Personalize wrote Hey guys,I'm building my first ever PC from scratch and I just want to know a few things before I order the parts.

Here are the parts:

Novatech Vulcan Midi Case V2
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Coolermaster SickleFlow Blue Case Fan - 120mm
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MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) Motherboard
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3rd Generation Intel Core i5 3450 3.10GHz Socket LGA1155 - Retail.
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Novatech 6 Channel CMI Audio PCI Sound Card
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Novatech 550W ATX Power Supply for AMD and Intel Motherboards 20Pin + 4Pin
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SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon HD 6670 2048MB GDDR3
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OCZ Agility 3 SATA III 2.5" 60GB Solid State Hard Drive &
Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB 16MB Cache Hard Drive SATA 6Gb/s <8.9ms 7200rpm - OEM

Novatech 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Kit
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Total:
494 ($770) I am hoping to cut that price down a little though :/

It would be great if some one could give the parts the once over and say if every thing is compatible and if there are any problems like "bottle necks" with that set up.

I would also like to know about the fans, with that MOBO would their be enough ports to plug the fans in so I am able to control their speed unlike the using the PSU.

Thanks in advance for the help and will rep good answers

Well, you wont need a sound card as this mobo has one built in, just as any other recent one.

That PSU is a little under powered I would go for at least a 700w PSU.

You are going to want to have 1 ssd and 1 menchiacl drive and you will need to upgrade that psu a little I would suggest a 650w

wowmanshark wrote

Personalize wrote

Well, you wont need a sound card as this mobo has one built in, just as any other recent one.

That PSU is a little under powered I would go for at least a 700w PSU.

Ok thanks, will remove the sound card and maybe up the PSU. +rep

Devil_Dog_Gaming wrote You are going to want to have 1 ssd and 1 menchiacl drive and you will need to upgrade that psu a little I would suggest a 650w

Yes, the SSD for the boot partition and mechanical for files but I was thinking of not having a SSD because they are so costley.. I believe you can configure it to be used like that quite easily.

Personalize wrote

wowmanshark wrote

Personalize wrote

Well, you wont need a sound card as this mobo has one built in, just as any other recent one.

That PSU is a little under powered I would go for at least a 700w PSU.

Ok thanks, will remove the sound card and maybe up the PSU. +rep

Devil_Dog_Gaming wrote You are going to want to have 1 ssd and 1 menchiacl drive and you will need to upgrade that psu a little I would suggest a 650w

Yes, the SSD for the boot partition and mechanical for files but I was thinking of not having a SSD because they are so costley.. I believe you can configure it to be used like that quite easily.

If you're referring to using TWO HDD's in RAID 0, it cannot match the speed of an SSD, but it is fast.

cheeze wrote

Personalize wrote

wowmanshark wrote

Personalize wrote

Well, you wont need a sound card as this mobo has one built in, just as any other recent one.

That PSU is a little under powered I would go for at least a 700w PSU.

Ok thanks, will remove the sound card and maybe up the PSU. +rep

Devil_Dog_Gaming wrote You are going to want to have 1 ssd and 1 menchiacl drive and you will need to upgrade that psu a little I would suggest a 650w

Yes, the SSD for the boot partition and mechanical for files but I was thinking of not having a SSD because they are so costley.. I believe you can configure it to be used like that quite easily.

If you're referring to using TWO HDD's in RAID 0, it cannot match the speed of an SSD, but it is fast.

I am meaning 2 separate drives. The SSD to house all of Windows, System 32 ect.... and the HDD for the "User" files like documents, music.I was only thinking of this because the SSD will allow windows to boot fast [due to the fast read/write speeds] but I need that HDD for files because just using SSD is far too expensive.

Thanks for the response and I'm not to sure about the "raid 0" thing you said. Hopes the above clears things up .

Personalize wrote

cheeze wrote

Personalize wrote

wowmanshark wrote

Personalize wrote

Well, you wont need a sound card as this mobo has one built in, just as any other recent one.

That PSU is a little under powered I would go for at least a 700w PSU.

Ok thanks, will remove the sound card and maybe up the PSU. +rep

Devil_Dog_Gaming wrote You are going to want to have 1 ssd and 1 menchiacl drive and you will need to upgrade that psu a little I would suggest a 650w

Yes, the SSD for the boot partition and mechanical for files but I was thinking of not having a SSD because they are so costley.. I believe you can configure it to be used like that quite easily.

If you're referring to using TWO HDD's in RAID 0, it cannot match the speed of an SSD, but it is fast.

I am meaning 2 separate drives. The SSD to house all of Windows, System 32 ect.... and the HDD for the "User" files like documents, music.I was only thinking of this because the SSD will allow windows to boot fast [due to the fast read/write speeds] but I need that HDD for files because just using SSD is far too expensive.

Thanks for the response and I'm not to sure about the "raid 0" thing you said. Hopes the above clears things up .

RAID 0 is only used with two HDD's, you however, are using an SSD and a HDD, so you'll be fine as you are, (correctly might I add) using your SSD for the operating system. however, I do recommend putting the programs you will use ALOT on the SSD also, as it doesn't only speed up boot times, but programs also. Anything else you're unsure about? I'll help to the best of my ability.

cheeze wrote RAID 0 is only used with two HDD's, you however, are using an SSD and a HDD, so you'll be fine as you are, (correctly might I add) using your SSD for the operating system. however, I do recommend putting the programs you will use ALOT on the SSD also, as it doesn't only speed up boot times, but programs also. Anything else you're unsure about? I'll help to the best of my ability.

Thanks a lot for you help [+Rep btw) but I just have one more thing. The case I am buying has 2 built in fans and I will be buying an extra 2 case fans [excluding the cpu/gpu/psu fans].How many of the fans speed [assuming their not fixed speed] will I be able to control because I know you have to plug them into the MOB to do that and I don't know how to find that out.

Thanks again.

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cheeze wrote RAID 0 is only used with two HDD's, you however, are using an SSD and a HDD, so you'll be fine as you are, (correctly might I add) using your SSD for the operating system. however, I do recommend putting the programs you will use ALOT on the SSD also, as it doesn't only speed up boot times, but programs also. Anything else you're unsure about? I'll help to the best of my ability.

Thanks a lot for you help [+Rep btw) but I just have one more thing. The case I am buying has 2 built in fans and I will be buying an extra 2 case fans [excluding the cpu/gpu/psu fans].How many of the fans speed [assuming their not fixed speed] will I be able to control because I know you have to plug them into the MOB to do that and I don't know how to find that out.Firstly, thank you very much for the rep kind sir. Secondly, I struggled to comprehend what you meant but I'm pretty sure you were asking about how/if you could control the fans speed(?) and how to connect them to your individual motherboard. To change fan RPM, some motherboards offer a tool that can do it, or it can even be done in the BIOS of some motherboards. Having no knowledge of your particular mobo, I cannot comment. However, I suggest googling your board and see if you can find out whatever you need to know. Secondly, 3rd party programs can be used to change fan speed amongst other things, like monitoring temperatures. Again, a quick check on google will get you what you need. Finally, to connect the fans you've bought, there SHOULD be a guide either in the motherboards manual OR the fan's manual. All the best, always willing to help.

[quote="cheeze"][quote="Personalize"]

cheeze wrote Firstly, thank you very much for the rep kind sir. Secondly, I struggled to comprehend what you meant but I'm pretty sure you were asking about how/if you could control the fans speed(?) and how to connect them to your individual motherboard. To change fan RPM, some motherboards offer a tool that can do it, or it can even be done in the BIOS of some motherboards. Having no knowledge of your particular mobo, I cannot comment. However, I suggest googling your board and see if you can find out whatever you need to know. Secondly, 3rd party programs can be used to change fan speed amongst other things, like monitoring temperatures. Again, a quick check on google will get you what you need. Finally, to connect the fans you've bought, there SHOULD be a guide either in the motherboards manual OR the fan's manual. All the best, always willing to help.

Sorry for badly wording it.
I am talking about using monitoring programs for the PC.

1.Case fans can be plugged in to the power supply which will run the fans at a constant speed and NOT allow any kind of monitoring eg. RPM
2.They can be plugged into the mother board. This will allow you to monitor and adjust their speed.

What I mean is how many fans will I be able to plug into the MOBO (Just to clear things up)

I just did some digging and found what I was looking for.

Motherboard Ports Present & Quantity:
CPU x 1 / System x 4 FAN connectors

I am assuming this means that I can have the CPU fan with monitoring enabled and also 4 case fans with monitoring enabled.

Thanks a lot.