First Ever Build & A Hello!

jkz56

jkz56

jkz56

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Hey everyone, as you can tell I'm new here so I thought I'd say hello to what seems to be a fantastic community! :D

Never built a PC before but always had a keen interest and as I have managed to put in some decent work over the summer (in between Uni) I decided to give a shot. I do have a friend on hand who helped me spec the machine below but I wanted to see what you all thought of what I'm probably going to purchase over the next week! Thanks for any advice in advance :) haha.

i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell)
Gigabyte Z87-HD3 MoBo
MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition (New Revision GPU)
NZXT Phantom 410 (Black/Orange)
Samsung 120GB SSD 840
Seasonic G Series 450W Modular PSU
GeIL Enhance Corsa 8GB (2x4GB)
Liteon IHOS104-06 BD-ROM
OcUK DVD RW SATA Rewriter

Leaving out peripherals until I'm back at University!
I will be using this PC for gaming mostly - with the occasional dissertation to write too.

Thanks
Jkz56
 
Your friend seems to know what he's doing, that's a much better spec than most people bring :p Give me a sec

Welcome!

Edit: What's your budget?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Orange/Black £104.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £63.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
Total : £949.79 (includes shipping : £19.10).



Some small adjustments
 
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I can't disagree with the changes made by Hyburnate, definitely worth getting the SSD.

Note: you may be restricted with that case at uni. I was with my cases and so it might be worth trying a smaller case to fit under or in your desk (you'll thank me when you move out as well).
 
Budget is around £1000 but I'm fairly flexible on that at the moment. Obviously if I can save money I want to but I don't want to at the cost of something important!

And sorry, I'm already at Uni... just heading into my 3rd year - got my new house and moved in. Got a nice big desk and planning on either having it on the desk to admire or just sat on the floor next to the desk but either way I have plenty of room :) but yeh Skylineboy I know what you mean. Moving out for holidays etc is always a pain but I don't mind doing that with the PC I pretty much move most of my kit out for Christmas so it won't be much more to have to faff around with lol :)
 
And cheers Hyburnate that looks good to me :)
I did want to increase the W on the PSU!

Thanks again! Can't wait to start the build!
 
Something different :D:

YOUR BASKET
2 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99 (£311.98)
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £124.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £113.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Orange/Black £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £51.95
Total : £1,002.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
If you wanted to save some money:

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £124.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £113.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Orange/Black £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £51.95
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A (BW) Performance CPU Cooler £24.98
Total : £871.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Could easily go crossfire later down the line if you wanted.
 
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