- Nov 30, 2015
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I've been holding off on building my own PC for quite some time. Getting every penny's worth out of this Dimension 8400, I have made several upgrades to keep running, the way I wanted it to, along the way (PSU, HDD, graphics card). Well, I am ready to give this relic a bit of rest...
After sorting out some other finances, I have finally made the plunge. Parts should be here this morning! 😀
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CKV7Q7
*the PSU on partspicker is wrong (wasn't updated/correct price), I got this one: CORSAIR RMx RM1000X (from newegg for $110 after rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139140
CPU Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
(X 2) Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive
GPU Asus GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card
Case Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case
extras not on my PCpartspicker link:
Extra fans 3 x Cooler Master SickleFlow 120
Extra monitor ASUS VN248H-P Super Narrow Bezel Black 23.8" 5ms IPS
*already have a Acer 25" IPS
Extension cable: Darkside 8-Pin PCI-E 12" (30cm) HSL Single Braid Extension Cable - Blue UV (DS-0236)
^just in case 😉
I also snatched up a 64GB samsung DUO 3.0 USB flash drive, because i needed an extra one that wasnt being used for installing OS's. I almost forgot about that! Would have been upset if I had to move a bunch of files around just to do that! $23 from amazon...
I haven't added it all up completely, but you get the picture (right under $2,000, if you include rebates/sales...)
I started researching from this forum, got advice from multiple other sources/reviews, and finally had a discussion with an online friend, who basically put a list together for me! Most of which I followed, because its exactly what i wanted!
Here's the list he made for me:
http://pastebin.com/WbptH5gz
I hope to do a little bit of everything with this PC, but I wanted something highly functional, so I can get back into learning programming. Hopefully, I will be able to play a few games on high, but that isnt my main concern. I don't game. Well I have never done so on PC, and I haven't touched my PS3 or 360 in a long, long time. But hopefully I will be able to at least play around a little bit with some newer titles on the 960...I will probably upgrade the GPU, if I find gaming something I want to do more of. As long as I can retire the dell, Im happy!
If you guys wanna see pics, lemme know. Hopefully I don't run into any issues with this build, but I will update if I do, or any tips I may have. Thanks for being here/looking!
OS wise, I will probably end up installing windows 10, and then Arch linux. I've been wanting to switch back to linux for a long time, but I've been running Windows 7.
Question: What do you think? Anything I should get instead? I'm getting the GPU for a little under $200 with rebates, and thats probably the most I wanna spend there...
After sorting out some other finances, I have finally made the plunge. Parts should be here this morning! 😀
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CKV7Q7
*the PSU on partspicker is wrong (wasn't updated/correct price), I got this one: CORSAIR RMx RM1000X (from newegg for $110 after rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139140
CPU Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
(X 2) Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive
GPU Asus GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card
Case Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case
extras not on my PCpartspicker link:
Extra fans 3 x Cooler Master SickleFlow 120
Extra monitor ASUS VN248H-P Super Narrow Bezel Black 23.8" 5ms IPS
*already have a Acer 25" IPS
Extension cable: Darkside 8-Pin PCI-E 12" (30cm) HSL Single Braid Extension Cable - Blue UV (DS-0236)
^just in case 😉
I also snatched up a 64GB samsung DUO 3.0 USB flash drive, because i needed an extra one that wasnt being used for installing OS's. I almost forgot about that! Would have been upset if I had to move a bunch of files around just to do that! $23 from amazon...
I haven't added it all up completely, but you get the picture (right under $2,000, if you include rebates/sales...)
I started researching from this forum, got advice from multiple other sources/reviews, and finally had a discussion with an online friend, who basically put a list together for me! Most of which I followed, because its exactly what i wanted!
Here's the list he made for me:
http://pastebin.com/WbptH5gz
I hope to do a little bit of everything with this PC, but I wanted something highly functional, so I can get back into learning programming. Hopefully, I will be able to play a few games on high, but that isnt my main concern. I don't game. Well I have never done so on PC, and I haven't touched my PS3 or 360 in a long, long time. But hopefully I will be able to at least play around a little bit with some newer titles on the 960...I will probably upgrade the GPU, if I find gaming something I want to do more of. As long as I can retire the dell, Im happy!
If you guys wanna see pics, lemme know. Hopefully I don't run into any issues with this build, but I will update if I do, or any tips I may have. Thanks for being here/looking!
OS wise, I will probably end up installing windows 10, and then Arch linux. I've been wanting to switch back to linux for a long time, but I've been running Windows 7.
Question: What do you think? Anything I should get instead? I'm getting the GPU for a little under $200 with rebates, and thats probably the most I wanna spend there...
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