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Redek

Redek

Redek

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Hey all,
My names ed, pleased to meet you!

The reason I've joined OC is Im currently building a PC, Iim a bit out of my depth with but I want to learn and do it all myself at home. Ive already bought 2 parts and now could use a little help so I can get it all sorted by Jan/Feb on my tight budget.

Any help will be thankfully received!

Cheers!
 
Hello and welcome :-) maybe you should post what parts you have already decided and what sort of Pc your looking for so other members can help you out.
 
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Nice1. I'm building my first PC and it's going to be for online gaming and studio work primarily. Sound quality is valuable to me too.

The two parts I've already bought are the mobo ASUS - 1155 P8Z68-V PRO S/L and CPU - Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K 3.3Ghz.

The rest of the parts so far are;

Case - Undecided; modestly priced, sizeable and not bland looking

8GB KG-Skill Ripjaw (DDR3, 1600Ghz): £45

GFX - NVidia GTS 450 (1GB, DDR3) £75

SC - Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 PRO Sound Card £60

PSU - 600W Corsair Corsair CMPSU-600GUK Gaming Series GS600 High Performance; £60

Cooling - Corsair CWCH60 Water Cooler; £48

HD -Undecided

OS - Windows 7 £70


I plan to have most of it running by January, by which time I will have had £4-500 to spend on it. Im pretty sure I can leave the GFX till later, as the MB has integrated GFX which I believe can hold its own. Same goes with the sound card I guess?

Is my choice of GFX card suitable with this MB? Apparently this mobo does some switching between its onboard and external GX cards.

The MB allegedly overclocks itself automatically (as far as I understand it) - is water cooling necessary for this build?

I don't know what to do about the HD. I was getting a 1TB seagate SATA, but foolishly didn't invest before the prices got hiked up. I don't know what the difference is between SSD and the HDD.

I am building this PC to teach myself something new and am very keen to get going with it. I am reluctant though, cos to be fair I do sometimes run before I can walk!

Any help muchly appreciated and I'll answer any questions as best I can.
 
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Thanks. I might cut down the price on the cooling and spend a little more on the FX card later then. My friend actually said the same thing about an hour ago.
The Asus p8z68 pro allegedly does some useful stuff with changing between the integrated and 'external' gfx I read. I thought maybe I could budget on the gx card for this reason. But if it's a gaming rig I suppose that's the part I should least be taking for granted. To be fair, I don't know what I'm doing.
 
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