Building Meh PC

[Shocklink]

Hay guys, I just wanted to post my "Soon to be" PC i am building from scratch. Hopefully it will be up and running no later then January. I WILL overclock so no worries...
I was curious and wanted to see what the community has to say about it. If you would like to recommend me something or find a conflict with what I got I would REALLY appreciate it. On a side note, plz don't just randomly spurt out a completely different set up... Again, thanks.

Computer Case

CPU

Motherboard

Ram (X1)

PSU

Video Card

DVD Drive (Just for OS)

HD

Thermal Grease

If you have an experience like "Company X is super bad cause this and that happened" or even a good experience, plz tell me. Also, I want TOP NOTCH quality brands so if you know or personally experienced any excellent brands, plz, fill me in :)

Update: Theres a change in RAM amount and Video Card...

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[steve5451]

Sounds like a pretty decent gaming computer, but I don't think you need quite that much RAM. I think 4 GB would be enough. c:
First Post! :D!

[devildogelite]

You don't need any thermal paste and if you plan on gaming I would go for a amd quad core which is much much cheaper

EDIT: Also I wouldn't use an intel motherboard because they're more expensive than a msi or gigabyte.

[Reactor Worker]

Don't get 16GB of RAM. That's just foolish.

[Jorici]

Don't get 16GB of RAM. That's just foolish.

Yeah, Windows only utilizes 3 I think. Go for 4 GB of RAM.

[dkamm65]

Yeah, Windows only utilizes 3 I think. Go for 4 GB of RAM.

32 bit operating systems only utilize 3GB of RAM. 64 bit utilizes up to 128GB, which is way more than you could ever hope to need.

[MackTheHunter]

32 bit operating systems only utilize 3GB of RAM. 64 bit utilizes up to 128GB, which is way more than you could ever hope to need.

This. I mean, really, if you want to run 200 programs at once, you're gonna need one o' them 12-cores they put in the new Mac towers as well as the RAM.

Oh, also, the video card looks like it kinda sucks

[Cyanian]

Don't get the 450. At that price it'd be much better to go with the GTX 460 768 MB.


They're all from 140-165 and are much better in terms of performance.

[HaloHalo]

You're overpaying for RAM. Go to Newegg and get the G-Skill Rip-Jaws 8GB memory (4GBx2).

[Sirrus]

You don't need any thermal paste and if you plan on gaming

What.

Thermal paste is a compound that allows better heat transfer between the cooler and the CPU, and he doesn't need it because it generally comes pre-applied to the underside of the cooler, not because it's superfluous to the needs of a gaming PC.

Also, my suggestion would be to drop back to an AMD Phenom II X4 955 and use the $120 you'll be saving on a new video card.

[Shocklink]

@ Ram Issue: Im going all out with Ram, Honostly, I thought the same and I was only going to buy just 2x4Gb but I want to fill the slots up as much as possible and no you idiots im not getting a 32 bit OS, im getting Windows 7 ultima 64 bit. No way I was gona buy 16 GB of ram and only use 4 of it... Now THAT would be foolish...

@CPU : Is AMD better? I heard Intel is FAR more superior.

@Video Card : Well I was looking for a 1Gb or larger video card, I would even use SLI if I had another full running PCIx16 slot but I thought having alot of Video cards would be just plain "Excessive"

@ Thermal Paste : Are you stupid? I just said I WILL be over clocking, stock thermal paste will not be enough for the CPU, plus, wuts better, paying between 10-20 bucks or paying another 250 for replacing a burned CPU...

Edit: How is this saving me money? You only saved me around $40...

original CPU

AMD CPU

Thanks for the input btw guys... Keep it comming :D

[Headcrab Zombie]

@ Ram Issue: Im going all out with Ram, Honostly, I thought the same and I was only going to buy just 2x4Gb but I want to fill the slots up as much as possible and no

The only thing your going to accomplish with that is wasting your money. I have 4gb, and I've never had problems. 16gb isn't even close to being necessary unless your doing things like rendering huge video files or simulations, or maybe a server machine, hosting several different servers at the same time. It's just a waste of money for you, spend it on something useful, like a better/another video card.

[Otis Da HousKat]

Really, spend the $200 not spent on useless RAM on a better video card.

[Shocklink]

Alrighty, Any recommendations then?

[Headcrab Zombie]

Either a 480 or two 460s.
Or there's the new 500 series
Not sure which would be best so someone else help out there