2012-09-24, 11:45 PM
Devil Wrote:- Case => Get a CoolerMaster Silencio 650/550 or Corsairs Obsidian 550D. Both are the best silent cases available at this moment.
- 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.
I like that Corsair case, but it seems like it wouldn't be quiet once you finished adding all those optional fans, plus it'd be pretty expensive once you factor in the additional cost of choosing it over the Antec and the additional fans. What would you recommend in terms of optional fans?
I'm kinda iffy on the cooler in general. I haven't actually assembled a PC prior to this so I'm a little shaky on scraping off the old thermal paste, applying new thermal paste and mounting everything correctly. The fact that it's gonna have issues fitting is just one more thing.
I definitely don't have any attachments to that motherboard in particular and I'm all in favor of getting the cheaper one; motherboards are one of those things I don't know much about. Assuming I switch motherboards will I still need the low profile ram to accommodate the heatsink if I decide to get one?
I can't really see any definitive evidence one way or the other on one video card being better than the other, but the 7870 is about $50 cheaper and the model in particular I picked has 3 fans, meaning it should stay cool and quiet even a lower speeds.
I'm not very knowledgeable about power supplies, so I can definitely go with a 650 or 550 watt one instead if you think that's suitable and have a decent one in mind. I just figured the price difference wouldn't be that big.
Not sure if you saw my point or not in the other post about why I wanted 2 SSDs instead of 1 256gb, but if I change my mind about getting an SSD for my existing desktop I could certainly go with that 256gb one instead. I'm under the impression that the real world performance difference between any two SSDs is pretty negligible, though.
Hard drive's pretty much the same thing, I just figured by buying a more expensive one I would be less likely to get something dead on arrival. I really don't need one for performance and I don't really need storage, so I could probably go as low as 500gb and still be perfectly fine. I'll be sure to switch to something cheaper for the final build.