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Hi guys, Im about to build my first PC and could use allot of help and guidance from people with experience. (sorry in advanced for rambling on, its a bad habit)
About Me:
Without going into too much detail I suffer from a disability that keeps me confined to my house (mainly my room) the first thing i do in the morning is turn on the PC and its the last thing i turn off when I go to bed, so it is on & running for around 15 hours a day.
I spend most of my time playing Games (such as BF3, Skyrim, and a few random others, but mainly FPS) the rest of the time Im usually listening to music (mostly different styles of Metal & Rock
) or watching Movies & TV Shows. and browsing the internet.
Money is hard to come by for me but with the help of Family Ive bin given this opportunity to Build my first PC (as my current one is Dying) I have a maximum of £2000 to spend (& not a penny more
) I need something that will last as it might be a few years before i get any money to change parts or upgrade anything.
My Dying PC:
my current PC is a 5 year old Dell XPS (I know many people warned me about them & Ive now learned my lesson, which is why im here
) basically old age & heat has killed it (my room is literally like an oven all the time) which has made me wonder about water cooling (some friends tell me to get it & others tell me to avoid it (unfortunately none of them are PC experts) so advice from someone that actually knows what there talking about would be great 
once again this PC will be on all day every day & needs to last as many years as possible 
What I Have:
LG W2261vp 22 inch LCD Monitor 16:9 DVI HDMI, Sennheiser PC 360 Headset, Razer Lachesis Mouse, Razer Arctosa Keyboard. I dont think any of it needs to be changed, Im also open to using parts from inside my current PC like the Optical Drive (16x DVD+/-RW) and the Hard Drive (640 GB Serial ATA non Raid 7200 Rpm) Once Again Im new to this So I dont know if these parts are worth keeping (or even if there Damaged with the rest of the PC, there both standard things that came from Dell 5 tears ago so there probably garbage anyway) but it was just a thought to save money
either way Ill be following your advice.
sorry for the life story, If ive given you a bunch of useless information here instead of something you actually need to know then just let me know and Ill try to correct it
thanks in advanced to anyone willing to help, it will be extremely appreciated.
John
Edit: also if anyone has any tips when putting everything together Im happy to hear them (Ive bin reading a few guides from many sites and even seen a few videos but most of them are at least 5 to 10 years old
About Me:
Without going into too much detail I suffer from a disability that keeps me confined to my house (mainly my room) the first thing i do in the morning is turn on the PC and its the last thing i turn off when I go to bed, so it is on & running for around 15 hours a day.
I spend most of my time playing Games (such as BF3, Skyrim, and a few random others, but mainly FPS) the rest of the time Im usually listening to music (mostly different styles of Metal & Rock
) or watching Movies & TV Shows. and browsing the internet.Money is hard to come by for me but with the help of Family Ive bin given this opportunity to Build my first PC (as my current one is Dying) I have a maximum of £2000 to spend (& not a penny more
) I need something that will last as it might be a few years before i get any money to change parts or upgrade anything.My Dying PC:
my current PC is a 5 year old Dell XPS (I know many people warned me about them & Ive now learned my lesson, which is why im here
) basically old age & heat has killed it (my room is literally like an oven all the time) which has made me wonder about water cooling (some friends tell me to get it & others tell me to avoid it (unfortunately none of them are PC experts) so advice from someone that actually knows what there talking about would be great once again this PC will be on all day every day & needs to last as many years as possible What I Have:
LG W2261vp 22 inch LCD Monitor 16:9 DVI HDMI, Sennheiser PC 360 Headset, Razer Lachesis Mouse, Razer Arctosa Keyboard. I dont think any of it needs to be changed, Im also open to using parts from inside my current PC like the Optical Drive (16x DVD+/-RW) and the Hard Drive (640 GB Serial ATA non Raid 7200 Rpm) Once Again Im new to this So I dont know if these parts are worth keeping (or even if there Damaged with the rest of the PC, there both standard things that came from Dell 5 tears ago so there probably garbage anyway) but it was just a thought to save money
either way Ill be following your advice.sorry for the life story, If ive given you a bunch of useless information here instead of something you actually need to know then just let me know and Ill try to correct it
thanks in advanced to anyone willing to help, it will be extremely appreciated.John
Edit: also if anyone has any tips when putting everything together Im happy to hear them
(Ive bin reading a few guides from many sites and even seen a few videos but most of them are at least 5 to 10 years old
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The antec cooler is second only to the H100, as i dont have to use low profile RAM i added the patriot RAM which has better CAS timings than say the 
