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Question

PC hardware compatible

May 15, 2017 5:50AM PDT

Please help, I want to order a new pc, but in part. I have heard storys that if they aren't made for eachother sometimes they don't work together. can someone confirm or deny that these parts are good with eachother:
ASUS PRIME H270M-PLUS, socket 1151
Seagate BarraCuda, 2 TB
Corsair Force LE, 240 GB SSD
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G
Intel® Core i7-6700K, 4,0 GHz (4,2 GHz Turbo Boost) socket 1151 processor
Corsair 8 GB DDR4-2133
Cooler Master B700 Ver.2, 700 Watt
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO
Aerocool Aero-1000, Tower

Thanks in advance!!!

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Hard Drive
May 15, 2017 6:40AM PDT

I'd go with different hard drive than a Seagate. They've had quality control problems on their drives for a while.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2089464/three-year-27-000-drive-study-reveals-the-most-reliable-hard-drive-makers.html

"Overall, Seagate drives had the highest failure rates by brand in Backblaze’s environment reaching close to a 14 percent annual failure rate for 1.5TB drives, around 10 percent for 3 TB drives, and 4 percent for 4TB drives. WD 1TB and 3TB drives stayed under 4 percent, while all Hitachi drives (2, 3, and 4 TB) failed less than 2 percent of the time on an annual basis.

Over a 36 month span, Hitachi drives had a 96.9 percent survival rate, followed by WD at 94.8 percent and Seagate way below that at 73.5 percent."


February, 2016{/b}

https://www.slrlounge.com/seagate-faces-class-action-lawsuit-hard-drive-failure/

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/seagate-faced-with-class-action-lawsuit-alleges-it-sold-defective-drives/

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Thanks
May 16, 2017 12:22AM PDT

Thanks for the heads-up! I changed the Seagate to Western digital, same price!

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Change the mix a little
May 15, 2017 12:38PM PDT

Cpu....I7 7700k.....looks like an extra $3.
Ram....2x4GB@2400.

You are aware that psu is 200-240v only.

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Thanks!
May 16, 2017 12:18AM PDT

the CPU was even the same price... Thanks a lot!!

I live in the Netherlands and the Net voltage is 220v so I sould be fine!