Building a New Computer

[Cut Chem!st]

You forgot the OS and thermal paste...

Aftermarket coolers come with there own paste which is usually pretty decent, of course buying it from Artic is better but it's not needed.

 

[eurocracy]

OP fail XD

 

[reflex99]

You forgot the OS and thermal paste...

Thermal paste come with the cooler.........

OS, +100$ not that big of a deal, He's getting it free anyways

 

[Ph?bus]

And this is common knowledge.
Unless specified, then the OS is NOT included in the build.

 

[NipeR]

even if it was for safety sake i would like to have a tube of thermal compound laying around, i always replace video card thermal compound and i use it on the CPUs over their generic compound.

 

[Ph?bus]

So get AC Silver 5. It's like what, $6? Big deal.

But also, the TIM that comes with the A70 is pro stuff, about as good if not better than AC Silver 5.

 

[reflex99]

So get AC Silver 5. It's like what, $6? Big deal.

But also, the TIM that comes with the A70 is pro stuff, about as good if not better than AC Silver 5.

AS5 is crap compared to OCZ Freeze/ MX-2


AS5 was good like 2 yrs ago. About the time it takes to cure

 

[SoldierX77]

Idk what you guys just said, but I'm going to be getting Win7 Ultimate

 

[pillar]

Idk what you guys just said, but I'm going to be getting Win7 Ultimate

only get win 7 ultimate is youre really obsessed w/ security. system admins & others like that get win 7 ultimate. i will admit that im starting to get into the field, but i currently use win 7 pro. if youre just upgrading or building for the gaming aspect, just get either pro or home premium.

 

[NixJedi]

only get win 7 ultimate is youre really obsessed w/ security. system admins & others like that get win 7 ultimate. i will admit that im starting to get into the field, but i currently use win 7 pro. if youre just upgrading or building for the gaming aspect, just get either pro or home premium.

Yeah, odds are, if you don't already know exactly what you need that's included the more expensive versions of Windows, you don't need more than Home Premium.