Help with my Gaming PC Build. please help me

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Hi if you could take your time to help me out with some questions,i would be very great full,i have looked into this topic for a while but still very Confused.sorry for the questions but i am a Noob

QUESTIONS for my custom Build

Wireless adapter ?
Keyboard and mouse?
Disk Drive?
Sound cards?
Other cases ?
Fans?
Monitor?
Headset?
Insurance?
Speakers?
SSD Drives?
Headphone jacks?
USB Ports?
Anything else i will need?
Is everything compatible?
What other cases/Monitors are there?
Is my Build future proof? can i upgrade it later on

Will my setup run games like Arma3,DayZ and Future games on High+ settings and 50+ fps ?

Case:DESKTOP COMPUTER PC CASE Galaxy 3 Mid Tower Black 450W PSU Bubble Light Windows LED,are there any other cases within the £0- £70 range that my build will support,and has good air flow

MotherBoard: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970 Motherboard (Socket AM3+, DDR3, S-ATA 600, ATX, PCI Express 2.0 x16, USB 3.0)

Intel Core i5 4440 Quad Core

Memory: Corsair CML8GX3M1A1600C10 Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL10 XMP Performance Desktop Memory Module Black

Hard drive:Western Digital 1TB internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue (3.5 inch) Internal

Power supply: Corsair CX750 Builder Series CX 750W ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze PSU

Graphics card: Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7870 Graphics Card (2GB GDDR5, PCI-E) OR

MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 Gaming 4GB DDR5 Twin Frozer IV FAN PCI-E Graphics card?

Op system/Windows 7 Pro

Optical Drive:LG ELECTRONICS GH24NS95 LG (24X) DVD Rewriter SuperMulti with M-DISC Support (Internal)


TP-Link TL-WDN4800 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter

Kingston Technology 120GB Solid State Drive 2.5-inch V300 SATA 3

Logitech Z323 Speaker System

Samsung S24C300HS 24 inch HDMI VGA LED Monitor


Corsair CO-9050006-WW Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition 120mm Low Noise High Pressure Fan Dual Pack


My Budget is £1000 for everything,PC,Monitor,Keyboard,Mouse,Mat,Speakers,Headset?

What do i ask for when having a Custom Gaming pc Built ?


 
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I left £100 in your budget so you can buy the extra peripherals. Also, feel free to switch from Windows 8 to Windows 7 if you'd prefer that. It won't make a massive difference. Enjoy!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£129.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£72.38 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£53.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£239.72 @...

Jason Werthman

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I personally have been using the Rosewill Challenger in a mid tower ATX gaming rig and it works for me just fine. The case is $49.99 USD and I would go with it over the Rosewill galaxy just because it has the two extra side mounts for fans if you need them.

The motherboard looks good

The processor is fine, but for about the same price you could get an AMD FX 8350 which has 8 cores instead of 4 and clock speed of 4GHz which can be overclocked up to 4.2 GHz and personally I would go with the AMD FX 8350, or you could get the 8320 if you can not spend what might be a extra couple pounds or dollars.

If you want 8 Gigs of RAM go for this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313355&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= 2 sticks of 4 gig ram will out perform one stick of 8 gig ram.

For the HDD, I would look at something like this if you want to save money: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0013DU7R4/?tag=pcpapi-20 Western Digital hard drives are great, but I have been using hitachi and seagate hard drives and have not had a problem yet, and they are cheaper for the most part.

I do not see any issue with the PSU, it is a decent brand and it should suit your needs fine and then some

for the graphics card, the R9 270x looks like a better option than a HD 7870, but the GTX 760 will outperform that. A R9 280x will outperform a GTX 760 and the 290x will hands down, but the 290x is getting near GTX titan territory.

I am not sure where you can get a legal copy of windows 7 anymore because microsoft tries to force windows 8 onto anyone they can, so you might have to get creative with that, but I prefer it to windows 8.

I do not know what you need your optical drive to be able to do, but anything should do as long as it lasts the half hour to an hour it takes to install windows, this one will do that and then plenty more.

The adapter will be fine if you get a large antenna for it and place said antenna in a good spot, but I would exlpore any options to have a direct wired connection that are possible first, especially if your gaming.

SSD's are nice, make sure you unplug your HDD when installing windows to make sure windows goes on the SSD and not the HDD though. I assume your getting the SSD to put windows on to have it boot faster.

Those speakers should be fine, but I am not an expert here by any means since I never got speakers on my gaming rig, I just use a headset.

The monitor is really at your discretion. However, keep prices and size in mind. for the price of a 32 inch I have two 22 inches.

The case fans are fine, depending on the case. The challenger case I mentioned above comes with a top 140mm, rear, and front 120mm fan with the front having LED's on it, there are two mounting points on the side 120 or 140mm fans as well, so make of that what you will. Case fans mainly depend on the case your going to use.

As a final note, I can not tell you how much I recommend you NEVER pay anyone to build your computer and NEVER BUY A PRE BUILT PC! In my mind and in the mind of what I think are a lot of gamers, you lose respect for someone that buys a pre built instead of building their own. Building a computer is a lot cheaper than having one built for you, my PC would cost around $500 USD more to have it bought from one of those "build your own computer" websites. I highly suggest you take 15 minutes and look up some tutorials or something, it is seriously easy. If your able to put the square peg in the square hole and use a screwdriver, you can build a computer. It is by no means hard, and if you need help I can get on skype or teamspeak or whatever you want and walk you through it step by step, I know a lot of people here are really nice and they would be more than willing to walk you through it step by step on these forums if you provide pictures, as someone did that for me on my first system, and I had a bunch of people helping too. People here are friendly and encouraging, and if you need any help putting the PC together im sure someone here can help. It honestly took me an hour with no instructions to put my first computer together, the parts are made to only fit one way. You may want tor read your motherboard manual when your adding the parts to that to make sure everything is in the correct spot, and use some zipties or something to keep wires away from fans, but it really is not hard, and it is a good experience to have and good knowledge, plus you get the satisfaction of knowing you built that computer.

Edit: Hope this helps
 

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I left £100 in your budget so you can buy the extra peripherals. Also, feel free to switch from Windows 8 to Windows 7 if you'd prefer that. It won't make a massive difference. Enjoy!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£129.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£72.38 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£53.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£239.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£78.89 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£82.70 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: AOC i2367Fh 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (£146.23 @ Dabs)
Total: £898.11
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-24 21:27 BST+0100)
 
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+1, the GTX 770 is a strong card.
 
Apr 24, 2014
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Hi,thankyou for the answers,i have changed my build around so if you could tell me what you think it would help me out A lot. thanks again,Also i have looked at building it and i just dont have the time,i made my mind up about not buying PreBuilt as......you know why lol and the guy who will be building me the pc is doing it for free,My uncle's friend has had 4 custom built from him in the past 3 years and have had no problems.thanks

CPU: AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor (4.0/4.2GHz, 8MB Level 3 Cache, 8MB Level 2 Cache, Socket AM3+, 125W

CPU Cooler:Corsair Hydro H75 Liquid Cooler for CPU

Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970 Motherboard (Socket AM3+, DDR3, S-ATA 600, ATX, PCI Express 2.0 x16, USB 3.0)
Memory:HyperX 8 GB 2133 MHz CL11 DDR3 HyperX Beast Desktop Memory Kit (2 x 4GB) - Intel XMP

Storage:WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue

Video Card: Asus GTX 770 Nvidia GeForce DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card (PCI Express 3.0, HDMI, DVI-I, DVI-D, Display Port, 256 Bit, 3D Vision Ready, GPU Boost 2.0)

Case:Aerocool X-Warrior Screwless Gaming Mid Tower Case with No PSU - Black

Power Supply:Corsair CX750 Builder Series CX 750W ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze PSU

Optical Drive:LG ELECTRONICS GH24NS95 LG (24X) DVD Rewriter SuperMulti with M-DISC Support (Internal)

Operating System: Windows 7 or Windows 8

Monitor:Samsung S24C300HS 24 inch HDMI VGA LED Monitor

Wireless Adapter:TP-Link TL-WDN4800 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter

SSD:Kingston Technology 120GB Solid State Drive 2.5-inch V300 SATA 3

FAN:Corsair CO-9050006-WW Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition 120mm Low Noise High Pressure Fan Dual Pack

DVI Cable:AmazonBasics HDMI to DVI Adapter Cable 9.8 Feet / 3.0 m
 

Graphiicz

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The build I posted is perfect for you - just use that.
 

Jason Werthman

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I would personally go with the FX 8350. It is better than the intel i5 4430 and it will run everything faster. The build you said you would use a couple posts up looks good, minus the liquid cooling. It is not bad, but I never use it because it is not needed, it costs more, and theres the chance of having it leak inside your PC.