Shakezilla
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Ok so now that I am building this PC I have a couple issues.
Of course they are about my case getting along with my mobo (6 years since I last built a PC and still this is the must confusing part)
My Case has a 20 pin USB 3.0 cable for the front panel and a 5 pin USB cable for the front panel. My motherboard only has USB 2.0 10 pin headers. (It has no internal USB 3.0)
Is there a way to connect a 5 pin cable to a 10 pin header, and some kind of adapter for a 20 pin USB 3.0 to 10 pin header?
Other than this everything is going smooth. Have everything but my HD and CD/DVD drive installed (need to rip these out of my computer) and I sitll need to buy a Video card.
Also surprisingly neither my case nor PSU came with a power cord. I assume using a spare from 5 years ago will be ok? (both my Centurion 5 and Forton PSU came with power cables)
Thanks guys.
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Ok so now that BD is out and not looking to impressive. I wish it was but oh well.
So I obviously am i man who can go a long time without a computer upgrade. I want something that will last. But also now that I have a job also have upgrade possibilities.
So for the video card i am willing to go cheap. I do not see the reason to go big on a VC when in a year there will be and better. I am happy to play games at lower IQ.
1155 will have some new chips so that will be fine to upgrade down the road should I want something bigger and better.
I also want to feel like I got good deals. I enjoy slickdeals.net and our own Hot deals section. And hate seeing something for a ton cheaper a week later but that is life.
With that said on with the standard questionnaire.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming and Websurfing mostly. I plan to play BF3 and Diablo 3, probably Skyrim
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? I would say $700ish out the door. Prefer closer to $550-600 I am by no means wealthy, and I am frugal, I want my stuff to have a good $/Performance ratio.
3) Which country do you live in? Farmington Hills Michigan. I have a MC within driving distance. Amazon and Newegg have both been good to me.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? Processor, Motherboard, Ram, Videocard, Case
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Antec EarthWatts EA-650 650W PSU, F3 HD, CD/DVD Burner, Keyboard, Mouse and Monitor
6) Will you be overclocking? Some day. I think for now I iwll be happy with stock
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it? 21.5" 1920X1080
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Now, I am in no rush, if I can find a good deal on one thing, but say not a good deal on a VC, I can wait a week or three to find a good deal there
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video? Just standard features. USB 3.0 would be nice for the future, I don't plan to get another VC just upgrade the current one so no SLI or Xfire.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit? Windows 7 Home (I think) 64bit
What has me really interested at the moment and ready to start buying now (just got the PSU because it was a good deal) is the combo deal at MC: get $40/$80 off a Z68 mobo with purchase of a 2500K/2600K respectively. So I could get a 2500K and a cheap motherboard for $270 out the door +$15 MIR. That seems like a really great deal to me.
The bundled MOBO GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 Seems to have everything I need.
So far my list looks like:
CPU + MOBO: 2500K + Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 LGA 1155 Z68 mATX Intel Motherboard = $270 - 15MIR
Ram: It seems like every other day there is a deal for 2X4gb sticks of name brand ram for around $40. And from everything I have read it seems like timings and speed is not a huge issue. So I would like some recommendations here, or what to watch for. Kingston Technology HyperX 2X4GB $44 - $15 MIR = 29AR Anyone see any issues with this ram?
Videocard: I am liking the 6850. Or maybe a GTX 460 1gb. Probably something around $150 or less
Case: I was thinking either a Thermaltake
V3 Black Edition $38 - $10MIR or something else heap and not to ugly. An Antec 300 or CM HAF 912
So that right there puts me at: ~$500. If I were to get the listed case and find some ram for $40 and a VC for ~$150. Not too bad I think. I have a PSU, Monitor, keyboard/mouse, HD, and CD/DVD.
Later on I would think about getting a HSF to overclock and a SSD.
What do you guys think? Thanks a ton.
Of course they are about my case getting along with my mobo (6 years since I last built a PC and still this is the must confusing part)
My Case has a 20 pin USB 3.0 cable for the front panel and a 5 pin USB cable for the front panel. My motherboard only has USB 2.0 10 pin headers. (It has no internal USB 3.0)
Is there a way to connect a 5 pin cable to a 10 pin header, and some kind of adapter for a 20 pin USB 3.0 to 10 pin header?
Other than this everything is going smooth. Have everything but my HD and CD/DVD drive installed (need to rip these out of my computer) and I sitll need to buy a Video card.
Also surprisingly neither my case nor PSU came with a power cord. I assume using a spare from 5 years ago will be ok? (both my Centurion 5 and Forton PSU came with power cables)
Thanks guys.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ok so now that BD is out and not looking to impressive. I wish it was but oh well.
So I obviously am i man who can go a long time without a computer upgrade. I want something that will last. But also now that I have a job also have upgrade possibilities.
So for the video card i am willing to go cheap. I do not see the reason to go big on a VC when in a year there will be and better. I am happy to play games at lower IQ.
1155 will have some new chips so that will be fine to upgrade down the road should I want something bigger and better.
I also want to feel like I got good deals. I enjoy slickdeals.net and our own Hot deals section. And hate seeing something for a ton cheaper a week later but that is life.
With that said on with the standard questionnaire.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming and Websurfing mostly. I plan to play BF3 and Diablo 3, probably Skyrim
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? I would say $700ish out the door. Prefer closer to $550-600 I am by no means wealthy, and I am frugal, I want my stuff to have a good $/Performance ratio.
3) Which country do you live in? Farmington Hills Michigan. I have a MC within driving distance. Amazon and Newegg have both been good to me.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? Processor, Motherboard, Ram, Videocard, Case
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Antec EarthWatts EA-650 650W PSU, F3 HD, CD/DVD Burner, Keyboard, Mouse and Monitor
6) Will you be overclocking? Some day. I think for now I iwll be happy with stock
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it? 21.5" 1920X1080
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Now, I am in no rush, if I can find a good deal on one thing, but say not a good deal on a VC, I can wait a week or three to find a good deal there
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video? Just standard features. USB 3.0 would be nice for the future, I don't plan to get another VC just upgrade the current one so no SLI or Xfire.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit? Windows 7 Home (I think) 64bit
What has me really interested at the moment and ready to start buying now (just got the PSU because it was a good deal) is the combo deal at MC: get $40/$80 off a Z68 mobo with purchase of a 2500K/2600K respectively. So I could get a 2500K and a cheap motherboard for $270 out the door +$15 MIR. That seems like a really great deal to me.
The bundled MOBO GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 Seems to have everything I need.
So far my list looks like:
CPU + MOBO: 2500K + Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 LGA 1155 Z68 mATX Intel Motherboard = $270 - 15MIR
Ram: It seems like every other day there is a deal for 2X4gb sticks of name brand ram for around $40. And from everything I have read it seems like timings and speed is not a huge issue. So I would like some recommendations here, or what to watch for. Kingston Technology HyperX 2X4GB $44 - $15 MIR = 29AR Anyone see any issues with this ram?
Videocard: I am liking the 6850. Or maybe a GTX 460 1gb. Probably something around $150 or less
Case: I was thinking either a Thermaltake
V3 Black Edition $38 - $10MIR or something else heap and not to ugly. An Antec 300 or CM HAF 912
So that right there puts me at: ~$500. If I were to get the listed case and find some ram for $40 and a VC for ~$150. Not too bad I think. I have a PSU, Monitor, keyboard/mouse, HD, and CD/DVD.
Later on I would think about getting a HSF to overclock and a SSD.
What do you guys think? Thanks a ton.
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