New to OC Forums, building a computer

vodka62 · 04-23-09, 01:53 AM

Hey guys, Ive been lurking around here for a good 3-4 months reading and researching on various components for a computer I'm building. I've always been a computer enthusiast but never build or overclocked a computer before. My goal for this build is to build an OCable computer on a budget that is upgradeable in the future for whatever needs I have. Finally got all my info straight and this is what I plan on building:

XFX GTX 260 Black Edition 216
Corsair 750TX
Antec Nine Hundred Case
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R
Intel i7 920
OCZ Platinum 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600
Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 1.5 TB
Acer X233Hbid 23" Widescreen
Samsung 22x SH-S223Q
Vista Premium SP1 64-bit
Thermalright Ultra 120 push/pull

All this plus keyboard and mouse comes out just under $1600 which is right at my budget. I'm planning on buying this within the next few days. If anyone has input or sees a potential problem please let me know. Any help is greatly appriciated.

Thanks.

**edit**

so ive had the computer build for about 5 days now. started OCing and got it up to 4Ghz. wasnt stable so i kept bumping it down till about 3.7 which was really nice and stable. today i booted it up and about 20mins in it crashes and says something about hardware failure. now my pc will not even boot. there is no output on the monitor so i dont know if its the vid card or the procssor or what. i reset cmos. and now im gonna start puling ram out. i have no idea what to do. can someone please help me out?

Priv · 04-23-09, 04:47 AM

I suggest you to stay away from the Seagate Barracuda's, get a Samsung Spinpoint or a WD Caviar Black drive. The Barracuda's have been failing a lot.

As for the motherboard I would go for another one instead. The UD3R only has 4 RAM slots, and does not have 3x PCI-E. If I would be to buy a i7 build now I would go for the UD5, the X58-Extreme, DFI LanParty UT X58-T3eH6, Rampage II Extreme or the EVGA X58 SLI. These 5 are all solid boards, but more expensive than the board you chose. If you really are not able to dish out the extra cash then the UD3R will be fine, but keep in mind it has less slots than the other boards.

If you do not need the extra ram slots or PCI-E slots then the UD3R will be fine, but you said you were aiming for an upgradeable system.

EDIT: Come to think of it, the cheaper DFI LanParty DK X58-T3eH6 is a really solid choice, supports Crossfire and SLI, has 3x PCI-E and 6 RAM slots, and that almost the same price as the UD3R.

metloaf · 04-24-09, 08:08 AM

Welcome to the forums!

As far as what you have listed, I agree with the above post. I use Samsung for hard drives as well, and no issues as of yet. If you build up from a solid motherboard you should be "future proof" for at least a few years depending what you use your PC for. Graphics cards are another story. Those seem to advance faster than CPU's. The RAM you choose is decent too, which will help a lot when OCing.

Boulard83 · 04-24-09, 12:30 PM

++ for the above post.

MadMan007 · 04-24-09, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Priv

I suggest you to stay away from the Seagate Barracuda's, get a Samsung Spinpoint or a WD Caviar Black drive. The Barracuda's have been failing a lot.

As for the motherboard I would go for another one instead. The UD3R only has 4 RAM slots, and does not have 3x PCI-E. If I would be to buy a i7 build now I would go for the UD5, the X58-Extreme, DFI LanParty UT X58-T3eH6, Rampage II Extreme or the EVGA X58 SLI. These 5 are all solid boards, but more expensive than the board you chose. If you really are not able to dish out the extra cash then the UD3R will be fine, but keep in mind it has less slots than the other boards.

If you do not need the extra ram slots or PCI-E slots then the UD3R will be fine, but you said you were aiming for an upgradeable system.

EDIT: Come to think of it, the cheaper DFI LanParty DK X58-T3eH6 is a really solid choice, supports Crossfire and SLI, has 3x PCI-E and 6 RAM slots, and that almost the same price as the UD3R.

I agree about the HD, although supposedly the Seagate 1.5TB drive issues are past I'm still leery. The Caviar Black 1TB is a solid drive with great performance, or even a 640GB Caviar Black to save some money.

The DFI board is a nice choice, not certain how it will be for someone new to building though

DFI boards have lots of extra and possibly confusing options. But I don't know the details on it and whether a lot of stuff can be left 'atuo' for oc'ing.

vodka62 · 04-24-09, 04:42 PM

Thanks for the input guys. Gonna get the 1TB Caviar Black, but I'm gonna stick with the UD3R this time around. I'm ordering everything today. I'll keep you guys updated on the build and OCing once it comes in.

shadowsnkx · 04-24-09, 11:13 PM

actually, I work for an oem and we have had 0 seagate drive issues.
We sell about 1500-1900 seagates a month.

vodka62 · 05-13-09, 11:00 AM

well it loks like it was the ram. i pulled 2 out and it booted up perfectly. then i started putting them back 1 by one. it seems like all 3 are good now. anyone know why this happened?

Conumdrum · 05-13-09, 11:14 AM

Who knows? Working now tho. Maybe one ram wasn't 100% seated.

Could be the moon phase?

vodka62 · 05-13-09, 11:28 AM

quite possibly. time to give the OCing another run.

04-23-09, 01:53 AM	Thread Starter #1
vodka62 New Member Join Date: Apr 2009	New to OC Forums, building a computer edit i think i fried something help! Hey guys, Ive been lurking around here for a good 3-4 months reading and researching on various components for a computer I'm building. I've always been a computer enthusiast but never build or overclocked a computer before. My goal for this build is to build an OCable computer on a budget that is upgradeable in the future for whatever needs I have. Finally got all my info straight and this is what I plan on building: XFX GTX 260 Black Edition 216 Corsair 750TX Antec Nine Hundred Case GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R Intel i7 920 OCZ Platinum 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600 Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 1.5 TB Acer X233Hbid 23" Widescreen Samsung 22x SH-S223Q Vista Premium SP1 64-bit Thermalright Ultra 120 push/pull All this plus keyboard and mouse comes out just under $1600 which is right at my budget. I'm planning on buying this within the next few days. If anyone has input or sees a potential problem please let me know. Any help is greatly appriciated. Thanks. edit so ive had the computer build for about 5 days now. started OCing and got it up to 4Ghz. wasnt stable so i kept bumping it down till about 3.7 which was really nice and stable. today i booted it up and about 20mins in it crashes and says something about hardware failure. now my pc will not even boot. there is no output on the monitor so i dont know if its the vid card or the procssor or what. i reset cmos. and now im gonna start puling ram out. i have no idea what to do. can someone please help me out? Last edited by vodka62; 05-13-09 at 10:55 AM.
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04-23-09, 04:47 AM	#2
Priv Member Join Date: Nov 2008	I suggest you to stay away from the Seagate Barracuda's, get a Samsung Spinpoint or a WD Caviar Black drive. The Barracuda's have been failing a lot. As for the motherboard I would go for another one instead. The UD3R only has 4 RAM slots, and does not have 3x PCI-E. If I would be to buy a i7 build now I would go for the UD5, the X58-Extreme, DFI LanParty UT X58-T3eH6, Rampage II Extreme or the EVGA X58 SLI. These 5 are all solid boards, but more expensive than the board you chose. If you really are not able to dish out the extra cash then the UD3R will be fine, but keep in mind it has less slots than the other boards. If you do not need the extra ram slots or PCI-E slots then the UD3R will be fine, but you said you were aiming for an upgradeable system. EDIT: Come to think of it, the cheaper DFI LanParty DK X58-T3eH6 is a really solid choice, supports Crossfire and SLI, has 3x PCI-E and 6 RAM slots, and that almost the same price as the UD3R. Last edited by Priv; 04-23-09 at 04:55 AM.
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04-24-09, 08:08 AM	#3
metloaf Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lancaster, PA	Welcome to the forums! As far as what you have listed, I agree with the above post. I use Samsung for hard drives as well, and no issues as of yet. If you build up from a solid motherboard you should be "future proof" for at least a few years depending what you use your PC for. Graphics cards are another story. Those seem to advance faster than CPU's. The RAM you choose is decent too, which will help a lot when OCing. __________________ Xeon E3110 4.05ghz GIGABYTE X38-DS4, 2x2gig G-Skill, Sapphire HD 4870 flashed 860/1145, Watercooled via Apogee GTX and Maze 5 Intel E6400 2.13@3.36 on H2O4ghz Clubon Phase Asus P5B-D, 0804 bios, 2x1gb Crucial Ballistix PC2 8000 4-4-4-12, 430mhz at 2.25v Powercolor 1900XT 702/792 wall of fame
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04-24-09, 12:30 PM	#4
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04-24-09, 04:42 PM	Thread Starter #6
vodka62 New Member Join Date: Apr 2009	Thanks for the input guys. Gonna get the 1TB Caviar Black, but I'm gonna stick with the UD3R this time around. I'm ordering everything today. I'll keep you guys updated on the build and OCing once it comes in.
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04-24-09, 11:13 PM	#7
shadowsnkx Registered Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Southern Mississippi	actually, I work for an oem and we have had 0 seagate drive issues. We sell about 1500-1900 seagates a month.
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05-13-09, 11:00 AM	Thread Starter #8
vodka62 New Member Join Date: Apr 2009	well it loks like it was the ram. i pulled 2 out and it booted up perfectly. then i started putting them back 1 by one. it seems like all 3 are good now. anyone know why this happened?
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05-13-09, 11:14 AM	#9
Conumdrum Mutant Forrespondent Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Las Vegas	Who knows? Working now tho. Maybe one ram wasn't 100% seated. Could be the moon phase? __________________ All stock for now, no need for more, but it's gonna be soon methinks. Giga Xtreme 58 mobo i7 965 ES D0 step Corsair 1600 6 gig SLI GTX470 OC when I need it to 870 GPU/1725 mem EK HF nickle blue top CPU block (free from Eddie) Koolance 470 waterblocks One big loop, two 120x3 rads. Pa 120.3 and XSPC RX 120x3. Swiftech 35x pump with V2 restop. GT AP15 fans. Banchetto Tech Station 120 GB SSD, and a few other drives. 1000W UltraX3 PSU, 900 watt (1500VA UPS 27" ASUS VG 3D/Nvidia V2 3D glasses and 24" Acer H243H UPS is 1500 PFCLCD
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05-13-09, 11:28 AM	Thread Starter #10
vodka62 New Member Join Date: Apr 2009	quite possibly. time to give the OCing another run.
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