http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211603

Does this look adequate? It and the monitor you suggested drive the price
up to $1026, but it looks like a worthy enough cause to me. So, if this
will work with everything, do I need to find a different case? I didn't see
anything about 2.5" drive bays....

On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Buck Cronk <[email protected]> wrote:

> Oh, and Dell is one of my favorite brands. I like the price on the first,
> so I'll probably use it! Thanks!
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Buck Cronk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thank you so much! This does help a lot. I don't plan on overclocking,
>> and thanks for the advice on the SSD and monitor. I can probably get them
>> right away as I don't think upgrading will be worth it for a while (under
>> my circumstances.) And I think it's nice you noticed all the parts had good
>> reviews. That's what I was looking for, and I kinda stayed away from
>> unfamiliar brands and products without reviews. For example, I found what
>> looked like a very good graphics card for the money--but there were no
>> reviews and it just seemed too good to be true....
>>
>> So thanks a lot!
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Andy Kipp <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Buck
>>>
>>> I think this rig looks pretty good. Everything you've selected is from
>>> quality manufactures with good reviews on NewEgg. As far as I can tell
>>> everything should be compatible.
>>>
>>> The power supply you have is a beast and will be more then adequate
>>> (50A 12V Rail!). As for your CPU cooler, I think the one you selected
>>> is fine. As a few people mentioned in the reviews, its pretty big and
>>> you may have to reverse the side the fan is on to prevent it from
>>> touching/covering your memory slots. That combined with the 3 fans the
>>> case come with should be more then sufficient for cooling, as long as
>>> you do not plan on overclocking.
>>>
>>> My only twos suggestions:
>>>
>>> 1) I would consider getting an SSD (solid state) hard drive. They are
>>> more expensive, but you have a really nice rig, and it would be silly
>>> to have your HDD be a bottleneck. The performance of an SSD vs a
>>> regular HDD is very noticeable (when games are loading for example).
>>> However, if you're trying to keep under $1k, it can always be an
>>> upgrade later.
>>>
>>> 2) The monitor might be questionable. Its pretty low resolution. I
>>> don't really know much about the picture quality, but with the the
>>> graphics card you have you should be able to drive a much higher
>>> resolution (at least 1920x1080)
>>>
>>> I've always liked Dell Monitors:
>>>
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260049
>>>
>>> More expensive, but Dell UltraSharp monitors are awesome:
>>>
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260047
>>>
>>> Hope that helps and good luck!
>>>
>>> -Andy
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Buck <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > If you know anything about computers, perhaps you could help me on my
>>> first
>>> > build? I'm sorry this isn't about tanks, but I know there are some
>>> people
>>> > out there who can help me--and some of the best forums I could find
>>> wouldn't
>>> > accept a Gmail address.
>>> >
>>> > So, if you're willing to spare a moment, could you tell me if my parts
>>> list
>>> > works out? Is everything compatible, and the power supply adequate? If
>>> you
>>> > know anything about cooling-- do I need to buy more than just a fan
>>> for the
>>> > CPU, or is that and the stock fans just fine? Any
>>> > suggestions/comments/advice? I want to build a gaming-level computer at
>>> > $1000 or less.
>>> >
>>> > Attached is my parts list and my calculated cost, in an Excel
>>> worksheet.
>>> >
>>> > Thank you! And yes, my tank is coming along okay... although it is very
>>> > slow! I'm hoping I can tackle this when I'm not working on my tank.
>>> >
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