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A few months ago, after doing a lot of research I decided to build my first Gaming PC, I went to Pcpartpicker, since that was the only good place I knew. I put together some parts that fit at my budget(£450). But doing more research on the internet has made me doubt whether the actual parts are compatible.(Here is the link to view my parts list https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FV77gL)
If you do view the parts list there is a compatibility issue, but I am hoping to fix that with my usb, since I already have a laptop. But the main issues I think I will have are
1. Do I need a 6 pin connector for the GTX 1050 ti
2. Does the Case or motherboard come with the 6 pin connector
3. Does the PCI express ports have anything to do with what I need
4. Will all those parts in the list actually work together, with basic configuration.
5. Are there any videos that will help me put together the pc, perhaps a video with similar parts.
6. Will the GTX 1050 ti actually fit in the case, because I have heard that there are some size problems, I read somewhere that someone had to take out a hard drive or something to fit the GTX 1080 inside, but mines the 1050 ti. Don't know if their is a difference.
7. The GPU says its GDDR5 but I am getting DDR4 ram and motherboard.
8. Is all those parts everything I need, does it come with wifi?

I know this is a lot, but I really need some guidance, before I buy all the parts.

Sorry I couldn't add any tags, it kept giving me the 403 error or something like that.
 
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There is a point where saving that last $50 is not worth it, so saving $13 from a Deepcool to a Silver 80+ rated B! Quiet may not be worth it.

The cleaner looking case for a extra $5 vs the absolute cheapest one.

But i tried to stay within budget but refused to ditch the RX480.. Here's why.
RX480 vs GTX1060 Re-Test with Newest Drivers - Can The RX480 Win?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFyxbJEZ9_Q
RX 480 vs GTX 1060 on AMD Ryzen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E36vwoQrIsE
GTX 1060 vs RX 480 | Who Wins NOW?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEw3CaNSbUo

GTX 1050 Ti vs RX 480 - Comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23wI_gq8V4E


Adding a SSD boot drive would be smart. If you stick with a single drive make sure you partition it...
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ThatVietGuy

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1. No, not for the particular one you chose.
2. Comes with the power supply, but irrelevant as the GPU doesn't need any extra connectors to run.
3. The PCIe connector is where the GPU will plug into on the motherboard.
4. The problem with the parts is that the motherboard may not support the CPU out of the box. It would be better to buy an H270 motherboard instead (for example, https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/93jWGX/asrock-h270m-pro4-micro-atx-lga1151-motherboard-h270m-pro4)
5. Plenty of YouTube videos you can search for.
6. The GTX 1050 ti is a much smaller card vs. the GTX 1080 and will fit in your case just fine.
7. Irrelevant. RAM on the GPU has no bearing on what RAM you have on your motherboard.
8. Some motherboards do come with wifi built-in, but most don't. You'll likely need to add in a wireless adapter as well (for example, https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/G4H323/tp-link-wireless-network-card-tlwdn4800).
 
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Ok so, I just need to put the GPU and the wifi adapter in the two PCIe ports which I think the motherboard you suggested has. And set up the rest of the pc normally. (New PC partpicker list https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Sniperelite/saved/gmKbvK)
 
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I would choose another case only because the PSU it comes with might not be the best.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£52.01 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H270M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£88.57 @ BT Shop)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£60.80 @ Alza)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card (£136.16 @ More Computers)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£52.49 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£73.17 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter (£29.60 @ Novatech)
Total: £573.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-02 09:47 BST+0100
 
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Ok, couple of changes :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£52.01 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£67.80 @ Alza)
Memory: ADATA XPG Z1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory (£50.63 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card (£136.16 @ More Computers)
Case: Rosewill R521-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case w/400W Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£87.00 @ Aria PC)
Total: £435.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-02 09:43 BST+0100

Some good advice from thatvietguy btw

Changed to a mobo that supports your cpu out of the box
Changed to 2x4gb ram, the mobo has 4 slots so you can add later if needed
Changed to Windows 10. In general you should avoid 'cheap' versions of windows as there are no guarantees as to how long they will work for. If you cant afford full win10 then just use the free version for now, theres no time limit on activation

I see you're buying a case with a bundled psu. This is fine with such a low powered card as the 1050ti but it will limit your options later if you want to upgrade the gpu
 
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Ok, after looking at both of your changes and components, I've added and removed thing to fit the budget, and hopefully get it to all work....Here is the knew list https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Sniperelite/saved/gmKbvK I also think that the PSU is fine with the 1050 ti and I won't be planning on upgrading the GPU or anything apart from the ram for a while. Hopefully those are all the parts I will need and they will all work.
 
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I did a build. I didn't include windows.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£52.01 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£62.80 @ Aria PC)
Memory: ADATA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£51.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£153.54 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 9 400W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply (£40.00 @ Aria PC)
Total: £428.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-02 10:06 BST+0100
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£52.01 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£62.80 @ Aria PC)
Memory: ADATA XPG Z1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory (£50.63 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£153.54 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Deepcool 400W ATX Power Supply (£26.60 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £452.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-02 10:35 BST+0100
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£52.01 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£62.80 @ Aria PC)
Memory: ADATA XPG Z1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory (£50.63 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£153.54 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£25.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Deepcool 400W ATX Power Supply (£26.60 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter (£9.32 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £457.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-02 10:42 BST+0100
 
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:D I wish, but I might add them later on, I do however need the xbox360 controller. And yes a decent moniter would be good too.
 
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Aside from that, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped, I'll let you all know when I build the PC if thing run smoothly. But there is just one more thing, in every answer you guys gave it has a button which says "Pick as solution" but I think that everyone kind of helped to get the list I got in the end, and I don't want to have to pick. Is there a way I could just you know leave it?
 
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You asked about videos to follow when you come to building it...YouTube is littered with them.

I remember using the NewEgg vids when i did my first build, very easy to understand. Or try someone like JayZ2Cents or LinusTechTips. There is also a guide in the stickies on here with common problems included :)

Good luck and enjoy it!
 
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There is a point where saving that last $50 is not worth it, so saving $13 from a Deepcool to a Silver 80+ rated B! Quiet may not be worth it.

The cleaner looking case for a extra $5 vs the absolute cheapest one.

But i tried to stay within budget but refused to ditch the RX480.. Here's why.
RX480 vs GTX1060 Re-Test with Newest Drivers - Can The RX480 Win?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFyxbJEZ9_Q
RX 480 vs GTX 1060 on AMD Ryzen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E36vwoQrIsE
GTX 1060 vs RX 480 | Who Wins NOW?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEw3CaNSbUo

GTX 1050 Ti vs RX 480 - Comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23wI_gq8V4E


Adding a SSD boot drive would be smart. If you stick with a single drive make sure you partition it so the 1st boot drive partition is about 110mb's so it will clone over to a 120gig SSD later.
It creates more work and risk of losing data, you must also rename the drives after cloning to your old drive "D" is drive "D" again so the drive where your programs and steam is installed remains "D".
On bootup windows will set your old drive "C" as "D" and then D becomes E.

Buying a SSD now will save the work later.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£39.47 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £77.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-03 06:32 BST+0100
 
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Thanks for the suggestions TargetDan, those will help a lot. Oh and ,need4speeds, using an SSD for the boot is a good idea, so I will definitely think about getting an SSD.
 
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