Building Help.

[CelticWarlord]

After a while of loooking around for PC im deciding to build my own, but im stuck in which to buy. I have no idea about the

Motherboard
Case
Power supply
Sound Card
and how many fans i need?

Ive already chosen this and i need to know whats compatible

Intel sandybride i5-2500k unclocked core I5 qaud core...3.3ghz, 6mb cache, Socket 1155
Palit Sonic nvidia gtx 460 geforce 1gb
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 SDRAM Memory
by Corsair
Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB internal Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache 7200RPM – OEM
by Samsung

Any help?

[Crazyeyesreaper]

Gigabyte P67 UD3, its cheap and allows overclocking not suited for SLI but for a single GPU system it gets the job done
theres also the Asus P8P67 LE which is another good budget motherboard and id recommend it for a single GPU sysmte

for a multi gpu system

cheap multi gpu setup

Asrock P67 Extreme 4

for high end multi gpu

Asus P8P67 PRO

Sound card unless you have exceptional speakers or a $100 headset you dont need a sound card its a wasted investment, and the big selling point for sound cards years ago was EAX from Creative which as of vista / windows 7 is not dead and not used in games so rather worthless from that perspective as well.

Power supply

Id recommend Minimum

Corsair 500cx for a single gpu system

for GTX 460 SLI

Corsair 650 TX or 650HX if you prefer modular cabling


as for the CASE on the cheap, Xigmatek ASGARD II, its around $29 usd or $25 euro before taxes etc.

mid range cases

Coolermaster 690 II
Coolermaster HAF 912

theres others im to lazy to look them up right now.

fans depends on what you settle on for a case and if you get aftermarket cooling or not, it also depends on what sound lvls are tolerable to you some ppl want completely silent fans others dont care if there loud etc.

[The Black Reaper]

If you want a cheap but great quality mobo go with the Asrock P67 Extreme4 or Extreme6. Extreme 6 has more transistors allowing you to lower the amount of voltage needed to hold a certain overclock of the sandy bridge processors. In the past few years Asrock has been on of the crappiest manufacturers of motherboards. However with their last line of intel boards they increased the quality of their builds by tenfold. Their P67 boards are great as well. My new build is gonna include an Asrock P67 extreme6 motherboard.

[Crazyeyesreaper]

Asrock is actually better then ppl think there extreme low end boards can be problematic, but it should be mentioned Asrock is essentially a subisidiary of ASUS, the same multi national company that owns Asus owns Asrock, that said ive had many stable Asrock boards just there extreme low end is a bit flaky, for really low end bare bones boards Biostar tends to be my favorite overall.

[The Black Reaper]

From what i've seen the Asrock P67 Extreme4 and Extreme6 boards are on par with the Asus P8P67 boards.. while cheaper components are used, like the entron chip in the Asrock, they are still great stable boards and are great overclocking boards as well. Their boards now aren't as finicky as they were a few years ago. Really impressed that they're building high quality boards that are affordable. Especially the P67 extreme6 which is competing with the Asus P8P67 deluxe.

[Crazyeyesreaper]

thats what i mean there decent mid range priced boards read $120-160 usd are solid choices

its the sub $80 range and extremely low priced boards $45-55 that Asrock tends to come unglued a bit,

for under $80 i tend to grab Biostar, unless something better is on sale of course