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My friend's son's first build (Arron)

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Ok he's 12 yrs old this was his first build, I checked everything it's runs normal so far but I was thinking "time to ask the PROs"

 

please post what do you think of his build thank you, i hope this helps to encourage his self confidance.

 

Arron's first build

 

Case: CORSAIR Carbide Spec-03

CPU: Intel i5 4690

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

MothreBoard: ASUS Vanguard B85 (on discount and has a 5yr warranty)

Ram: CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 1600C9 (8GB=2x4GB)

Storage: WD 1TB BLACK /64MB/FZEX/5yrs

Optical Drive: ASUS 24X SATA

Grapics Card: Gigabyte GTX970 Windforce OC 4GB

Power Supply: Seasonic 550W S12G / 5yrs

Additional Fans: BitFenix Spectre Pro 120mm White LED (4 sets)

 

 

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Anyway to get an SSD in there? Budget?

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Looks good from here...

 

Is the ODD absolutely needed?

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Ok he's 12 yrs old this was his first build, I checked everything it's runs normal so far but I was thinking "time to ask the PROs"

 

please post what do you think of his build thank you, i hope this helps to encourage his self confidance.

 

Arron's first build

 

Case: CORSAIR Carbide Spec-03

CPU: Intel i5 4690

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

MothreBoard: ASUS Vanguard B85 (on discount and has a 5yr warranty)

Ram: CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 1600C9 (8GB=2x4GB)

Storage: WD 1TB BLACK /64MB/FZEX/5yrs

Optical Drive: ASUS 24X SATA

Grapics Card: Gigabyte GTX970 Windforce OC 4GB

Power Supply: Seasonic 550W S12G / 5yrs

Additional Fans: BitFenix Spectre Pro 120mm White LED (4 sets)

Looks pretty good! Missing an SSD, but other than that it's perfect.

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Anyway to get an SSD in there? Budget?

It was within his SGD $1250.00 budget (inclusive of win 8.1)

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Ok he's 12 yrs old this was his first build, I checked everything it's runs normal so far but I was thinking "time to ask the PROs"

 

please post what do you think of his build thank you, i hope this helps to encourage his self confidance.

 

Arron's first build

 

Case: CORSAIR Carbide Spec-03

CPU: Intel i5 4690

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

MothreBoard: ASUS Vanguard B85 (on discount and has a 5yr warranty)

Ram: CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 1600C9 (8GB=2x4GB)

Storage: WD 1TB BLACK /64MB/FZEX/5yrs

Optical Drive: ASUS 24X SATA

Grapics Card: Gigabyte GTX970 Windforce OC 4GB

Power Supply: Seasonic 550W S12G / 5yrs

Additional Fans: BitFenix Spectre Pro 120mm White LED (4 sets)

Pretty decent for his first build. Just to clarify, has he built this or is he going to build it?

ON A 7 MONTH BREAK FROM THESE LTT FORUMS. WILL BE BACK ON NOVEMBER 5th.


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A Barracuda or WD Blue should be cheaper even where you are, other than that it's got my thumbs up.

If ones not going for an SSD as a first boot drive then the WD Black drive he's chosen is a smart idea. ;)

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what about an ssd besides that seems like a good build

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Maybe like a cheap 120GB SSD as the boot drive and the hard disk for games or whatever he does. If you could find a non-Refresh i5, it might be cheaper and you'd be able to squeeze an SSD into there.

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Spot on (Bar the SSD missing)

Very very close to my Main system performance wise.

Aint no slouch.

SSD for Windows (120GB) and then mechanical HDD for Storage/Games would be best until you save more for a bigger storage system. If moneys allows.

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Pretty decent for his first build. Just to clarify, has he built this or is he going to build it?

I watched as he put the parts in so yes he built it already, he choose the black because I explained to him WD's drives and asked him to watch the Linus teck tips before buying the stuff

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thank you everyone for the encuragement,

he young and a new builder he's kinda unconfident about himself so I thought this would help with his confidenceand encurage him a bit more to be confident in making friends, being his only friend I'm glad you guys are nice to help with this I hope the encuragement you've help me give him will help to open up more.

 

Thank you Linus Tech Tips forum members :)

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I watched as he put the parts in so yes he built it already, he choose the black because I explained to him WD's drives and asked him to watch the Linus teck tips before buying the stuff

Ah okay. Good advice BTW. ;)

ON A 7 MONTH BREAK FROM THESE LTT FORUMS. WILL BE BACK ON NOVEMBER 5th.


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Wouldn't get WD black, they are loud as shit and pretty expensive. Could probably get a nice small SSD for OS and get a WD blue/seagate barracuda for that money.

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