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Hi guys,
I've decided to build my first computer and I'd like a little advice on parts.
A bit of background: I'm just starting the second year of a 5 year Engineering degree so I need something that can handle cad programs, particularly pro E. It would be nice if it lasted at least for the rest of my degree. Also, I'm in the far away land of New Zealand so any parts are going to come from pbtech
Disclaimer: I'm a total noob at building computers, although I have spent the past few days absorbing some of the knowledge of the Internet.
Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next few weeks
Budget Range: Around $1000 New Zealand (including GST - if you tick the little box on the right hand column of pbtech it adds this on)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: CAD work - Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, Office, web browsing etc.
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS (running windows 7 professional), + I already have a decent disk drive to use as my OS drive
Preferred Website for Parts: www.pbtech.co.nz - the cost of international shipping form Amazon and the like is usually too excessive to be practical.
Country: New Zealand
Parts Preferences: No strong preference, though I'm fairly set on a Intel i5 processor
Overclocking: Probably not
SLI or Crossfire: I don't think it's necessary in this case
Monitor Resolution: Currently I have a 1920 x 1200, 24 inch Dell 2407WFP
Potential set up so far:
CPU Intel sandy bridge Core i5 2500 3.3GHz 6M LGA1155 Processor
$293.25
Motherboard INTEL H61 Chipset Micro ATX LGA 1155 DDR 1333Mhz upto 8GB Graphics ooutput VGA/DVI-D PCI x16 Discrete Graphics SATA 6.0GB/s x 2 Ports GBLan USB3.0
$136.85
Memory Kingston DDR3 8GB 1600MHz Gaming Performance HyperX Memory Kit (2x4GB)
$148.35
Hard Drive Data HITACHI 1TB 3.5" Internal HDD 32MB 7200RPM SATA3 HDD
$144.90
Hard Drive OS
Already own
Video Card
Any suggestions, or will the on board graphics do the trick?
DVD Drive LG GH24NS70 24X SATA INTERNAL SATA DVD WRITER
$40.25
Case
Anything which fits everything else really such as: http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=CHAAIO4650&name=AIO-EUROPE-CHAMPAGNE-TMA01-(NO-PSU)-Micro-ATX-Towe
$67.85
The alternate is to get something with a built in power supply like some of the cooler master cases
Power Supply COOLER MASTER Elite Power 400W OEM 20+4 pin & 4+4 pin ATX 12V V2.31 12cm fan Eco-friendly Reliablity Quiet Noise Filter 70% efficiency
$44.85
That all comes to around $800 NZ which give me $200 bucks to make it better and still be within budget
Any suggestions for improvements, cost saving, or pointing out retarded noob mistakes I have made, would be most appreciated.
I've decided to build my first computer and I'd like a little advice on parts.
A bit of background: I'm just starting the second year of a 5 year Engineering degree so I need something that can handle cad programs, particularly pro E. It would be nice if it lasted at least for the rest of my degree. Also, I'm in the far away land of New Zealand so any parts are going to come from pbtech
Disclaimer: I'm a total noob at building computers, although I have spent the past few days absorbing some of the knowledge of the Internet.
Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next few weeks
Budget Range: Around $1000 New Zealand (including GST - if you tick the little box on the right hand column of pbtech it adds this on)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: CAD work - Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, Office, web browsing etc.
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS (running windows 7 professional), + I already have a decent disk drive to use as my OS drive
Preferred Website for Parts: www.pbtech.co.nz - the cost of international shipping form Amazon and the like is usually too excessive to be practical.
Country: New Zealand
Parts Preferences: No strong preference, though I'm fairly set on a Intel i5 processor
Overclocking: Probably not
SLI or Crossfire: I don't think it's necessary in this case
Monitor Resolution: Currently I have a 1920 x 1200, 24 inch Dell 2407WFP
Potential set up so far:
CPU Intel sandy bridge Core i5 2500 3.3GHz 6M LGA1155 Processor
$293.25
Motherboard INTEL H61 Chipset Micro ATX LGA 1155 DDR 1333Mhz upto 8GB Graphics ooutput VGA/DVI-D PCI x16 Discrete Graphics SATA 6.0GB/s x 2 Ports GBLan USB3.0
$136.85
Memory Kingston DDR3 8GB 1600MHz Gaming Performance HyperX Memory Kit (2x4GB)
$148.35
Hard Drive Data HITACHI 1TB 3.5" Internal HDD 32MB 7200RPM SATA3 HDD
$144.90
Hard Drive OS
Already own
Video Card
Any suggestions, or will the on board graphics do the trick?
DVD Drive LG GH24NS70 24X SATA INTERNAL SATA DVD WRITER
$40.25
Case
Anything which fits everything else really such as: http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=CHAAIO4650&name=AIO-EUROPE-CHAMPAGNE-TMA01-(NO-PSU)-Micro-ATX-Towe
$67.85
The alternate is to get something with a built in power supply like some of the cooler master cases
Power Supply COOLER MASTER Elite Power 400W OEM 20+4 pin & 4+4 pin ATX 12V V2.31 12cm fan Eco-friendly Reliablity Quiet Noise Filter 70% efficiency
$44.85
That all comes to around $800 NZ which give me $200 bucks to make it better and still be within budget
Any suggestions for improvements, cost saving, or pointing out retarded noob mistakes I have made, would be most appreciated.
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