noob pc build

[bibbidibob]

so its my birthday and i finally have money for a new pc, instead of going competitor i thought i'd try making one from scratch, as it's cheaper and i can build it more specific to my needs (gaming).

So i went through competitor looking around and i made a build which doesnt seem bad from my knowledge (i clicked a lot of "recommended buttons"). However i wanted some people who knew what they were talking about and look it over, possibly save me money, or make 1 thing cheaping to invest in something i need to invest more in.

as i said this is my first build and if im honest, i have no idea what im doing, i just dont wanna waste money paying a man in a shed to do something i can do myself. My money is tight and the list is at the brink of my budget.

competitor

(p.s., there are a lot of typos and bad grammar, i am being lazy and not correcting.)

 

[BriT]

Can't link to competitors.

 

[lee32uk]

Yeah you need to remove the link. Your best bet is to list the parts on here so we can see the spec.

 

[Doomedspeed]

Tell us your budget and what you need (component wise) and we'll do you a spec. .

 

[bibbidibob]

ah, damn, well atm it's £718

Windows 7 pro 64bit
Gigabyte SKT-1155 Z77X-D3H
intel i5-3570k
western digi 1TB 3.5 inch
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9 XMP
Antec 300 case
Geforce GTX 660
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (120mm)
a £53 600W PSU from corsair

also getting thermal compound because apparently i'll need it (i will be reading and watching youtube on more of it when i know what im buying)

trying to keep it in the £700 if possible, with space for upgrades in the future

another thing concerning me, is i had to buy a network card on my old computer and my current one has one for the wifi, does that come in motherboards these days or will i need one for this one aswell?

 

[stulid]

Thank god you asked before you bought that spec, as its outdated not not very well balanced.

AMD is great option and allows you to even score a SSD,


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
Total : £709.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).



• Thermal compound usually comes supplied with heatsinks, very rare that it doesn't.

 

[bibbidibob]

that is very nice, you've saved me money and i would say given me a better spec, but i dont think my spec in the first place would count as a spec seeing that one.

just curious about the extra hard drive, the 1TB is nice, but the toshiba one seems a little off to me, usually when people go with 2 hard drives they get identical.

 

[stulid]

The SSD is to run the OS and install as many games etc you can fit onto it, SSD's are really quick as there are no moving parts and they are all made from quick RAM.

So that would be your C: drive.


The HDD is for storage and whatever else you need to keep, it will be an independent drive, D:

 

[bibbidibob]

Thanks man, think im gonna buy this now, you know if overclockers do next day delivery?

 

[stulid]

Thanks man, think im gonna buy this now, you know if overclockers do next day delivery?

They do, but...

• The PSU is actually on pre-order so not in-stock.

• You need to select Saturday delivery specifically if you wanted it for tomorrow (but its a bit late in the day for this now I would have thought)

• I've ordered stuff and selected the cheaper delivery option and it's still come next day, guess its all down to the couriers.

 

[ndaar]

Hi bibbidiboo, welcome and good that you posted before you bought that computer you were going to get.

As stulid said its outdated and not the best. His AMD build is good value for money, more powerful than the one you picked.

The inclusion of the SSD drive greatly speeds up system boot times so its a nice touch.

The graphics card is capable.

One thing you didn't say was what monitor you will be using for the computer? Also what games will you be playing, as sometimes NVidia might be better than amd.

 

[BinnsY]

Before you click buy take a look at this spec. It's basically exactly the same as Stulid's but with a cheaper case saving you a bit of cash. I can see Stulid was going for a red/black theme but at your budget I really dont see the extra £25 on the case being worth the money.

With the money you save on the case I've increased the storage drive from 1TB to 2TB. It's amazing how quickly you can get through 1TB of data these days so this gives you a bit longer without having to worry about storage space. You also save a fiver


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £49.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
Total : £704.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[stulid]

Airflow!

A budget based case with a single fan for those parts may make things toasty.

 

[BinnsY]

The shadow only has a single 120mm intake and 120mm exhaust and the intake looks just as restricted as it does on the comrade.

To be fair though you raise a good point that the single 120mm exhaust might struggle. It's easily fixed whilst sticking with the cheaper case though. Stick two of these in the two front intake spots on the comrade. It only takes the build up to £5 over your origional spec but you still get the jump from a 1TB hdd to a 2TB hdd. If that really is taking it over budget though you can drop the HDD back down and come in £16 cheaper.

YOUR BASKET
2 x Arctic F12 Pro PWM Case Fan - 120mm £4.99 (£9.98)
Total : £13.90 (includes shipping : £3.26).

 

[stulid]

The Shadow is a better case, better cable managment holes and space behind the tray to stuff the PSU cables.

More USB3.0 and 2.0 ports.

Soft touch finish.

The illumination lighting (which can be turned on/off).


Once you've added 1/3rd extra cost to the comrade by adding fans you may aswell get a £40-45 case and start with something better to begin with such as something from Zalman.