Second Build: Personal Gaming Rig

[Begley95]

Specs:

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 (overclocked)

 

RAM: 8GB Dual-Channel DDR3

 

Storage: 120GB SSD + 1TB HDD

 

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX960 SSC

 

PSU: CX430M

 

This was my first build I've ever done for myself. My laptop was recently lost in a fire and decided to spend some of my share of the insurance money replacing it with a custom-built "gaming" rig. I write "gaming" because I have a strong feeling that most of my "games" weren't designed for mature adults, but I digress. This build went pretty well, aside from me having to re-cable manage everything due to late night frustration and carelessness. I based it on Linus' 'Ultimate Value Gaming Build," with a few modifications to suit me better. Personally, I still own quite a few CDs, mostly music but some software as well. So I added a DVD drive. I also wanted to get a GPU I knew was more than what I needed, because if I was going to spend a nice chunk of money building myself a computer, it sure as hell wasn't going to lag. Other than that, not much else was changed. As I said this is only my second build ever, so it's nothing too crazy. I had a lot of fun building it and the sense of accomplishment was pretty great too. I've included some pictures of the final product. I'd love to hear your thoughts. I hope you all have a great day!

 

 

[TheRandomness]

>inb4:

R9 380 > 960

X4 860k pls

Kill CX

[Mohenjo]

You know, theres quite a few flaws in this build... but whatevs, it looks cool  

[DXMember]

....

whatever makes you sleep at nights i guess...

 

one would think that after losing your first Computer to a fire you'd be more careful about losing your second one to fire...

 

 

 

 

but yeah whatever floats your goat man.

[Mr.Meerkat]

>inb4:

R9 380 > 960

X4 860k pls

Kill CX

Hmmmm...there are pictures of that build..must mean it's not built yet

[asiancorruption]

Just hope the cx psu doesn't cause a second fire. I'm joking 

[OSBK]

just passing through, i wanted to tell you about a software (you may already know it). it called Set Timer Resolution, i didn't really understand how it works but what i know is that he reduces the response time between the gpu and the cpu or something like that, so it helps a bit with your cpu. i actually use it for one of my rigs and it gives about 9fps extra in crysis 3 so you can try it