2012-09-24, 10:40 PM
FabledGumbo Wrote:I'm looking into putting together a desktop this November and came up with this:- Case => Get a CoolerMaster Silencio 650/550 or Corsairs Obsidian 550D. Both are the best silent cases available at this moment.
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it's a little more expensive than I'd like right now, but I could probably go a little bit in either direction if given a good reason to.
- Cooler => If you're going for zalman, take this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6835118074
- Memory => Get either Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 2x 8GB (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) or G.Skill Ares Low Profile 2x 8GB (F3-1600C10D-16GAO) You need Low Profile RAM otherwise it doesn't fit with your CPU Cooler.
- Motherboard => Sabertooth? Just get a normal Asus Z77, unless you're going for the aesthetics of the Sabertooth. Performance is the same, price is a LOT lower.
- Videocard => Get a brand-new Nvidia 660 Ti (Asus) for that money, higher performance a lot cooler and thus, less noise.
- PSU => That Corsair PSU is overkill unless you're going SLI or even Triple SLI.
- SDD => Wait for the brand-new Samsung 840 256GB - Beats all current SSD's.
- Harddisk => Get either a Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003, 2TB or a Western Digital Green WD20EARX, 2TB. SSD = Performance, Harddisk = Storage.