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hi guys.

i have been a computer fanatic and always interested in building my own PC. iv gone about upgrading simple components such as a PSU and RAM and installed a graphics card into my current CORE 2 Duo.

i am now looking to put together a monster build buy investing into a newer series motherboard, RAM and motherboard.

any advice on which products i should be looking at and places where i can get good information on how to overclock and details about the subject.

Also i was looking at getting an i7 but i noticed alot of build the community builds use i5's why is this? isnt the i7 a more powerful processor.

thanks guys
 
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That build does have a nice graphics card. I would recommend a couple things:
starting at PC part picker is a good way to begin, especially make sure "compatibility checker" is turned on
Do research (!!) check out different options and make a list of the abilities you REALLY want the computer to have. Then find out what makes that possible. If you find some specification that might be important go to answers or the forums and research it.

Buy a power supply that's sufficiently above what you need. If your rig requires about 330 watts, say, DON'T get a 350 watt PSU. Go bigger, even 450 and higher. PSUs are not immune to aging and PSU that's been running for years isn't going to deliver as much wattage as what it did out of the...
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Hi

What is your budget?, if your looking for the best deal, have a look at pcpartpicker.com and choose the CPU and motherboard etc you want. The i5's are pretty much i7's just without hyperthreading, which doesn't really help in games. That's why you find a lot of people use i5's when gaming. Though if you plan on video editing then the i7 would be the right move

If this fits your budget, it will be a monster

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2NDqa
 
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a reaserch showed that 3 cores where optimal for gaming more cores whould not give any significant improvments in games and hyperthreading does not benefit at all.thats why we say a i5 is the best for gaming for now.things might change as games become more demanding and support new features.if you where to render tats where i7 will be needed where hyperthreading will give a significant 50% boost.although nothing can stop you if you want to put in a i7 although the preformance you will gain is nearly nothing.
as for what products you will want to add everyone will come up with a difrent story.
asus is the best company when it comes to motherboards and reliability.although there are a lot of companies like asrock gigabyte and msi that do realy good and you will not regret.
for overclocking you might get advice from people here but there are overclocking forums where people only overclock.
 
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mk1822

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thank you all for your responses.

I don't really have a budget I would first like to get some advice on what is out there and what to look for and then shop around.

so my budget plan, if you will, is to find the best balance possible between, performance and longevity ( a gaming pc the could possible play games that will be released in the next 5 to 10 years)

in the build I already have a gt-700 aerocool, 120gb sata standard hdd and a gtx650 (with 2gb ddr5 ram).

and as I said in my first post I am just looking to upgrade my mobo, RAM and processor.

thanks again for all your help
 
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thank you so much for that build-cart. exept for the i5 3.4ghz cpu and the ssHD, what makes the build a "monster"
 
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What makes the build a monster is the components in the build. If out take out the heart (CPU) and replace it with a lesser version than the build is not a monster. It doesn't matter how much ram and how good of a GPU you have, if your CPU is bad than your build is bad. If you have all amazing aspects of your build than it is a monster. If you have a gread CPU but a crappy GPU it goes the same way, you have a crappy build (for gaming or video editing).
 
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That build does have a nice graphics card. I would recommend a couple things:
starting at PC part picker is a good way to begin, especially make sure "compatibility checker" is turned on
Do research (!!) check out different options and make a list of the abilities you REALLY want the computer to have. Then find out what makes that possible. If you find some specification that might be important go to answers or the forums and research it.

Buy a power supply that's sufficiently above what you need. If your rig requires about 330 watts, say, DON'T get a 350 watt PSU. Go bigger, even 450 and higher. PSUs are not immune to aging and PSU that's been running for years isn't going to deliver as much wattage as what it did out of the box. Plus you may want to upgrade and it's nice to just buy a PSU that can handle your future upgrade plans instead of having to shop for another one.

Go slow once you get the parts, thoroughly make sure you read all the manuals thoroughly and understand how to connect all your components (you sound like you've done this, though, so you should be fine). Make sure you're grounded (no static) when installing components like motherboard and RAM.

(!) check the website of the vendor you get a motherboard from. They will have a qualified vendors list (QVL) that has a list of all the CPUs and RAM that are certified to work with your mobo. Many other kinds of components should work with it besides what's on the list, but it's nice to use something guaranteed by the manufacturer.

(!) if you're doing windows O.S. make sure you get a legit copy, that you get 32 or 64 bit depending on your build, make sure it doesn't say SDK on the copy (that's for software developers), and if you're going to do MORE than 16GB of RAM do NOT get the "home" editions of Windows (those are the cheapest versions). Even the latest series of Windows won't allow you to use more than 16GB of RAM unless you buy "professional" or "ultimate" editions! you would be sad :(

Look at other people's builds. Find a thread or maybe post one that says "what beginner mistakes did you make on your first build?" :) that is a treasure-trove right there.
Here's one of mine: I forgot to order thermal paste before I got all my components. I got to the CPU and I was like "um... oops"

have fun. it's easier than it might seem :)
 
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