Help and Suggestions for Building New High End Gaming PC

[ghost101]

I am new to this, with novice knowledge of building a PC. I know and understand parts, but have yet had the experience of building the PC. I was hoping I could get some suggestions on how this build is? I went to CyberPowerPC and configured a system I wanted, and just copied the parts. Sure I can buy it from them, but I wanted to build it myself for the joy of the task and to save on the labor cost. So, what do you guys think? Did I miss anything? Need more of something? Etc. Please keep comments kind and helping.




Case - Thermaltake Commander Mid-Tower Gaming Case


Fans - Maximum 120MM Case Cooling Fans


Noise Reduction - Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts


CPU - AMD FX-8150 3.60 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology


Graphics Card - AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card


Cooling Fan - Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)


Motherboard - CrossFireX/SLI] GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ Ultra Durable™ 3, Dual Bios, On/Off USB Charge & 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB 3.0, SATA-III RAID, 4 Gen2 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI


Power Supply - 850 Watts - Cooler Master Silent Pro Gaming 80 Plus Power Supply


RAM - 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory


Hard Drive - 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD


Optical Drive - 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive


Operating System - Window 8 (release end of October)


WiFi - 802.11b/g/n 300 Mbps Wireless Card + External 2.4G 5 Dbi Omni-Directional Wireless Antenna



Thanks for reading / helping! It is very much appreciated!

 

[ghost101]

Sadly I am the most tech savy person I know by a landslide. No family or friends I have are skilled with tech, just automotive and public safety people lol!

 

[TheBigTroll]

you boot the rig, you go online, you go download the drivers and you are done.

the manufacturers have all the components listed that need a driver.

i guarantee you need

chipset driver
graphics driver
usb3 drivers
bios update if you need it

 

[ghost101]

Is assume the EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5, DVI, DVI-D, HDMI, DisplayPort, 4-way SLI Ready Graphics Card Graphics Cards 02G-P4-2680-KR is a better graphics card?

 

[TheBigTroll]

nope. the 670 and 680 have nearly zero performance difference once the 670 is overclocked (which it is)

not to mention reference coolers (on most evga cards) and pcbs suck compared to the msi power editions

 

[ghost101]

I have not seen any msi on amazon, but maybe it was just for the 680

 

[Avenged7x]

I built my first system earlier this week.

If you go to Youtube and search for Newegg's Tutorial on Building a PC (Part two is the actual assembly) it goes thru step by step how to build a new PC. I watched it once beforehand and then paused it as I followed along. If you take your time and follow along its fairly easy to do.

 

[TheBigTroll]

its not on amazon. only us.ncix.com and newegg

 

[ghost101]

If I was to build a computer to handle todays top end games, what is the minium parts I would need based on price to get it cheapest? Like, can you build a great gaming PC for $600-$1000? Sorry to ask that noobish question, my friend is interested in know this. I told him that he needs only the i5 not i7 so I helped a bit! lol. But if you wanted to play the top games of 2012 and coming in 2013 what is the best parts needs, lowest cost, without taking away from smooth and quick performance?

 

[FinneousPJ]

1k should be enough if you're careful at choosing parts.

 

[ghost101]

Any parts suggestions for a high end gaming pc this is not over the top? One that can play most high end games.

 

[ghost101]

Is the build TheBigTroll posted strong enough to handle high end games for a couple years (2-3 years) without to much upgrading of parts?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/iqka

 

[FinneousPJ]

Sure but it's not optimized in terms of price.

 

[TheBigTroll]

if you want it to be a bit cheaper here
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/iM7M

 

[excella1221]

Any parts suggestions for a high end gaming pc this is not over the top? One that can play most high end games.

Yes. If anything, the next upgrade/step you will do is just simply add another 670 for SLI.