I was wondering if my build will work. I'm new to computer building and very excited to do so for my first time. I am building for gaming, if anything is missing or incorrect I would love suggestions.

Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-I

Video Card: PNY VCGGTX660XPB GeForce GTX 660 2GB

Motherboard: ASUS P8B75-V LGA 1155 Intel B75 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

HDD: Seagate Barracuda STBD2000101 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

SSD: ADATA Premier Pro SP900 ASP900S3-64GM-C 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637i53570

RAM: G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-1333C9D-16GAO

Aftermarket CPU Fan: COOLER MASTER Hyper N 520 RR-920-N520-GP 92mm Sleeve CPU Cooler

PSU: FSP Group AURUM GOLD 750W (AU-750M) ATX12V/EPS12V Modular Flat Cable, 80 PLUS GOLD

Optical Drive: ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
Well those are all the parts you would need to build the computer, if you get stuck building it let me know and i can provide you with some help if needed.

Thanks,A you sure that you're new to this?

Very nice set up.Thats a nice system build for a first time build. My first time ever computer build out of new parts was back in 2001. College professor gave us all the option for bonus points towards final exam of up to 25 points if you built your own computer. I asked if I could build one out of used parts, in which i would show him a box of guts and assemble it all to run and document the process etc. He said that was not allowed, it had to be brand new parts purchased or no credit at all.

So I tracked down the cheapest build I could perform for around $300 in early 2001. System specs were:

Celeron Socket 370 733Mhz from www.jdr.com $50
128MB PC-66 SDRAM from Staples $40
Motherboard was Socket 370 supporting up to 866Mhz PIII CPU unknown brand from www.jdr.com $80
13GB IDE HDD ( ebay ) $20
48x CD-Rom Staples $50
Minitower computer case (generic - no-name) from www.jdr.com $30
Keyboard & Mouse $30

*Operating System = FREE Linux Redhat 6.0 ( LOTS of Fun getting that to work with Integrated Video Driver )

Got my 25 points full bonus credit, then bought and installed Windows 98SE Upgrade onto the system since it wasn't useful with RedHat 6 for my needs, and I was ABLE to use my prior unused Windows 95 CD to install Windows 98 SE on it cheaper I think it was $80 vs $120.

But the hardware was definately the wrong choice for a gamer. Going cheap was a mistake, but I also couldn't really afford to spend the $300 to begin with or any more than that for that matter and so I only got about 1 year of use out of it before I found myself having to sell it for $150 and move on to a more powerful system with a Pentium 4 CPU. The Celeron was so weak that playing games like Unreal Tournament 99, Driver, and a few other titles were laggy, and when GTA Vice City came out and it did not meet the minimum system requirements of 800Mhz CPU and the integrated GPU also was lacking, I tried to install a GeForce 4 MX 440 PCI with 64MB video Ram thinking the game should run on 733Mhz even though 800Mhz is minimum, but it wouldnt run.

Then bought a open-box 2.00Ghz Pentium 4 HP Pavilion with Windows XP Home at Staples for 33% off and thought I got a heck of a deal until I got it home and found out that it didnt have a AGP slot like most other systems of the time. So I installed this GeForce 4 MX 440 PCI video card into 1 of the 3 available PCI slots and installed GeForce driver. And GTA Vice City once again would not run, just a cartwheel CD icon and then it would vanish. The video card was not powerful enough to play the game and the integrated Intel video with 64MB of shared memory in AGP bus also was too weak, so i had to sell this system at a $150 loss to get rid of it since Staples would not take it back as for the open-box computer was sold on clearance terms and I could only deal with HP with technical issues and the issue was that this tower was not designed to play games with any heavy graphics.

You should be all set though with your build, you are not building cheap and I am guessing you are a gamer and will get the most out of the system. A system like this will probably last you 5 years or so, with only having to replace the video card after 3 years with something newer for better frame rates etc depending on your gaming resource needs.

Glad your not going to make the same mistake that I made in going cheap! As for looking back at the money spent, it cost me more money not spending the money at the start. The others in college who took up this project were building sweet systems with the newest Pentium 4 1.7Ghz etc and sweet video cards and latest Windows XP OS etc. And I just built a wimpy Celeron 733Mhz for $300 running RedHat 6 At least I got a 117 score on final exam with the 25 extra points keeping it at a A+ vs 92
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