I need help building a computer. I'd use it for gaming, running a website, playing poker/managing a database, remote connecting to other computers, multimedia purposes, and light movie editing.
Right now I'm at ~1400. Want to lower costs, but will spend as much as 2k to tweek it right.
What I have: Two external Hard Drives, one at 1 TB, other at 500GB.
What I may purchase:
Corsair Vengeance 16 GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600MHz PC3 240 Pin DIMM Memory CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10
2x SAMSUNG 830 Series 2.5-Inch 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PC128B/WW -
Corsair Professional Series 650-Watt 80 Plus Certified Power Supply compatible with Intel and AMD Platforms - CMPSU-650HX
Corsair CC600TWM-WHT Special Edition Graphite Series 600T Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case - White
Logitech HD Webcam C270, 720p Widescreen Video Calling and Recording (960-000694)
GIGABYTE GV-N670OC-2GD GeForce GTX 670 Windforce OC 2048MB GDDR5 256-bit PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Graphics Card
Intel Core i7-2700K Quad-Core Processor 3.5 GHz 8 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I72700K
ASUS Intel Z77 ATX DDR3 2400 LGA 1155 Motherboard P8Z77-V
Questions:
1) How is the build? What costs can be cut? What should be improved?
2) I have a Denon 2112ci receiver with Polk RM85s and a PSW 110 subwoofer, do I need a dedicated sound card or will the onboard motherboard sound card be fine? What difference would the dedicated sound card make?
3) I'm cutting costs by using my External HDs I have. That's okay right? It seems pointless to have an Internal HD when I will already be getting two SSDs.
4) I'm having trouble understanding the merits of motherboards and the different costs associated between them. ASUS has about 5-6 z77 boards. All sound good. What am I missing? I just picked the 2nd best selling board on Amazon.
Thanks!
Right now I'm at ~1400. Want to lower costs, but will spend as much as 2k to tweek it right.
What I have: Two external Hard Drives, one at 1 TB, other at 500GB.
What I may purchase:
Corsair Vengeance 16 GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600MHz PC3 240 Pin DIMM Memory CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10
2x SAMSUNG 830 Series 2.5-Inch 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PC128B/WW -
Corsair Professional Series 650-Watt 80 Plus Certified Power Supply compatible with Intel and AMD Platforms - CMPSU-650HX
Corsair CC600TWM-WHT Special Edition Graphite Series 600T Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case - White
Logitech HD Webcam C270, 720p Widescreen Video Calling and Recording (960-000694)
GIGABYTE GV-N670OC-2GD GeForce GTX 670 Windforce OC 2048MB GDDR5 256-bit PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Graphics Card
Intel Core i7-2700K Quad-Core Processor 3.5 GHz 8 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I72700K
ASUS Intel Z77 ATX DDR3 2400 LGA 1155 Motherboard P8Z77-V
Questions:
1) How is the build? What costs can be cut? What should be improved?
2) I have a Denon 2112ci receiver with Polk RM85s and a PSW 110 subwoofer, do I need a dedicated sound card or will the onboard motherboard sound card be fine? What difference would the dedicated sound card make?
3) I'm cutting costs by using my External HDs I have. That's okay right? It seems pointless to have an Internal HD when I will already be getting two SSDs.
4) I'm having trouble understanding the merits of motherboards and the different costs associated between them. ASUS has about 5-6 z77 boards. All sound good. What am I missing? I just picked the 2nd best selling board on Amazon.
Thanks!