Recent content by mruiz

At first my cables caused the side to bulge as well. I took 10 minutes, spread them around and zip tied a few down and now everything fits just fine. I was considering the 800D at first too but I'm happy with the 650D.

I just put together a system using the same case, CPU, motherboard, and SSD drive. Here's the link. I went with Corsair Vengeance 16gb (4x4gb). I used a Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler and had to remove one of the ram heatsinks to get the cooler to fit. Not sure if you would have the same issue or not...

I decided to go with a BenQ XL2420T 24 inch 120 hertz display. A little on the high end price wise but at the end of the day I was considering spending around 3k to have a PC builder put my system together for me. Glad I didn't! Even with the monitor my system is under that budget and just as...

Jumping back to monitors... I went to the store yesterday to look at them but unfortunately they only had 1080p 60hertz monitors. I did compare the 27 inch to the 24 inch though and I'm really liking that big 27 inch screen but I keep hearing 24 is the way to go for gaming. How would a 27 inch @...

I realized I installed the CPU cooler the wrong way so I switched it around to correct the airflow and ran Prime95, CPU stayed at a good 30c. Video card comes in today!

Ok cool that's what I was looking for. Thanks!

So you're saying the 27 inch wouldn't be as good for gaming at that resolution?

All of the above. I haven't had a desktop in years, only laptops. I'm just getting back into gaming and like the system I want a good solid, higher-end display but nothing too crazy like 3D/multi-display. Microcenter. That's where I got almost all of my components.

I recently completed my first build using a Corsair Obsidian 650D case, Asus P8Z77-V motherboard, and Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler. When I installed the CPU cooler I hooked it up to the case's fan controller instead of the motherboard. Everything works fine but when I first started it up it gave me...

Noctua nh14 heatsink installed! I did have an issue with my fourth stick of ram, there wasn't enough room for the heatsink so I had to remove the RAM heatsink. It took me about 15 minutes or so of putting it under the hair dryer to loosen the glue and slowly opening it with a screw driver...

Any thoughts on the monitor?

I got a lot of useful advice on here and other forums so I wanted to put up the -almost- final result. I say almost because I'm still waiting on the video card and heatsink to come in so for now I'm using the motherboard's onboard video and the stock CPU cooler. Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D...

I decided to go from the Corsair Obsidian Series 800D ATX to the Corsair Obsidian Series 650D Mid Tower ATX, no huge change there and saving $100. I also decided to get a Noctua 6 NH-D14 CPU cooler. The only things I'm still slightly on the fence about is the motherboard (ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA...

I just want to make sure everything would be compatible and fit. Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 650D Mid Tower ATX Computer Case Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel Motherboard CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz LGA 1155 Processor CPU Cooling: Noctua NH-D14 Any...

Well after doing some research it doesn't look so hard after all, and the fact that I can save a thousand dollars doesn't hurt... I do have a Micro Center nearby. I went on their website and put together a wish list... ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel Motherboard (still haven't done...