- Jul 3, 2014
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I'm not that experienced with computers... I know where all the bits go, what they do and how to assemble it all. I find it all very interesting and I'd like to have a go at building my first PC...
I have a PC at the moment that I've had for many years and have just replaced the odd component here and there... I'd probably keep the hard drive I've got now which I only bought a year ago and I'm not sure i'd need a better CD/DVD drive so that would probably stay. They are both IDE. Which is a question mark... how easy is converting IDE to SATA? Is it really just a case of whacking in an adaptor!?
Anyway, thought I'd share my ideas for a build and see if anyone would like to share their opinions; if they think I'm going to encounter issues etc etc . Any contributions are gladly received, I figure that if I'm gonna build one, I plan to make it as good as possible for as cheap as possible...
Mobo - MSI Z87-GD65-GAMING ATX
CPU - Intel i5 4670K
RAM - 8GB DDR3
PSU - suggestions welcome, I figure I'm gonna need 500W
Case - love the look of Coolermaster cases so probably spend about £50. ATX mobo so I'm restricted to a medium/larger case, right?
I have a decent Dell monitor which will do the trick and other than that, I can't think of anything I'm forgetting!?
From what I've gathered, the dual GPU on the motherboard should suffice for gaming and the sound is easily good enough too...
I'm moving soon and want to start afresh somewhere that I actually get fast internet with something decent to play games on.
I figure this build should do the job?
Spend will be about £450-£500.
I have a PC at the moment that I've had for many years and have just replaced the odd component here and there... I'd probably keep the hard drive I've got now which I only bought a year ago and I'm not sure i'd need a better CD/DVD drive so that would probably stay. They are both IDE. Which is a question mark... how easy is converting IDE to SATA? Is it really just a case of whacking in an adaptor!?
Anyway, thought I'd share my ideas for a build and see if anyone would like to share their opinions; if they think I'm going to encounter issues etc etc . Any contributions are gladly received, I figure that if I'm gonna build one, I plan to make it as good as possible for as cheap as possible...
Mobo - MSI Z87-GD65-GAMING ATX
CPU - Intel i5 4670K
RAM - 8GB DDR3
PSU - suggestions welcome, I figure I'm gonna need 500W
Case - love the look of Coolermaster cases so probably spend about £50. ATX mobo so I'm restricted to a medium/larger case, right?
I have a decent Dell monitor which will do the trick and other than that, I can't think of anything I'm forgetting!?
From what I've gathered, the dual GPU on the motherboard should suffice for gaming and the sound is easily good enough too...
I'm moving soon and want to start afresh somewhere that I actually get fast internet with something decent to play games on.
I figure this build should do the job?
Spend will be about £450-£500.
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