Hey guys, I'm new here. A little background as to why I decided to take on a gaming PC build.
When I was in the Marines, I bought an Alienware M17X (R1 at the time) to play games on and such as I needed a laptop that was compact enough to fit in the tiny storage spaces we had in our barracks room. Four years later, here I am out of the Marines and at home and my M17X's keyboard has crapped out on me. It's being really slow (the keyboard). I have tried looking at everything to fix it, I've even replaced the keyboard but to no avail. So to fix the problem, I have decided to take on building a PC.
I won't be doing anything super cool or modding much. The only thing I may do to it is add a PSU/ cable cover.
Ill be buying parts and peices as time goes on and when funds are available. This is my first PC build, so I hope I don't screw it up.
Lately, I bought a CM Storm Styker (arrived today) and an ASUS Maximus V Extreme LGA 1155 motherboard (arrives tomorrow).
Here is what I am planning:
Case:
CM Storm Stryker
Motherboard:
ASUS Maximus V Extreme
CPU:
Intel i7-3770k Ivy Bridge
Memory:
Corsai Doninator Platinum 32Gb 1866 (4x8GB)
VGA:
2x EVGA GTX 680 4Gb in SLI, OR I may just get one 6Gb 690 or super clocked TITAN and add another card for SLI later
PSU:
Corsair AX1200 Certified Gold
Hard Drive:
Crucial M4 128Gb SSD for boot
WD VelociRaptor 1T for storage
Cooling:
Corsair H100
Corsiar Air series fans
Sound:
ASUA Xonar Phobeus - not sure...still thinking about it
Other stuff:
Windows 8
Lite On CD/DVD drive
Sleeved cables in white
White LEDs to light up the interior of the case
Let me know what you think and what I can improve on.
Again, I'm kind of keeping it simple as it is my first build
When I was in the Marines, I bought an Alienware M17X (R1 at the time) to play games on and such as I needed a laptop that was compact enough to fit in the tiny storage spaces we had in our barracks room. Four years later, here I am out of the Marines and at home and my M17X's keyboard has crapped out on me. It's being really slow (the keyboard). I have tried looking at everything to fix it, I've even replaced the keyboard but to no avail. So to fix the problem, I have decided to take on building a PC.
I won't be doing anything super cool or modding much. The only thing I may do to it is add a PSU/ cable cover.
Ill be buying parts and peices as time goes on and when funds are available. This is my first PC build, so I hope I don't screw it up.
Lately, I bought a CM Storm Styker (arrived today) and an ASUS Maximus V Extreme LGA 1155 motherboard (arrives tomorrow).
Here is what I am planning:
Case:
CM Storm Stryker
Motherboard:
ASUS Maximus V Extreme
CPU:
Intel i7-3770k Ivy Bridge
Memory:
Corsai Doninator Platinum 32Gb 1866 (4x8GB)
VGA:
2x EVGA GTX 680 4Gb in SLI, OR I may just get one 6Gb 690 or super clocked TITAN and add another card for SLI later
PSU:
Corsair AX1200 Certified Gold
Hard Drive:
Crucial M4 128Gb SSD for boot
WD VelociRaptor 1T for storage
Cooling:
Corsair H100
Corsiar Air series fans
Sound:
ASUA Xonar Phobeus - not sure...still thinking about it
Other stuff:
Windows 8
Lite On CD/DVD drive
Sleeved cables in white
White LEDs to light up the interior of the case
Let me know what you think and what I can improve on.
Again, I'm kind of keeping it simple as it is my first build