

Thankfully, I will be making one of those upgrades very soon.

[Imabigmac]

everything.....

[Wtalk2]

Really nothing I would change. Only things I would think of changing are getting low profile RAM so I can eventually upgrade to 4 DIMM's with my current cooler. I also would have like to have gone with a different Z77 motherboard only because of the ugly (And easily breakable ) PCIe clips on my Asrock Z77 Extreme4.

[Imabigmac]

That's funny..

no its depressing for me

[flibberdipper]

Literally everything except the PSU and optical drives, unless I needed a bigger PSU.

[Imabigmac]

I guess the 780 Ti just didn't bring the performance for ya

no it does, but its a reference, so now I want non reference or a  NZXT G10

[Probenja]

Maybe getting a mobo with usb 3.0... But i am really happy with the way my computer works, it is fast enough for me and for the price that i payed for it i couldn't still get anything like it.

[RainColt]

I hate my case, the NZXT switch 810 is garbage, the front fan filter doesn't pop out the stealth optical bay always catches, it's too big and empty with a standard ATX board and it's plastic. I just bought the Enthoo Primo to replace this case and I just ordered a swifttech H320 all in one to fill the top and so that I can throw a water block on my 7970 and another rad to fill out my case, she's gonna be sexy.

[ohJey]

I'd say fk ATX and get a mini itx case and board.

[Blecter]

I would have gone i7-4770k/GTX 780/850w PSU. My initial plans were solid, but then I wanted more and added. She's a good rig, don't get me wrong though.

 

I was thinking about doing a completely new build at the end of this year, but now I've decided to mod my Corsair 330R case for 2x 240mm rads and build using everything I currently have minus the 760's/650w. My i5-4670k still has more headroom, so once I'm on a custom loop I'll crank it up some more.

 

More cost effective to mod. And more fun

[chimmychunger]

Cable managment

 

 

[-ism]

I would have gotten a case that isnt the corsair c70.

[Superarragon]

If I could redo my build, I would get an Asus GTX 780, SSD, mATX motherboard, and mATX case with a window.

[Jack.EXE]

960T, 6850.

 

everything else would be the same.

[SMURG]

Well, for a start I'd probably go back to HDDs over SSDs.

 

Seriously, boot times don't bother me at all for a desktop PC, and launch times for applications really aren't that much faster (particularly games, which usually make you sit through adverts anyway). Not a fan of SSDs at all on the desktop, the controllers are universally terrible in my experience - I've bought 4 SSDs (each from different manufacturers, with at least 2 different controller types), 3 of which have controller problems.

[MangoJuiceStain]

Uh, not used a Dell OEM case.

[sperkowsky]

I would of went intel

[Ja Krispie]

I would have planned it better, I wasted a lot of money going for a budget build only to start buying high end parts, I would have definitely gone intel over AMD. Live and learn lol

[mc141]

Bigger ssd and had my case moded with a window

[GlobalCorey]

Bigger SSD for a bigger booth drive, 2 2TB WD Blacks for a RAID 1 array, and a more mature looking case. I like my Storm Enforcer case and all, but after seeing the cases that Fractal or and Corsair have been releasing in the last year, I wouldn't mind getting one.

[TriBeard]

I would have gone for a bigger PSU. I didn't even think that 750w might not be enough, but I've thought about adding a second card if the prices on them keep dropping back to what they should be at some point in the future, and if I were to do that I would need a larger PSU.