Building My First PC From Scratch

**#BROKEN Hasney** · 03-21-2012, 11:13 AM

Yup. Should be a lot of fun. ordering everything next Tuesday and doing this.

I've upgraded almost every part in a PC before other than the motherboard, but that's the most difficult thing. Feel free to ask how the process goes in case you're thinking about doing this yourself and all and as I build it, I'll post things that slightly confuse me or aren't as straight-forward as I assumed. I'm throwing in my GTX 560ti, blu-ray writer and 1.25tb of HDD storage from my old PC, so here is the shizz I'm buying on top:

Case - Antec Twelve Hundred V3

It's blue! Has 6 blue stupidly quiet speed adjustable fans. And it's blue! It's not the best case in it's field, but it's one of the coolest and quietest even if it's a bit fiddly to work with. It looks nice and I have snagged a decent deal on it seemingly. The main reason I'm getting this case though is:

PSU - Antec CP-1000 1kw

No-one needs 1kw of power right now, but the main reason for buying this is it is literally silent until it gets to about 750w. it only fits in certain Antec cases and as it's been discontinued, it's only �100. Amazing deal.

Motherboard - Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3 Republic of Gamers

Pretty, as far as motherboards go. Has some really odd things like an LED error code reporter so it can be diagnosed fairly easily. It's a micro-ATX, so small, but it has so many different ports that you'll ever need that I don't ever see upgrading peripherals unless I get a second GFX card. Check the BIOS though. So glad we're finally in a world without a mainframe looking screen. You can even use a mouse on it:

CPU - Intel i5 2500k

Was looking at i7's for ages but since this is a gaming PC, it's not really that required from what I've looked into. The k means it can be unlocked for overclocking. Kind of sad that I'm moving away from AMD for the first time in a while, but they've really shit the bed recently. Staying with the stock cooler for now as the case should handle any excess from overclocking, but we'll review later.

RAM - G-Skill 8gb Ripjaws X 1600Mhz DDR3

Easy to overclock, fastest you can buy and amazingly even fit in with the motherboards colour scheme.

Boot Disc - Crucial M4 64gb

Fast SSD, should boot Windows in 9 seconds without the fat that will be added on at startup. Should actually be the most noticeable speed gain!

I honestly cannot wait to start. No doubt I will find a way to cut myself while doing it, I even do it when I install new optical drives.

03-21-2012, 11:13 AM	#1
#BROKEN Hasney BAY BAY Posts: 36,524	Building My First PC From Scratch Yup. Should be a lot of fun. ordering everything next Tuesday and doing this. I've upgraded almost every part in a PC before other than the motherboard, but that's the most difficult thing. Feel free to ask how the process goes in case you're thinking about doing this yourself and all and as I build it, I'll post things that slightly confuse me or aren't as straight-forward as I assumed. I'm throwing in my GTX 560ti, blu-ray writer and 1.25tb of HDD storage from my old PC, so here is the shizz I'm buying on top: Case - Antec Twelve Hundred V3 It's blue! Has 6 blue stupidly quiet speed adjustable fans. And it's blue! It's not the best case in it's field, but it's one of the coolest and quietest even if it's a bit fiddly to work with. It looks nice and I have snagged a decent deal on it seemingly. The main reason I'm getting this case though is: PSU - Antec CP-1000 1kw No-one needs 1kw of power right now, but the main reason for buying this is it is literally silent until it gets to about 750w. it only fits in certain Antec cases and as it's been discontinued, it's only �100. Amazing deal. Motherboard - Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3 Republic of Gamers Pretty, as far as motherboards go. Has some really odd things like an LED error code reporter so it can be diagnosed fairly easily. It's a micro-ATX, so small, but it has so many different ports that you'll ever need that I don't ever see upgrading peripherals unless I get a second GFX card. Check the BIOS though. So glad we're finally in a world without a mainframe looking screen. You can even use a mouse on it: CPU - Intel i5 2500k Was looking at i7's for ages but since this is a gaming PC, it's not really that required from what I've looked into. The k means it can be unlocked for overclocking. Kind of sad that I'm moving away from AMD for the first time in a while, but they've really shit the bed recently. Staying with the stock cooler for now as the case should handle any excess from overclocking, but we'll review later. RAM - G-Skill 8gb Ripjaws X 1600Mhz DDR3 Easy to overclock, fastest you can buy and amazingly even fit in with the motherboards colour scheme. Boot Disc - Crucial M4 64gb Fast SSD, should boot Windows in 9 seconds without the fat that will be added on at startup. Should actually be the most noticeable speed gain! I honestly cannot wait to start. No doubt I will find a way to cut myself while doing it, I even do it when I install new optical drives.