first time building(well its been a while)

aaron6817 · May 24, 2013

hi new guy here, haven't built a pc in over 10 years.
I decide to build a new Budget Pc mainly for multi media.
These are the components i have decided on.
SeaSonic G Series SSR-550RM-psu
Kingston HyperX 3K 120 GB SATA III 2.5-Inch 6.0 Gb/s Solid State Drive [/COLOR]
8GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz Ripjaw Series (9-9-9-24) Dual Channel ram
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz LGA 1155 Processor
Coolermaster HAF 912 Case
I will use integrated graphics as they suite me just fine.

Culbrelai · May 24, 2013

All of that looks perfect to me, that choice of PSU is excellent, as well as SSD, processor...

EarthDog · May 24, 2013

If you dont plan on ever overclocking, get a non K CPU to save $20, and you can get a B75 based board as well.

I assume you arent storing your movies and music on what you listed as you will run out of space really quick without a large HDD.

aaron6817 · May 24, 2013

I may over clock just a little i just want that option to be able to.
I will add 1 or 2 additional HDD in the future.

Knufire · May 24, 2013

That's a super overkill CPU for a multimedia machine.

Look at the AMD APUs, this is exactly what they're designed to do. They have the best integrated graphics out of any modern CPU out.

aaron6817 · May 25, 2013

Thanks i'll stick with intel,i don't want AMD.(not saying there bad its just preference)I haven't treated myself to a new pc in i while so this couple bucks won't set me back any. 2 days of over time and i'm good.

Theocnoob · May 26, 2013

aaron6817 said:
Thanks i'll stick with intel,i don't want AMD.

Seems sort of silly to me :chair:

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If the AMD APU is going to do a better job than the Intel CPU I'd go with the APU. And I loathe AMD.
Plus you can save a couple hundred bucks with an el-cheapo mobo and the el-cheapo APU.

aaron6817 · May 27, 2013

thanks guys but intel it is.

Theocnoob · May 27, 2013

You sure you don't want the AMD?

Conumdrum · May 27, 2013

Theocnoob said:
You sure you don't want the AMD?

Wha......? was that?

We ain't biased here but that sure looks biased.

aaron6817 · May 28, 2013

lol nice one, I just haven't found one that i liked. Plus i all ready purchased the 8GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz Ripjaw Series (9-9-9-24) Dual Channel ram. I was told AMD need faster ram.

Culbrelai · May 28, 2013

APU's use the system RAM for VRAM, and the faster the RAM is the better the APU performs, basically is how I understand it.

ATMINSIDE · May 28, 2013

1600MHz RAM performs just fine on an AMD APU. That's what my roommate is using for gaming.

Edit: He's running XFire with the iGPU and an HD 6770

EarthDog · May 28, 2013

Culbrelai said:
APU's use the system RAM for VRAM, and the faster the RAM is the better the APU performs, basically is how I understand it.

The better the iGPU performs. :thup:

Culbrelai · May 28, 2013

I have to hand it to AMD that's where they really beat intel, the OP should've had an APU...

I am by no means an AMD fan, either.

Theocnoob · May 28, 2013

Conumdrum said:
Wha......? was that?

We ain't biased here but that sure looks biased.

I'm not biased. I just think an AMD APU is called for in this situation.

aaron6817 · Jun 2, 2013

ill be happy with the graphics of intel,maybe next time.

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