Improvements/opinions of new build

I'd say the Strom Scout is probably going to be the best bet if you want a cheap case with a black interior. It's only a few bucks more than the HAF 912 IIRC and it has a black interior.
 
actually the corsair 300r is only 5 more than the haf 912, still looks great, has a black interior, and pretty sure it has better cable management too. and it's on sale for 10 off, storm scout it normally 15 more but is also 10 off so 5 more, i think i'd take the corsair though.
 
Don't cheap out on the case. I'm half way through a build and I made the mistake of buying a case with no cable management. I'm still going to use it, I might end up hiding cables behind the Harddrive cage. The weird thing about the case (CM 430 Elite), is that it has no cable management but it has a window...

Anyway, the point is, buy a decent case with decent cable management.
 
jonnyp11 said:
actually the corsair 300r is only 5 more than the haf 912, still looks great, has a black interior, and pretty sure it has better cable management too. and it's on sale for 10 off, storm scout it normally 15 more but is also 10 off so 5 more, i think i'd take the corsair though.
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Ah yes, the 300R. Excellent case. I'd agree with Jonny and say get the 300R. :)
 
I don't really care about the looks, I don't think it looks that bad anyway.
I'm gonna go buy parts now, wish me luck guys
 
pepper58 said:
I don't really care about the looks, I don't think it looks that bad anyway.
I'm gonna go buy parts now, wish me luck guys
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Well it's also good to keep things tidy inside your case to allow airflow.

Also. Once your parts arrive be careful about static electricity. Static electricity can destroy your computer parts!

Good Luck! :D
 
As long as you don't attract electricity to you, you'll be fine. I've built on carpet without any troubles if that re-assures you.
 
pepper58 said:
Okay, everything's here in one big box. Can't wait to build it. What's this about static electricity?
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Well if you touch your parts with Static Electricity running through you, you can kill your parts.

But don't be scared, there are easy solutions for this:

Buy an ant-static wrist wrap - It conncects to your wrist and another metal object.

Touch a metal object (like the exposed metal of your computer case) every so often while building. It will get rid of static electricity.
 
Okay sounds good. I'm a little nervous and excited to build it. The thing I find that looks most complicated is installing windows on the SSD and using the HDD for storage.
 
Also after purchase, I'm not so sure my motherboard (ASUS P8Z77-V-LX) and my RAM (G.Skill Ares F3-1600C9D-8GAO) are compatible. I can take it back if need be. Can anybody confirm if they are compatible?
 
they are, did you flip them the other way around, look at the ram slot and ram itself and there is a small notch that has to be lined up
 
Okay good, they are compatible. I was confused because the motherboard was not listed under the compatibility list, the P8Z77-V PRO, DELUXE and PREMIUM were listed, but not the LX. It should be fine.
 
all ram is compatible with all motherboards as long as it is ddr3 and ddr3 or 2 and 2 or 1 and 1, never got why they put that, there is some special ram for servers that might not work right but still.
 
pepper58 said:
Okay sounds good. I'm a little nervous and excited to build it. The thing I find that looks most complicated is installing windows on the SSD and using the HDD for storage.
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Take a look at this thread:

http://www.computerforum.com/192436-setup-manage-ssd.html

What you want to do is be careful where to install things. If you install a program that you don't use often or loads up fast anyways, I'd stick it on the HDD. And on your internet browser, change the download location to a folder in your HDD. I just made a folder called "Downloads" and redirected everything there. It'd be easy to keep downloading things to your default downloads folder (on your SSD) and have it pile up and waste space.
 
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