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Hi
In May im gonna build my very first gaming pc and i ahve some basic questions.

Current setup: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3euZm

What should i store on my different discs?The PC will be used for HD video editing in Premiere PRO, gaming, screenrecording and other needs a YouTuber/Gamer have.

Will there be fans included in my PC case and if its only one will i be needed to add more to make it silent etc.

I looked at a picture at my case but i couldnt see any place to have the IO Sheld, dosent this case have one. Only the small amout of imputs/outputs thats on the top?

When i have setup my OS, why do i need to intall drivers and are there any programs that can install the drivers for you?

I am going to make comentaries and to have a silent enviroment is a must so will the pc setup i have made now be silent and efficient?

Thank you in advance(Sorry bad English, im Norwegan :p )

 
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1. OS and all your applications will almost all certainly fit on the SSD. Everything else on the HDD
2. It comes with 3 fans
3. The I/O shield goes next to the big fan on the back
4. Drivers are for your specific hardware. The motherboard and GPU come with a CD containing the drivers. These may, however, be a little out of date. Go to the manufacturers website and see if there are any newer, non-beta drivers.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/arc-midi-r2-case-review,3562.html
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1. OS and all your applications will almost all certainly fit on the SSD. Everything else on the HDD
2. It comes with 3 fans
3. The I/O shield goes next to the big fan on the back
4. Drivers are for your specific hardware. The motherboard and GPU come with a CD containing the drivers. These may, however, be a little out of date. Go to the manufacturers website and see if there are any newer, non-beta drivers.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/arc-midi-r2-case-review,3562.html
 
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Store the OS on the SSD, everything else on the HDD.
Case comes with 3 fans, can add 4 more if needed (might not).
Yes it has an IO shield.
Installing drivers is not to difficult, and I recommend doing it manually even though there are driver updater programs.
Should be a pretty quiet build so I wouldn't worry.
 
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Im gonna store the OS on the SSD thats what most websites tell you to do :D

 
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And all your applications as well. I have a 128GB SSD. Win 8.1 Pro, and ALL my applications (Office 2013, Corel VideoStudio, Paintshop Pro, Lightroom, and bunch of other things).
Currently, ~50GB used space.

Games live elsewhere.
 
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Why that? Wont this make the PC boot up slower because it runs programs that i wont even use all the time?

 
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Not slower at all. Just having the programs there doesn't affect boot speed. Only things that start automatically.
It does affect the operating speed of those applications. In a good way..:D
 
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SO i should have Office, Premiere PRO, Photoshop CC Express, Norton Antivirus(Btw what anitivirus should i buy/download), and/or Skype. Which of these fit your description?

 
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Yes. A 240GB SSD should be able to hold ALL your applications and the OS.
For the AV? Avast, AVG, or Windows Defender. All free. The best antivirus exists between your ears.
 
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Im still not sure it will fit because my computer have used ~250GB minus ~40GB then ill end up with about 200GB and i have only had my laptop in 1-2years soo, anything else than games and video that i should have on the HDD?
 
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There is almost certainly a lot of stuff on your current drive that doesn't need to be there.

Downloads. Make the default for that somewhere on the HDD.
Hibernation. Uses space equivalent to your RAM size.
Pagefile. Reduce it.

My current Win 8 install (now 8.1) is well over a year old. ~50GB and holding. OS and ALL applications.

You can default the Documents places to be on the HDD if you want.
See these:
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html
 
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The guy who made this cart http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3fytF added a S-ATA disc, i wonder whats the differense between HDD, S-ATA, SSD?

The guy put in a CPU cooler is this needed? Or does it come one with the processor, if so is it needed to change it out with another one??
The PSU isnt for sale in my country so anyone have a optional powersuply btw im gonna overclock i5-4670K to 4,4GHz so bare that in mind

P.S THIS PAGE ROCKS :love:
 
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