Building first gaming computer, need some tips/help about hardware

speedx77x said:
If your in Lithuania can you shop from amazon?I found some good deals from there.
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Yes I can, but shipment costs even more

spirit said:
It supports DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz

From their website: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3907#sp
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I'm kinda scared to buy it as I see pretty much 90% people has that problem

Edit: Here maybe this one ? GA-990XA-UD3, http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3901#ov
 
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eimatam said:
I'm kinda scared to buy it as I see pretty much 90% people has that problem

Edit: Here maybe this one ? GA-990XA-UD3, http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3901#ov
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Well the 990XA-UD3 board has a higher-end chipset than the 970A-UD3 of course.

Either should work with 1600MHz and faster RAM. Should go up to 2000 going by Gigabyte's website.

The problem could have been some earlier boards may have been shipping with buggy BIOSes which were causing the problems. I dunno.
 
Thanks for everyone that answered !!! Especially for spirit, helping me with all the questions, here's my +- final build, but if you would see a problem please say it here (or just say that everything is ok) :)

PSU: be quiet! POWER ZONE 650W 80PLUS Bronze
Case: Corsair Carbide 330R Quiet, Midi tower, 2xUSB3
Processor: AMD FX-8320
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3, 990X, DualDDR3-1866, 6xSATA3, IEEE, ATX
Graphics card: ASUS GTX770-DC2OC-2GD5, GeForce GTX 770, 2GB DDR5 (256 Bit), HDMI, DP, BOX
RAM: DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz CL9 1.5V
HDD: HDD SATA 2TB 7200RPM 6GB/S/64MB A7K4000 0F14690 HGST
DVD Drive: ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U LITE, Black / 8x DVD, 24x CD / 1 MB / USB2.0

So waiting for your answers :)

P.S I can't afford it now, but I will later on.. :P
 
Looks like a good build to me. :good:

Just one question: what brand is the hard drive you're looking at?
 
spirit said:
Looks like a good build to me. :good:

Just one question: what brand is the hard drive you're looking at?
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As I understand it's western digital company (Ultrastar 7K4000)(http://www.hgst.com/hard-drives/enterprise-hard-drives/enterprise-sata-drives/ultrastar-7k4000)

P.S ok.. So much possibilities in so small amount of time... now.. Maybe this PSU would be even more silent, but powerful enough ? (PSU Corsair TX650 V2 650W ATX, 80 PLUS Bronze, Enthusiast Series) (http://www.skytech.lt/cp9020039eu-p...st-series-14cm-ventil-p-133071.html#tabsnav-5)
 
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You don't need to buy an enterprise-level hard drive. Seagate make some really good 7200 RPM 2TB disks which will probably be cheaper than the enterprise-level WD.

And the TX 650 V2 is a good PSU, yes.
 
Yes, that's a good disk.

All the cables you need will come with your power supply and your motherboard will come with a few SATA cables which you can use to connect the disks and optical drive to the motherboard.
 
Ok since my response went ignored, ill say it once more, and then leave it ;).

You want a quiet computer that is good for gaming, that has no requirement for more than 4 cores 8 threads, yet you are getting arguably one of the worse CPUs (compared at least to modern CPUs) for gaming that generates epic heat (and requires epic cooling) with a mechanical HDD that will be noisy? This doesn't make sense.

As I said before, get a cheaper intel based CPU which will generate less heat and require less cooling and noise, compatible motherboard, and a cheaper 500W PSU (quality) and spend the extra money saved on a SSD.

This will have much much better gaming performance whilst pulling less power, and generating less heat and producing less noise.

I really don't get advice in this thread guys. If you were asked for a quiet powerful gaming machine the 8350 would be on the bottom of the list for contemporary CPUs. And no its not fan-boi, its just physics.
 
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I really didn't ignored your post, but I don't want to buy SSD I would need to pay 3x cost here in Lithuania, but I want to ask:
1. what's about HDD noise ? What HDD could you offer then ?
2. Will this CPU make a lot of noise, if I will buy and install fans that are silent ?
3. What motherboard would you offer ?
4. I don't really want to take only 500W PSU
5. Btw I'm getting FX-8320 not FX-8350 (well at least I was thinking that way till you came here :P)

I really appreciate your comment, no I'm waiting your offers at those stages, really big thanks for helping too

P.S Why I don't save money ? I really want to build computer from parts that I wouldn't need to change after some months :)
 
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For the money, the build you've got is great. Hard drives aren't that loud and so long as you have a quiet CPU cooler on that 8320, you should be fine. I know the stock AMD coolers are loud, but replace it with something quieter and it'll be fine.

Seriously, don't worry.
 
Could you offer CPU cooler ? And maybe tutorial how to replace it ?

As well with HDD I don't want it to be louder than 15db and 1TB would be enough for me
 
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I'm not really an expert on CPU cooling but if you want it to be as cool as possible then you'll want water cooling or a very good air cooler. Take a look at the Corsair H50, it's not that expensive and is a water cooling kit. It should come with instructions on how to install it.
 
eimatam said:
I really didn't ignored your post, but I don't want to buy SSD I would need to pay 3x cost here in Lithuania, but I want to ask:
1. what's about HDD noise ? What HDD could you offer then ?
2. Will this CPU make a lot of noise, if I will buy and install fans that are silent ?
3. What motherboard would you offer ?
4. I don't really want to take only 500W PSU
5. Btw I'm getting FX-8320 not FX-8350 (well at least I was thinking that way till you came here :P)

I really appreciate your comment, no I'm waiting your offers at those stages, really big thanks for helping too

P.S Why I don't save money ? I really want to build computer from parts that I wouldn't need to change after some months :)
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Hi mate

1. HDD do make noise. That's one of the reasons an SSD is better
2. Try this and this (CPU and mobo) - total $275
3. Forget wattage it is about amperage and this PSU has plenty (500W Corsair with 38A on the 12V rail = loads)
4. Get the 3450K, it absolutely smashes the AMD chips (all of them). And you don't have to mess around with aftermarket coolers as this chip runs cool

This will be about the same price, faster and much better in games.
 
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