Opinions?

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/2KHCH
What do you guys think?

You can get incrementally better CPU performance for about the same price.

Since you have a mechanical keyboard on there, does that mean you are currently using one? Are mechanical keyboards that much better than cheap plastic ones?

Well, honestly, this will be my first PC. The keyboard was a suggestion given by my mate. I wouldn't know much, but I wanted a decent keyboard and he suggested that one.

I'm gonna get a look at that CPU later when I'm at home.

Mechanical Keyboards don't get slower the more you use them, they always use the same speed and it takes years (10+) until you even have to think about getting a new one. They are extremely cost-efficient and the response is outstanding, they generally feel great to use.

Also that's a shit pc, 0/10.

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I ahve that keyboard, and it's great. Only thing that irks me is the placement of the '|' slash '\' button ie backslash. It's right next to the fucking shift key, so the shift key is shorter, and the enter key is massive. But, otherwise it's awesome. not too loud. feels nice, too.

As for the rest:
-Change ram, a friend has told me that corsair is really bad for doa ram
-Do you need water cooling? You aren't getting an overclockable cpu, so you don't really need it. the stock standard fan will be fine
-If you can, chuck a samsung evo ssd in there, and get a seagate 2tb hdd. Boot times will be good, and you'll have tonnes of room. otherwise, seagate 2tb hdd. they are decent
-If you're trying to keep costs down, amd gpu's are a decent alternative. Although, if you're anti-amd, then the nvidia one is fine

But yeah, otherwise, not a bad setup...
Check pccasegear. It's local to you or nearby.. otherwise, it's in australia, whereas the one you used doesn't appear to be (just guessing by the .com) and pccase gear is literally the same price, if not cheaper, and postage will be better, unless you pick up, in which case, win.

au for Australia.

For HD, I don't trust Western Digital.
Buy a Seagate.

Otherwise, a pretty decent build.

What RAM would you recommend?



Sneaky told me to chuck extra 20 bucks for a liquid cooling so yeah lo no other reason.



I don't think I can afford SSD for now. I just need a PC that is decent enough for a starting level. As you know, this will be my first ever PC.



But I don't know. I heard from a lot of people AMD is only good for gaming, whereas I want at least my PC to be able to do something else such as video editing and stuff. And, if the difference is less than 50 bucks I might as well get an Intel.

I'm planning on going to MSY. It's pretty cheap, some are cheaper than the site I posted above.

It sounds like its worth the initial investment if it lasts that long.

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Get a case that comes with dust filters. A dusty desktop is not pretty. Anything you read below is based on my lack of experience in desktop building and too much time spent reading articles. I have taken apart desktops and one laptop but never built one from new.



I can't say much on DOA or manufacturer, it's luck of the draw and what has good reviews as far as I know. As long as the RAM works I doubt you will notice a huge difference between running it at 1333Mhz or 1866Mhz. The same can be said with the latency. The amount of RAM is more important.



The performance of those pre-sealed water coolers is comparable to the giant block of aluminum and copper air coolers. With intel's processors and especially ones at stock speed, both of these would be like killing an ant with a monster truck. Look at the air cooler on this build, its cheap, relatively small, and is able to handle overclocking. Do really you need a cooler that costs more than that one?

The pre-sealed water coolers have the advantage of taking weight off the motherboard. In the case of the big air coolers you can beat people with, that's important. For everything else, unless you need the performance you won't be gaining much.



What size hard drive do you have now? Whatever that is, get a HDD that is double the size of your current one (unless your current one is at or above 1TB). I say that because 6 months ago I was using a 500GB that was half full. It died and I'm now using a 1TB (purchased when the 500GB died) that is now half full. I might have a habit of obsessively filling HDD's to 50% though. Regardless, mechanical hard drives get cheaper per GB until you reach 2TB. Extra space for 4k resolution waifu pictures won't hurt.

bigger HDD = more porn space



Get a GPU that runs the games you want to run at the resolution you want. A GTX760 will do that most of the time but remember there are games that run better on Radeon's compared to GeForce's and vice-versa.

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The same friend told me g-skill aries ram is pretty mad, as well as kingston hyper-x. The g-skill ram is pretty cheap, and decent for the price, but I've also had a doa one of them, but eh.
1600mhz should be fine for either of those. just get 8gb (two 4gb sticks) and you should be fine.



Yeah, even massive air coolers are fairly overkill, unless you plan on pushing your pc to it's limit. Mine has a massive air cooler on, and it's pretty pointless, really. Takes up tonnes of room. That intel cpu you have there seems to come with a cooler already, so don't worry about one for now, it should come with one (according to: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=187_1184&products_id=20893)



Fair call, stick with seagate then, it's cheaper than wd, and for the most part is probably better than the wd ones until you get to caviar black. They are pretty cheap, and work well.



Possibly, but I've heard the complete opposite quite a lot of times, mostly due to them saying games are optomised for nvidia, so amd cards don't work very well (then I go in and slam the graphics with my card, heh. physics are still a bit average cause of the old card, but still slam it)
Otherwise, you can get this, which is still decent, for $100 less~
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=193_1589&products_id=26615
However, for the same price, you can get this:
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=193_1560&products_id=26487
And that looks to be better than the nvidia one money for money.
Although in saying that, that nvidia card does look pretty awewsome



Yeah, pccasegear and msy are the two best places to look into. maybe scorptech or whatever it is... something scorpion like name wise.