Hey there,
Been gaming my entire life on laptops and on my dads pre-build, but never had the money/time/or been motivated to build a propper gaming rig. However, started doing computer science at university and my little laptop has stopped being up to the job and I've always wanted a pc. Therefore I decided to take the plunge, and got together around £1000 (approximately $1250) from working and selling stuff. Started messing around on part picker and thought this looked good:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/MCMHpb
However, I've got a few questions:
1) Would this work? by that I mean would all the part work together and am I over/under spending on certain parts?I mean I've got this money together but obviously if I could spend less that would be better.
2)I'm planning on dual booting this with windows and linux so would all the parts be supported?I tried doing this with my laptop but ubuntu didn't support my WiFi card and being able to do this would be really really handy.
3) I'm not planning on overclocking but would I need any more/better fans/PSU/case?
4) Do I need anything else to build it? I get a free copy of windows 10 from uni and I already have a mouse and keyboard so I've got that covered. However, do I need any extra cables or anything to actually get it to work? I have a basic tool kit but would I need anything else to build it with will any of these things come with thermal paste?
5) I'm planning on taking this to uni and back so how portable would the tower be ? if not so at all could you recommend a build that's a bit more portable? I don't need crazy levels of portability just every 2-3 months take it from uni back home.
I'd like to get the parts together fairly soon because I'm going back to uni in 2 weeks so having everything together would be really useful.
Been gaming my entire life on laptops and on my dads pre-build, but never had the money/time/or been motivated to build a propper gaming rig. However, started doing computer science at university and my little laptop has stopped being up to the job and I've always wanted a pc. Therefore I decided to take the plunge, and got together around £1000 (approximately $1250) from working and selling stuff. Started messing around on part picker and thought this looked good:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/MCMHpb
However, I've got a few questions:
1) Would this work? by that I mean would all the part work together and am I over/under spending on certain parts?I mean I've got this money together but obviously if I could spend less that would be better.
2)I'm planning on dual booting this with windows and linux so would all the parts be supported?I tried doing this with my laptop but ubuntu didn't support my WiFi card and being able to do this would be really really handy.
3) I'm not planning on overclocking but would I need any more/better fans/PSU/case?
4) Do I need anything else to build it? I get a free copy of windows 10 from uni and I already have a mouse and keyboard so I've got that covered. However, do I need any extra cables or anything to actually get it to work? I have a basic tool kit but would I need anything else to build it with will any of these things come with thermal paste?
5) I'm planning on taking this to uni and back so how portable would the tower be ? if not so at all could you recommend a build that's a bit more portable? I don't need crazy levels of portability just every 2-3 months take it from uni back home.
I'd like to get the parts together fairly soon because I'm going back to uni in 2 weeks so having everything together would be really useful.
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