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need help with pc build

adicc
Level 7
ok so this is my first build and im looking for some info on what hardware i should use also with all the new stuff coming out and im going to be overclocking and water cooling too. i have two case's picked out haven't made my mind out on them yet its either MAGNUM M8 or MAGNUM MH10

this is what i had picked out first till the z97 boards came out so im not sure if i should wait for some thing that is on its way. also don't know any thing about setting up hard drive raid or boot drives either
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Op9B
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kkn
Level 14
maximus 6 extreeme = old and LGA1150 socket witch is Z87.
and new gen is Z97.
if you want to OC get a K model CPU.
memory??

Is there any special purpose you're setting up raid drives? If you don't know what Raid is you should refer to wiki on a better explination, as it can get very long. But in very simple terms, for the average user who doesn't require the benefits that raid setups offer, I wouldn't even bother UNLESS you expect to copy and view LARGE amounts of data at any given time and would like a means of redudancy to prevent data loss (still backing up the old fashion way on an external drive makes more sense for average users.)

So what you got on your picklist, the SSD would act as a "boot drive", which would be done by selecting to install your windows operating system onto that, and any other hard drive you add on later would just be extra storage, and should show up in your computer as different drive letters. ie "C:\" would be your SSD drive as the bootup drive by default, and "D:\" may end up being your DVD drive.

As for what kkn said about if you want to overclock, you could get a CPU with the abbreviation of K after it, but just be careful overclocking first time, and research + ask for help. Something you should take note on is, with the motherboard you plan on using is built with the previous generation chipset "Z87", so using newer CPU cores released this month and the upcoming months will require a BIOS update, if manufactures provide them, to possibly read your new CPU properly. Given it's your first build, I don't know how experienced you'd be with bios updates, so go do some more research if you still want that route, otherwise use a Z97 chipset Mobo to avoid any unwanted learning curves or use non-refresh haswell chips, anything prior release of this month of may.

adicc
Level 7
yea i dont need raid then . so dont get haswell refreshed?

adicc wrote:
yea i dont need raid then . so dont get haswell refreshed?


I would hang on a couple weeks and see what info comes out of Computex.