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Hello all

I am looking to build a PC for the first time. I would like you guys to recommend me parts for building up the PC. Below is a brief info on my requirements;

Approximate Purchase Date: within the next 1 month

Budget Range: €500 after shipping. A little scalable, the cheaper the better

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Post processing pictures/videos, Daily driver

Are you buying a monitor: No. I recently purchased a Samsung 1080p smart TV that I would like to hook up with my PC. It is any good for my usage?

Parts to Buy: Everything including wireless keyboard (I was thinking of a wireless controller for gaming instead of keyboard?)

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon.de and others in EU with low (or free) shipping costs to Austria.

Parts Preferences: Nothing specific but should be reasonably future proof (possible upgrade in 1-2 years time)

Overclocking: No idea! Open to anything

SLI or Crossfire: No idea! Open to anything

Additional Comments: I would like to have a compact PC build. I haven't done much gaming in the last few years, but I prefer racing, simulators and action based games. I used to play Moto GP, NFS, GTA, Resident Evil, Total Overdose, Flight Simulator X. The initial build can be targeted for moderate gaming if not intense.

I hope I gave enough information. Please let me know otherwise.
Thank you!
 
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If you can up it to around 1000 Euro, you can certainly get a build that will last at least a few years, probably forever for 'moderate' gaming lol

Intel generally has an advantage, though something like an 8350 and an i5/i7 are very close in gaming. The Intel chips will handily beat the AMD chips in every day computing, due to their much superior single thread performance.

Since you originally had a much lower budget, I'll stick at 900 Euro, to not completely max your budget. But if you would like to get better, can always revise to 1000 Euro :) Gets you a 280X. Can max out everything at 1080p right now, and has 3GB of VRAM for future-proofing. The i5 and Zalman CPU cooler can be overclocked to 4.0-4.2 nicely, and you get a good...
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Should get you High quality at 1080p :)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (€91.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (€61.03 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Avexir Standard Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€59.90 @ Caseking)
Storage: Hitachi Travelstar Z7K500 500GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€46.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card (€162.76 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: BitFenix Merc Beta (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (€37.13 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€41.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €500.71
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-07 23:59 CEST+0200)
 
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Thank you!
The build in the first link looks ok to me. Unfortunately, not all parts are available in pcpartpicker Germany.
The second build is quite expensive and out of my budget.

 
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Thanks for the build recommendation.However, I see the following two potential issues/incompatibilities listed.
- Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs.
- ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard has an onboard USB 3.0 header, but the BitFenix Merc Beta (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case does not have front panel USB 3.0 ports.

Are you aware of these? How critical are they?


 
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If you want faster transfer to/from USB sticks it is. Motherboards should come with USB3.0-2.0 adapters.
 
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I swear, I am the king of replying as you are replying back lol

The ASRock Pro3 has no problems with the Vishera series CPUs. The 970 boards originally didn't support them, but that as months ago, and has since been shipping with the updated BIOS. No worries there :)

The USB 3.0 header warning just states that to use USB 3.0, you will need to use the ports on the motherboard I/O on the back of the system. You will still be able to use USB 2.0 from the front.

Not critical at all, PCPartPicker just has to generalize everything to stay out of liability lol


 
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Yeah got you. I will have a look at the possible combinations later and get back to you in case of questions. Thanks for now :)

 
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lol, just trying to sort out quickly :wahoo:

Thanks for the clarification. Does Intel have an edge over AMD? I somehow like to have Intel for no reason, really no reason at all.
Can you suggest an Intel build well above my mentioned budget of €500 and up to €800-1000 provided I don't have to upgrade for the next few years and still be able to use it for moderate gaming?
 
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If you can up it to around 1000 Euro, you can certainly get a build that will last at least a few years, probably forever for 'moderate' gaming lol

Intel generally has an advantage, though something like an 8350 and an i5/i7 are very close in gaming. The Intel chips will handily beat the AMD chips in every day computing, due to their much superior single thread performance.

Since you originally had a much lower budget, I'll stick at 900 Euro, to not completely max your budget. But if you would like to get better, can always revise to 1000 Euro :) Gets you a 280X. Can max out everything at 1080p right now, and has 3GB of VRAM for future-proofing. The i5 and Zalman CPU cooler can be overclocked to 4.0-4.2 nicely, and you get a good modular power supply and an SSD as well :) will be a great gaming machine

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (€201.90 @ Caseking)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X OPTIMA CPU Cooler (€26.72 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€92.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Avexir Standard Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€59.90 @ Caseking)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (€56.30 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€51.90 @ Caseking)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card (€269.00 @ Caseking)
Case: Zalman Z12 ATX Mid Tower Case (€61.30 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Enermax NAXN ADV. 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€73.83 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €893.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-08 02:57 CEST+0200)
 
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Wow, that build looks great:love: Thank you so much! I am already feeling inclined towards it.
The reason to scale up or even double the initial budget was because of the following two options of which I would go with (A)
(A) To make a one-time investment around €800-1000 that would last longer so that I don't spend a penny on the upgrades for the next few years.
(B) To get a cheaper build for around €500 that will definitely ask for upgrades anywhere from partial to full in the next 1-2 years and would totally cost the same as (A) or even more.

I would need some time to read and understand a bit about features and performance of each of the parts in this build to get a sense of what I am actually building. That makes me happy and confident:) I will get back to you with more questions, probably! because like many others here you know quite well about what you are talking ;)

Do you recommend any wireless controller for gaming instead of a keyboard?
 
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