If you could go back in time and change one thing about your build, what would it be?

[Skyhawk Delta]

I'm not talking about upgrading it with stuff that has come out since the rig was put together.  But considering what your options were when you built it what one thing would you change?

 

I'll start and say that I probably should have gone with an ATX board rather than a mATX one.  I severely limited my expansion space when I didn't need to.  I still love my motherboard, but I wish I had gone bigger.

[hehehehhehehehe]

I would have changed to a different case.. 

 

Don't get me wrong though the Haf-x Is still an awesome case though!

[Kayn]

So far I changed out all the parts that I've skimped out on because I didn't have the money at the time but I haven't changed my motherboard and CPU. Wished that I went with an i7 3770k instead of the i5. But there is always next time.

[Anubikai]

wouldve switched to amd....

 

-Anubikai

[willielikesmonkeys]

I also would have gotten a better case.

[Mr. Chairman]

I wouldn't get deathadder 3.5 and lycosa mirror. Looks beatutiful, but damn this shiny plastic it gets greasy so quick!

[Scia]

Would have chose Dual 7970 with a 8350 instead of dual 680 with a 2500k.

[brat137]

I would have got a different case as 3 months down the line I bought a new case because I didn't like my original as much as I like my Corsair 500R. My original case was some cheap ass POS.

[Fetzie]

Would have waited the couple of weeks for the 3570K to come into stock.

[typetheed]

Hmm, I would have switched to 1.5v ram... I bought a 1.65v kit and I struggled for a month with my MoBo to try and get it to not crash until a BIOS update fixed everything. I reinstalled windows twice thinking it was a software problem. I only got the 1.65v kit because it looked cooler in my build.... and I would have chosen a case with usb 3.0, I cheaped out and only got usb 2.0.

[DaftBehemoth]

I would have ordered an Alphacool XT45 instead of an ST30 360mm for my roof :(

[Overl0rd]

Strangely enough, I would have gotten a better graphics card (got a 570 back then) instead of a SSD. Even though I appreciate fast boot times and load ups, I can still perfectly live with HDD performance.

[tacticalpanic]

i'd have used a micro atx board

[FloRolf]

Investing some more money in a 2.5gb 570/3gb 580 instead of my old 1.25gb 570. The extra vram wouldve made all the difference!

[KneesWeak]

more wattage on psu 

[Darell3]

If i could go back, i would of got a GTX550ti instead of HD 6670 ;(.

[MJOLNITR VIPER]

I love my Level 10 GT for the looks but it dosnt have much radiator mounting other then a 120 and a 140.  So I would have to say I would pick a case with more radiator mounting space.  

 

But now I am thinking about just going external with the rads. 

[Overl0rd]

Investing some more money in a 2.5gb 570/3gb 580 instead of my old 1.25gb 570. The extra vram wouldve made all the difference!

I am actually running 2 EVGA 2560MB 570's here. But with a single card, where did you find yourself running out of VRAM?

[Benjio]

I wouldn't have gotten an Apevia PSU...

[Jack.EXE]

i wish I got a 600W psu, it's biting my upgrade choices now.

[FloRolf]

I am actually running 2 EVGA 2560MB 570's here. But with a single card, where did you find yourself running out of VRAM?

 

almost everywhere! :D especially in Witcher2, Skyrim, Max Payne, Hitman.....

[Imaginaerum]

I would change my PSU to modular with longer black cables, instead of this semi-modular OCZ with short colorful cables.

[typetheed]

If i could go back, i would of got a GTX550ti instead of HD 6670 ;(.

 

woah there... that 6670 was a FINE card to choose back in the day. Don't regret that purchase.

[Darell3]

woah there... that 6670 was a FINE card to choose back in the day. Don't regret that purchase.

I picked the GDDR3 version -.-

[aj101202]

My gpu (hd6870) when i got it i should have got the 6970 i wish i did now