BaZurk Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I am about to hit "Place Order" on this build. The thoughts and advice of this community always mean a lot to me so please feel free to share them. http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=33275428 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Did I miss something, no graphics card? Using onboard graphics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaZurk Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 offroadaaron, on 27 Jul 2014 - 00:42, said:Did I miss something, no graphics card? Using onboard graphics? Have a card already. Will switch to on board on my current build and put my Nvidia GTX 680 in this one. offroadaaron and Raa 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Apart from the case (just not my style) I like the build, I was looking at that mobo this week because of the ASUS thunderbolt 2 add-on card. BaZurk 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benthebear Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I can't believe that case is still that much. I have the regular, black version of it, and I still love it two years later. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Looks great! Corsair cases are the best IMO, I LOVE my Air 540 =)) I would go with this motherboard though if I were you... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188159&cm_re=evga_z97_ftw-_-13-188-159-_-Product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Raze Subscriber² Posted July 27, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted July 27, 2014 Nice choices for your build. My recommendations/changes would be: PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010&ignorebbr=1 with a rebate and free shipping. Memory - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231623&ignorebbr=1 faster and I am partial to G.Skill - never had a failure. Though any of your picks would make for a great machine. BaZurk 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaZurk Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Why this MB Over the one I picked? Ravensky, on 27 Jul 2014 - 01:16, said: Looks great! Corsair cases are the best IMO, I LOVE my Air 540 =)) I would go with this motherboard though if I were you... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188159&cm_re=evga_z97_ftw-_-13-188-159-_-Product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+PeterUK MVC Posted July 27, 2014 MVC Share Posted July 27, 2014 You seem to of picked a Internal Solid State Drive that requires and Motherboard with a M.2 PCIe connector like this one.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128714 offroadaaron and BaZurk 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 You seem to of picked a Internal Solid State Drive that requires and Motherboard with a M.2 PCIe connector like this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128714 I didn't pick up on this until you said it, but you are correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Raze Subscriber² Posted July 27, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted July 27, 2014 You seem to of picked a Internal Solid State Drive that requires and Motherboard with a M.2 PCIe connector like this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128714 His motherboard choice does have the M.2 connector. The Asus supports module lengths of 80 and 60 mm and the Gigabyte modules of 80, 60, 42 mm. link comparing the two motherboards - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007627%2050001315%2050001314%20600438202%208000%20600491547%20600036416&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=280|13-128-714^13-128-714-TS%2C13-132-117^13-132-117-TS&percm=13-128-714%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24 The motherboards offer nearly the same feature set, the Gigabyte is the cheaper and would be an excellent choice also. I was a diehard Gigabyte user, but recently went with an ASRock and have been very pleased with the performance, features and quality. Phouchg 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+PeterUK MVC Posted July 27, 2014 MVC Share Posted July 27, 2014 His motherboard choice does have the M.2 connector. so it does I was looking at the pictures on the board but did'nt see it until I looked again at the bottem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Should be a very fast PC. BaZurk 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 The EVGA motherboard has the m2 pcie connector plus it doesnt have the onboard VGA, DVI connectors which you arent using anyway, it comes with 2 HDMI ports which in my opinion are better if you are using your own video card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Raze Subscriber² Posted July 28, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted July 28, 2014 so it does I was looking at the pictures on the board but did'nt see it until I looked again at the bottem. Understandable, the connector doesn't really stand out and it's way down on the features list, too. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACTIONpack Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 You should look at microcenter.com. You will get the same hardware at a better price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaZurk Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 His motherboard choice does have the M.2 connector. The Asus supports module lengths of 80 and 60 mm and the Gigabyte modules of 80, 60, 42 mm. link comparing the two motherboards - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007627%2050001315%2050001314%20600438202%208000%20600491547%20600036416&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=280|13-128-714^13-128-714-TS%2C13-132-117^13-132-117-TS&percm=13-128-714%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24 The motherboards offer nearly the same feature set, the Gigabyte is the cheaper and would be an excellent choice also. I was a diehard Gigabyte user, but recently went with an ASRock and have been very pleased with the performance, features and quality. Thanks for all the advice guys.. I think i'll change the case to a black one (unless some one wants to give me advice on a particular case) but i'll be changing the motherboard to http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128714. Thank you for the suggestion Raze. +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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