Hello,
I've always been interested in the idea of being able to build my own PC, the only issue was that I never really knew how to do it myself or where to start. Recently I have been trying to self-teach myself, looking through guides and lurking forum threads, coming to Tom's Hardware more-so than others. I haven't made an account until recently because I didn't really have anything to offer to the community and wanted to do my own research before coming up and asking all sorts of simple questions that could be found by doing a little searching. I have gotten to the point where I think I may have the build I want completed, but can't really tell, like the title says, I'm a newbie trying to build. So I decided it might be time to create my account and see if anyone here can give me some input or advice on my outcome.
This is going to be a desktop mostly used for gaming..Skyrim, Starcraft II, might bring back WoW in the near future. Also there is some recreational use of video editing with Pinnacle Studios and some use of FL Studios on the side..
CPU: AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8350FRHKBOX
MoBo: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Mem: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Desktop Memory Model PV316G186C9QK
Video Card: GIGABYTE GV-R785OC-1GD Radeon HD 7850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
HD: Seagate SV35 Series ST1000VX000 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
PSU: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 1200W Modular Power Supply features 100% Nippon Chem-Con Capacitors and Metallic Modular Connector
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED fan, 1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 230mm top fan, and 1x 230mm side fan
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
The total cost of this build currrently comes to $1,214.93 using prices from newegg
Okay, my main concerns here, I'm not exactly sure on how much wattage I should have coming from my PSU in this build and I want to make sure I will have enough power. Next issue being the build itself, is there anything I can adjust to make it better for possibly the same price, maybe something that doesn't look compatible that I need to change, and also how the overall build itself looks. One last question I have is that I was wondering if it would really make that big a difference to bridge video cards. The one here does support CrossFireX but I'm not possitive if it is completely worth it to invest in something like that right away.
I also want to apologize for any late replies I may have, I am currently at work so it is not the easiest for my to answer anything right way but will do my best to do so.
Thank you all in advance.
I've always been interested in the idea of being able to build my own PC, the only issue was that I never really knew how to do it myself or where to start. Recently I have been trying to self-teach myself, looking through guides and lurking forum threads, coming to Tom's Hardware more-so than others. I haven't made an account until recently because I didn't really have anything to offer to the community and wanted to do my own research before coming up and asking all sorts of simple questions that could be found by doing a little searching. I have gotten to the point where I think I may have the build I want completed, but can't really tell, like the title says, I'm a newbie trying to build. So I decided it might be time to create my account and see if anyone here can give me some input or advice on my outcome.
This is going to be a desktop mostly used for gaming..Skyrim, Starcraft II, might bring back WoW in the near future. Also there is some recreational use of video editing with Pinnacle Studios and some use of FL Studios on the side..
CPU: AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8350FRHKBOX
MoBo: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Mem: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Desktop Memory Model PV316G186C9QK
Video Card: GIGABYTE GV-R785OC-1GD Radeon HD 7850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
HD: Seagate SV35 Series ST1000VX000 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
PSU: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 1200W Modular Power Supply features 100% Nippon Chem-Con Capacitors and Metallic Modular Connector
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED fan, 1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 230mm top fan, and 1x 230mm side fan
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
The total cost of this build currrently comes to $1,214.93 using prices from newegg
Okay, my main concerns here, I'm not exactly sure on how much wattage I should have coming from my PSU in this build and I want to make sure I will have enough power. Next issue being the build itself, is there anything I can adjust to make it better for possibly the same price, maybe something that doesn't look compatible that I need to change, and also how the overall build itself looks. One last question I have is that I was wondering if it would really make that big a difference to bridge video cards. The one here does support CrossFireX but I'm not possitive if it is completely worth it to invest in something like that right away.
I also want to apologize for any late replies I may have, I am currently at work so it is not the easiest for my to answer anything right way but will do my best to do so.
Thank you all in advance.
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