So im building my first gaming PC and have a few questions/concerns. After watching many Tek Syndicate videos, this is my build (budget pc).
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory: Mushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB DDR3-1866
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: HIS IceQ Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: NZXT HALE82 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer
Okay so my first and main question is this: Do I need to purchase more fans/ a cooling system than what comes with what I have bought? I do not plan on doing any overclocking yet so thats not a factor right now.
Question two: If I need to buy a cooling system(liquid ect..) will it it? I bought a mid tower case and am hoping that it wont be too small or anything.
Question three: I have an electrostatic discharge wrist strap, but I have been trying to figure out exactly what to attach it too. Many people seem to have differing opinions on what you can and cannot attach it to. Some people say to attach it to your case, other say dont do that if the case is painted. So which is correct? Also if the correct answer is to attach it to your case, then is that okay to do if I have my motherboard and cpu attachted/installed to the case and am working on other things? (I do not have to manuel for the wrist strap because it was givin to me).
Fans: (Good Case choice by the way) I would at the very least get another fan for the side panel to blow on your GPU and an inlet fan for the front.
CPU Cooler: The CM 212 EVO fits perfect in that case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099 However, make sure you install your case fans before installing that cooler.
Static: I may make some people here kringe but, I did my last couple builds on the kitchen table, standing barefoot and just made sure to touch the case with my hand every now and then, specially before grabbing any components. I've used the grounding staps (bracelts) on the job only because I had to. We also had those grounding straps we had to stick in our shoes... pain in the ass.
You might need a 120mm fan for the front of the case (intake)
You would only really need a water cooling system if you were going to do some heavy overclocking, i cannot honestly say if that case is big enough for it.
Grounding yourself is easy, forget the wrist strap. I just use the PSU, install the PSU first and screw it in, plug in the power lead to the PSU and the socket but DO NOT TURN IT ON, then to ground yourself just touch the outside of the case/PSU. Aslong as you install the mother board properly it wont take any conduction through the case.
by law an earth connection has to be constant and not interupted (no switched earths), when you plug in the PSU you effectively connect the tower to the earth wire of your home. (in the UK atleast)
Also that memory you have selected is too fast , 1333 is the FSB of the CPU so you would want 1600MHZ max (would require an overclock) or 1333MHZ if you didnt want to OC.
About the memory, is there any damaging/negative effect when using memory faster than my CPU's FBS? Or is it just that Im paying for something that I cannot utilize to its full potential?
Update* I just double checked NewEgg and it says that my CPU's Hyper Transports(FSB) is 4000MHz, So I should be fine right?
Well with that CPU it runs at a clock 1333MHz which means anything higher than that will be an overclock. For stable over clocks its usually better to have the RAM communicating at the same speed as the CPU.
now you can clock a 965 to 1600MHz meaning you can use 1600MHz RAM with it and it should be pretty stable, getting a 965 to 1866MHZ and keeping it stable and cool is highly unlikely, so its more of a waste of money than anything else.
Hyper Transport is just the method/speed in which the CPU communicates with other chips on the motherboard.
this shows what memory speeds the board can handle http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/960GMU3S3%20FX/?cat=Specifications
woah woah woah slow down compadre, whats your budget, I bet I can make it better, THEN we worry about the fans, logans builds are GUILDS not one size fits all
Oh okay I see, I appreciate the info. Also I have another question for you that I forgot to ask, What is a good tempurature monitoring program? And also is there somewhere I can look to see what safe/acceptable temps are for many components?
well all that stuff you got will just bolt together and will work, the whole overclocking thing is optional you can do it if you want to or you can just leave it as it is (you have the overhead to OC later if you wanted too), It doesnt cause any damage to run things slightly slower than they are rated for anyhow.
just google search for hardware monitors (temps) etc CPUz is good for looking at voltages.
cool cool, so your saying my memory will just run at a lower speed, unless I tell my CPU to run it at 1866? It wont just atomatically try to overclock it off the bat?
Right, when building these days it is more or less plug and play to get up and running, in most cases anyhow. It just takes some extra finess or sometimes a hammer to make it run exactly the way you want it to. :)
correct, it will just run at normal speeds when you put it together, you will have to go into bios and mess with the multiplyers if you want to overclock.