thegr8anand
Broken In
Hi guys,
Been lurking here for a while and wanted to post my experience assembling for the first time. Have always been a gamer since youth and after PS2's life ended started gaming solely on PC. I only stuck to gaming laptops mainly because of the mobility they provide (bed, diff rooms, office
)
My first was Dell XPS M1710 with gtx 7800m with 1920x1200 res. It was (is) a sexy laptop and though unusable now because of dead gpu and screen, makes for a good showpiece It lasted around 3 years before those problems happened. I tried to bake the gpu and it worked but was a temporary solution before it stopped working alltogether.
After that i got Asus G73JH with 5870m but res of 1600x900. At first was a pain after using higher res xps but got used to it as gaming on lower resolution is easier too. It has worked brilliantly for the past 3.5 years except for dead battery since past one n half year but always used it plugged in and am typing this on it.
But recently got dissatisfied with the gaming experience as for new games i have to settle for med settings. Can play game like watch dogs fine on med settings and around 25fps but was not happy enough. With my US trip coming up i decided its finally time to make a change. I was only going to be there for a week and with Maxwell cards announced at first i wanted to grab a laptop under $1500 with 970m. 980m would have been over 1800 but anyways it wasn't going to be launched in my timeframe. So i thought fish this, enough of paying over the odds for a gaming laptop i'll build my first rig. Get the parts from US and assemble back home. Try my luck with customs and see what happens.
With extensive research i decided on the following parts (and bough them):
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $301.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $33.13)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $214.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory CL 8-9-9-24 (Purchased For $97.00)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $112.00)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $75.00)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (Purchased For $387.00)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $150.00)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $113.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: AOC i2369VM 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (Purchased For $202.00)
Keyboard: Logitech G105 Wired Gaming Keyboard (Purchased For $55.00)
Mouse: ROCCAT Kone Pure Wired Laser Mouse (Purchased For $0.00)
Speakers: Logitech Z623 200W 2.1ch Speakers (Purchased For $148.00)
Total: $1887.13
Intel Core i7-4790K, MSI GeForce GTX 970, NZXT H440 (Black/Red) - System Build - PCPartPicker
Thats what i have actually paid in dollars. Few items i have ordered here in India because bringing them was not feasible. The monitor, case, keyboard and speakers. I had bought Kone pure mouse couple of months back from flipkart.
Funny thing happened about customs at the mumbai airport. I had open up all the stuff and put it 2 different bags so that it looks used. Still the boxes of PSU, mobo, gpu were very big. Oh well i said lets see what happens. Turns out when i reached Mumbai none of baggage arrived and the airline couldn't even trace them. I had arrived at 1am and same night had a train to my city. They said they will send the bags to my city when found but they too had to clear customs in that case. So i left having no option and was more worried if i lost those bags completely. Along with the electronics i had a lot of stuff in there and even if they find it who knows what customs would charge etc, i had hoped to settle with them in that situation. Luckily in the afternoon i get a call that my bags had arrived on a different flight and i can collect them. I immediately went there as i had to catch my train later on and the airline person handed them outside to me
Maybe it was cleared by customs but i simply had to take them back and everything was done. Was so relieved and how this turned out 
So yesterday i decided to test out my parts hoping nothing was damaged as i wait for the case and monitor. I used this great vid where the guy shows how to test parts before installing which was really helpful for a noob like me. *www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_56kyib-Ls Everything seemed fine- the cpu, gpu, ram, mobo and psu. Now i wait for the rest of parts to complete the build and start stress testing.
No showoff yet but intend to as i start
Been lurking here for a while and wanted to post my experience assembling for the first time. Have always been a gamer since youth and after PS2's life ended started gaming solely on PC. I only stuck to gaming laptops mainly because of the mobility they provide (bed, diff rooms, office
) My first was Dell XPS M1710 with gtx 7800m with 1920x1200 res. It was (is) a sexy laptop and though unusable now because of dead gpu and screen, makes for a good showpiece
It lasted around 3 years before those problems happened. I tried to bake the gpu and it worked but was a temporary solution before it stopped working alltogether.After that i got Asus G73JH with 5870m but res of 1600x900. At first was a pain after using higher res xps but got used to it as gaming on lower resolution is easier too. It has worked brilliantly for the past 3.5 years except for dead battery since past one n half year but always used it plugged in and am typing this on it.
But recently got dissatisfied with the gaming experience as for new games i have to settle for med settings. Can play game like watch dogs fine on med settings and around 25fps but was not happy enough. With my US trip coming up i decided its finally time to make a change. I was only going to be there for a week and with Maxwell cards announced at first i wanted to grab a laptop under $1500 with 970m. 980m would have been over 1800 but anyways it wasn't going to be launched in my timeframe. So i thought fish this, enough of paying over the odds for a gaming laptop i'll build my first rig. Get the parts from US and assemble back home. Try my luck with customs and see what happens.
With extensive research i decided on the following parts (and bough them):
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $301.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $33.13)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $214.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory CL 8-9-9-24 (Purchased For $97.00)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $112.00)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $75.00)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (Purchased For $387.00)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $150.00)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $113.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: AOC i2369VM 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (Purchased For $202.00)
Keyboard: Logitech G105 Wired Gaming Keyboard (Purchased For $55.00)
Mouse: ROCCAT Kone Pure Wired Laser Mouse (Purchased For $0.00)
Speakers: Logitech Z623 200W 2.1ch Speakers (Purchased For $148.00)
Total: $1887.13
Intel Core i7-4790K, MSI GeForce GTX 970, NZXT H440 (Black/Red) - System Build - PCPartPicker
Thats what i have actually paid in dollars. Few items i have ordered here in India because bringing them was not feasible. The monitor, case, keyboard and speakers. I had bought Kone pure mouse couple of months back from flipkart.
Funny thing happened about customs at the mumbai airport. I had open up all the stuff and put it 2 different bags so that it looks used. Still the boxes of PSU, mobo, gpu were very big. Oh well i said lets see what happens. Turns out when i reached Mumbai none of baggage arrived and the airline couldn't even trace them. I had arrived at 1am and same night had a train to my city. They said they will send the bags to my city when found but they too had to clear customs in that case. So i left having no option and was more worried if i lost those bags completely. Along with the electronics i had a lot of stuff in there and even if they find it who knows what customs would charge etc, i had hoped to settle with them in that situation. Luckily in the afternoon i get a call that my bags had arrived on a different flight and i can collect them. I immediately went there as i had to catch my train later on and the airline person handed them outside to me
Maybe it was cleared by customs but i simply had to take them back and everything was done. Was so relieved and how this turned out So yesterday i decided to test out my parts hoping nothing was damaged as i wait for the case and monitor. I used this great vid where the guy shows how to test parts before installing which was really helpful for a noob like me. *www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_56kyib-Ls Everything seemed fine- the cpu, gpu, ram, mobo and psu. Now i wait for the rest of parts to complete the build and start stress testing.
No showoff yet but intend to as i start
So assembled everything back and finally it worked.