Putting together my new computer?

[Ogloo]

So bassically I bought all the parts to a computer, and now I am ready to put it together. I would be able to get it all together (probably), but I am on a trip right now, so i havnt had a chance to even open the box of parts as it came today. So when I get back I would love to put it all together and get going.

So is there anything I need to know about putting a whole computer together from start to finish? And when all ready, what should i have my Main FPS, and bkfps, and my 3 slave fps/bkfps (4 boxing total)

So hear a the specs to my new computer.

Guardian case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811146050
Nvidia GTX 285 video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150367
Intel 920 CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115202
Coolmaster V8 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103055
Stable power 1000w http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817189016
ASUS P6T LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131359
XP 64 bit prof.
CORSAIR XMS3 12GB (6 x 2GB) 240-Pin http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145233

[Ogloo]

o its my first time building a computer

[Owltoid]

If you're buying the OS new, then I'd consider getting Vista 64 for now since it comes with a free Windows 7 upgrade (which is hopefully better than XP).

If you can wait a few weeks, then you should compare the price between what you're paying and what you could get at www.buyxg.com. I have a very similar system to yours for $1,654 including assembly, shipping, and extras that you don't have listed (such as hard drives including a small SSD, wireless keyboard & mouse, etc).

[Twyman]

Looks like you have some good picks there. I just build 3 computers. Here is the Thread on it:

Building a 5 Box CPU Question

Are you planning on only useing 1 video card? If so, that power supply is a over kill, so is the mother board. Also, i would look into getting the SDRAM DDR3 2000 not the 1333.

What are you going to use as your hard drives? I recomend getting at least 2 drives and also recomend them being SSDs and run them in raid 0. Then getting 1 massive storage hard drive for things that do not require performance. Like pics, videos .. stuff

As for the OS... i would recomend just using the Windows 7 (make sure you get 64 bit) beta.. plus its free untill march ish of 2010. And it way better then Vista... :-)

well i hope it this helps. Its seems like you are already going in the right direction..


Oh ya the FPS question... ummm well you have to answer the question about if you are using 1 video card or not. Are you useing more then one monitor? Also, the norm is Slave 10-15, Main 35-55 but you already knew that. You would just have to play with the settings until you get the look you want.

[Owltoid]

Why would SSDs need to be in raid 0?

[alcattle]

Why would SSDs need to be in raid 0?

so the hard drives can write out the data before he asks for it? Speed has a price

[heyaz]

More RAM and an SSD for sure... if you don't want to spend more, cut the power supply and motherboard down since you're only using one video card

[Ogloo]

So how important is it for me to upgrade to ddr3 1600 or 2k? Or is 12gig of 1300 gunna kick butt already? And if i have a old hard drive I Am using what profomance am I losing?

[zanthor]

So how important is it for me to upgrade to ddr3 1600 or 2k? Or is 12gig of 1300 gunna kick butt already? And if i have a old hard drive I Am using what profomance am I losing?

I can't imagine this has changed since the last time I read a comprehensive review on memory speeds, but what I got back a year or two ago was that the performance gained by dumping boatloads of cash on uber high end memory gains you 1-2% performance. It is ONLY a reasonable investment if you plan on overclocking the shit out of your system.

[Bovidae]

I hope your old hard drive is a Raptor, because anything less would be uncivilized (in that machine)

Physically assembling a computer is no more difficult than Legos imho. Just make sure your grounded.

As for hardware selection, like these guys have said, that mobo/psu are overkill, unless you plan on getting more video cards, then tri-sli 285's would not be overkill [sic]
Faster RAM? Not really a necessity, unless your benching it for competitive purposes, but for RL use, you made a good choice.
Get a SSD. Put your wow/data folder on it, symlink it and call it a day.

Since you sound like your canabalizing an old machine, I assume you have dvd drives, mouse, keyboard, etc. Have fun when you get home