AMD build finished - possible advice?

Seth87 · Jun 3, 2013

Hi, I'm new here on TH (pleasure to be here) and I also just finished piecing together my first build ever. I look forward to lurking and learning more and more from the many knowledgeable builders and enthusiasts here.

This will be my first PC I plan on building myself and I was hoping for anyone to possibly be able to point out if there are any inconsistencies or incompatibility with any of the hardware for this build. I've been out of the loop on hardware for a while now and it's only been a couple days before I decided to go with this AMD build, but any advice is appreciated. I am just wanting to make sure everything will work (minus user error) when finally putting this PC together.

Here is a public]http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=19913811]public newegg link[/url] to the pieces. Thanks in advance.

iam2thecrowe · Jun 3, 2013

If it were my build, I would drop the ssd and put the money to a better gpu.
I would not get the Seagate drive I would get a WD, in my experience in both using pc's and building them for a living for a few years, Seagate were much less reliable.
Perhaps the biggest point I would make would be to drop the Rosewill PSU, they have a reputation for bad build quality and component quality. go with something more reliable like Antec, Corsair, Seasonic or XFX. The PSU is the one thing you don't want to cheap out on.

bryonhowley · Jun 3, 2013

iam2thecrowe :

Would agree with most every thing. Although I have been using Seagate drives for over ten years without even one failure maybe I have been lucky. I have 6 3tb drives running in my rig at this time. But as far as that goes WD are good drives and you can't go wrong in my opinion with either one.

But yes drop the SSD and get a better GPU. A GTX 670 would do you really good for a gaming build. I can't really say much on the Rosewill Hive as I have never used one but I do know the Roswill Lightning series has served all three of my rigs well. But Antec Corsair Seasonic all make great PSU and you can't really go wrong there.

Other than that I do not see much wrong with your build. Overall I think it is a really solid build. The main thing would be to drop the SSD and get a better GPU that would serve you much better than SSD any day. The thing is after the SSD loads the OS that is really about all it is good for. For one there is not really enough space on them for your games so no speed up with them. But with a lower end GPU all of your games suffer from just that one component.

iam2thecrowe · Jun 3, 2013

bryonhowley :

iam2thecrowe :

Would agree with most every thing. Although I have been using Seagate drives for over ten years without even one failure maybe I have been lucky. I have 6 3tb drives running in my rig at this time. But as far as that goes WD are good drives and you can't go wrong in my opinion with either one.

But yes drop the SSD and get a better GPU. A GTX 670 would do you really good for a gaming build. I can't really say much on the Rosewill Hive as I have never used one but I do know the Roswill Lightning series has served all three of my rigs well. But Antec Corsair Seasonic all make great PSU and you can't really go wrong there.

Other than that I do not see much wrong with your build. Overall I think it is a really solid build. The main thing would be to drop the SSD and get a better GPU that would serve you much better than SSD any day. The thing is after the SSD loads the OS that is really about all it is good for. For one there is not really enough space on them for your games so no speed up with them. But with a lower end GPU all of your games suffer from just that one component.

the only thing an ssd would do for games is faster loading times. but I can honestly say, my WD black edition drive loads games plenty fast enough, a matter of seconds. Windows boots pretty damn fast too. Once your loaded up a more powerful gpu will enhance your gaming experience more than slightly slower load times.

Seth87 · Jun 3, 2013

Thanks guys, you've answered my concerns with the build. I will certainly take a harder look a replacing the SSD with a new(er) GPU. After all, I can always add an SSD later, right? Thanks again.

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