other than the lack of PSU, of course. it comes with the case where i'm buying from

The Centurion 5 II has a kinda crappy power button (rest of the case is v. nice for the cost though), more importantly you need a mobo with a LGA1155 socket. Also get and i5-2500k, for the extra $10 it's unlocked for overclocking so if you ever decide you need more power in the future you can get an aftermarket cooler to get a little bit more out of it. Also you'll want to make sure your PSU is 80 plus.

Intel. That's all.

>>3647
>>3650
>you need a mobo with a LGA1155
Yeah, you got an AMD mobo, you need an Intel one.
Here are some choices on Newegg compatible with your choices of CPU and Memory. http://tinyurl.com/3jygqbn
You're in Australia, right? Where do you buy your stuff?

>>3650
>>3652
whoops...

yeah it was going to be an AMD right up until i asked /g/.

whats the problem with the button?

>>3652
i have no fucking idea. i'm thinking IT warehouse. i looked up the recommended retailers on PC Powerplay's* tech forums and my state doesn't even get a look in

*i'm pretty much building their budget PC. well actually only the case and the RAM havent changed. yet.

>>3650
define 80 plus

>>3653
The power button occasionally gets stuck, you just need to press it again and it'll pop back to normal. Hardly a big deal.

>define 80 plus
'80 PLUS' is a certification of energy efficiency, specifically it certifies that when the PSU draws power it is 80% efficient (that is a maximum of 20% will be lost as heat) at specific load levels.

>>3655
ah, efficiency. gotcha

>>3652
>>3653
Re: where to buy stuff, check out MSY. Their range isn't always the greatest, but you can usually find equivalent parts, or just get something better because they're so damn cheap. And they have five locations in SA.

>>3658
OCAU steered me towards MSY. i think i'll be getting most of my gear from there since there's one right near me.

logic would dictate i should go to JB's for screens and keyboards, right?

>>3661
For mouse & keyboard, check if the MSY has anything you want, as they do stock Logitech gear, just not a great range.

For monitor... they don't seem to have any the parts list at the moments. WTH? Scorptec often have good monitors going for cheap, but they're Melbourne only, so I guess JB is the way to go there.

Avoid Logitech. Especially joysticks and mice. You''ll be replacing the damned things within the space of 3 months.

>>3669
I can't speak for their joysticks but Logitech mice, especially the mx518s, have good reputation and I've been personally abusing a generic logitech keyboard for five years now.

>>3669
bitch are you dissing my current mouse?

>>3670
i choose the mx518 purely because it was the only one i could find without the wireless price jump

also
>2011
>joysticks

>>3669
I've had my G5 for 3 or 4 years and I've never had a problem with it. This is the first time I hear complaints about Logitech mice.

>>3671
Freespace 2 SCP. They are still relevant to me.

I dunno why, but every single thing I've brought from logitech has crapped out on me insane fast. Crappy contacts and the like.

>>3669
>>3673
Maybe their build quality has declined in the ten years since I bought the mouse and keyboard that I have hooked up to my desktop box.

I got a cordless mouse for my laptop from them last year, so I guess I'll find out soon enough.

>>3678
That's the kind of thing that has died on me. The designs are excellent, but the parts they are made of are utter crap.

welp, i have all the parts. i've put it all together.

i am now the proud owner of a fully working power LED

FML

>>3695
You didn't put it all together at once, did you?

>>3696
hooo boy, i wasn't supposed to?

>>3696
>>3697
I always have and it has always worked, more or less.

And here are the first questions I ask myself when I'm building a new rig.
- Did you put thermal paste on the CPU?
- Is everything in the right place? Is everything secured in it's place?
- Check each component (fans included) and ask yourself, Does this need power? Is it receiving power?
- Are the monitor, mouse, etc. plugged in correctly?

Then I troubleshoot. When you turn it on, does it stay on? Do you see anything on the monitor? Are all the fans turning on?

>>3698
It's worth noting that some heatsinks (I know i5s do) come with thermal compound already applied.

Anyway general questions.
-Does it POST?
-Is everything seated properly? Some parts require a lot more force to seat than you may think.

Also post your specs.

>>3699
>>3698
ITS ALIIIIVE MUAHAHAHAHA

do you know what it was? there was a cable coming out of the PSU with a couple of outlets which ended in a 4 pin mobo thingy. i figured that you had to plug the fans into that cable then plug it onto the ch_fans pins on the mobo. unplugged that and it started right as rain, graphics card and all.

oh also i decided to name it. in honor of its case, i dub it Sir Roricus Pond

>>3700
>oh also i decided to name it
Haha, I do that too. My computer's called Lagerfeuer.

>>3700
>Sir Roricus Pond
Awesome. Glad to hear Sir Roricus is working now.

>>3701
>>3702
correction, its according to google its actually Roricanus Pondicus.

my laptop, god rest its CPU, was named Mjolnir. at the time i purchased it it was the most powerful computer i'd had the pleasure of using. and it felt like i was wielding the power of motherfuckin Thor.

>googles Lagerfeuer

i take it that yours gets a bit warm then?

>>3700
>oh also i decided to name it
My AMD-powered beast of a machine is called Durandal-1707, named after the arguable protagonist of the Marathon Series. Me and my brother even edited up a Marathon 2 menu startup sound, but that proved impractical tp implement. We've pretty much agreed that this will be the naming scheme for all our machines in future-We've already retroactively applied it to the old HP XP rig which I'm posting from (Toth). The theoretical sucessor to Durandal will named Leela; the successor to it will go by the name of Tycho.

(Yes, this naming scheme is based off the in-universe chronology of those AIs.)

Now I have the urge to name my new computer, as well!
Henceforth it shall be known as The Bucket!

My computer doesn't have a name, but if it were intelligent enough to wonder, it might think its name is: "Hold on to your butts" for the number of times I've said that while attempting to install/uninstall/reinstall/reboot/restore/repair/upgrade/update something and I'm not completely sure if it's going to work properly.

So I'll just go ahead and abbreviate that HOTYB, pronounced "HOH-tibb". Lovely.

>>3703
>i take it that yours gets a bit warm then?
Once upon a time it did.

My current computer is named Hector. Not for any mythological allusions, but because I thought it sounded cute. All my previous computers were named after My Bloody Valentine albums or EPs. Except for FLOORBOX. You get no prize for guess what FLOORBOX did.

>>3708
Did it breakdance?

>>3696
What's the problem with that?

>>3709
Only if the fans got really unbalanced.

>>3710
Harder to diagnose which component is causing problems. In the old days, stuff sometimes just wouldn't work if you did this because of IRQ conflicts, DMA channel conflicts, or other arcane stuff that we don't really have to worry about now. But I still maintain that it's better to assemble a computer in the smallest possible chunks, simply so you can tell if a particular part is causing problems, and/or be certain you haven't accidentally grounded something on the case.