The New Rig

**Lady Death-Trekie** · 03-24-13, 04:26 PM

Alright guys I'm gonna throw down a possible build here, and I wanna know what to add/improve, etc. I'm actually going to be building Intel and this is my first Intel build, so be gentle!

CASE: Thermaltake Chaser MK-I
MOBO: ASUS P8B75-V LGA 1155
VGA: HIS IceQ Turbo Raedon HD 7850 2 GB, 256-bit
PSU: Corsair HX 850w
CPU: Intel Ivy Bridge i5 Quad-Core 2.8 GHz
SSD: Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 60GB SATA III
RAM: G.Skill Sniper Series 16 GB (2 x 8GB)
HDD: Western Digital 1TB
OPT: LG 12x Blu-Ray Combo Drive
FAN: Zalman CNPS9900 Dual 140mm & 120mm

**Kanati** · 03-24-13, 04:38 PM

Looks like a decent build to me.

**Allane** · 03-24-13, 04:40 PM

Case: No preference

Mobo: I don't know too much about Intel North Bridges, but I'd be worried about how feature rich B75 would be compared to Z77. EDIT: B75 doesn't allow CPU or RAM overclocking, refer to this page.

VGA: Good choice. The 7850 is great bang for buck. The 7870 LE (or 7870 XT as companies like to brand it) is bar none the best graphics card for $250 though.

PSU: 850W is complete overkill. I would look at a wattage around 650, but with a good 80+ rating

CPU: You should be looking at the i5-3570k if you're going to be getting a 70 dollar aftermarket CPU cooler. The 3450S is an efficiency minded CPU and so has little to no overclocking capability

SSD: Sandforce scales great in low capacities, so as a boot drive, that'll be good. Mushkin is a pretty good company too.

RAM: I don't know exactly what you do, but 16GB is still a lot of RAM. Living off of 8 is still more than enough, but it all comes down to personal preference above 4GB.

HDD: Nothing much to say

Optical Drive: Nothing much to say

Fan: I don't have much experience with Zalmann, but my Cooler Master TX3 keeps my i5-2500k nice and frosty for much, much cheaper.

Otherwise it's a good first list.

**SourceSkills** · 03-24-13, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by Lady Death-Trekie

Alright guys I'm gonna throw down a possible build here, and I wanna know what to add/improve, etc. I'm actually going to be building Intel and this is my first Intel build, so be gentle!

CASE: Thermaltake Chaser MK-I
MOBO: ASUS P8B75-V LGA 1155
VGA: HIS IceQ Turbo Raedon HD 7850 2 GB, 256-bit
PSU: Corsair HX 850w
CPU: Intel Ivy Bridge i5 Quad-Core 2.8 GHz
SSD: Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 60GB SATA III
RAM: G.Skill Sniper Series 16 GB (2 x 8GB)
HDD: Western Digital 1TB
OPT: LG 12x Blu-Ray Combo Drive
FAN: Zalman CNPS9900 Dual 140mm & 120mm

I have the overseer rx1 basically the same interior however i prefer the exterior a bit more than the chasers. its not a lot different but just enough to make things seem a bit more cleaned up to me. i dont think you will have any problems with it though its a pretty good case. i would try to squeeze in an SSD though unless you already have one.

side note: love the avatar im a big fan myself :P

**dmasteR** · 03-24-13, 04:48 PM

Thermaltake hasn't made any good cases in a extremely long time. You don't need a 850watt power supply, especially since you won't even pull 500watts from that machine (~450w max load). Zalman hasn't made a good heatsink in a long time as well.

What's your budget?

You also didn't mention what CPU you were looking to get.

**SourceSkills** · 03-24-13, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by dmasteR

Thermaltake hasn't made any good cases in a extremely long time. You don't need a 850watt power supply, especially since you won't even pull 500watts from that machine (~450w max load). Zalman hasn't made a good heatsink in a long time as well.

What's your budget?

You also didn't mention what CPU you were looking to get.

HEY! Don't knock my choice in case :P. This is a fantastic case.

**dmasteR** · 03-24-13, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by SourceSkills

HEY! Don't knock my choice in case :P. This is a fantastic case.

lol, there's just much better cases especially at that price range. At a wee bit over 100 bucks, you have the Corsair 500R, NZXT Phantom, Corsair 550D, Rosewill Thor V2, Fractal Design Define XL, CM HAF XM, Corsair C70, etc. I could go on, but those were the ones that I thought of, off the top of my head...

**Lady Death-Trekie** · 03-24-13, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by dmasteR

Thermaltake hasn't made any good cases in a extremely long time. You don't need a 850watt power supply, especially since you won't even pull 500watts from that machine (~450w max load). Zalman hasn't made a good heatsink in a long time as well.

What's your budget?

You also didn't mention what CPU you were looking to get.

Yes I did, Ivy Bridge, iCore 5: CPU: Intel Ivy Bridge i5 Quad-Core 2.8 GHz

@Allane, I will take a look at your suggestions, thanks for the PSU stuff I'll peg it down that should save me some money.

My Budget is about 1400 on the tower itself, and the I/O is roughly 300.

I will look into an alternative fan as well.

**dmasteR** · 03-24-13, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by Lady Death-Trekie

Yes I did, Ivy Bridge, iCore 5: CPU: Intel Ivy Bridge i5 Quad-Core 2.8 GHz

@Allane, I will take a look at your suggestions, thanks for the PSU stuff I'll peg it down that should save me some money.

My Budget is about 1400 on the tower itself, and the I/O is roughly 300.

I will look into an alternative fan as well.

What I meant was a model number. You gave the description of the CPU instead. :P

I'll price you up a PC around 1400. Give me a sec....

**SourceSkills** · 03-24-13, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by dmasteR

lol, there's just much better cases especially at that price range. At a wee bit over 100 bucks, you have the Corsair 500R, NZXT Phantom, Corsair 550D, Rosewill Thor V2, Fractal Design Define XL, CM HAF XM, Corsair C70, etc. I could go on, but those were the ones that I thought of, off the top of my head...

Yeah if you are going to spend over $100. I got mine on sale for 80 bucks from CompUSA which is now the TigerDirect store. I would say I got plenty for the amount I paid so maybe I am just biased.