First time build, help would be welcome.

[WzKy]

Hallü, Tom'speople. This is my first post, and I'm sure most people's first posts were the same - its basically a 'what do?' kinda affair.

I'm gettin ready to build my first rig, and having never done it before, I'm not sure about compatibility, value, and other issues of that type.

I figured the easiest way to do this would be to list what I was thinking of buying, and see if anyone has any comments or suggestions on anything that I've done wrong, or could do better

Btw, I'll mainly be gaming, and doing some light video rendering for teh youtubes.

Here goes.

CoolerMaster storm scout mid tower case
Intel i5 2500k
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H MB
Radeon 7970
G.Skill RipjawsX 8gb @1600mhz
1tb seagate barracuda HDD
750watt CoolerMaster GX psu
And the usual DVD drives and such.

One thing I was worried about though, I heard that you should buy 1333 MHz RAM if you were going with a 2500k, but I can't seem to find a definitive answer anywhere. Help would be muchos welcome señors.

TL;DR - help me.

 

[o1die]

1.5v ram is what the Intel rep Chris recommends; you can go with 1333 or 1600; I recommend the standard cl9 9-9-9-24 ram. You can use any of these brands: corsair, kingston, gskill, patriot, hynix, or mushkin. 1600 ram may default to 1333 speed, but this won't hurt the board or the ram. I go for the best deal with rebates. I got my 2x 4 gb patriot for $23 after rebate, but ram prices are higher now.

 

[mrclownface]

Hallü, Tom'speople. This is my first post, and I'm sure most people's first posts were the same - its basically a 'what do?' kinda affair.

I'm gettin ready to build my first rig, and having never done it before, I'm not sure about compatibility, value, and other issues of that type.

I figured the easiest way to do this would be to list what I was thinking of buying, and see if anyone has any comments or suggestions on anything that I've done wrong, or could do better

Btw, I'll mainly be gaming, and doing some light video rendering for teh youtubes.

Here goes.

CoolerMaster storm scout mid tower case
Intel i5 2500k
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H MB
Radeon 7970
G.Skill RipjawsX 8gb @1600mhz
1tb seagate barracuda HDD
750watt CoolerMaster GX psu
And the usual DVD drives and such.

One thing I was worried about though, I heard that you should buy 1333 MHz RAM if you were going with a 2500k, but I can't seem to find a definitive answer anywhere. Help would be muchos welcome señors.

TL;DR - help me.

looks like a real nice system,i would buy a better brand power supply,maybe CORSAIR or SEASONIC,and a corsair graphite 600t or obsidian 650D case,but my case selection is only personal choice,the storm scout case is a good case,i have a cm storm enforcer case,coolermaster are fine