Hi - I'd be grateful for any advice on my first PC build. I'm a complete novice here with my prior experience restricted to upgrading some RAM and adding a SoundBlaster card to a 386 in the early 90s!
I intend to use this PC for web browsing, media playing 1080p and gaming. The PC will be based in my living room behind the TV. Ideally I would have liked it to fit under the TV but I'm restricted by height here giving me few options (the cooler master elite 110 would fit but it looks a bit more complicated to build/keep cool).
Approximate Purchase Date: within 2 months
Budget Range: £350-£400 approx After Shipping
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: No
Location: England
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Part list (link: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/r2xFrH)
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply
The price of the Sapphire r9 280 is not showing but is around £140 from amazon bringing the total build in at under £400.
I'd like some advice on my chosen parts - do they work well together? Would they be fairly straight forward to assemble (apparently the video card restricts some drive bays in the Zalman case - is this an issue based on my parts list?). Would overheating be an issue (I only intend to use the fans etc. that are supplied with the components)?
As far as I can see once built I should just have to plug in my flash drive with win 8.1 (created via the MS creation tool) and then install windows. Would the motherboard require any BIOS adjustments (if so is this normally covered in the component instructions?). Apologies if all this is obvious but as I said I'm new to all this.
Thanks in anticipation.
I intend to use this PC for web browsing, media playing 1080p and gaming. The PC will be based in my living room behind the TV. Ideally I would have liked it to fit under the TV but I'm restricted by height here giving me few options (the cooler master elite 110 would fit but it looks a bit more complicated to build/keep cool).
Approximate Purchase Date: within 2 months
Budget Range: £350-£400 approx After Shipping
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: No
Location: England
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Part list (link: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/r2xFrH)
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply
The price of the Sapphire r9 280 is not showing but is around £140 from amazon bringing the total build in at under £400.
I'd like some advice on my chosen parts - do they work well together? Would they be fairly straight forward to assemble (apparently the video card restricts some drive bays in the Zalman case - is this an issue based on my parts list?). Would overheating be an issue (I only intend to use the fans etc. that are supplied with the components)?
As far as I can see once built I should just have to plug in my flash drive with win 8.1 (created via the MS creation tool) and then install windows. Would the motherboard require any BIOS adjustments (if so is this normally covered in the component instructions?). Apologies if all this is obvious but as I said I'm new to all this.
Thanks in anticipation.
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