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NickThePleb
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Hello All,

 

First time PC builder and forum poster here....

 

I have compiled what I want (can afford) for my first PC build. I am concerned about compatibility issues between parts, along with some other issues like do I have enough power supply wattage, and if my parts list (below) comes with all the cables and connectors that I will need to complete everything. Please kindly take a look below if you have some minutes, and tell me any errors  and problems you may see. Thank-you for your help and time!

 

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/xnBjxr

 

Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste --- these items with line in it... i was advised they were unnecessary, so i have taken them out

ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard --- changed to this from a Z series mobo... i also wish to know if I choose to buy/add more case fans in the future... are their enough fan headers to do so?

G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card --- some said to change to r9 270x.... but i need to keep card costs where it is

Rosewill Galaxy-01 ATX Mid Tower Case

EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ---  it is even enough wattage for this build...( i dont know)

Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

Rosewill RNX-N250PCe 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter

Asus VS228H-P 21.5" Monitor

Logitech MK120 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse

Cyber Acoustics CA-3602 30W 2.1ch Speakers

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What they said^

 

Plus, for your processor you won't necessarily need a bigger cooler since you can't overclock it anyways. So going with a boxed CPU and using the stock cooler will save a litte money that you can put into your graphics card. The boxed cooler comes with thermal compound preaplied. Oh and btw. if you had wanted to use another cooler: Arctic Silver 5 is outdated, use MX-4 instead.

who cares...

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I'll second these guys, get a PSU from a reputable vendor, I love EVGA PSU's personally. The PSU is essentially a stability modifier for your whole system, if the PSU gives massively variant voltage, your system will suffer across the board.

 

I would also focus more of your budget on getting a better GPU, and pulling from the Mobo.

vSphere Cluster - 72 Cores - 512GB Memory - 6TB SSD RAW - 42TB HDD RAW - vSphere 7

resonance - Dell PowerEdge R730xd - 2x Intel E5-2667 v3 - 128GB DDR4 @ 2400MHz - NVIDIA RTX 5000 - 2x250GB Samsung 870 Pro - 2x1100W 80+ Plat - ESXi 7.0U3

kat - Dell PowerEdge R630 - 2x Intel E5-2690 v3 - 256GB DDR4 @ 2400MHz - NVIDIA TESLA P4 - 500GB PNY SSD - 4x1TB Crucial SSD - 2x750W 80+ Plat - ESXi 7.0U3

starlifter - Dell PowerEdge R720 - 2x Intel E5-2650 v2 - 96GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz - 2xNVIDIA GTX 970 + 1050Ti - 500GB SSD - 7x6TB HGST HDD - 2x1100W 80+ Plat - ESXi 7.0U3

ion - Dell PowerEdge R620 - 2x Intel E5-2650 v2 - 32GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz - NVIDIA QUADRO M2000 - 2x250GB Samsung 870 Pro -2x750W 80+ Plat - ESXi 7.0U3

 

Main Rig

Intel i7-5820K @ 4.6GHz

MSI X99S Krait SLI Edition

32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 @ 2400MHz

Aorus GTX 1080Ti Waterforce Xtreme

Intel 280GB 900p

512GB Crucial NvMe

512GB Samsung 860 Evo

EVGA Supernova 850 G2

Thermaltake Core P5

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I would recommend this from @byalexandr (Excluding Peripherals)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/V7CX7P

and this if you are willing to go $1000

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PJkBRB

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I made as many changes according to advice posted as much as I can. I will momentarily update the original post to reflect these changes. I can only keep "base total" price around 890-910$.

 

 

Edit: See top post for most recent build changes

 

 

--Sleepy time for now...i will get up tomorrow and apply any new advice ...thanks again all of you!

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I made as many changes according to advice posted as much as I can. I will momentarily update the original post to reflect these changes. I can only keep "base total" price around 890-910$.

 

 

Edit: See top post for most recent build changes

 

 

--Sleepy time for now...i will get up tomorrow and apply any new advice ...thanks again all of you!

Man if you can't afford the extra cash for the 270X. If you want a bit more powerful GPU you should see if you can get a second hand 660 they are way better then a 750Ti for around the same money.

The rest of your list looks pretty good now 

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Man if you can't afford the extra cash for the 270X. If you want a bit more powerful GPU you should see if you can get a second hand 660 they are way better then a 750Ti for around the same money.

The rest of your list looks pretty good now 

 

Ok.. thankyou for that point. I will look into the 660. I appreciate everyones time!

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~snip~

 

Hey there NickThePleb,
 
The plan seems OK and the guys gave you some good advice. I would consider adding a SSD to the system as it would make it much more snappier, responsive, decrease all boot and loading times and increase the transfer speeds. WD Blue is a great drive for everyday usage and can even handle some more demanding tasks, but a SSD would truly make a difference. :)
 
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Hey there NickThePleb,
 
The plan seems OK and the guys gave you some good advice. I would consider adding a SSD to the system as it would make it much more snappier, responsive, decrease all boot and loading times and increase the transfer speeds. WD Blue is a great drive for everyday usage and can even handle some more demanding tasks, but a SSD would truly make a difference. :)
 
Captain_WD.

 

Promote your SSHD's and WD Blacks bro

Love your products

When are you guys bringing SSD's to your line of products

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Promote your SSHD's and WD Blacks bro

Love your products

When are you guys bringing SSD's to your line of products

 

WD Blue SSHD and WD Black are also good options, but they might be a bit over the OP's budget. 
WD Blue SSHD is a good drive and SSHDs generally are a good option if you have a single-drive setup with just a few most-often used applications. WD Black is a great performance drive that is reliable and good for more demanding applications. 
If OP decided to stay HDD-only I would recommend either of these three. If they decide to go with a SSD, for up to 1TB WD Blue would be the more sensible choice, unless some extra performance is needed from the secondary storage drive. :)
 
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