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01-30-2013, 09:52 AM | #1 |
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Most of the new CPU fans you buy these days have a layer of thermal paste already on the heatsink. But yeah, get thermal paste otherwise. That's a very important step....
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01-30-2013, 10:04 AM | #2 | |
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01-30-2013, 10:09 AM | #3 |
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Thank you guys for your help. I'll be back with more questions and updates as time passes.
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01-30-2013, 11:17 AM | #4 |
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What is the difference between building the machine I posted and buying this one from Dell?
Customizable XPS 8500 Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0+LE Integrated 7.1 with WAVE MAXXAudio 4 Dell Laser Mouse Dell KB213 Wired Multimedia Keyboard, US-English 16X CD/DVD burner AMD Radeon™ HD 7770 2GB GDDR5 2TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 6.0 Gb/s Memory 12GB Dual Channel DD. Windows 8, 64-bit, English 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3770 processor (up to 3.90 GHz) Price 949.00 |
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01-30-2013, 11:22 AM | #6 |
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Cheaper quality parts. Very little room for upgrading or adding additional components. Less fun...
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01-30-2013, 11:24 AM | #7 |
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Okay, thank you
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01-30-2013, 04:46 PM | #8 |
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I have the HAF 912 case and it was over $100 when I bought it in 2010.
Its a really great case. |
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01-30-2013, 11:25 PM | #10 |
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Just my kind of questions~
What you have is a good budget build, right now that I-5 2500k is still THE dominating budget CPU, especially with a nice big fat overclock. The rest looks ok, but definitely wont be top tier and will grow obsolete sooner than later. Please, please do not buy OEM. The OEM parts are trash, plain and simple. |
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01-31-2013, 11:20 AM | #15 |
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Here is another question, it was suggested that I get a SSD, is that for ALL of my apps or just a couple?
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