Case
What I require
-Sexy looks
-Good Cooling
-Goes well with a Blue and black theme
-Easy fan/case Cleaning
-Easy drive management.
What I have in my mind so far:
Coolermaster Haf X EATX - Love it, but I want a blue and black scheme for my tower, and the 230 x30 mm fan(unless someone can tell me where to find one), well I can't find another fan that fits that size. The look isn't the greatest, but other than that I love this case.
Antec Twelve Hundred 1200 V3 - This case is Awesome, but I have issues with the removal of the hard drive bays and cleaning the fan screens. Removing all those screws just looks like a pain. The look I think is sexy, but I am not sure if there is a place to put an optical drive lol and if that is the "case" then I have to cross it off right now.
Azza Hurrican 2000 - I have mix feelings about this case, I have no Idea how I feel about it design, but it has the blue look I require, plus the easy swapping Hard drive bays. I do like a better window on my case though.
Here is my question, Which do you think is best tower in your opinion? Or is there a different tower that I am missing all together? Any help here guys would be great, honestly I have researched so much about different cases I am tired of it, and I want to see what other people think.
Motherboard
What I am looking for:
-Design
-Reliability
-Features
I am having a hard time deciding which motherboard to get. I have two that really catch my eye
ASUS Maximus IV Extreme - Now I love this board. The look I am not to sure cause I am going with a black and blue theme for my rig. The board it self is amazing though. I have also and currently use an Asus mobo and I find them to be very reliable.
MSI Big BANG-MARSHAL - This is the other mobo I have been looking at, and god damn I love it, the look the features. The thing I take issue with, I am not sure if I need 8!!!!! pci slots I am going to be running sli but Having so many seems like major overkill for me. Plus I haven't owned MSI board since my first build which was ages ago and I don't know how reliable they are.
Question, which of these two do you prefer? Or again Am I missing something completely and I should be looking at another 1155 mobo
Graphics Card/GTX 580
Which is the best one! LOL I can't figure these damn things out. I read reviews I look at features and it just makes my head spin with all the different companies and different variations of the video cards.
I pretty sure I have nailed it down to the MSI Lightning.
Now the questions. What is your favorite 580, is a warranty the most important thing? like EVGAs life time warranty? Or is the clock speed? or how much Ram it has. @~@ just makes my head spin.
RAM
I have a budget about 150max I am willing to spend on RAM, I am looking for 8gigs but willing to go down to 6gigs and expand later.
What is the best RAM I can get? I was looking at the Cosair Dominator, but in all honesty I don't know anything about RAM or specs, so I am completely shooting in the dark, and just going by what little info and reviews for each product they have out there.
Thanks for any help.
What I require
-Sexy looks
-Good Cooling
-Goes well with a Blue and black theme
-Easy fan/case Cleaning
-Easy drive management.
What I have in my mind so far:
Coolermaster Haf X EATX - Love it, but I want a blue and black scheme for my tower, and the 230 x30 mm fan(unless someone can tell me where to find one), well I can't find another fan that fits that size. The look isn't the greatest, but other than that I love this case.
Antec Twelve Hundred 1200 V3 - This case is Awesome, but I have issues with the removal of the hard drive bays and cleaning the fan screens. Removing all those screws just looks like a pain. The look I think is sexy, but I am not sure if there is a place to put an optical drive lol and if that is the "case" then I have to cross it off right now.
Azza Hurrican 2000 - I have mix feelings about this case, I have no Idea how I feel about it design, but it has the blue look I require, plus the easy swapping Hard drive bays. I do like a better window on my case though.
Here is my question, Which do you think is best tower in your opinion? Or is there a different tower that I am missing all together? Any help here guys would be great, honestly I have researched so much about different cases I am tired of it, and I want to see what other people think.
Motherboard
What I am looking for:
-Design
-Reliability
-Features
I am having a hard time deciding which motherboard to get. I have two that really catch my eye
ASUS Maximus IV Extreme - Now I love this board. The look I am not to sure cause I am going with a black and blue theme for my rig. The board it self is amazing though. I have also and currently use an Asus mobo and I find them to be very reliable.
MSI Big BANG-MARSHAL - This is the other mobo I have been looking at, and god damn I love it, the look the features. The thing I take issue with, I am not sure if I need 8!!!!! pci slots I am going to be running sli but Having so many seems like major overkill for me. Plus I haven't owned MSI board since my first build which was ages ago and I don't know how reliable they are.
Question, which of these two do you prefer? Or again Am I missing something completely and I should be looking at another 1155 mobo
Graphics Card/GTX 580
Which is the best one! LOL I can't figure these damn things out. I read reviews I look at features and it just makes my head spin with all the different companies and different variations of the video cards.
I pretty sure I have nailed it down to the MSI Lightning.
Now the questions. What is your favorite 580, is a warranty the most important thing? like EVGAs life time warranty? Or is the clock speed? or how much Ram it has. @~@ just makes my head spin.
RAM
I have a budget about 150max I am willing to spend on RAM, I am looking for 8gigs but willing to go down to 6gigs and expand later.
What is the best RAM I can get? I was looking at the Cosair Dominator, but in all honesty I don't know anything about RAM or specs, so I am completely shooting in the dark, and just going by what little info and reviews for each product they have out there.
Thanks for any help.
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