- Dec 31, 2013
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Hi Guys,
So the PC I've been using the past 7 years or so has just been a constantly evolving monstrosity in which I've swapped out parts that friends have recommended, etc.
But it's time for a new leaf in my book and I'm hoping to start a build from scratch. The thing is, I'm a bit of a numpty when it comes to this kind of thing and I'd be really appreciative of any suggestions/criticisms people might offer of my choices. I kind of want to nail a sweet spot between 'epic gaming PC Master Race goodness' (price around £800 tops) and affordability. Ideally this thing should be reasonably 'future proof'.
I hope to be able to run this thing on a dual monitor setup and be able to record my games with FRAPS as I play; all in all this seems a tad demanding as I'd like to be doing this on max graphics on games such as BF4, Planetside 2 and Total War: Rome II
Anyway, without much further ado: Here's what I've come up with so far:
GPU: Zotac nVidia GTX 760 (Edit: Thanks for pointing out I had the wrong card here)
CPU: Intel i5 4670k
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H Socket 1150
Hard Drives: Samsung 250gb SSD 840 EVO (for the OS) Seagate 2TB Barracuda Internal Hard Drive (for everything else)
The following I'm hoping I can recycle from my current rig, though I'm not altogether sure it'll all work with this stuff (please let me know if anything is stupid to choose here):
RAM: -2x 8gb Corsair Vengeance LP Performance Memory Modules 8gb (2x 4gb) DDR 2133MHz CL9
Power Supply: -Coolermaster Elite 500w PSU
CPU Cooling: -Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 CPU Cooler
Sound Card: -Some ancient Creative SoundBlaster card from 2005 or something
Some questions:
-I know nothing about Motherboards; will the one I'm using work okay with my CPU? Ideally I'd also like 4 RAM slots (if you can get that many) and USB 3.0 functionality
-Is my power supply sufficient?
-What case would you guys recommend? I'm using a CoolerMaster Elite 510 at the moment but I doubt it'll accommodate everything. I'd also like room to fit cooling stuff as I've a feeling I might have to...
-What cooling stuff would you go for? What seems necessary?
-Will this PC be capable of dual monitor output just using the two DVI ports on the graphics card?
-Do you guys see any obvious rookie schoolboy errors?
Thanks so much for reading and any help you might offer!
So the PC I've been using the past 7 years or so has just been a constantly evolving monstrosity in which I've swapped out parts that friends have recommended, etc.
But it's time for a new leaf in my book and I'm hoping to start a build from scratch. The thing is, I'm a bit of a numpty when it comes to this kind of thing and I'd be really appreciative of any suggestions/criticisms people might offer of my choices. I kind of want to nail a sweet spot between 'epic gaming PC Master Race goodness' (price around £800 tops) and affordability. Ideally this thing should be reasonably 'future proof'.
I hope to be able to run this thing on a dual monitor setup and be able to record my games with FRAPS as I play; all in all this seems a tad demanding as I'd like to be doing this on max graphics on games such as BF4, Planetside 2 and Total War: Rome II
Anyway, without much further ado: Here's what I've come up with so far:
GPU: Zotac nVidia GTX 760 (Edit: Thanks for pointing out I had the wrong card here)
CPU: Intel i5 4670k
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H Socket 1150
Hard Drives: Samsung 250gb SSD 840 EVO (for the OS) Seagate 2TB Barracuda Internal Hard Drive (for everything else)
The following I'm hoping I can recycle from my current rig, though I'm not altogether sure it'll all work with this stuff (please let me know if anything is stupid to choose here):
RAM: -2x 8gb Corsair Vengeance LP Performance Memory Modules 8gb (2x 4gb) DDR 2133MHz CL9
Power Supply: -Coolermaster Elite 500w PSU
CPU Cooling: -Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 CPU Cooler
Sound Card: -Some ancient Creative SoundBlaster card from 2005 or something
Some questions:
-I know nothing about Motherboards; will the one I'm using work okay with my CPU? Ideally I'd also like 4 RAM slots (if you can get that many) and USB 3.0 functionality
-Is my power supply sufficient?
-What case would you guys recommend? I'm using a CoolerMaster Elite 510 at the moment but I doubt it'll accommodate everything. I'd also like room to fit cooling stuff as I've a feeling I might have to...
-What cooling stuff would you go for? What seems necessary?
-Will this PC be capable of dual monitor output just using the two DVI ports on the graphics card?
-Do you guys see any obvious rookie schoolboy errors?
Thanks so much for reading and any help you might offer!
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