Coming soon - Get a detailed view of why an account is flagged as spam!
view details

This post has been de-listed

It is no longer included in search results and normal feeds (front page, hot posts, subreddit posts, etc). It remains visible only via the author's post history.

1
[Build Help] I have a few questions about my build that I need help with.
Post Flair (click to view more posts with a particular flair)
Author Summary
Bacon_Man123 is in Build Help
Post Body

Keep in mind I'm very new to PC building. I apologize for any stupid questions. I read over the Sidebar and some of the guides but I'm still a bit confused.

What is the difference between Micro ATX and ATX cases? My case is an ATX case, but my motherboard is Micro ATX. The details on my case say that it's compatible with Micro ATX mobos so I'm not too worried, just curious on the details. I'm just trying not to mess up my build by buying parts that don't work together even though PCPartPicker says they're all compatible.

Also, would my build work fine? I don't want to overclock (which is why the CPU I'm getting is locked), so I'm wondering if the stock cooling system would be fine. It's an i5-4460 @ 3.2GHz.

And finally, I'm wondering if the build I want to do needs any extra fans right now, or if I would be fine for a while until I can get extra fans (if I even need them). My case comes included with one fan, I believe.

This is my build: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor $169.98 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $45.99 @ Newegg
Memory Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $54.99 @ Newegg
Storage Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $69.99 @ Amazon
Video Card Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card $109.99 @ Newegg
Case Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case $29.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair CX 500W 80 Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $45.98 @ Newegg
Optical Drive Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer $14.99 @ Micro Center
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available $541.90
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-30 10:35 EST-0500

Author
Account Strength
100%
Account Age
12 years
Verified Email
Yes
Verified Flair
No
Total Karma
16,541
Link Karma
3,477
Comment Karma
13,064
Profile updated: 1 month ago
Posts updated: 11 months ago

Subreddit

Post Details

Location
We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare these values to the post title and body for confirmation.
Posted
10 years ago