Extremely nervous about building first computer

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thor3434

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For my 15th birthday (which is coming up on 10/24 for those who care, but celebrating the weekend before) I'll be building a gaming computer. This has been a cause of a lot of stress lately, because I've been hopelessly trying to game on low end laptops since my first one when I was 11. At this point I'm used to switching to 800x600 and turning all the in game settings to minimum just to reach 15-20fps. The thought of finally having first of all a desktop, but also a computer that can run all those AAA games, and also being able to reach 60fps SOMEWHERE is a crazy idea, not to mention that I should be doing that on ultra for a lot of games. This all almost seems too good to be true, I've been saving for a while to get this, I still don't have all the money but that's where my birthday comes in, so I'm really nervous about messing up. I have a friend that'll help me with this, he built his own about a year or so ago so that will help, but I'm still nervous about everything. Components that are DOA, frying something, OS not working, everything. If you guys could give my parts list a read (here http://pcpartpicker.com/list/J7rfpb) and see how everything looks that would help me a lot. Going from a 15 frames per second on tf2 minimum settings type of laptop, to an actual gaming pc is insane. I also like the idea of a real desktop... Sorry if this turned into a rant. I'm just really worried.
 
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madmatt30
How's this - looked at changing the case but the n200 is just 100% worth the money.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($65.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB SC GAMING Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic...
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it's unfortunate that you have to get so many other components .. monitor/keyboard so on, it eats up a lot of money. Possibility of finding something used? (i know you would like new).

The cpu is pretty weak, should be getting something closer to i3-6100 minimum. what would you actual budget be?

don't worry too much about DoA, hardest part is figuring out the failed component, everything is technically "warrentied" unless you did some damage to it yourself (unlikely)

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Here is a rough quick draw up that I did for someone else earlier today for a budget PC.

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theknell

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http://pcpartpicker.com/list/D2pvRG

What do you think about this? I have a similar build, only difference is that mine is a mATX pretty much. The i3 6100 and RX 470 perform wonderfully in games for me at high and max settings.

I'm pretty new to building too. Just built my second rig ever. You gotta dive in, but dive in using the practically endless how to's and other resources on the web.

Good luck!
 
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Just a better use of your money , & yes I've added an optical & changed to win 10 DVD version simply because its still cheaper than buying on USB essentially making that DVD writer free.

Much better than your original build list.
Includes much better GPU, much better monitor, better keyboard/mouse , better CPU , far better quality PSU etc etc.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($41.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB SC GAMING Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85.60 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.07 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC i2369V 23.0" 60Hz Monitor ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Cooler Master Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Speakers: Cyber Acoustics CA3001RB 14W 2.1ch Speakers ($24.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $825.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-17 02:22 EDT-0400
 
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thor3434

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How the hello kitty did you get a 1060 for that cheap? Is micro atx harder to build?

For the other person who asked, I'd like to stay as close to 800 as humanly possible.

I really appreciate the answers by the way
 
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thor3434

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Madmatt, I'm considering switching to that build but the only issue I have with it is that I was hoping for 16 gigs of ram, don't know how valid that argument is. Other than that if its possible I would prefer that the windows I install isn't OEM so I can upgrade it in a few years
 
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How's this - looked at changing the case but the n200 is just 100% worth the money.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($65.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB SC GAMING Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85.70 @ My Choice Software)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.07 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC i2369V 23.0" 60Hz Monitor ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Cooler Master Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Speakers: Cyber Acoustics CA3001RB 14W 2.1ch Speakers ($24.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $825.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-17 15:12 EDT-0400
 
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