First attempt at building a computer! Input appreciated :)

Mr. Gruff

Hi guys, after my exams finish in may and i'm settled back to work for the summer i'm going to set about putting together a PC i wish to use for gaming. I have my case (A coolermaster HAF922) and power supply already (an 800w corsair) but i have no other parts available. I'm not worried about choosing a mouse/keyboard myself later on down the line.
I'm just making a post to ask if anyone can notice anything i'm missing, and primarily, if anybody can see a reason why something i've in mind is not a good idea for whatever reason.


1. What is your budget?
After purchasing mouse, keyboard and OS, i expect it'll total around 1100 euro. This is already significantly higher than i had in mind when i first gave myself the goal of building my own PC a few months ago.

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming - Would like to run recent/upcoming titles on max/high setting. BF3 will played quiet a lot, as well as the occasional RTS and possibly an MMO os two

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Yes

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? Have PSU and Case already purchased

5. Do you need a monitor? Yes (Included in basket)


6. Do you need any of these peripherals? Keyboard, mouse. Speakers on monitor will do for time being.

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Yes, down the line...

8. How can you pay? Credit card or paypal? Not sure what hardwareversand accept

9. When are you purchasing? It'll probably be around mid june by the time i have funds

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? Should not need help.



Item|Price
OCZ Vertex 3 60GB SSD SATA|€81.17
ASUS VE228H|€114.20
TP-Link TL-WN951N, 300Mbps PCI-Adapter|€23.39
LG GH22NS50/70/90 bare schwarz|€17.83
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€84.45
8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz CL9|€41.53
Intel Core i5-2500K Box, LGA1155|€189.79
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores, 1280MB GDDR5, PCI-Express|€232.66
ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€130.91
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€934.92

luyolo

Item|Price
Intel Core i5-2500K Box, LGA1155|€189.79
Crucial M4 64GB SSD 6,4cm (2,5")|€75.59
TP-Link TL-WN951N, 300Mbps PCI-Adapter|€23.39
LG GH22NS50/70/90 bare schwarz|€17.83
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€34.67
MSI Z77A-G43, Intel Z77, ATX, DDR3|€92.90
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€84.45
BenQ G2225HD|€99.00
Powercolor HD7950 3072MB DDR5|€355.04
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€991.65

You can get Windows for €55 from software4students.ie

*: Don't buy a keyboard from there as it'll be in German layout.

**: You could also go for this monitor: http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=53650&agid=1649

Mr. Gruff

I looked around on software4students but i could only find upgrades editions, i took from that that you'd already need an old windows installed. I was looking at OEM but would the software4students one work?

Edit: I just noticed that on Hardwareversand, It says 3x PCIe2.0 where as here it says that it has 2x PCIe3.0 but there's a note about regional sales. I thought it would be cool to have the option of doing SLI with PCI3 era graphics cards in a few years time. I might email them about it, because I thought it would be worth it but if they've a different version they're overcharging loads.

I was kind of the thinking that it would be worth my while to put money into getting a good motherboard to start with because i'd like it to last long enough to have the graphics upgraded a few times.

Serephucus

You can clean install from an upgrade version, just Google for it.