First Build :)

[ShineyT]

Hey all,

Looking at buying the parts to build my first PC this week and have come up with this:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
(£170.20) £199.99
(£170.20)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £135.11
(£114.99) £135.11
(£114.99)
Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £75.99
(£64.67) £75.99
(£64.67)
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £39.94
(£33.99) £39.94
(£33.99)
Coolermaster Elite 330 Midi Tower Case - Black £30.98
(£26.37) £30.98
(£26.37)
Sony Optiarc DRU-870S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail £16.99
(£14.46) £16.99
(£14.46)
Sub Total : £619.75
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £110.64
Total : £742.89

I want to spend between £700 and 750 (however the less, the better) on the parts as I am then going to get a monitor for £120 or so afterwards (not sure which yet, that can wait ) Would like it to be relatively future-proof hence the AMD route as opposed to the i5, but that, as anything here, is open to change.

I looked at a different motherboard (Gigabyte 785G I think, was about £64.) But I was told that I should definitely go with one more like what is there now, is that right?

I might start with overclocking on this PC as well, so is this suitable to teach myself that with?

Is there anything I should swap out, or anything I should include anyway?

And finally, as I have never build a PC before, is there any tips that would be useful? I am slightly wary of the whole static electricity thing, but I have been told that is exaggerated and isn't as big a problem as it is made out to be?

Thanks for any help at all guys, it's appreciated. I do apologise for the massive amount of questions

 

[stulid]

get the 955be CPU, its cheaper and can be turned into a 965 in seconds in the bios.

if you get the retail copy of windows then you can reuse it in other builds in the future.

seagate barracuda 7200.12 is a little cheaper and same performance.

 

[ShineyT]

I was considering the retail windows, but I don't imagine I will be doing any new builds within a good few years of this one, so figured the one use would be fine.

Main thing I was curious about was the motherboard, is that one overkill? I don't need any fancy extra features. The PC will be used for gaming and just general use (perhaps some HD videos as well).

 

[Essexraptor]

+1 for the 955BE
This is the one I chose for a work mates build which I'm getting together at the mo.

save the difference and just clock the 955 up to get the same sort of performance as the 956