First time with DIY rigs. Help needed!

[elzacwhy]

Thanks to jian19 and royfrosty from pointing about the size of my case choice!
The sharkoon bd28 would probably be my choice as i prefer its aesthetics. However which shop sells it at $77? I dont see it listed on tradepac's pricelist..

CPU+MB: Intel Core i5-3350P + ASRock B75M-DGS @ $271
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB @ $92
GPU: PowerColor R9-280X 3GB @ $418
SSD: Crucial M500 240GB @ $155 (Amazon)
HDD: Western Digital Red 3TB @ $168
ODD: Samsung 24X CD/DVD Writer [OEM] @ $21
PSU: FSP Aurum S 500W [80 Plus Gold] @ $89
CASE: Deepcool Tesseract / Sharkoon MA-A1000 @ $59
DSP: Dell S2340L 23" LED [eIPS] @ $219
PHP: Cooler Master Devastator @ $69
WIFI: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 Plus Bluetooth @ $35 (eBay)
ETC: Mini PCI-E to PCI-E Wireless Card w/ 3 Antennas @ $12 (Amazon)

Total: $1608

Buy others from Tradepac, #05-18.

Its interesting you recommend the mini pci-e to pcie wireless card with antennas. does it work on its own? or do you have to get a wifi adapter and attach to it with the antennas helping to get better wifi signals?

And whats the reason for recommending a 3tb harddrive? and i noticed that the wd hdd are color coded. Noticed green,black,red and most frequent blue. Do the colors mean anything? like speed perhaps?

 

[Hailgod]

Thanks to jian19 and royfrosty from pointing about the size of my case choice!
The sharkoon bd28 would probably be my choice as i prefer its aesthetics. However which shop sells it at $77? I dont see it listed on tradepac's pricelist..




Its interesting you recommend the mini pci-e to pcie wireless card with antennas. does it work on its own? or do you have to get a wifi adapter and attach to it with the antennas helping to get better wifi signals?

And whats the reason for recommending a 3tb harddrive? and i noticed that the wd hdd are color coded. Noticed green,black,red and most frequent blue. Do the colors mean anything? like speed perhaps?

The antennas are for the m pcie wifi card wireless ac 7260 he recommended.
Blue is good enough for most consumers, green for bulk storage(slower than blue), red i think is for NAS and black is for power users (faster than blue but very expensive)

 

[a&w_rootbeerz]

The antennas are for the m pcie wifi card wireless ac 7260 he recommended.
Blue is good enough for most consumers, green for bulk storage(slower than blue), red i think is for NAS and black is for power users (faster than blue but very expensive)

This is a good info. Thanks.

 

[elzacwhy]

The antennas are for the m pcie wifi card wireless ac 7260 he recommended.
Blue is good enough for most consumers, green for bulk storage(slower than blue), red i think is for NAS and black is for power users (faster than blue but very expensive)

Thanks for the good info!

Another noob question here, for the crucial m500 240gb ssd, should I get the sata version or msata?

 

[Jian19]

Sata.....msata is those small and mount on motherboard de

 

[gaoxing84]

please dont buy anti-virus.

microsoft security essential is good enough.
it's free!

 

[elzacwhy]

just placed an order for the crucial ssd on amazon for $157. will get the rest of the items probably only when the ssd arrives. excited to get started with this diy project.. already watching diy guides on youtube

have read online that a single channel ram does not really have much difference from a dual channel ram. how true is this? also i was recommended the crucial 8gb ddr3 ram, any difference with this and partically, the gskill ripsaw 1600mhz 8gb and corsair vengance 1600 8gb ram?

 

[Jian19]

No diff..the crucial ram is value ram, the rest is just with heat spread design on them to look fancy