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July 24, 2014 8:01:11 AM

After sourcing most of the products from hardwareversand I've come to 1070 euros total on my build, this will be my first time building my own pc, I'll be ordering the parts next month hopefully, just want peoples opinions and if I missed any compatibility issues or any upgrades that can be done with similar price.

CPU:AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/Sockel+AM3/68995/AMD+F...

CPU Cooler:NOCTUA NH-U12S
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/Intel+AMD/169149/NOCTU...

Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0, AM3+, ATX
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/DDR3/79813/ASRock+970+...

Ram:8GB Corsair Vengeance PC3-12800U CL10-10-10-27
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/1600+Low+Voltage/52091...

Case:FRACTAL DESIGN Define R4 Black Pearl
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/Midi/63729/FRACTAL+DES...

PSU: Cooler Master G 550 M
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/500+-+600+Watts/113858...

HDD:WD XE 300GB 6Gb's
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/7200+RPM/62116/WD+XE+3...

GPU: PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 Boost State, 3GB GDDR5
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/3072+MB/169032/Sale%3A...

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July 24, 2014 8:06:31 AM

monitor: ASUS VE278H 27inch 1920x1080
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/68+cm+%2827%29+/150498...

Operating system: Windows 7 home premium

I plan on playing Elite dangerous and Eve online on high settings, another question I wanted to ask is, do they supply thermal paste or do you need to buy it yourself?
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July 24, 2014 8:09:24 AM

I'd change your HDD, you have a 125 euro 2.5" 300gb HDD... You could get a 1TB 3.5" 6Gb/s 64mb cache for around half that.
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July 24, 2014 8:18:52 AM

what would you recommend? I was after 500gb version but couldn't find it, this one has 10,000 rpm.
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July 24, 2014 8:28:42 AM

senior makatmus said:
what would you recommend? I was after 500gb version but couldn't find it, this one has 10,000 rpm.


http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/7200+RPM/53882/Seagate...
10,000rpm won't significantly improve your gameplay, only load time by only a slight margin which wouldn't be worth double the money for 700GB of storage less...
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July 24, 2014 8:53:35 AM

sounds good, would you recommend a solid 32gb ssd ? or any recommendation with the gpu? I am satisfied with most of the parts if you have any recommendation I'll be grateful.

edit: just found a good sdd, in terms of memory, I don't need that much, I can buy a hdd in the future if I need it, I just want to speed up my gaming rig, so would you recommend that ssd?

http://www.komplett.ie/product/zkb-01opsl/20203132/cruc...
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July 24, 2014 2:31:30 PM

CPU:AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (153)
CPU Cooler:NOCTUA NH-U12S (59)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0, AM3+, ATX (65)
Ram:8GB Corsair Vengeance PC3-12800U CL10-10-10-27 (74)
Case:FRACTAL DESIGN Define R4 Black Pearl (88)
PSU: corsair cx500 (58)
HDD:Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 250GB SATA 6Gb/s (105)
GPU: ASUS R9280X-DC2T-3GD5, AMD Radeon R9 280X, 3GB DDR5 (265)
Operating system: windows 7 home premium (85)
optical disk:Samsung SH-224BB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (20)

Sound card: Asus Xonar DS - PCI: 45
Display: ASUS VE228HR (111)

Slight upgrades, over cost is at 1126 euros.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tPZ3gs
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