First build terrified!

[revengemadmax]

Hello,

Long story short.

I don't normally have the money for this kind of build, was knocked off motorbike and got money from insurance gonna buy a PC.. there!

So im totally new to this but i am a gamer and love to play most games.

(currently: everquest next landmark alpha/Rust/ will be playing elite dangerous and star citizen)

This is over my budget and from lack of exp i just put everything i think i needed.

Please can you handsome and clever gentlemen show me any obvious errors in my quest to the gaming euphoria!!


- Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case Windowed - Black (CC-9011042-WW)
- Stage 1 Intel: Overclock of CPU - 4.2GHz Overclock - Haswell K Edition Processors Only
- Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
- Akasa AK-CC4013EP01 Nero 3 V2 Premier CPU Cooler
- Asus Z87-PLUS Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
- TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD)
- Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 60GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH060GCST)
- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD
- OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- No Sound Card Upgrade
- Corsair RM Series RM 750 '80+ Gold' 750W Power Supply (CP-9020055-UK)
- Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-08289)
- Networking Not Selected
- Case Mods Not Selected
- Keyboard Not Selected
- Mouse Not Selected
- System Build Fan - Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro Fan PLPS - 120mm PWM [EXNO-001]
- Monitor Not Selected
- Speakers Not Selected
- No Headset Option (Zero Cost)
- Game Controller Not Selected
- No Office Software
- No Security Software
- Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days

£1,488.31 - Vat

£1,224.76

 

[revengemadmax]

I am building this myself thank you for the great advice!

Welcome,

Is this a pre-built system or Building it yourself?

If this is just a gaming build you can make a few changes.

Firstly you won't need 16GB of RAM, get 8GB of 2000mhz+ RAM and that'll be great.

The PSU is OVER specced too, a 600W-650W PSU will be fine.

I'd also invest in a better CPU cooler, like the matterhorn or the 212,412..

 

[revengemadmax]

AH more good advice much appreciated!

see this is why i posted, i knew there was going to be awesome people like yourselves

+1 to Doomedspeed's advice.

Spend some of the savings mentioned above on a bigger SSD. 60gb isn't really big enough nowadays, I'd aim for at least 120gb.

 

[revengemadmax]

16 gig overkill? fair enough, i currently only have 4gb of ddr2. 250gb sd sounds like a better idea that 60gb.. don't know what i was thinking really..

As already said, if I was spending that much Id probably want a 250ssd, its surprising how quickly you fill it.

And yes ram prices are fairly high currently and 16gig is an overkill nice to have if you can get it cheap.

Good CPU and GPU though and will be a great system once its tweaked a little.

 

[revengemadmax]

im using the configurator just to make sure everything works with each other
then ill buy everything separately.

Oh if its a self build you can probably make a 4770k system for that price, or get a 4670K cheaper. I thought you were using the configurator and having it built.

 

[revengemadmax]

you guys are awesome gonna take me a bit to read through all these posts ill report back.