just dropped $800 on computer parts.

[Pantless Spency]

Finally got my motherboard last night.

Motherboard all dressed up before I dropped it in.






Case pre graphics card and wiring.





Forgot to take pics after it was all wired up.

But 8.1 is installed. I don't have wifi right now because to wifi adapter I bought goes into the motherboard right behind the graphics card slot, and the graphics card is too large for the wifi adapter to fit. Currently waiting on a 450 mbp/s USB wifi adapter.


I love it so far though.

[accident]

Out of curiosity, where does the tracking info say your parts originated from? I shipped a lot of those recently, wondering if I touched them lol

[Exodus_2pt0]

Screw wifi. I don't even bother on desktop builds, it doesn't move around enough to justify the loss in speed.

[squidmaster]

Why did you stick with the stock heatsink? You're going to hate yourself 10 minutes into anything intensive. Go water cooling, or at least a horizontal flowing fan setup with copper pipes.

[Exodus_2pt0]

^ My Phenom 2 x4 975 overheated during stress testing on the stock heatsink. Worthless.

[E30_Pare]

Dam I would of traded you my wireless car for ejuice lol.

[Pantless Spency]

Dam I would of traded you my wireless car for ejuice lol.

What's your wireless card look like?

Send me a pic ;) and specs

[Pantless Spency]

Out of curiosity, where does the tracking info say your parts originated from? I shipped a lot of those recently, wondering if I touched them lol

I'll look into it haha.

[Pantless Spency]

Screw wifi. I don't even bother on desktop builds, it doesn't move around enough to justify the loss in speed.

Well my modem is a few rooms away from mine -.-

I'm looking into Ethernet cable routing methods tho. I could go through the ceiling but into the living room my parents would hate that. I think I can wire it to something past the modem tho.

[SoEm0]

You could also get another router and set it up as a AP. Its what I am doing. I get a way stronger signal

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[Wschnitz]

Dont get a watercooler, there is no benefit over a cheaper air cooler. Pantless you dont have an overclockable cpu/mobo IIRC so any after market cooler is completely pointless unless you start having heat issues.

If the noise starts to become a problem because its AMD and sounds like a mini jet, but a Noctua Air cooler, quiet as fuck.

(I have a Corsair H100i and the included fans are junk, the wires are not long enough to route decently, etc, its ok, but not as simple and clean as a smaller air cooler)

Definitely put an SSD on your list, You can pick up a 120gb Samsung or Intel for like $100 -150 if your lucky, and its amazingly fast.

Monitor wise dont skimp, nice monitors are nice, I bought a VG248QE (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B2HH7G0/...l_7vc3ezc0vv_e) and its GREAT for the ~$250 pricetag, instant response time, high refresh rate, color is damn fine for a TN panel. The view angles are also quite fine, i can look from up to 85* from straight on and still read everything.

[E30_Pare]

I agree. Only reason i got an h80i was because newegg had a refurbed one for the same price as a hyper evo+. The fans are so ridiculously loud. Ive got 2 fans in my case that i dont even use, but are there for future add ons. If i turned them all on 100% i couldn't stand it.


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[squidmaster]

No, the heatsink will make an insanely huge difference and will be completely worth it in every sense. The stock amd heatsink is pure garbage. You'll gave a hard time finding a worse heatsink. You'll see temps upwards of 60c easily on a daily basis. Go water cooling, a kit will run you as little as $70 and will keep you below 45'c. A deceng after market air cooled heatsink will keep you under 53'c ish if you can't spring for the watercooling and will run you a fraction of the cost ($25-$40)

[Pantless Spency]

My mobo does support overclocking however I'm not too interested it runs just fine for me so far.


I'm gonna get two more fans for the side panel on the case.

[E30_Pare]

If you built your pc you'll probably try to overclock at one point lol. No reason not too, unless you plan to keep the pc for more than 5 years. Yes overclocking does shorten the lifespan of a cpu, but not enough to matter. You probably won't be using the same pc long enough to kill a cpu. Use CPU-Z, Prime 95, and MaxxMem2 for stress testing!

Don't bother with the msi one touch OC/Turbo bs. It's garbage, and unstable from what I experienced.