Hi! Im fixing to buy a pc online It's my first gaming PC ever and although I chose all the parts myself after doing a bit of research I'm having it assembled by the online store just to play safe but I don't know if the parts even make sense in the constellation that I chose them, and if they even fit, as I'm totally new to this.
Oh yeah, I was redirected to this forum about a hundred times during the course of my research and it helped me a great deal, so I figured why not sign up and just go ahead and ask myself.
Video card: 2048MB Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti Stormx OC Dual Active PCIe 3.0 x16
Do I need a card with two coolers attached? Does it have to be overclocked? I heard the improvements are marginal and barely visible? (Gonna play lots and lots of games.)
Mainboard: MSI B85M-E45 Intel B85 so.1150 Dual Channel DDR3 mATX Retail
PCU: Intel Core i5 4590 4x 3.30GHz So.1150 BOX
(Do PCUs come with a fan or do I need to buy one? Also, the i5 4570 costs exactly the same and has tons of positive reviews whereas the 4590 has practically none. I understand it came out pretty recently, so that might have something to do with it. It performed exactly the same to only slightly better. Really don't know which one to go with here.)
Harddrive: 1000GB Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 64MB 3.5" (8.9cm) SATA 6Gb/s
PSU: I used an online Power Supply Calculator and it added up to only 293W so technically 400W should be more than enough? I'm looking to buy a high-end video card as soon as GTA 5 is released for PC, you think a 400W PSU will accomodate that as well? Or should I opt for 500W? Is a PSU a good place to cheap out and go and buy a $20 one or will it mess with my system?
RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 DIMM CL9 Dual Kit (Really no idea which RAM to get, I just know I want 8GB of DDR3.)
Case: mid-size, ATX, 2xUSB 2.0, 2xUSB 3.0
Suggestions of any kind will be greatly appreiated. Although the mainboard and RAM is probably what I'm most lost on. And the CPU. And... yeah, I have no clue what I'm doing.
As for the GTX750Ti, is there a big difference between the various brands? The EVGA did really good on some reviews I read/watched. A one-cooler, no-OC version (EVGA) costs the same as a Palit two-cooler, OC one. Good deal? Which way? Does the brand even matter? There are so many of them. Gigabyte, MSI, Zotac, Asus, Gainward... it's like standing in the cereal isle.
I'm pretty dead-set on a GTX750Ti but there is a GTX660 by Palit (one-cooler, no OC) that is only about $20 more than a Palit GTX750Ti Dual OC. Would it be worth the extra 20? (I'm on a bit of a budget.) Is it even that much better?
Oh yeah, I was redirected to this forum about a hundred times during the course of my research and it helped me a great deal, so I figured why not sign up and just go ahead and ask myself.
Video card: 2048MB Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti Stormx OC Dual Active PCIe 3.0 x16
Do I need a card with two coolers attached? Does it have to be overclocked? I heard the improvements are marginal and barely visible? (Gonna play lots and lots of games.)
Mainboard: MSI B85M-E45 Intel B85 so.1150 Dual Channel DDR3 mATX Retail
PCU: Intel Core i5 4590 4x 3.30GHz So.1150 BOX
(Do PCUs come with a fan or do I need to buy one? Also, the i5 4570 costs exactly the same and has tons of positive reviews whereas the 4590 has practically none. I understand it came out pretty recently, so that might have something to do with it. It performed exactly the same to only slightly better. Really don't know which one to go with here.)
Harddrive: 1000GB Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 64MB 3.5" (8.9cm) SATA 6Gb/s
PSU: I used an online Power Supply Calculator and it added up to only 293W so technically 400W should be more than enough? I'm looking to buy a high-end video card as soon as GTA 5 is released for PC, you think a 400W PSU will accomodate that as well? Or should I opt for 500W? Is a PSU a good place to cheap out and go and buy a $20 one or will it mess with my system?
RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 DIMM CL9 Dual Kit (Really no idea which RAM to get, I just know I want 8GB of DDR3.)
Case: mid-size, ATX, 2xUSB 2.0, 2xUSB 3.0
Suggestions of any kind will be greatly appreiated. Although the mainboard and RAM is probably what I'm most lost on. And the CPU. And... yeah, I have no clue what I'm doing.
As for the GTX750Ti, is there a big difference between the various brands? The EVGA did really good on some reviews I read/watched. A one-cooler, no-OC version (EVGA) costs the same as a Palit two-cooler, OC one. Good deal? Which way? Does the brand even matter? There are so many of them. Gigabyte, MSI, Zotac, Asus, Gainward... it's like standing in the cereal isle.
I'm pretty dead-set on a GTX750Ti but there is a GTX660 by Palit (one-cooler, no OC) that is only about $20 more than a Palit GTX750Ti Dual OC. Would it be worth the extra 20? (I'm on a bit of a budget.) Is it even that much better?