I'm currently buying the parts for my first 'home made' PC. I could really use some help with checking the best parts for my budget, ppl in shops keep trying to sell me stuff!
I've bought the MB and CPU already; ASUS 1155 P8Z68-V PRO S/L, Intel Sandybridge i5-2500 Core i5 Quad
The rest of the parts I've got so far and still to buy are;
Case - Zalman Z9 Plus Tower £60
RAM - 8GB KG-Skill Ripjaw (DDR3, 1600Ghz) £40
PSU - 600W Corsair CMPSU-600GUK Gaming Series £60
HD - Samsung F3 1TB OEM £100
OS - Windows 7 £80
GFX - Undecided, Would spend £100-200
SC - Asus Xonar D1 7.1 PCI £55
(approx. prices)
I've got £500 to spend on these parts between now and January which is when I plan to have something ready. I'm reasoning that I can leave the sound card and GFX card till February when I'll have more cash. The MB has reasonable integrated graphics and I have an external SC also.
Does this look sensible or are the other parts I could change for better performance? I'm pretty open to suggestions. This is going to be for online gaming and studio work. Sound quality is also valuable to me as I have some nice speakers to listen to music and films.
Thanks!
I've bought the MB and CPU already; ASUS 1155 P8Z68-V PRO S/L, Intel Sandybridge i5-2500 Core i5 Quad
The rest of the parts I've got so far and still to buy are;
Case - Zalman Z9 Plus Tower £60
RAM - 8GB KG-Skill Ripjaw (DDR3, 1600Ghz) £40
PSU - 600W Corsair CMPSU-600GUK Gaming Series £60
HD - Samsung F3 1TB OEM £100
OS - Windows 7 £80
GFX - Undecided, Would spend £100-200
SC - Asus Xonar D1 7.1 PCI £55
(approx. prices)
I've got £500 to spend on these parts between now and January which is when I plan to have something ready. I'm reasoning that I can leave the sound card and GFX card till February when I'll have more cash. The MB has reasonable integrated graphics and I have an external SC also.
Does this look sensible or are the other parts I could change for better performance? I'm pretty open to suggestions. This is going to be for online gaming and studio work. Sound quality is also valuable to me as I have some nice speakers to listen to music and films.
Thanks!
