If you could give 1 piece of advice...?

Wile E · May 12, 2008

Buy a top quality psu would've been my advice. A crappy one can take out every component in your system when it blows. Not 100% sure how good the Antec Basiq series is tho.

tkpenalty · May 12, 2008

Learn to ask and real the manuals.

Mussels · May 12, 2008

Wile E said:
Buy a top quality psu would've been my advice. A crappy one can take out every component in your system when it blows. Not 100% sure how good the Antec Basiq series is tho.

antec basiqs are just great for non OC'd systems. If you are running stock clocks, a 500W basiq would easily run say, a Q6600, 4GB ram and an 8800GT. Once you start OC'ing it'd be pushing it however.

Think of the basiqs as the best of the cheap PSU's.

BarbaricSoul · May 12, 2008

when you install your CPU heatsink and fan, don't use too much thermal paste and use a quality after-market paste(artic silver makes very good paste). You only need about a grain of rice sized dab. Use a credit card to spread it out evenly over the entire CPU surface(takes me a minute or two, but a rice sized dab will cover the top of the CPU)To much paste causes overheating

newconroer · May 12, 2008

Don't spend hours arranging or 'customising' your cables to look any particular way.

Set them where there's enough slack, flexibility and space so that you can get to components when you need to.

tkpenalty · May 12, 2008

newconroer said:
Don't spend hours arranging or 'customising' your cables to look any particular way.

Set them where there's enough slack, flexibility and space so that you can get to components when you need to.

Dont trust that piece of advice

JrRacinFan · May 12, 2008

TK

I think what newconroer means is dont worry if they are visible but dont have a spaghetti/rats nest.

tkpenalty · May 12, 2008

JrRacinFan said:
TK

I think what newconroer means is dont worry if they are visible but dont have a spaghetti/rats nest.

Thats why i said dont trust it

Mussels · May 12, 2008

it IS a good idea to do cable management. TO be honest, zip tying any loose wire is often enough, you just dont want any wires to get sucked into a fan. I have seen many rigs with fans jammed up because of a silly loose wire, and even a few that died because of it (VGA fans or mobo fans mostly, they dont throttle when overheating)

theeldest · May 12, 2008

Design your system with a method of backup in mind. Plan for a harddisk failure.

EnglishLion · May 12, 2008

tkpenalty said:
Dont trust that piece of advice

I think he's talking from experience. I too have had the experience of doing a fantastically over the top cable management job and got everything absolutely perfect just to find that I need to do some maintenance down the line and I've made it hard for myself. Spiral wrap is the main pain, I've switched to velcro cable ties now!

MKmods · May 12, 2008

Wile E said:
Buy a top quality psu would've been my advice. A crappy one can take out every component in your system when it blows. Not 100% sure how good the Antec Basiq series is tho.

Well since Wile E stole my post :laugh:

My 1 piece of advise is, plan the airflow first (in the front out the back)

"Have Fun and enjoy the build"

p_o_s_pc · May 12, 2008

davidfox said:
So what defines "cheap out" on a MB? My combo is gonna be an Antec Basiq 500W PSU and a Gigabyte GA-P35 DS3L board... Its not an expensive board, only gonna be runnin 8800gt, e8400 cpu n 4gb ram, all factory speed. The amount of info im gettin about having a good PSU is freakin me out people!! With those specs, is 500W enough??

don't get a board that uses cheap parts, like caps and also get a good chipset.check the reviews on a board first and avoid ECS.Almost every gigabyte board is a great board.

Mussels · May 13, 2008

p_o_s_pc said:
does that mean no sound reactive CCFls?

yep, not only does that imply you're a bling obsessed noob, it says that you're a noisy one as well. :toast:

The basiq 500W will run the system the OP has listed as specs - and the gigabyte board is a good one. yes its cheap, but many people are having good luck OCing it as well.

Just to emphasise: my PC only uses 350W at the wall. the trick is where is that power coming from - if its a cheap PSU with low amperage on the 12V line, 350W of the 500W could be on the rails other than the 12V - you can overload it, and thats when you get issues.
The reasons for getting a huge PSU are not the overall wattage, its making sure theres room leftover on whichever rail your system uses the most.

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If you could give 1 piece of advice...?

Wile E

Power User

tkpenalty

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

BarbaricSoul

newconroer

tkpenalty

JrRacinFan

Served 5k and counting ...

tkpenalty

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

theeldest

EnglishLion

New Member

MKmods

Case Mod Guru

p_o_s_pc

F@H&WCG addict

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

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