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Ok, so my desktop computer, an Alienware x51, died on me about a week ago, and it's damn near my only source of entertainment at home. I'm a farmer and have been swamped with work, so I haven't been able to put anything together, and from here on I only want to build my PCs. But that being said, this is my first time. I believe everything is compatible, processor is good for the motherboard, the cooling fan is matched up with the processor, I believe the power supply is more than sufficient. Hit me as hard as you can, if I'm gonna get good at this, that's what I'll need. And on a side note, yes I understand you don't need 32 GB of ram, yes I understand you don't need it for gaming, yes I know it's a waste of money, I don't give a damn. Now, if there are actually negative affects, say, having all four slots filled with 8 GB sticks of ram, I'd love to hear that part of it. If it isn't obvious, this is a gaming build, or at least my attempt at it.

 

Case:   Thermaltake Chaser A71 VP400M1W2N Black SECC ATX Full Tower Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133223

 

Motherboard:   ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132567

 

Processor:   Intel Core i7-6700K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 95W BX80662I76700K Desktop Processor Intel® HD Graphics 530

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559

 

Power Supply:   EVGA 220-G2-0850-XR 80 PLUS GOLD 850 W 10 yr Warranty ECO Mode Fully Modular NVIDIA SLI Ready and Crossfire Support Continuous Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438018

 

Video Card:   EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-3975-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487088

 

RAM:   PANRAM Ninja-V 16GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model PUD42400C158G2NJR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820013162

 

Hard Drive:   TOSHIBA PH3300U-1I72 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail Kit

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149396

 

Cooling:   DEEPCOOL GAMMAXX 400 CPU Cooler 4 Heatpipes 120mm PWM Fan with Blue LED

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835856005

 

Optical Drive:   ASUS Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135247

 

 

Thoughts, opinions, suggestions, hate, anything you guys got? I've never build a PC before, and price isn't much of an issue, so I'm really not looking for "Hey, you should get this because it does just about the same thing for cheaper".

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Use Pcpartpicker

Specs: i7-4790k with Thermaltake Water 3.0, EVGA GTX 970, MSI Z97 Gaming 3, Kingston HyperX 2x8 DDR3 1600Mhz, SSD Boot Drive/1TB HD, CM Storm Stryker, EVGA Supernova G2 750W

Peripherals: SS Rival, HyperX Cloud, G710+

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What exactly died in the X51?  There's a good chance that you'll be able to salvage the HDD's and GPU at least.  Also, use http://pcpartpicker.com/.

i5-4690k@4.5GHz || MSI GTX 970 || MSI z97 Gaming 5 || NZXT Kraken x61 || WD Black 1TB || Crucial MX100 || 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro || Corsair RM750 || NZXT H440 || Corsair k70 RGB mx browns || Acer H236HL || ViewSonic VX2255wm-4

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I respect that you want us to be hard on you because you want to be informed about building a PC; I really respect you for that.

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/439354-why-nvidia/
 
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Ok, so my desktop computer, an Alienware x51, died on me about a week ago, and it's damn near my only source of entertainment at home. I'm a farmer and have been swamped with work, so I haven't been able to put anything together, and from here on I only want to build my PCs. But that being said, this is my first time. I believe everything is compatible, processor is good for the motherboard, the cooling fan is matched up with the processor, I believe the power supply is more than sufficient. Hit me as hard as you can, if I'm gonna get good at this, that's what I'll need. And on a side note, yes I understand you don't need 32 GB of ram, yes I understand you don't need it for gaming, yes I know it's a waste of money, I don't give a damn. Now, if there are actually negative affects, say, having all four slots filled with 8 GB sticks of ram, I'd love to hear that part of it. If it isn't obvious, this is a gaming build, or at least my attempt at it.

 

Case:   Thermaltake Chaser A71 VP400M1W2N Black SECC ATX Full Tower Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133223

 

Motherboard:   ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132567

 

Processor:   Intel Core i7-6700K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 95W BX80662I76700K Desktop Processor Intel® HD Graphics 530

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559

 

Power Supply:   EVGA 220-G2-0850-XR 80 PLUS GOLD 850 W 10 yr Warranty ECO Mode Fully Modular NVIDIA SLI Ready and Crossfire Support Continuous Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438018

 

Video Card:   EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-3975-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487088

 

RAM:   PANRAM Ninja-V 16GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model PUD42400C158G2NJR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820013162

 

Hard Drive:   TOSHIBA PH3300U-1I72 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail Kit

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149396

 

Cooling:   DEEPCOOL GAMMAXX 400 CPU Cooler 4 Heatpipes 120mm PWM Fan with Blue LED

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835856005

 

Optical Drive:   ASUS Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135247

 

 

Thoughts, opinions, suggestions, hate, anything you guys got? I've never build a PC before, and price isn't much of an issue.

Get an ssd for boot drive and a 2tb hard drive since hard drives over 2 tb will fail a lot more(ew toshiba drive, WD or seagate plz)

Change the case, Thermaltake doesn't make that good stuff tbh(source: past experience)

That cooler though. Get a hyper 212 evo.

You don't need an optical drive unless you live in past

EDIT: I hit you as hard as I could. 

Specs: i7-4790k with Thermaltake Water 3.0, EVGA GTX 970, MSI Z97 Gaming 3, Kingston HyperX 2x8 DDR3 1600Mhz, SSD Boot Drive/1TB HD, CM Storm Stryker, EVGA Supernova G2 750W

Peripherals: SS Rival, HyperX Cloud, G710+

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