Hi everyone,
I built a computer a decade ago and was looking to build a new one but I realize my computer knowledge of the hardware found is rather limited. I have read some forums and have tried to put together a PC but I find my final price remains fairly high and I think this is because I am afraid of choosing cheaper components which may not optimize the PC. Here is an idea of what I am looking to build and I would really appreciate your comments on what I could substitute to make things a little cheaper. This entire system is built on components found on my local computer hardware store which is www.prodimex.ch.
Approximate Purchase Date: Looking to purchase in the next three months
Budget Range: CHF 1’200 – 1’500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Looking to stitch pictures together and edit them (have a Canon 600D) and do a little video editing (videos taken with the same camera) and play some games. Very interested in the Total War series. Looking forward to the new Total War Rome II and would like to play at the highest possible resolution. I'll also use the computer to play some Blue ray movies.
Are you buying a monitor: No, I will play this on my existing TV 55” Samsung monitor. (model: SAMSUNG UE55D7080)
Parts to Upgrade: New Build
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I am based in Switzerland. I have been looking at www.prodimex.ch.
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: This computer will site in my living so I would like it to be quiet. I would like to plug an HDMI to my amplifier to run it as a semi media center to play some videos.
This is the computer idea I have put together so far (all the items can be found in www.prodimex.ch) and costs aprox. CHF 1'500 which equates to aprxo USD 1'400:
Motherboard D18D15 - GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H ( Intel Z77 - Socket 1155 )
Or D27C18 - ASUS P8Z77-V ( Intel Z77 - Socket 1155 ) 2xPCIe
Powersupply C20F26 - Alimentation 600W CORSAIR CX Series - [CMPSU-600CXV2EU]
Case D05C26 - Boitier Tour CORSAIR Carbide 300R Black ( 3 x 5.25 ) Compact PC Gaming Case - No power
RAM C08G27 - DDR3 8GB [2x4GB] DDR1600 (PC3-12800) - CORSAIR Vengeance Low Profile [CML8GX3M2A1600C9]
Fan C20D11 - CORSAIR Cooling Hydro Series H60 [ Ventilo pour Socket : Intel LGA 775/1155/1156/1366 - AMD AM2/AM3 ]
Primary HDD B05J42 - SATA600 1.0To (1000GB) - 7200 WESTERN Caviar Blue (32MB) [WD10EALX]
Secondary HDD C17E36 - SSD Drive 120 GB 2.5" SATA CORSAIR Force Series 3 - Solid State disk MLC [ CSSD-F120GB3A ]
Graphic Card D24H14 - ASUS HD7850-DC2-2GD5-V2 PCIe ( Radeon HD7850 2048MB 2xDVI HDMI DisplayPort)
Optical Drive D04D16 - SATA - Lecteur Blu-Ray Combo DVD ± RW 8.5GB ASUS BC-12B1ST
CPU D30D23 - INTEL Quad Core i5-3570 3.4GHz + Ventilateur [ LGA1155 - 6MB - 22 nm ]
OS 90278 - English MICROSOFT Windows 7 OEM Professional 64-bit DVD 1 user **
Office ENGLISH MICROSOFT Office 2010 Home and Student 2010 (Word, Excel, OneNote, Powerpoint 2010) Valable pour 3 PC
I built a computer a decade ago and was looking to build a new one but I realize my computer knowledge of the hardware found is rather limited. I have read some forums and have tried to put together a PC but I find my final price remains fairly high and I think this is because I am afraid of choosing cheaper components which may not optimize the PC. Here is an idea of what I am looking to build and I would really appreciate your comments on what I could substitute to make things a little cheaper. This entire system is built on components found on my local computer hardware store which is www.prodimex.ch.
Approximate Purchase Date: Looking to purchase in the next three months
Budget Range: CHF 1’200 – 1’500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Looking to stitch pictures together and edit them (have a Canon 600D) and do a little video editing (videos taken with the same camera) and play some games. Very interested in the Total War series. Looking forward to the new Total War Rome II and would like to play at the highest possible resolution. I'll also use the computer to play some Blue ray movies.
Are you buying a monitor: No, I will play this on my existing TV 55” Samsung monitor. (model: SAMSUNG UE55D7080)
Parts to Upgrade: New Build
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I am based in Switzerland. I have been looking at www.prodimex.ch.
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: This computer will site in my living so I would like it to be quiet. I would like to plug an HDMI to my amplifier to run it as a semi media center to play some videos.
This is the computer idea I have put together so far (all the items can be found in www.prodimex.ch) and costs aprox. CHF 1'500 which equates to aprxo USD 1'400:
Motherboard D18D15 - GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H ( Intel Z77 - Socket 1155 )
Or D27C18 - ASUS P8Z77-V ( Intel Z77 - Socket 1155 ) 2xPCIe
Powersupply C20F26 - Alimentation 600W CORSAIR CX Series - [CMPSU-600CXV2EU]
Case D05C26 - Boitier Tour CORSAIR Carbide 300R Black ( 3 x 5.25 ) Compact PC Gaming Case - No power
RAM C08G27 - DDR3 8GB [2x4GB] DDR1600 (PC3-12800) - CORSAIR Vengeance Low Profile [CML8GX3M2A1600C9]
Fan C20D11 - CORSAIR Cooling Hydro Series H60 [ Ventilo pour Socket : Intel LGA 775/1155/1156/1366 - AMD AM2/AM3 ]
Primary HDD B05J42 - SATA600 1.0To (1000GB) - 7200 WESTERN Caviar Blue (32MB) [WD10EALX]
Secondary HDD C17E36 - SSD Drive 120 GB 2.5" SATA CORSAIR Force Series 3 - Solid State disk MLC [ CSSD-F120GB3A ]
Graphic Card D24H14 - ASUS HD7850-DC2-2GD5-V2 PCIe ( Radeon HD7850 2048MB 2xDVI HDMI DisplayPort)
Optical Drive D04D16 - SATA - Lecteur Blu-Ray Combo DVD ± RW 8.5GB ASUS BC-12B1ST
CPU D30D23 - INTEL Quad Core i5-3570 3.4GHz + Ventilateur [ LGA1155 - 6MB - 22 nm ]
OS 90278 - English MICROSOFT Windows 7 OEM Professional 64-bit DVD 1 user **
Office ENGLISH MICROSOFT Office 2010 Home and Student 2010 (Word, Excel, OneNote, Powerpoint 2010) Valable pour 3 PC