First time building a PC

CosminGCole

CosminGCole

CosminGCole

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This will be my first time building a gaming rig (in fact my first time building any pc) so I just want some tips on what to make sure I do and don't do while building it :D I'm not a total newbie when it comes to hardware since I've seen way too many videos but I just want to make sure everything is going to be alright when I will do mine :)

I have looked though the PC building topic on this forum but maybe there's something about this case or parts that needs to be mentioned :)

I also have no idea which way is best to connect the monitor, I'm guessing HDMI ?

Here's the parts I've bought:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £555.97
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 970 "iChill Herculez X4 Air Boss Ultra" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (C97U-1SDN-M5DNX) **OcUK Exclusive** £319.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x Corsair Gaming CGK65 RGB Cherry MX Red Tenkeyless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000072-UK) £109.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
Total : £1,514.40 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Cheers!
 
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Looks great.

Also in one more post you get free delivery so go for it, or there is a voucher you can use as you are buying a superflower PSU+case.

HDMI+DVI give the same picture quality, with HDMI you can get the speakers to work.
 
stulid said:
Looks great.

Also in one more post you get free delivery so go for it, or there is a voucher you can use as you are buying a superflower PSU+case.

HDMI+DVI give the same picture quality, with HDMI you can get the speakers to work.
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Yep I heard about the delivery thing but too late since I have already made the purchase earlier today :/ Also what voucher?! did I miss some £200 discount XD ?
 
Oh well, what can I do now. I wasn't aware of this at the time and I bought everything with a £15 delivery fee which seems reasonable compared to the price of the rig :D .

I do have one more question though. Since the keyboard is ETA on 20 November, are all the parts going to come on the 20th or just the keyboard?
 
CosminGCole said:
Oh well, what can I do now. I wasn't aware of this at the time and I bought everything with a £15 delivery fee which seems reasonable compared to the price of the rig :D .

I do have one more question though. Since the keyboard is ETA on 20 November, are all the parts going to come on the 20th or just the keyboard?
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Ask in customer service.

It may arrive minus the keyboard which will follow later.

Do you have one to use in the mean time?
 
stulid said:
Ask in customer service.

It may arrive minus the keyboard which will follow later.

Do you have one to use in the mean time?
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I have posted something in the customer service section yesterday and no one has answered sooo yeah. I do have one to use even though is a very awful £10 keyboard.
 
Alrightty :D Since my parts will arrive Wednesday most probably, I need to educate myself on how to connect all the cables from the PSU to the motherboard and everything I need to do so I don't blow up, kidding :P. Since I do have a rough idea which cable needs to be plugged in where I'm not scared about it whatsoever, but there are some which I have no idea where to plug them :D Sooo maybe you guys know a guide for this particular motherboard/psu.

Cheers :)
 
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