Building my first beast !

M.Abdulle · 19 Oct 2012 at 18:18

Well I'm new to Overclockers and building computers in general and well its time I upgraded and learnt how to make my own one rather than wasting money on a ****** one from the shops.

Here's what I'm thinking of getting at the moment.

Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case (£69.99)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-043-ZA

Workstation PRO Z68 Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50GHz @ 4.50GHz DDR3 Overclocked Bundle - 16GB (£549.99)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-033-OP

I currently have a 1tb hard drive and a random dvd drive so i'll just use those and I'll need a decent/good enough graphics card and solid state drive. Can anyone help me out ?

honosuseri · 19 Oct 2012 at 18:25

Welcome to the forum. What's the machine for bud?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £64.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Xigmatek Achilles II SD1284 CPU-Cooler - 120mm (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366 AMD AM2/AM3/FM1) £23.98
Total : £458.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Idleman · 19 Oct 2012 at 18:48

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Seeing as you linked the workstation, i have based the spec accordingly.
But without more info, as to the main uses for this system, this is just an assumption.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £269.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £69.98
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £64.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
2 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £29.99 (£59.98)
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £28.99
Total : £970.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

M.Abdulle · 20 Oct 2012 at 12:49

Thanks a lot for the help and £970 is a little bit too much from me since im a student and trying my best to even get £700. I'l be using the computer mainly for editing and a little bit of gaming as well.

I already have a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate so that'll make things a lot cheaper and also will I need a power supply ? I've been trying to research why I'd need one but whats the difference between having one and not ?

honosuseri · 20 Oct 2012 at 12:56

M.Abdulle said:
Thanks a lot for the help and £970 is a little bit too much from me since im a student and trying my best to even get £700. I'l be using the computer mainly for editing and a little bit of gaming as well.

I already have a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate so that'll make things a lot cheaper and also will I need a power supply ? I've been trying to research why I'd need one but whats the difference between having one and not ?

The PSU is what supplies the power to the parts. You wont get far without one.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £42.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Xigmatek Achilles II SD1284 CPU-Cooler - 120mm (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366 AMD AM2/AM3/FM1) £23.98
Total : £690.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Check your Hard drive and optical drive are Sata and not IDE.

M.Abdulle · 20 Oct 2012 at 12:56

Looks lgreat especially for the price but i'll have to buy a graphics card and SSD to it. Also, will I be able to overclock it ?

honosuseri · 20 Oct 2012 at 13:03

M.Abdulle said:
Looks lgreat especially for the price but i'll have to buy a graphics card and SSD to it. Also, will I be able to overclock it ?

I'm starting to doubt if you could build it, nevermind overclock it.

cammy5477 · 20 Oct 2012 at 13:36

honosuseri said:
I'm starting to doubt if you could build it, nevermind overclock it.

He he

areksnumbr1sxylady · 20 Oct 2012 at 14:02

Doomedspeed said:
There is just so much awesome advice in this thread. Providing a real service here guys.

Well of hono specced him a system with a GPU and SSD, the next post he says that he still needs to buy ssd and GPU to that system... You do start to feel trolled

M.Abdulle · 22 Oct 2012 at 18:01

I see and thanks for the help !

M.Abdulle · 23 Oct 2012 at 15:08

My fault sorry and I should have said that its my first time building a pc...

triggerthat · 23 Oct 2012 at 15:21

honosuseri said:
The PSU is what supplies the power to the parts. You wont get far without one.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £42.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Xigmatek Achilles II SD1284 CPU-Cooler - 120mm (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366 AMD AM2/AM3/FM1) £23.98
Total : £690.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Check your Hard drive and optical drive are Sata and not IDE.

Gets vote

Everything you need.

dunn2010 · 23 Oct 2012 at 15:36

triggerthat said:
Gets vote Everything you need.

He will need to buy that today though as i dont think that MSI card will be on sale still tomorrow

but if he does buy today defiantly get honos spec

Also LOL at

will I need a power supply ? I've been trying to research why I'd need one but whats the difference between having one and not ?

I dont mean to tease, but did make me LOL

M.Abdulle · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:55

Im new to building PC's so yeah....

dunn2010 · 24 Oct 2012 at 09:46

i know, only one way to learn