Hello,
My current old computer is on it's last legs and I'd like to have a go at building one - this will be my first attempt from scratch.
I'd like to get a solid, reliable base system, that can run games like Skyrim, Civ5 to a reasonable standard. I plan to upgrade monitor, keyboard & mouse in a few months time. My budget is ~$700, but I may consider waiting on the GPU as well, if other areas need more attention/ money.
This will be my first time building so I'd appreciate guidance on making sure all parts are compatible and if anyone has recommendations on system/ peripheral upgrades for the future, that would be great.
Additional info -
Approximate Purchase Date: next two weeks
Budget Range: $600-700
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, light photo editing, web.
Are you buying a monitor: Not yet
Parts to Upgrade: Case, CPU, mobo, GPU, power, HD, memory.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes, probably Win 8
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Prefer Newegg and Amazon
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Parts Preferences: was leaning to i5 for reliability, other than that none
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: current:1024x768 (to be upgraded later)
I've cobbled together this part list, which still needs a decent power supply. Does it need a cpu cooler?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($95.38 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.98 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($94.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $683.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-04 14:12 EDT-0400)
Many thanks for help and advice.
My current old computer is on it's last legs and I'd like to have a go at building one - this will be my first attempt from scratch.
I'd like to get a solid, reliable base system, that can run games like Skyrim, Civ5 to a reasonable standard. I plan to upgrade monitor, keyboard & mouse in a few months time. My budget is ~$700, but I may consider waiting on the GPU as well, if other areas need more attention/ money.
This will be my first time building so I'd appreciate guidance on making sure all parts are compatible and if anyone has recommendations on system/ peripheral upgrades for the future, that would be great.
Additional info -
Approximate Purchase Date: next two weeks
Budget Range: $600-700
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, light photo editing, web.
Are you buying a monitor: Not yet
Parts to Upgrade: Case, CPU, mobo, GPU, power, HD, memory.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes, probably Win 8
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Prefer Newegg and Amazon
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Parts Preferences: was leaning to i5 for reliability, other than that none
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: current:1024x768 (to be upgraded later)
I've cobbled together this part list, which still needs a decent power supply. Does it need a cpu cooler?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($95.38 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.98 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($94.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $683.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-04 14:12 EDT-0400)
Many thanks for help and advice.
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