First time gaming pc, budget around 1200

toddunctious

Hey all , going to try build a pc in the next few weeks and would appreciate any advice on my build.


1. What is your budget? [€1200]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Gaming/Internet] I play world of warcraft at the moment at lowest settings

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? [Yes]

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No but maybe a hard drive

5. Do you need a monitor? [No]

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? [I have a 22 HD dell monitor,
the resolution is 1680*1050 ] i could upgrade down the line

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No ty

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? [Yes]

8. How can you pay? [Bank Transfer/Credit Card/Laser]

9. When are you purchasing? [january 2012]

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? [Dublin 3 but I would like to try myself ]

I have a few things chosen from hardwareverdand.de
My choices were based on reading what was popular in other builds
I'm not sure about which motherboard,graphics to get
and 8 gb of ram seems to be good but which one ?
The hard drive can be dropped from the list for a better graphics card
or i7 chip


Total build cost: €814.98 + €30 shipping
Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T, ATX, ohne Netzteil | €146.87
Crucial M4 64GB SSD 6,4cm (2,5") | €97.64
Cooler Master Silent Pro Series - 700 Watt | €89.40
Intel Core i5-2500K Tray, LGA1155 | €191.80
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SB-Version Englisch | €85.37
Noctua NH-D14, Sockel AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1366/1155/1156 | €67.99
Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA | €16.01
WD Caviar Green 2TB Sata 6Gb/s | €119.90



Thanks guys

sillo

Somebody much smarter than me will be along but in the meantime a couple of things:

(1) i7 vs i5 - stick with the i5, its cheaper and just as good for games. the only difference is hyperthreading which is only useful for video processing.

(2) graphics card - the new range of radeons is due out in February which will push prices down across the board. if youre building a gaming PC it's worth waiting a few weeks for the prices to change, youll be able to afford a better graphics card and be futureproofed for longer.

ShadowHearth

get a z68 gen 3 board. you cant go wrong with that. i would try to stay away from gigabyte range as those got some annoying bugs.

its my personal preference, but i would choose the board with sli/cs ready. an extra 10 quid, but its handy to have. who knows, maybe you will come by on adverts gpu which you already have, but for very low price?

Ram: 8gb is more then enough. even 4 gb will do for gaming, but its so cheap these days, so its a sin not to grab 8gb. try not to take ram with big heat spreaders. those are bastards when you try to install aftermarket coolers.

i7 vs i5 - if you are GAMER, then all you need is 2500k. its a flipping champ for gaming nerds.

gpu: yes, there will be a 7 series out soon, but thats going to be only 7970 for now. its a 500eu GPU and i really doubt you want that. there are not much details on 7850/7870, which are for mortals like us. so i really doubt we will see them february ( i might be wrong, so if someone wants to correct me, go ahead ).
good thing is: there is not a huge leap in performance from gen 6 to gen 7, so even if you will get this gen gPU, you wont be feeling raped like in "pentium 1" times. it will be still very very fast gpu. you will be able to use new gen cards in your advantage too: new gen will push down prices so you will be able to gen second card for sli/cs setup.
your budget lets you go for gtx570 or 6970.

toddunctious

hi guys thanks for the advice, added the 6970 gpu and a z68 board
is the ram ok ?
also should i keep the hard drive?
cheers

Total build cost: €1,268.06 + €30 shipping
Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T, ATX, ohne Netzteil |€146.87
Crucial M4 64GB SSD 6,4cm (2,5") |€97.64
Cooler Master Silent Pro Series - 700 Watt |€89.40
Intel Core i5-2500K Tray, LGA1155 |€191.80
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SB-Version Englisch |€85.37
Noctua NH-D14, Sockel AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1366/1155/1156 |€67.99
Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA |€16.01
WD Caviar Green 2TB Sata 6Gb/s |€119.90
Sapphire HD 6970 Dual-Fan 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express |€300.20
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3, Sockel 1155, ATX |€119.33
8GB-Kit Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 CL9 |€33.55

ShadowHearth

maybe this case?

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=50916&agid=631

i got that myself and i found it very very good. Comes with 4 fans too. it will knock off 50 quid off, which you could use for bigger ssd? 128gb?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI1DRIq6VfY

this ram instead maybe?

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=48886&agid=1193

Serephucus

He might as well stick with the RAM he's got; €2 cheaper, and the same.

IMO, the 600T is far superior to the 500R, so I'd stick with that as well.

Cheaper, and slightly better secondary drive: Spinpoint.

toddunctious

Hey thanks for the input guys will take that on board
One more question though do I need case fans for this build ?
cheers

ShadowHearth

Serephucus wrote: »

He might as well stick with the RAM he's got; €2 cheaper, and the same.

IMO, the 600T is far superior to the 500R, so I'd stick with that as well.

Cheaper, and slightly better secondary drive: Spinpoint.

well case will be case and it will still be a 100eu good quality case. that saved 50 quid can go to 128gb ssd, which will actually make difference.

alot of heads, alot of opinions.

Serephucus

Nope, you won't need case fans with the 600T. You can get a couple of optional ones (I think) if you want extra, or you can replace what's there, but no, it'll come with plenty of fans.

toddunctious

Ok will go ahead with that build and put some pics up on the other thread thanks again guys