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Need Tips for Newegg

NarutoNaruto Member
edited March 2012 in Help

I know you can make a great desktop on Newegg.com by simply buying the parts and building it yourself, but how do I know what parts will work with what?

I don't want to get a motherboard that won't work with a CPU or the RAM I purchase. I want to get a graphics card that's compatible with the rest of the hardware and make a gaming rig, y'know?

Not going to bother asking for suggestions on what you guys would build, just need to know how I can tell if parts are compatible with each other. Thanks.

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  • Maybe start by reading www.anadtech.com ?

  • Or not.

  • Maybe head over to http://hardforum.com/ and ask?

  • LegendlinkLegendlink Member
    edited March 2012

    The TL;DR version of explaining things: CPU and motherboards need the same socket, compatible memory will be shown on the motherboard specs (DDR, DDR2, DDR3), and a GPU usually just needs a PCI Express slot and maybe additional power connectors depending on the card.

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  • Not sure if this is a troll post or not

  • So any motherboard will work with any CPU so long as they have the same socket type?

    And the motherboard will show what type of memory it supports, gotcha...

    I also need to make sure the GPU requires a slot that I would have available on my motherboard. If the motherboard doesn't have the slot, can't use it. Makes sense.

    Anything else?

  • Of course there is a lot more. You need to pick the right hardware for the right job.

    You could always get a kit or something, Tigerdirect normally has some pretty good deals on them.

  • It's definitively a troll post... There is plenty of information out there on the Internet, use Google, use your head and if nothing helps, then there is also YouTube. If you still can't do it then head over to http://www.pugetsystems.com or http://www.digitalstormonline.com and order something from them. There are cheaper alternatives as well. Good luck!

  • Not sure if you are serious?

    Anyways simple:

    DDR3 only fits in a DDR3 motherboard, just like DDR2 only works in a DDR2 motherboard, etc.

    CPU only fit in motherboard, if it is the same socket type.

    Motherboard will most likely always fit in case, unless it's a small case and a ATX motherboard.

    Power supplies are universal pretty much with 24 pins.

    SATA is compatible with SATA 2 and SATA 3. IDE does not fit in SATA slot.

    AMD CPU does not work in Intel motherboard.

    Intel CPU does not work in AMD motherboard.

    All GPUs (that are able to run a flash game at least) use PCI Express sockets, which are compatible with PCI-E 1.0, 2.0, etc.

    PCI-Express GPUs will not work in AGP slot.

    PCI-E 1.0 will not work with any GPUs.

    Make sure to put the CPU in the right way. Pins go down, NOT UP!

    Etc.

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  • dnomdnom Member

    @Legendlink said: The TL;DR version of explaining things: CPU and motherboards need the same socket, comparable memory will be shown on the motherboard specs (DDR, DDR2, DDR3), and a GPU usually just needs a PCI Express slot and maybe additional power connectors depending on the card.

    This

    Also the list of supported CPU for the motherboard can be found on the manual if not on the product page. Manufacturers usually have a pdf version for download on their website.

  • KairusKairus Member
    edited March 2012

    Okay, so the most common way to start the search when building a new computer is by starting off with the processor.

    Say I pick an i5 2500k (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072) It's a socket 1155 processor. So you want a socket 1155 motherboard.

    Onto the motherboard, I want a 1155 socket motherboard, here is one for an example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131806
    It's socket 1155, it's compatible with the i5 2500k. *

    So ram, under "details" on the motherboard page you can see the memory requirements, it takes DDR3, these are compatible for instance: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231303

    Graphics card, hard to mess up here :P You want a PCI-e 2.0 x16 card (3.0 cards will come out later this year, you'll need a compatible motherboard, not many are on the market atm). So say I want a 560 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130683 - It's compatible. It doesn't list the power requirements on newegg (kind of dumb it doesn't), so you'll want to look it upon nvidia's site (here's the one for the 560 http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-560ti/specifications) - Minimum is a 550w, I personally prefer to get a bigger one, just in case I upgrade, or because it has crappy efficiency, etc.

    PSU, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153152 over the minimum requirements listed nvidia, and a decent brand. It has two 6-pin connectors as listed on the details page, so it's good to go w/ the above GPU.

    The rest...I think you can figure out SATA is backward compatible, so a SATA III works on a SATA II board and a SATA II hdd will work on a SATA III port, the board listed above has SATA III (listed as SATA 6gbit/s) Case, you want an ATX case for an ATX motherboard, etc. You'll want SATA DVD drives as most 1155 socket boards don't have IDE anymore. For aftermarket heatsinks, you want to make sure they're compatible with the socket you want - 1155 in this case.

    • With motherboards there are things to look out for. For instance, the board I picked is MicroATX, so it's a smaller board which is going to sacrifice some PCI slots to make the board smaller, amongst other changes.
  • @Naruto What are you using this desktop for? Besides trolling LET haha.

  • @NateN34 said: TL;DR

    Thanks.

    @Kairus said: TL;DR

    Thanks.

    @Legendlink said: @Naruto What are you using this desktop for? Besides trolling LET haha.

    porn

  • Ehhh okay I was hoping for a more serious answer.

  • @Legendlink said: Ehhh okay I was hoping for a more serious answer.

    He could be creating his own pornos and needs a computer to edit them on.

  • @Kairus I am scarred for life.

  • @NateN34 @Kairus @Legendlink

    Honestly I wonder why you bother in answering a guy who doesn't want to read anything.

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    tl;dr

    can you summarize in bullet points for us?

  • @yomero I was trying to be semi helpful

    @raindog308

    • @Naruto wants to build a new computer to create and edit Naruto porn staring himself

    • We try to be helpful

    • I get scarred for life

  • KairusKairus Member
    edited March 2012

    @Legendlink LOL

    @yomero His question seemed like an honest question :P

  • Ask legitimate question.

    Get answers and troll that you were trolling with ease due to reputation.

  • Oh man, I took 30 minutes to type that up and you didn't even read it.

    ;(

  • FranciscoFrancisco Top Host, Host Rep, Veteran
    • how much you looking to spend?
    • are you into gaming a lot? If so, what games?
    • do you need a lot of storage?
    • do you prefer intel over amd? vice versa? Or are you normally bang/buck for that?

    kairus gave a good combo that all works together so you should really look it over :)

    Francisco

  • I did read them and said thanks I just quoted them as TL;DR.

  • @Naruto said: I just quoted them as TL;DR.

    If you did read them, why did you say you didn't read them?

  • @dmmcintyre3 said: why did you say you didn't read them?

    To insure everyone keeps their mental ignore on

  • So you'd complain about it.

  • @Francisco said: kairus gave a good combo that all works together so you should really look it over :)

    Yep, can't go wrong with those parts, built a few for some friends with 2500k's and GTX 560's. Only thing is that motherboard is a MicroATX board (just picked one randomly to make a point), better off getting a full size board.

    It's definitely important though to check over what you buy, it's pretty easy to miss that it's a MicroATX board if you're just like, "k, 1155 board, looks cool, add to cart".

    I had a friend who had me put together a build on newegg for him (I think it was like the 2nd or 3rd time - he decided to wait the other times), so I was like whatever... I picked this PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371024 It was on sale for a good price, good brand, so I just copied the link and put it in the list without really looking at it...Turns out it's a CPX sized PSU designed for certain Antec cases. Yeah...it doesn't fit inside his case, it sits outside of his case LOL, but he's had it all set up for 5-6 months now and it works great, LOL.

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