Hello,
I am Luke. A Aussie uni student, studying IT. I have hated my computer over the last couple of years(i7q, 4gb ram, non-dedicated graphics). Anyways, I have finally decided to upgrade and I want to go big. I have about $1500 Australian to spend.
I have a keyboard, a mouse, 1 monitor(probs want another for duel screens) and a dvd drive.
I have done heappppps of researched and learnt heaps about computers and gpu's over the last couple weeks. I'm pretty sure I know what to build, I just want to know if I'm missing anything, example, I've noticed some video cards don't support openGL, which means playing minecraft would suffer. So, I'll quickly say what the comp will be used for, let you know what I'm thinking of going with, and await your input.
Comp Usage:
50% of the time, internet surfing, youtube, facebook, pc forums, and porn(im not afraid to admit it).
20-30% of the time, some sort of coding. Java, js, html, c++. something like that, never really anything graphical though.
the other 20-30% of the time is gaming. I can imagine with a good computer the gaming would climb to 50% and the web surfing would drop.
So, Firstly, I am not a typical gamer, who needs the newest games, runnning in the highest resolution, with the maxxed graphical settings and huge 60+fps. However, I do enjoy gaming, and would love the option of playing new title games, with descent graphic and resolution at playable fps rates. For this reason, I have decided that the GTX 660 Ti Boost is the GPU for me. I am looking at MSI's twin frozr 3gb gddr5 video card. The reason, being it is the most "highend" 660ti on the market and I don't want a rear exhausting video card, as i've heard they are loud as hell.
So anyways,
CPU: Im thinking either: i7 3770k or i5 4560k. I'm not fussed about hyper threading because its usless to me i think so i7, doesn't matter. I've only heard good things about haswell(4rth gen intel) thus why im thinking more about the 4560k. I don't plan on over clocking for now, but I kinda want the option for when I get better with all this computer tech stuff, thus why I went for the "k" versions for either cpu.
GPU: MSI Twin Frozr GTX 660ti boost 3gb gddr5. For the reasons mentioned above. It seems decent bang to buck without going overboard.
Memory: 16gb Cosair Vengeance 1600mhz(2x8gb)
Reason: I want lost of ram to future proof the system and also so i can always beat my friends in a "who has more memory" competition.
PSU: 500watt Cosair 500m. Modular is good right?
Motherboard: Whatever really suits all this and can support overclocking and perhaps SLI, as one day I might decide to try it. Leaning towards asus, but I hate how much bloatware they put on there products.
Case: No idea. Something with good airflow, not to big, not to small, so midtower(?). Dont really need al lthe flashy light, but they are welcomed.Will buy extra fans to put in.
Optical: already have some old dvd thingy im going to use
Storage: 1tb HDD seagate 7200rpm and a cheapish, 128gb samsung ssd for windows.
Software: Windows 7 home edition(64-bit). **Note, I dont want win8. Its bad for gaming and looks like a touchpad not a computer. No hate though.
Screen: Something, big cheap and good... if that exists.
Sound cards etc: Do I need a soundcard? I might buy some cheap speakers down the road but till then I will use my headphones.
Wireless cards: Is this worth it? Can I game of a wifi connection. We have good internet and my room is close to the router, but a cord may not be an option. So if i cant game of wifi, I will probs put the computer in the room with the modem/router and just use a cat5.
Have I missed anything?
Also, My room faces west, which means that the sun beems down onto threwout the afternoon. Sometimes I am not home and when I come into my room, if the curtains were left open, It must be about 50 celcuis. Could that damage the comp, if it is running.
1 more thing, I plan on running remote desktop from school to my home comp sometimes(not needed but would be cool) must I buy anything for that? Other than software that I can install later?
Thanks for any help.
I am Luke. A Aussie uni student, studying IT. I have hated my computer over the last couple of years(i7q, 4gb ram, non-dedicated graphics). Anyways, I have finally decided to upgrade and I want to go big. I have about $1500 Australian to spend.
I have a keyboard, a mouse, 1 monitor(probs want another for duel screens) and a dvd drive.
I have done heappppps of researched and learnt heaps about computers and gpu's over the last couple weeks. I'm pretty sure I know what to build, I just want to know if I'm missing anything, example, I've noticed some video cards don't support openGL, which means playing minecraft would suffer. So, I'll quickly say what the comp will be used for, let you know what I'm thinking of going with, and await your input.
Comp Usage:
50% of the time, internet surfing, youtube, facebook, pc forums, and porn(im not afraid to admit it).
20-30% of the time, some sort of coding. Java, js, html, c++. something like that, never really anything graphical though.
the other 20-30% of the time is gaming. I can imagine with a good computer the gaming would climb to 50% and the web surfing would drop.
So, Firstly, I am not a typical gamer, who needs the newest games, runnning in the highest resolution, with the maxxed graphical settings and huge 60+fps. However, I do enjoy gaming, and would love the option of playing new title games, with descent graphic and resolution at playable fps rates. For this reason, I have decided that the GTX 660 Ti Boost is the GPU for me. I am looking at MSI's twin frozr 3gb gddr5 video card. The reason, being it is the most "highend" 660ti on the market and I don't want a rear exhausting video card, as i've heard they are loud as hell.
So anyways,
CPU: Im thinking either: i7 3770k or i5 4560k. I'm not fussed about hyper threading because its usless to me i think so i7, doesn't matter. I've only heard good things about haswell(4rth gen intel) thus why im thinking more about the 4560k. I don't plan on over clocking for now, but I kinda want the option for when I get better with all this computer tech stuff, thus why I went for the "k" versions for either cpu.
GPU: MSI Twin Frozr GTX 660ti boost 3gb gddr5. For the reasons mentioned above. It seems decent bang to buck without going overboard.
Memory: 16gb Cosair Vengeance 1600mhz(2x8gb)
Reason: I want lost of ram to future proof the system and also so i can always beat my friends in a "who has more memory" competition.
PSU: 500watt Cosair 500m. Modular is good right?
Motherboard: Whatever really suits all this and can support overclocking and perhaps SLI, as one day I might decide to try it. Leaning towards asus, but I hate how much bloatware they put on there products.
Case: No idea. Something with good airflow, not to big, not to small, so midtower(?). Dont really need al lthe flashy light, but they are welcomed.Will buy extra fans to put in.
Optical: already have some old dvd thingy im going to use
Storage: 1tb HDD seagate 7200rpm and a cheapish, 128gb samsung ssd for windows.
Software: Windows 7 home edition(64-bit). **Note, I dont want win8. Its bad for gaming and looks like a touchpad not a computer. No hate though.
Screen: Something, big cheap and good... if that exists.
Sound cards etc: Do I need a soundcard? I might buy some cheap speakers down the road but till then I will use my headphones.
Wireless cards: Is this worth it? Can I game of a wifi connection. We have good internet and my room is close to the router, but a cord may not be an option. So if i cant game of wifi, I will probs put the computer in the room with the modem/router and just use a cat5.
Have I missed anything?
Also, My room faces west, which means that the sun beems down onto threwout the afternoon. Sometimes I am not home and when I come into my room, if the curtains were left open, It must be about 50 celcuis. Could that damage the comp, if it is running.
1 more thing, I plan on running remote desktop from school to my home comp sometimes(not needed but would be cool) must I buy anything for that? Other than software that I can install later?
Thanks for any help.