After advice and information from the many on the forum my purchase was made. Thanks to all for their help.
Fractal Design Define R5 case
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB Kit (8GBx2 memory
Intel Xeon Processor E3-1246v3B Intel? HD Graphics P4600 (8M Cache, 3.50 GHz)
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK...
Newegg has the Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 for $109.99 and a Arc Midi R2 Black Widow for $156.99. I can't find out the difference in these two cases. Does anyone know the differences?
I have probably looked at 50 cases on line, read reviews and comments of most all of them. The two cases I seem to keep going back to are the Fractal Design R5 and the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe. Even though the Phanteks is a full tower it does not seem as big as some full towers.
I am also not going...
II am also looking for a case. I like the Fractal Design Define R5 FD-CA-DEF-R5-TI-W white but can't find one.
Corsair's Carbide 500R is also a good one along with the Phanteks Enthoo Pro .
I wonder how the Corsair Carbide Air 540 would fit on a desk? Any one have anything to say about this...
I am going to load a fresh new copy of Windows 7 on a new 250gb SSD. Besides windows what other programs should I load on the SSD? Should I load all other programs on my 1tb Hard Drive?
I am not sure about a GPU at this time. I really do not need a Gaming unit. I currently have the old one in my current PC which may work. The one I am now using is a Saphire 1002296HDMI Radeon HD 4670 1gb 128bit DDR3 PCI Express.
My power supply is 5 years old but works just fine right now. Should I use it on a new build or by new? My current PS is a Cooler Master Silent Pro M600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W.
I now have a ASUS VH242H monitor. I haven't looked into new ones but there may be better monitors.
Thanks for all the excellent advice. It has been 5 years since I built my original PC. I used a Gigabyte MB in it and may use the Gigabyte in the new build but that is not 100%.
My current power...
You bring up a good point.
The E3-1231 is $256.99 from Amazon or Newegg. The I5-4690 is $238.99 from Amazon and $239.99 from Newegg.
I would then need a graphics card if using the E3-1231v3 from what I understand. Is the increase in performance enough to justify the Xeon? I do not think I will...
I plan on building a new PC using one of the 3 following motherboards:
MSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97 GAMING 5
ASUS Z97-A ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97-A
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK (Black Edition)
I will be using a Intel Core i5-4690K Processor, with 8gb ram.
My use of...
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