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January 15, 2014 1:11:20 PM

The past few months I've been reading about building your own pc on various forums, and I need your help. I've no idea what motherboard and cpu fan to pick, and I would like some advice on the parts I chose:

Kingston Technology SSDNow V300 60GB
MSI GeForce GTX 760 GAMING
Seagate 1TB SATA HDD
Intel i5-3470
XFX PRO550W
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3 1600MHz CL9 1.5V UDIMM
MSI B75A-G43
Scythe Mugen 4
Xigmatek Álfar

Are these parts good? Do any of you know some alternative components that are just as expensive/cheaper and are better?
Is it possible to trim the price without making the performance worse?

Thanks.

Edit: Would like advice on a monitor too, I was thinking about AOC I2369V, because I'd love to have a 23 inch monitor with very thing bezels.

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January 15, 2014 1:16:59 PM

What's your budget anyways? :) 
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January 15, 2014 1:17:53 PM

RulesSpew said:
What's your budget anyways? :) 


About 700 euros, maybe a bit more, let's say about 750 dollars.
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January 15, 2014 1:22:45 PM

you need a 1155 motherboard for that cpu if you want you can even go 3450 is more cheaper and very close to 3470. just get a asus motherboard with socket 1155.
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January 15, 2014 1:25:27 PM

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1dzW1

At 750$ it's a bit waste of money for and SSD.
Asrock is an ASUS's baby ( for gaming ), it will work well with 760 and your i5
500W Bronze PSU will be sufficient for your system even if overclocked.
However I don't recomend that ( due to budget, and it will work fine IF NOT OVERCLOCKED ), stay with the stock i5 cooler :) 
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January 15, 2014 1:28:40 PM

Tzn said:
you need a 1155 motherboard for that cpu if you want you can even go 3450 is more cheaper and very close to 3470. just get a asus motherboard with socket 1155.


The MSI also has 1155 (socket H2) and the i5 3450 is more expensive than the i5 3470 here.
What asus motherboard would you suggest?
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January 15, 2014 1:32:58 PM

RulesSpew said:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1dzW1

At 750$ it's a bit waste of money for and SSD.
Asrock is an ASUS's baby ( for gaming ), it will work well with 760 and your i5
500W Bronze PSU will be sufficient for your system even if overclocked.
However I don't recomend that ( due to budget, and it will work fine IF NOT OVERCLOCKED ), stay with the stock i5 cooler :) 


I know, but I really want an SSD, mainly for the OS and some main programs like chrome and office.
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January 15, 2014 1:40:40 PM

Tiboscus said:
RulesSpew said:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1dzW1

At 750$ it's a bit waste of money for and SSD.
Asrock is an ASUS's baby ( for gaming ), it will work well with 760 and your i5
500W Bronze PSU will be sufficient for your system even if overclocked.
However I don't recomend that ( due to budget, and it will work fine IF NOT OVERCLOCKED ), stay with the stock i5 cooler :) 


I know, but I really want an SSD, mainly for the OS and some main programs like chrome and office.


Why don't you get an SSHD? ( HDD + SSD at once )
It will run all your application fast almost like an SSD also the windows start will be very fast fast . ( 2-3 sec more than SSD )
It costs like a normal HDD but with an SSD built in it.


Seagate Desktop SSHD 1000GB

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-Solid-Hybrid-ST10...
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January 16, 2014 3:51:50 AM

RulesSpew said:
Tiboscus said:
RulesSpew said:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1dzW1

At 750$ it's a bit waste of money for and SSD.
Asrock is an ASUS's baby ( for gaming ), it will work well with 760 and your i5
500W Bronze PSU will be sufficient for your system even if overclocked.
However I don't recomend that ( due to budget, and it will work fine IF NOT OVERCLOCKED ), stay with the stock i5 cooler :) 


I know, but I really want an SSD, mainly for the OS and some main programs like chrome and office.


Why don't you get an SSHD? ( HDD + SSD at once )
It will run all your application fast almost like an SSD also the windows start will be very fast fast . ( 2-3 sec more than SSD )
It costs like a normal HDD but with an SSD built in it.


Seagate Desktop SSHD 1000GB

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-Solid-Hybrid-ST10...


Ive looked at sshd's before and it just seems more practical to get a ssd+hdd for 100 bucks than an sshd for 100 bucks.
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January 16, 2014 7:59:16 AM

Now you have all options, chose mate,
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January 16, 2014 8:41:49 AM

RulesSpew said:
Now you have all options, chose mate,


Well, I chose to replace the i5 for an FX 8320 to save some money, and to replace the cpu cooler with something cheaper.
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January 16, 2014 8:45:10 AM

Tiboscus said:
RulesSpew said:
Now you have all options, chose mate,


Well, I chose to replace the i5 for an FX 8320 to save some money, and to replace the cpu cooler with something cheaper.


Go for it! happy gaming :) 
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