New Gamer 1k$ from 0, need experts

idiosincrasia

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Sep 20, 2012
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Hi all!

Wich components would you buy for complete the PC? Wold u chose other coponents?

I read that this 2 coponents are nice price/value:

GPU: HD 7870(270$)

SSD: OCZ Vertex 4 64 gigabytes, SATAIII, VTX4-25SAT3-64G =( 86$)

HDD: I dont donwnload much. I want it fast from 500GB could be till 2TB but should worth for it, not only 4space.



Budget 700$-1300$

Approximate Purchase Date: October/2012

System Usage from Most to Least Important: ONLY GAMING ihave 4 years old good VAIO 4 the rest.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes

City, State/Region, Country - Prague, Czech Republic (Europe)
Parts Preferences: I dont know welll diferences of Intel or ADM
Overclocking: I dont know what does it mean
SLI or Crossfir: Not needed
Your Monitor Resolution: Not so perfeccionist in resolution, i want run well some years.
Additional Comments: I play all y games in VAIO, I want run more games not to see the color of the eyes of the enemy.

Games I play: Red Orchestra, Battlefield 2 (Mod PR), Team Fortress 2, Company of hearoes, Sogun, Medieval and Napoleon Total War... I will buy more games of that style.

Thanks a lot experts!
Ciao!
 

g-unit1111

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g-unit1111

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I would go for a 120GB ssd at least. Mine filled right up with three games and a few apps! The video card is what you need to spend the most on. You can get a good balanced system for a thousand bucks. I recommend ASRock, Corsair, Seasonic and Crucial as good brands to start with. Good luck and have fun building your first system.

Not on this kind of a budget. You don't want to trade speed for space, 120GB won't get you very far these days.
 

idiosincrasia

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Sep 20, 2012
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First of all THANKS

And whats about this downgrade?

CPU: Intel Core i5-3450 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($192.97 @ CompUSA)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($60.96 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($205.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ SuperBiiz)


I need 2 answers:

-Worth to overclock CPU? (I even dont know what is it but I guess is force it)
-Worth 60gb SSD only 4system?

Thanks mates!
 

g-unit1111

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And whats about this downgrade?

That's not really a downgrade at all - that all works and looks like it will be a good system.

-Worth to overclock CPU? (I even dont know what is it but I guess is force it)

The 3450 can't be overclocked as it doesn't have an unlocked multiplier and forcing it will void your warranty.

-Worth 60gb SSD only 4system?

No - after formatting and Windows install on a 60GB SSD you're left with about 20GB free and that won't get you very far these days. Get the mechanical HD now, add an SSD later on.