Hey guys,
I just took the first step today at building my first ever Gaming Rig from scratch, it's the first time I do this and I am ecstatic. I've been wanting to do this very badly since I was in high school, watching other guys bring in their gaming rigs during LAN parties.
Anyway, this thread is dedicated to my step-by-step purchasing and building of this beast, I'm on a tight budget so I'll be buying parts as I go along and this should take anywhere between 1 - 2 years.
So the plan is to start with the new case I purchased today and move my crappy old $650 stock ACER parts into it, and watch as those parts get interchanged and transformed into a beastly machine.
Now you're probably itching to get the specs from that wonderful ACER so here's what I've got to start with as a baseline. (I may need to update since I'm not 100% sure on all the parts I currently have in this)
ACER stock Destop:
Case : Stock cheap ACER crap
Processor : AMD Phenom X1 Quad Core 2.2GHz
RAM : 4GB not sure what brand
Motherboard : not sure what brand/specs
Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 3650
Power Supply : 350W not sure what brand
Hard Drive : 750GB 5400RPM not sure what brand
Sound Card : none
Fans/Cooling : not sure what brand
Mouse : Logitech G700
Keyboard : stock cheap-o
Headset/Sound " SteelSeries Siberia V2 (virtual 71. surround sound)
Monitor : 19" LG
Outstanding specs aren't they? lol. I bet you now know why the upgrade is very welcome.
So this is the new PC build as it stands every time I get a new part and upgrade it.
New PC Build (As it currently stands, will be also putting in the date part was added)
Case : Corsair Obsidian 900D Full ATX Case (ordered)( http://www.corsair.com/900d )
Processor : AMD Phenom X1 Quad Core 2.2GHz
RAM : 4GB not sure what brand
Motherboard : not sure what brand/specs
Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 3650
Power Supply : 350W not sure what brand
Hard Drive : 750GB 5400RPM not sure what brand
Sound Card : none
Fans/Cooling : not sure what brand
Mouse : Logitech G700
Keyboard : stock cheap-o
Headset/Sound " SteelSeries Siberia V2 (virtual 71. surround sound)
Monitor : 19" LG
Finally, the reason I'm making this thread. I want to turn to the veteran PC builders in these forums if you have tips, found a sweet sale price (I'm in Canada so it will have to be based of CAD/USD), know of stuff I should know before building, warnings, etc. Let me know, please. I also welcome discussion on individual parts and games/benchmarks. I have a passion for this that I finally now get to fuel and I'm very, very happy to be doing this finally.
I'll be sending pictures if you guys want as the build gets nearer to completion, and I can snap a shot of my current ACER parts inside this massive case since I'm sure it'll be funny to see them look so tiny.
Now my build/buy order will probably look something like this :
1st : Case
2nd : PSU
3rd : Fans/cooling
4th : Motherboard + CPU + RAM
5th : Hard drives
6th : Video Card
7th : Peripherals (Monitor then Keyboard
(may have missed something, let me know)
I just took the first step today at building my first ever Gaming Rig from scratch, it's the first time I do this and I am ecstatic. I've been wanting to do this very badly since I was in high school, watching other guys bring in their gaming rigs during LAN parties.
Anyway, this thread is dedicated to my step-by-step purchasing and building of this beast, I'm on a tight budget so I'll be buying parts as I go along and this should take anywhere between 1 - 2 years.
So the plan is to start with the new case I purchased today and move my crappy old $650 stock ACER parts into it, and watch as those parts get interchanged and transformed into a beastly machine.
Now you're probably itching to get the specs from that wonderful ACER so here's what I've got to start with as a baseline. (I may need to update since I'm not 100% sure on all the parts I currently have in this)
ACER stock Destop:
Case : Stock cheap ACER crap
Processor : AMD Phenom X1 Quad Core 2.2GHz
RAM : 4GB not sure what brand
Motherboard : not sure what brand/specs
Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 3650
Power Supply : 350W not sure what brand
Hard Drive : 750GB 5400RPM not sure what brand
Sound Card : none
Fans/Cooling : not sure what brand
Mouse : Logitech G700
Keyboard : stock cheap-o
Headset/Sound " SteelSeries Siberia V2 (virtual 71. surround sound)
Monitor : 19" LG
Outstanding specs aren't they? lol. I bet you now know why the upgrade is very welcome.
So this is the new PC build as it stands every time I get a new part and upgrade it.
New PC Build (As it currently stands, will be also putting in the date part was added)
Case : Corsair Obsidian 900D Full ATX Case (ordered)( http://www.corsair.com/900d )
Processor : AMD Phenom X1 Quad Core 2.2GHz
RAM : 4GB not sure what brand
Motherboard : not sure what brand/specs
Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 3650
Power Supply : 350W not sure what brand
Hard Drive : 750GB 5400RPM not sure what brand
Sound Card : none
Fans/Cooling : not sure what brand
Mouse : Logitech G700
Keyboard : stock cheap-o
Headset/Sound " SteelSeries Siberia V2 (virtual 71. surround sound)
Monitor : 19" LG
Finally, the reason I'm making this thread. I want to turn to the veteran PC builders in these forums if you have tips, found a sweet sale price (I'm in Canada so it will have to be based of CAD/USD), know of stuff I should know before building, warnings, etc. Let me know, please. I also welcome discussion on individual parts and games/benchmarks. I have a passion for this that I finally now get to fuel and I'm very, very happy to be doing this finally.
I'll be sending pictures if you guys want as the build gets nearer to completion, and I can snap a shot of my current ACER parts inside this massive case since I'm sure it'll be funny to see them look so tiny.
Now my build/buy order will probably look something like this :
1st : Case
2nd : PSU
3rd : Fans/cooling
4th : Motherboard + CPU + RAM
5th : Hard drives
6th : Video Card
7th : Peripherals (Monitor then Keyboard
(may have missed something, let me know)