Sirex PC 2014

[Sirex]

PayPal if you want to add to the pool

As can see the pennies are adding up XD

I've been looking about and well as always looking for input.
Site to use is http://www.overclockers.co.uk

So to it

Have:
Hdds
WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B1
WDC WD2002FAEX-007BA0

Dvd drive
hp DVD-RW I dunno its number, its SATA connected thou

PSU
ocz zx850w

Obtained:
6GB of purdy ram gifted by Duke

To get:
-todo-

[juneau]

What socket will the Mobo need to be? Make sure you budget for a SSD. Ditch the sound card. Most new on board is just as good if not better than some older dedicated cards. Left over funds should be put into a new case.

[Sirex]

Atm options are open, so hopefully get stuff listed for ideas etc.
Hardware esp cpu and gpus confuddle me

[goldenfooler]

I find it really interesting that with computer people really know one discipline over another. Such as client vs server side software.

[Sirex]

I know hardware, but not enough to say for sure x goes best with y etc.
I could prob cobble together a working pc, bit it would prob work on steam. Lmao

But yeah it is a very split up, no such thing as into computers.
Its i to hardware
Into networks
Into business software
Into software enginering
Etc

Im very server, networking, telegaphy and server software oridentated.
So it nakes my life hard picking things.
Someone asked me to help them decide on a laptop...
I cringe, they dont know better im the it guy, pcs are like cars to them.

[Sirex]

Well the aim is to get the full 500, so hopefully it should be plenty to get a set of stuff to last like this lot has.
I would like to stay intel if i can, i dunno why the amd i had before just seemed off...
Like it was missing something.
But anyway, im ok with onboard sound.
I was thinking of giving my pci card to someone anyway XD

[baconoclock]

I find it really interesting that with computer people really know one discipline over another. Such as client vs server side software.

When you do computers (servers/ end user support/ sys admin) for a living it becomes second nature

[Rand{CLR}]

What socket will the Mobo need to be? Make sure you budget for a SSD. Ditch the sound card. Most new on board is just as good if not better than some older dedicated cards. Left over funds should be put into a new case.

I'm actually considering going back to a dedicated card because I have a lot more sound glitches in games (not just BF4) with on-board than I ever did with dedicated sound. I'm not 100% sure there is a causal relationship here but I figure it could well be a factor.

-Rand

[juneau]

I'm actually considering going back to a dedicated card because I have a lot more sound glitches in games (not just BF4) with on-board than I ever did with dedicated sound. I'm not 100% sure there is a causal relationship here but I figure it could well be a factor.

-Rand

Might simply come down to having crap onboard specific to your motherboard. Or bad/old drivers.

[juneau]

Atm options are open, so hopefully get stuff listed for ideas etc.
Hardware esp cpu and gpus confuddle me

Your RAM will be triple channel. This will limit its use to a single, very outdated, and hard to buy outside of ebay, Intel motherboard socket. You may have got it for free, but I don't think you should use it.

You can use triple channel memory in new dual channel boards but it has zero guarantees that it'll work properly if at all.

[Sirex]

Not just use 2 instead of the 3?

Anyway, these picks any good?

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CP-404-IN
Sapphire Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11222-06-20G) £119.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=GX-329-SP
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HD-167-SA
Gigabyte Z77-HD3 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HD-167-SA

[Sirex]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820226050
Memory

[Sirex]

Case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...362&catid=2277
Last one need to order tonight.
I like it

[Sirex]

Ok i like this one instead now....

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...362&catid=2277

[Apache Warrior]

Check out this price for a Samsung 840 EVO 256GB. $195.00
http://promotions.newegg.com/neemail...&et_rid=557957
Apache