A different new guy, building his first PC. (could use advice!)

[SchaibleTech]

so this is what i picked out, i need a power supply and a heatsink/fan combo. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

here is the power supply someone reccomended to me.

http://www.svc.com/ocz700gxssli-b.html

my budget is around 700ish. give or take.

thanks guys!



ps: also, if you interested in a little back story, check my first post out.

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...&postcount=458

also, i had a window on my computer...

but i cracked it when drilling the hole for the fan. where should i place the fan in regards to the mother board? over the ram?

thanks

[dr.walrus]

All looks fine, you don't need a 700w power supply (a 400 would be fine for a single GPU system) but $50?! Go for it!

Fan should be positioned over the GPU.

[x88x]

Looks good. Only thing I would do for that is change to the 1TB Samsung F3 for better performance.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-185-_-Product

[chaksq]

also, i had a window on my computer...

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but i cracked it when drilling the hole for the fan. where should i place the fan in regards to the mother board? over the ram?

thanks

Fan placement varies, there are no set rules for where/how you put fans. In fact if you have enough airflow you don't even need a fan on the side panel. I usually see side fans over CPU or expansion slots. In general you want to intake fans on front/bottom/side and exhaust fans out the top and rear.

[x88x]

In general you want to intake fans on front/bottom/side and exhaust fans out the top and rear.

Yup. Though, one tip I got from my boss several years back; if the user smokes in the room with the computer in it, reserve the flow. That way, instead of drawing the smoke into the computer and clogging up stuff, it just pulls dust from behind (a lot easier to clean).

[SchaibleTech]

thanks for all of the input guys.

i decided on going with a different power supply, i didnt see that the one i chose was re certified. no thanks.

so i tried not spending to much, but still getting a quality psu. since i plan on buying another video card in the near future to crossfire, im prob going to get this 750w.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817121045

and i am prob going to go with that Samsung F3 tb drive that you suggested. would love to have a tb HDD.

getting to be pricey, but it will all be worth it!

[x88x]

Looks like a decent PSU; my only concern with it is the 72% minumum efficiency. I always make sure that any PSU I get has an '80 PLUS' rating, meaning that it has at least an 80% minimum efficiency. Unfortunately, the cheapest PSUs I can find in the 700W+ range that fit my personal requirements are these:
Antec EarthWatts 750W: $110 ($95 after MIR)
Corsair 750W: $120 ($100 after MIR)

In addition to having a higher capacity, the Samsung F3 will also outperform the WD Blue that you had lined up, probably by a significant amount. The 1TB F3 has actually been consistently outperforming the 300GB WD Velociraptor, largely because of the F3's 500GB platters. I haven't seen a comparison, but in theory, the WD Black 2TB should outperform even the 1TB F3 (64MB cache vs the F3's 32MB)...unfortunately it's also 3x the cost.

[SchaibleTech]

sweet.

the build is running in the low $800, but i can manage. i just gotta stop buying food for a week and this will all work out.

thanks man! im going with the HDD and the power supply you suggested. you get what you pay for!

i hope.

[x88x]

i just gotta stop buying food for a week and this will all work out.

Hahaha, that's the spirit!

Just make sure you post a buildlog when you build it.

[chaksq]

Yup. Though, one tip I got from my boss several years back; if the user smokes in the room with the computer in it, reserve the flow. That way, instead of drawing the smoke into the computer and clogging up stuff, it just pulls dust from behind (a lot easier to clean).

Good point, although you still want fans on the top to be exhaust. This is because heat rises, intake fans on top will prevent hot air from leaving the top of the case. But I don't see any problems pulling in air from the back and exhausting out the front, just be sure you have enough clearance behind the case if you do this. I also recommend using fan filters, at least on the intake fans, if your computer is someplace where there is smoke or a lot of dust.