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Okay so I have been wanting to build my own computer for ages and recently I got the money to be able to so this is what I have got so far;

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BitFenix Colossus Red LED Big Tower Windowed Case - Black


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ASRock 990FX Extreme9 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard


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Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Red


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AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail


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Corsair Vengeance RED 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit


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MSI GeForce GTX 650 Black Knight OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

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EVGA GeForce GTX 770 Superclock ACX 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card


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Corsair Force LS Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive


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Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD


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Asus PCE-N53 300Mbps Dual-Band Wireless-N600 PCI-E Adapter


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Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail)


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Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 800W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply


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Razer Mamba 2012 4G 6400 DPI Wireless Mouse


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Ozone Blade Backlit Gaming Keyboard


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Asus VX239H 23" Widescreen Super-Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black


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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM

Does anyone have any improvements to this list?
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I'm certain you can't SLI different kind of GPU's. You read up on this?
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(09-07-2013, 04:23 PM)Joykill Wrote: I'm certain you can't SLI different kind of GPU's. You read up on this?

I believe he isn't planning to use a SLI configuration with them.

The main thing I'd recommend doing is getting a Modular power supply. Saves you from having a load of spare cables clogging up the in the inside of the machine.
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If it means anything, i've got those monitors, and they're brilliant.
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Why do you have 2 graphics cards? You shouldn't be able to SLI them....

You might want to make your SSD bigger, though that depends on what you want it for. If you just want it for Windows, that size should be sufficient. But for much else you're going to want at least 120 GB, maybe more if you want to put lots of games on it.
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(09-07-2013, 11:01 PM)bruterules Wrote: Why do you have 2 graphics cards? You shouldn't be able to SLI them....

You might want to make your SSD bigger, though that depends on what you want it for. If you just want it for Windows, that size should be sufficient. But for much else you're going to want at least 120 GB, maybe more if you want to put lots of games on it.

I have the 2 graphics cards as im getting 2 of them screens and then 1 of them I will be using for browsing the internet, Skype, teamspeak etc and on the other one I shall be gaming. The SSD is just for my OS and the 3TB HDD will be used for games, recorded games and movies.
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(09-07-2013, 11:18 PM)Nathan Wrote:
(09-07-2013, 11:01 PM)bruterules Wrote: Why do you have 2 graphics cards? You shouldn't be able to SLI them....

I have the 2 graphics cards as im getting 2 of them screens and then 1 of them I will be using for browsing the internet, Skype, teamspeak etc and on the other one I shall be gaming. The SSD is just for my OS and the 3TB HDD will be used for games, recorded games and movies.
You don't need two graphics cards for two screens, and you can't use both graphics cards from different types (GTX 650 vs 770) You will have to choose one or the other, or get two of the same type to use them both. I recommend just getting the 770 or 780 since you will have extra money left over from not buying the 650, because SLI is very buggy sometimes.

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(09-08-2013, 12:41 AM)ArcHammer Wrote:
(09-07-2013, 11:18 PM)Nathan Wrote:
(09-07-2013, 11:01 PM)bruterules Wrote: Why do you have 2 graphics cards? You shouldn't be able to SLI them....

I have the 2 graphics cards as im getting 2 of them screens and then 1 of them I will be using for browsing the internet, Skype, teamspeak etc and on the other one I shall be gaming. The SSD is just for my OS and the 3TB HDD will be used for games, recorded games and movies.
You don't need two graphics cards for two screens, and you can't use both graphics cards from different types (GTX 650 vs 770) You will have to choose one or the other, or get two of the same type to use them both. I recommend just getting the 770 or 780 since you will have extra money left over from not buying the 650, because SLI is very buggy sometimes.

I currently have the 650 and I was going to get the 770 for my gaming screen I'm not going to SLI them.
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I am almost positive that you can't do that. You will have to have seperate drivers for each one of those cards, which won't work. Also, running Teamspeak, Skype, and all of those other programs while gaming doesn't take much. Just run another DVI cable to your second monitor and you should be fine. Desktop doesn't take much, especially with a 770.

One more thing, do NOT buy an ACX card from EVGA unless you have money to waste. ACX does nothing more, and for the amount of money that they are making you pay for that, you might as well get the 4gb GTX 770 Gigabyte Windforce. Great cooler, great for money, performs even better than an ACX card. Not saying that EVGA is bad, I'm just saying they overprice their cards with nice looking custom coolers. The one that I will be running in SLI is the Gigabyte Windforce 4gb.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-vi...vn770oc4gd

That card just looks amazing too. If you the good 650, sell it for around 100 and get a 780 with the money you would use for the 770 and the money you got from the 650. Hope your build goes well!

EDIT: Don't buy any kind of RAM over 1866, you won't notice a difference just because motherboards today don't recognize the difference between 1866 and 2133, its just extra money wasted, especially on an old chipset motherboard like the 990.
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(09-11-2013, 12:18 AM)OrbitalNonsense Wrote: I am almost positive that you can't do that. You will have to have seperate drivers for each one of those cards, which won't work. Also, running Teamspeak, Skype, and all of those other programs while gaming doesn't take much. Just run another DVI cable to your second monitor and you should be fine. Desktop doesn't take much, especially with a 770.

One more thing, do NOT buy an ACX card from EVGA unless you have money to waste. ACX does nothing more, and for the amount of money that they are making you pay for that, you might as well get the 4gb GTX 770 Gigabyte Windforce. Great cooler, great for money, performs even better than an ACX card. Not saying that EVGA is bad, I'm just saying they overprice their cards with nice looking custom coolers. The one that I will be running in SLI is the Gigabyte Windforce 4gb.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-vi...vn770oc4gd

That card just looks amazing too. If you the good 650, sell it for around 100 and get a 780 with the money you would use for the 770 and the money you got from the 650. Hope your build goes well!

EDIT: Don't buy any kind of RAM over 1866, you won't notice a difference just because motherboards today don't recognize the difference between 1866 and 2133, its just extra money wasted, especially on an old chipset motherboard like the 990.

Thanks for the advice, but I ordered the parts the 2 days ago and they arrived yesterday and i built it,ill upload some pictures when i get a better camera.


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