Hardware Building a gaming PC

[Godamit]

Ah, thanks for that. Guess I'll backup things I need from my OS HDD to my 2TB.

 

[Fishaman P]

1) You could get almost every part on that list for at least $20 cheaper if you shopped at TigerDirect.com.
2) That power supply may not cut it. I would say AT LEAST 750 watts. Even if the full 750 isn't used, the PSU won't wear out as fast.

 

[nugundam0079]

You just need to reformat the drive with the OS, the 2tb should be fine.

nugundam0079: I'm sure people here would pick out parts for you if you listed your requirements, and building is very simple. It takes bout 2-3 hours if its your first time.

Thanks for the advice-but i literally know nothing when it comes to gaming pc's that i want it to be fast and be able to play current games very well. Im not too sure on specifics lol

 

[luke_c]

You just need to reformat the drive with the OS, the 2tb should be fine.

nugundam0079: I'm sure people here would pick out parts for you if you listed your requirements, and building is very simple. It takes bout 2-3 hours if its your first time.

Thanks for the advice-but i literally know nothing when it comes to gaming pc's that i want it to be fast and be able to play current games very well. Im not too sure on specifics lol

All you need to do is tell people what games you want to play, how well you want to play and how long you want to go without upgrading really.

 

[Godamit]

1) You could get almost every part on that list for at least $20 cheaper if you shopped at TigerDirect.com.

Isn't tigerdirect a US based store? In which case aren't they giving prices in US currency? In which case it would be closer to my listed prices after payment. Unless I've got this all wrong :S

 

[nugundam0079]

Quick question though-What is wrong with buying a prebuilt?

 

[HaniKazmi]

They are usually far more expensive than custom builts, as well as using lower quality parts.

 

[Zetta_x]

Quick question though-What is wrong with buying a prebuilt?

Not to mention I had bought a HP-210y and most of it was propriety hardware which had no documentation on. I replaced the graphics card, it got too hot in the case. I replaced the case of it, my wireless card had an antenna that wrapped to the outside to get a signal, that was not possible in my new case, so I had to replace that. The motherboard was a foxconn aloe something and it sucked and had no documentation whatsoever. I replaced that. Of course, buying a new motherboard with some sata 3 and usb 3.0 ports I had to buy a better harddrive.

 

[Originality]

What's this about a motherboard requiring you to reformat the HDDs? The ONLY case I can think of where a motherboard requires this is if you set up RAID. Generally I don't advice people to use RAID unless they have very specific needs (e.g. backing up important data, or getting lots of performance cheaply).

The Windows drive itself should just be formatted to NTFS. Windows Vista and 7 don't even need to reformat the drive when re-installing - it'll just move the Windows folder (and the Users and Program Files folders) to "Windows.old" and install fresh.

@Zetta, HP and Dell both have a nasty tendency to use the cheapest parts they can find in bulk. This usually means Foxconn and Buffalo and sometimes even unbranded PSUs.

 

[Zetta_x]

What's this about a motherboard requiring you to reformat the HDDs? The ONLY case I can think of where a motherboard requires this is if you set up RAID. Generally I don't advice people to use RAID unless they have very specific needs (e.g. backing up important data, or getting lots of performance cheaply).

The Windows drive itself should just be formatted to NTFS. Windows Vista and 7 don't even need to reformat the drive when re-installing - it'll just move the Windows folder (and the Users and Program Files folders) to "Windows.old" and install fresh.

@Zetta, HP and Dell both have a nasty tendency to use the cheapest parts they can find in bulk. This usually means Foxconn and Buffalo and sometimes even unbranded PSUs.

Yeah, I figured that out and spent a good amount of money re-doing my system =P

You don't necessarily have to re-format the HDD after putting in a new motherboard, just maybe a repair installation. You will know to do a repair if you get a BSOD while it says "Starting Windows", if you actually make it into the desktop environment and you get a BSOD, that's something completely different.

 

[Godamit]

I figure I'll do a reformat anyway. It will help get rid of excess data on my HDD (Install things as I need them, not installing anything I may have had but don't use anymore).

 

[Godamit]

Greetings from my new PC

Everything seems to be good. Had to reformat HDD afterall though. When I tried booting, it would always fail (gave a very short blue screen at one point as well), though checking now it seems a Windows.old directory was created at some point during the reformat process (not sure when since I recall a complete format before installing Windows fresh).

Now I'm just installing software I'll be needing, after which onward to max. settings gaming.

Thanks again to everybody who helped out