- Nov 4, 2014
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These are the leftover unanswered questions from my last post
"Before I describe everything, I'm just going to make a few things clear.
1. There are two of each peripheral and monitor, because I live in two houses.
2. I will not be using any stock fans (Case, CPU Cooler).
3. I already have my Blue Prodigy M, so don't tell to get a different case lol.
4. I have already purchased the Mobo, PSU, HDD, and Case.
5. I might get another gtx 970 in the future
I've done a fair amount of research and want to build my first gaming rig. I want it to play high quality fps's smoothly, run a server, and edit media deftly. I would like to maintain a budget of $2400-2500 . Will all of these parts fit in here, are they compatible, and are they a good choice?http://pcpartpicker.com/p/H7H8zy
-CASE: I've chosen and bought the Bitfenix Prodigy M Blue for its small form factor and look. What kind of modifications should I do to it? Should I get mesh for the front? They don't make blue framed mesh though. Also what should I do about the Drive Rack on the inner side of the Case? Because, if I were to get a window, it would block the view.
-STORAGE: I'm planning on putting all of the games and operating system onto the SSD for faster boot speeds? Smart choice? What else should I put on the SSD?
-SERVER: I want to run servers (while I'm playing) with a few friends on high demanding fps's like Battlefield, Simple games like Minecraft, and Open-world survival's like 7 days to die. Would this run that stabily?
-COOLING: I want this system to run cool obviously, but Prodigy Ms are horrendous when it comes to cooling. This google picture is basically how I want to lay it out. http://tinyurl.com/pyctkw3, except I would also have a 230mm fan on the bottom exhausting air. The PSU exhausts Hot air out of the bottom, so if I made the bottom 230mm fan an intake, it would intake warm air into my rig, plus the flow of the GPU fans would be going down "I think," so that would conflict with it. I want to "unconventionally" cool it by pushing the hot air down from the top to the bottom. The top 2x120mm would intake, the back 140mm fan would exhaust as well as the bottom 230mm fan. The CPU cooler fans would be replaced with 2x120mm cougar fans to push air towards the back 140mm exhaust. Should I get a better CPU cooler if I wanted to overclock in the future? Is this cooling setup the most optimal for me? If not describe a better one.
OS: Is there like a OEM version of windows 7 and a full version? Really confused on that. Could I just use a friends used disc?
FUTURE: Some of the parts are red instead of blue. I would like them to match. Should I consider Painting the detailing on some of them? Also, I might overclock in the future. Would all of these components do that well and maintain a stable temperature?
I know these are A LOT of questions, and I apologize, but I just want to some clarity on things. Please answer with specific information as to which category of my thread you're talking about. I also do not know every single computer acronym or term yet, so explain easier please. Thanks in advance guys."
"Before I describe everything, I'm just going to make a few things clear.
1. There are two of each peripheral and monitor, because I live in two houses.
2. I will not be using any stock fans (Case, CPU Cooler).
3. I already have my Blue Prodigy M, so don't tell to get a different case lol.
4. I have already purchased the Mobo, PSU, HDD, and Case.
5. I might get another gtx 970 in the future
I've done a fair amount of research and want to build my first gaming rig. I want it to play high quality fps's smoothly, run a server, and edit media deftly. I would like to maintain a budget of $2400-2500 . Will all of these parts fit in here, are they compatible, and are they a good choice?http://pcpartpicker.com/p/H7H8zy
-CASE: I've chosen and bought the Bitfenix Prodigy M Blue for its small form factor and look. What kind of modifications should I do to it? Should I get mesh for the front? They don't make blue framed mesh though. Also what should I do about the Drive Rack on the inner side of the Case? Because, if I were to get a window, it would block the view.
-STORAGE: I'm planning on putting all of the games and operating system onto the SSD for faster boot speeds? Smart choice? What else should I put on the SSD?
-SERVER: I want to run servers (while I'm playing) with a few friends on high demanding fps's like Battlefield, Simple games like Minecraft, and Open-world survival's like 7 days to die. Would this run that stabily?
-COOLING: I want this system to run cool obviously, but Prodigy Ms are horrendous when it comes to cooling. This google picture is basically how I want to lay it out. http://tinyurl.com/pyctkw3, except I would also have a 230mm fan on the bottom exhausting air. The PSU exhausts Hot air out of the bottom, so if I made the bottom 230mm fan an intake, it would intake warm air into my rig, plus the flow of the GPU fans would be going down "I think," so that would conflict with it. I want to "unconventionally" cool it by pushing the hot air down from the top to the bottom. The top 2x120mm would intake, the back 140mm fan would exhaust as well as the bottom 230mm fan. The CPU cooler fans would be replaced with 2x120mm cougar fans to push air towards the back 140mm exhaust. Should I get a better CPU cooler if I wanted to overclock in the future? Is this cooling setup the most optimal for me? If not describe a better one.
OS: Is there like a OEM version of windows 7 and a full version? Really confused on that. Could I just use a friends used disc?
FUTURE: Some of the parts are red instead of blue. I would like them to match. Should I consider Painting the detailing on some of them? Also, I might overclock in the future. Would all of these components do that well and maintain a stable temperature?
I know these are A LOT of questions, and I apologize, but I just want to some clarity on things. Please answer with specific information as to which category of my thread you're talking about. I also do not know every single computer acronym or term yet, so explain easier please. Thanks in advance guys."
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