Building a computer. Need some help.

[ThePurpleBandit]

What optical drive are you going for? And you already have a Corsair 1200W PSU right?

You just put it all together, literally... make sure you route the cables nicely, use the grommets in the case to route the cables through. Would be such a shame to have a case as nice as the 800D and not bother with cable management.

ah, I completely forgot about the optical disk drive, anything you would recommend?

And I'll be sure to route the cables nicely

 

[spirit]

Just get a SATA DV-RW from Samsung, Lite-On or LG. 22x or faster is usually the speed they write at these days.

 

[ThePurpleBandit]

Alright. Anything else I need to know?

 

[spirit]

All looks good to me I say.

 

[ThePurpleBandit]

Hey Spirit, what do you think of the Gigabyte board: GA-z77-D3H instead of the other that you recommended.

 

[spirit]

It's a decent board, try to get a GA-Z77X-D3H though.

 

[ThePurpleBandit]

It's a decent board, try to get a GA-Z77X-D3H though.

You mean the other you recommended, instead of the D3H? typo?

Edit: Im stupid. Didn't see the X.

 

[ThePurpleBandit]

Or what about a MSI Z77A-GD80 Intel z77

 

[spirit]

Yeah Z77X-D3H is a good board for the price, it's the one below the UD3H.

The MSI looks pretty expensive, something like a Z77X-UD5H would be cheaper and just as good as that MSI.

 

[ThePurpleBandit]

What about an ASUS P8Z77-V Pro then?

 

[spirit]

That's also a good board, but I'd still take the Gigabyte UD5H as it is that tiny bit cheaper.

 

[ThePurpleBandit]

That's also a good board, but I'd still take the Gigabyte UD5H as it is that tiny bit cheaper.

What are your thoughts on a webcam? I need to get a new one of those aswell.

 

[spirit]

I don't really use webcams, but Microsoft apparently make some good ones - LifeCam HD I think it's called or something like that.