Would I be able to build this?

BioticProdigy

BioticProdigy

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It's my first time trying to build a computer and I have a list of all the parts I'm gonna use to build it. I just want to know if it is it actually possible to build it? (Will all the pieces fit together etc).

PSU: OcUK Value 500W ("Primo 510i" Intel H61 DDR3 Ready Barebones)
MotherBoard: Asus P8H61-MX Intel H61 ("Primo 510i" Intel H61 DDR3 Ready Barebones)
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM 4GB
Graphics Card: MSI GTX550Ti V2 NVIDIA Graphics Card - 1GB
CPU Fan: Cooler Master Hyper TX 3 EVO
CPU: Intel Core i3 2120
CD-ROM Drive: OcUK 22x SATA ReWriter
Network Card: TP-Link Gigabit PCI Network Adapter
USB: Startech PEXUSB3S2 2 Port PCI Express SuperSpeed USB 3.0
HDD: 250GB SATA Hard Drive

Also if I'm missing anything could you please let me know :)
 
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Hi and Welcome.

What do you want the system for gaming of just web browsing ect as there are a number of way to improve the build.

What is you max budget?
Do you need anything else, an OS for example?
 
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Gaming mostly but I have a £350 budget so i thought I was doin pretty well, all these come to about £343

Imma clone my old Hard Drive for OS but if it doesnt work then ill just use Linux
 
I have made a few changes, but it is a bit over.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £94.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £41.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1333C9DC) £37.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £376.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I have swapped out the case and PSU to a better one, the OcUK one are very poor PSUs for gaming. The motherboard has USB 3 on it and you don't need a CPU cooler, one is supplied with the processor. The 6850 is a much better card than a 550Ti. You don't need the Network or USB card as it is built into the motherboard.
 
Wow, thanks man. Will all of these things definitely work together?
And are you sure the 6850 is better? I'm not being ungrateful for your help or anything, its just that a friend of mine told me that the 550 ti is really good and cheap
 
Fire_fly said:
I have made a few changes, but it is a bit over.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £94.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £41.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1333C9DC) £37.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £376.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I have swapped out the case and PSU to a better one, the OcUK one are very poor PSUs for gaming. The motherboard has USB 3 on it and you don't need a CPU cooler, one is supplied with the processor. The 6850 is a much better card than a 550Ti. You don't need the Network or USB card as it is built into the motherboard.
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That dose look better, nice job .;)
 
 
here's my take on your budget. slightly over, but it includes a z77 mobo so you can drop in a i5 3570k when you get the money (think of it as futureproofing)


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - O (HD-101-SA) £40
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £389.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Awesome, yeah its way better. altogether itd come to £385.88.
I'm totally gettin this build. thanks Fire fly, you just made my future pc a lot better.

Oh, one last question - where does it say that the CPU comes with a fan? I couldnt find that...
 
BioticProdigy said:
Awesome, yeah its way better. altogether itd come to £385.88.
I'm totally gettin this build. thanks Fire fly, you just made my future pc a lot better.

Oh, one last question - where does it say that the CPU comes with a fan? I couldnt find that...
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The build I done is cheaper, and has more RAM, but put a DVD drive in there, I forgot :eek:
 
ok, I did a sort of pick n mix from them all. It comes to an adequate price and (I think) does the job. tbf i really am terrible at this tho lol

PSU: Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus'
MotherBoard: Gigabit H61MA-D2V
RAM: OcUK Value 8GB
Graphics: MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB
Case: Xigmatek Asgard II Black/Orange
CPU: i3-2120 3.30 GHz (Sandybridge)
CD-ROM Drive: LG GH24NS90 24x
Hard Drive: http://uk.webuy.com/product.php?sku=SHDDS13A0AA
 
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This is sorta on topic and sorta off topic...
The hard drive I'm getting obviously doesn't have an OS on and I don't have enough to buy Windows 7, so I was wondering. should I use Linux Ubuntu instead? I hear that if you use a program called Wine, you can play most Windows games. But will all the parts that I listed above work with Linux? Because (like I said, I don't know much about all this) I heard something about Drivers not working with OS's other than Windows... (I don't know what a Driver is)
 
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