Build or buy?

[BH_Lt_Reddog]

Aug 20, 2012 6:45:22 GMT -6 Hawkeye said:

RD, just to make sure your wife remains safely ignorant of your purchases, just have them shipped to my house

That's just what kind of friend I am, buddy!

Thanks mate.

[BH_Lt_Reddog]

Just as i am about to start ordering the parts for my build i went on forum run by big time gamers who build their own, i posted what i was thinking of buying and asked for any advice,the next thing i know their all telling me not to waste money on X79/i7 etc.They seem to be of the opinion that i should build using a z77 MB and nothing more than a i5 processor as anything else is just a waste of money as i won't use the extra horse power for any game currently on the market? This is just one reply i got:
You don't need anything more than an i5 for gaming - don't need any more than 8gb of RAM for pretty much anything other than rendering which I'm guessing you wont be doing, and the MSI boards are probably the best performing boards in the Z77 range.
Then just add a 670 and you'll be set for gaming and get over 60 FPS in pretty much every game
So now i'am back to square one! Hum!!!

[BH von Güber]

I've read that type of stuff from the so-called experts...they're on every manufacturer's forum. Here's a point in my mind; do I want an I 3 or I5 processor running constantly at 80% capacity or more, or would I rather have my I7 crunching along at about 30% capacity? Even though you might be able to run stuff at full capacity with lesser hardware, there will be more stress on the components and more frequent need to update. Hawkeye is spot on- get the best hardware you can afford to get, because software will be catching up with you, and quickly. I'm not burning up components every few months like I hear from the hard-core gamers... just sayin'....

[BH Uffz. Belfast]

Hey Hawk, Have an thermal take armour mid tower love the case in my opinon they are the best great cases

[BH_Lt_Reddog]

S! Hawk.
I see you have a aircooled heatsink,now i've been looking at these aswell.Do you think a Notcua NH-D14 would perform better than the H100?
Now i like the look of the H100 but the noise of the fans can be a bit of a pain from all accounts so i am still looking at the H100 but ordering 2X Notcua NF-F12 fans to go with it,this will be roof mounted with the fans exhausting.

[BH_Lt_Reddog]

Thanks Hawk, Next What PSU? There are that many, i want the rig to look neat so want to go modular but what do all the prefix's mean! It again will most likely be a corsair unit so which one:TS,GX,HX,AX the list goe's on.

[BH von Güber]

In my experience, the Corsairs are good PSUs. I don't think you could go wrong with that HX850, unless, as Hawkeye said, you're going to add a bunch of power hungry stuff later.

[BH_Lt_Reddog]

Hawk those Newegg video's are spot on mate.I'll be using them once i start the build.

[BH_Lt_Reddog]

Just ordered the PSU and Cooler: Corsair HX850 and the H100 so they should be here next week.

[BH_Lt_Reddog]

CPU, MB ,Storage,Gpu Will be ordering CPU,Mb at the end of the month,
i7 3820 overclocked to 4.2 GHz
x79 Saber tooth
8Gb ram
Now for storage i'am thinking SSD and Hard drive combo? and the last part should be the graphics card which i will leave till last to see what deals are out there.
Once i get the stuff together i will do a build scrap book for you all to see me making my new creation!!!!!

[BH_Lt_Reddog]

The forums i've been on seem to have SSD for the OS, and the magnetic for storage.
A 1TB is about $70 here as for SSD's a 240Gb is about $214 mind you saying that i only use 100Gb of the 700 i have on this rig so i could go alot lower on the size i need.