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 Post subject: First PC first post! Help please!
PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2012 10:50 pm 
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Hi everybody, this is my first post and first computer so a thanks to any who read and reply! I got some extremely cheap parts at a sale so I was just rounding out my computer but I was wondering if people could look over my choices, see if anything could go wrong/ better things to put in or just generally be helpful. Thanks again!

Need to buy

i5 2500k cpu
either http://www.hookbag.ca/product/H3C06MUGL/
or
http://www.hookbag.ca/product/H3C06KSV6/

any advice between them? One is significantly cheaper but its 2550k vs 2500.
8gb ram. No idea, just googled.
http://www.corsair.c...3m2a1600c8.html
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA3 64MB Cache 3.5IN Internal Hard Drive
http://ncix.com/prod...te&promoid=1382
SSD
http://ncix.com/prod...gy&promoid=1019

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT SP1 DVD OEM
http://ncix.com/prod...cture=Microsoft

DVD Drive
http://ncix.com/prod...G%20Electronics

Already bought

Case
http://www.expertrev...ltake-armor-a30
Z68X-UD3H-B3
Gigabyte motherboard
http://www.gigabyte....spx?pid=3853#ov
HD Radeon 6870 GPU
http://www.tigerdire...9008&CatId=7005
Antec GP550 Plus Power supply
http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16817371016

Oh and


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 Post subject: Re: First PC first post! Help please!
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 7:00 pm 
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Welcome to the forums! I hope you have as much fun building computers as I do.

Couple things right off the bat:
First, the 2500 vs. 2550k. The 2500 is not unlocked, making overclocking difficult or impossible (the 'k' in the 2550k indicates it is unlocked and thus can be overclocked). Personally, I don't generally OC, so getting the 2500 is not a bad thing (especially if you don't want to OC either); HOWEVER, the 2550k is slightly faster (3.4 vs. 3.3) and it's only $17 more (in computer terms $17 is not "significant" difference as you imply in your comment). For me, I would go with the 2550k, but if you have budget constraints, you won't go wrong with the 2500.

Second, while we appreciate you hyperlinking your products, the links you provided don't work. Remember:
Everything starts with "[]" and ends "[/]" and you place "url=" for hyperlinking.
When you use the "url=" command, the hyperlink you use must be complete. For example, "url=www.maximumpc.com" You cannot abbreviate the address (which I think you did, because I see the "..." in your link). Also, whatever you put in the "[]" will not be displayed, so while it may look messy when your creating the link, it should look okay when you post it.
I'll use the wrong brackets ({})so I don't get a hyperlink, but here's what it should look like:
{url=www.maximumpc.com}Your Description HERE{/url}
Using this example, here's what it really looks like when you're done:
Your Description HERE
You can use the address as your description, but it isn't required; often, people use the name of the product.

So, right now, I can't tell what half the stuff your talking about is. Correct your links or post the products and I'm sure we'll be happy to help.


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