IrishNinja said:
ok, so, took what you said into consideration (thanks to the other guy for cooling options as well, gotta bookmark his post), so after reading some reviews,
i was considering this one, wanted to see your/others' thoughts.
It only has a 300w PSU, so you're definitely not running a 5870, even if it does fit. That might have been a typo and you meant 5770, which should work. The 300w PSU will limit your future options when it comes to video card upgrades. That's what makes the SG07 so attractive. It has a 600w PSU, meaning you're not really all that limited as far as video card upgrades go. Cases that don't come with a PSU and take a full size one are even better, since if you want to go crazy one day you can upgrade to a monster PSU.
IrishNinja said:
i5-760 you recommended (if its stock at 2.8ghz, OC to run at 3.4 or + shouldnt be a problem with good cooling, yeah?)
Should do, yeah. These things are never guaranteed, but I'd say 3.4Ghz would be considered a fairly mild overclock for that CPU.
IrishNinja said:
-no idea what motherboard here, given the size. hopefully USB3 (if need be?), wifi etc, not sure what i'm looking for here - i know you said look at micro ATX etc but it looks like this case might take a regular size, no?
No, definitely not regular size ATX for that case. Click on the details tab on the Newegg product page and look for the "Motherboard Compatibility" field. For your case above it says: Mini-DTX, Mini-ITX. That limits your motherboard options a fair bit. This is the board from the SG07 review and is a good option:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128448
IrishNinja said:
-ATI 5870? reviews said it fit, is that the best GPU for the $ or should i consider another model? i wanna say the dolphin thread said something about ATI cards working better, could be wrong though.
As I said above, with a 300w PSU you're going to have to look at a low power card. 5770 at the most. It will still play every game, you'll just need to turn some stuff down. Check out some benchmarks to get an idea of what it can do. 6750 could be an interesting option when it comes out soon, but that might not be out in time for Fallout NV.
IrishNinja said:
-6 GB DDR3 should suffice for a while to come, right?
4GB. Most small motherboards are only going to have two RAM slots anyway, so you're not going to get 6GB, and you don't really need 8GB for gaming. Hazaro has these in his standard build
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ..._re=g.skill_ripjaw_4gb-_-20-231-276-_-Product . Just make sure that your case is going to fit the slightly oversized heatsinks on them.
IrishNinja said:
-oh crap i forgot im gonna need another fan or some cooling or something
You'll have to get fairly specific to find something that fits. The two Milpool suggested don't seem to be in stock at Newegg.
IrishNinja said:
taking suggestions on parts here, and hoping im not naive in wanting this to be under 1k if possible, heh.
Lets see:
$120 Your case and PSU
$200 i5-760
$105 GIGABYTE GA-H55N-USB3
$93 4GB ram linked above
$140 Any of the half a dozen 5770s on newegg
$75 Samsung 1TB F3 Spinpoint per Hazaro's build
$25 The Samsung SATA DVD burner from Hazaro's build
$50 Rough figure for a CPU cooler (add another $10 for thermal paste if the cooler doesn't explicity say it comes with some)
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$808
That's without any combo deals or rebates or anything too. If you upgrade to that SG07 case and a GTX460 1GB video card it should put you right around $1k.
IrishNinja said:
gonna have a friends help, but ive never put a rig together so im not sure what else i'd need/to expect.
Expect to require a lot of patience. Making your first build a small form factor machine is really jumping into the deep end. See Milpool's photo for the kind of cramped space you can expect to be working in. You should be ok if you take it slowly and read all the guides and such.
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