| kirby007 said: This impressed me so much i started to fiddle around a bit, any advice on what i should change around? i'm not that informed on the latest releases stuff and just click stuff that sounds cool in a online pc builder XD CPU Intel Core i7-4770K Cooler Master Eisberg 240L Prestige Motherboard Biostar Hi-Fi Z87X 3D Memory Corsair 32GB Storage Corsair 256GB SSD Western Digital 2TB 5400RPM Western Digital 2TB 5400RPM Video Card Asus Radeon R9 290X Multiple? Sound Card Asus Xonar DSX Case Corsair CC650DW Power Supply XFX 1250W Optical Drive Asus BW-16D1HT |
Just two pieces of advice.
Never skimp on motherboard, put in the cash and you'll have a stable platform that will take a fair amount of upgrades in its lifetime, buy cheap to keep the initial buy-in low and you'll end up with something potentially unstable, or worse - something that will take out your cpu and possibly anything else connected when the power management dies from the cheap components.
Never skimp on PSU, it's what changes the wall current to a usable voltage, get something solid and reliable with enough wattage to handle your components and then some, for wiggle room to upgrade, but obviously within moderation, unless you're going more than two cards you rarely need more than 1000W, also theres a lot of cheap PSU's with high wattage - don't make the mistake of prioritizing wattage when picking one, "but its cheap and is xxx watts!" is the worst approach for PSU selection.
| Munkeh111 said: Can I ask the reason for the 5! 2TB HDDs or am I missing something That will certainly power everything you could ever want, I guess you could get high end 4k with that? I'm also curious about the dials on the front, is that some sort of fan controller? |
Network storage for our work PC's (mine and my wifes), that was another reason for building the machine - I work with multi-gb files every day so a large amount of storage was a must, i will be installing another 5 2TB drives once we are done moving house.
Top things a fan controller and temperature monitor, middle things an amplifier, bottom is blu ray burner.
