DIY PC

[The Master]

I'm building a custom rig andd this has helped me with the more important parts. Thankyou! (from Australia)

[Soolkiki]

I will definitely be referring people to this page when they are asking for help selecting parts. This way, they know what they are getting and not just blindly accepting someone's advice.

[Guest]

I'm building a custom rig andd this has helped me with the more important parts. Thankyou! (from Australia)

Glad to hear it :)

[Hyydrah]

Thanks for posting a guide on this. It's unfortunate that there are still some people that post topics needlessly without reading this article.

[parashpa]

Amazing information for newbies. Good job windspeed36!

[thedigitalmilk]

I was happily surprised to find out that more games are utilizing more cores, i still thought the majority were only using 2 cores:) 

[Art Vandelay]

Power distribution – if you plan to overclock a CPU, ensure that a board has adequate thermal management as well as adequate power to the CPU. 6 phases is often recommended as the minimum.

For 1155, 4 phase is fine, provided it has decent MOSFETs. 6+ phase is definitely recommended for AM3+ 8 cores and 2011.

[AaronFPS]

Thanks, shared it with a few of my friends

[LongLeg1995]

I need a new gaming PC and i already choose the Memory and Tower. So my question is... What should i buy if i want the best performance for my buck. I live in Denmark and the cheapest site is mostly www.komplett.dk so if you need to give me advise and tell me "hey this is better for the money" or "hey you should buy this instead." it needs to meet the requirements of my price range.



Tower i have bought:

http://www.komplett....aspx?sku=632623



Memory i have bought (1 stick):

http://www.komplett....aspx?sku=776805







Budget:

5700 DDK 1004 USD 765 EUR



This is what i've come up with

http://www.komplett.dk/k/shoplist.aspx



please use the same website, i'm pretty sure you can get your browser to translate the site.



I would really like some nice builds to help me out, thanks.

 

[kirashi]

Storage

You’ve got two options for storage; SSD’s and mechanical hard drives. 

 

What about them floppies?  <_< OK, in all seriousness, I'm kidding. Using floppies is akin to Linus talking about people using VGA cables.

To make this reply useful, I think the greatest use I've had for 3.5 inch floppy bays in my cases is to repurpose them to accommodate a 2.5 inch laptop hard drive, simply because I have extras lying around. Makes it really easy to just slap one in, store some things, then take it on the road with a Seagate GoFlex USB 3.0 to Sata adapter.

[DanielColato]

very very nice for people starting out

[enRodjavel]

awsome thread for all the ppl that are in the buying a new PC dreams hehe =D

[Emanuel]

Thank's for all the tips, and this helps a lot when your starting out like me.

[martinus94]

thanks for this tread i really found this useful in bying my first actual gaming pc :)

[Guest]

thanks for this tread i really found this useful in bying my first actual gaming pc :)

That's what it was made to to :)

[parky559]

Great post and thread, well done! :D 

[vince21298]

i am planning to build my first desktop and i am planning to get the fx-6300 with 7850 gpu.

[parky559]

Thinking of building this - AMD Phenom II X4 3.4Ghz  Black Edition

                                        ASRock 960GM-GS3 FX Motherboard

                                        Asus Radeon HD 7770 DirectCU Graphics Card 1GB GDDR5

                                        Corsair XMS3 DDR3 8GB RAM

                                        Western Digital Caviar Blue 500gb Hard Drive

                                        Corsair Builder Series CXM 500W Modular PSU

                                        Antec One Midi Tower Case

                                        Microsoft Sidewinder X4

                                        Windows 8 64-bit

[brownninja97]

Damn that must have taken long to write.

[brownninja97]

Thinking of building this - AMD Phenom II X4 3.4Ghz  Black Edition

                                        ASRock 960GM-GS3 FX Motherboard

                                        Asus Radeon HD 7770 DirectCU Graphics Card 1GB GDDR5

                                        Corsair XMS3 DDR3 8GB RAM

                                        Western Digital Caviar Blue 500gb Hard Drive

                                        Corsair Builder Series CXM 500W Modular PSU

                                        Antec One Midi Tower Case

                                        Microsoft Sidewinder X4

                                        Windows 8 64-bit

For that system it would be better if you got 4gb ram and got a radeon 7790. Asus are overpriced with lower level cards.

[parky559]

For that system it would be better if you got 4gb ram and got a radeon 7790. Asus are overpriced with lower level cards.

Thanks a lot, will give that a think :)

[LuizStocco]

Are you guys going to update to Haswell?

I can not decide either to update or not.... What you guys think!?

HELP PLEASE! HAHA  :lol:

[Guest]

Are you guys going to update to Haswell?

I can not decide either to update or not.... What you guys think!?

HELP PLEASE! HAHA  :lol:

I will hopefully tonight.

[Arshdeep]

impressive

hard to believe you did this without a single dime of pay

 

good job man

 

Linus did a good deed creating this fourm, every post i read is worth my time, I believe everyone can agree

[Guest]

Updated for Haswell plus I've added information about overclocking.