Building a new PC :)

Switchead

Heya guys,

I'm pretty tech stupid, but the price of stuff has me wanting to put together my own PC as it'll save money. (The usual story!)

I will be needing the PC for things like Protools and/or Cubase, and a bit of gaming (FFXIV, Starcraft etc). Where should I buy these things?!

I was thinking of stuff like:

Intel quad core processor, something like 3.4Ghz
8GB Ram
500GB HD would do
1Gb Graphics card

Thanks for your help in advance guys! ðŸ˜

SterlingArcher

Fill out template will help.

Switchead

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Fill out template will help.

Hey, thanks for the quick reply! What template? Sorry for the stupidity

SterlingArcher

Switchead wrote: »

Hey, thanks for the quick reply! What template? Sorry for the stupidity

No worries, forum template.

Has budget, yadda yadda will find it in alot of threads in this section.

SterlingArcher

1. What is your budget? [€1,000]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Gaming](Shadow of Mordor, Battlefield 4)

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

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? [No]

5. Do you need a monitor? [No]

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? [Yes] (Keyboard)

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? [No]

8. How can you pay? [Bank Transfer/Visa Debit/Paypal]

9. When are you purchasing? [As soon as I get a parts list finalized]

Moving over from console. I have a monitor, it's a second hand 21.5" BENQ GL2250HM.

Use the example fill it in for your build.

Switchead

1. What is your budget?
About €500, flexible-ish

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer?
Protools/Cubase recording software. Some light gaming (Starcraft/Heroes/FFXIV online)

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Yes

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? Nothing really worth holding onto

5. Do you need a monitor? No

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? I don't think there'll be a need to

8. How can you pay? Paypal/Visa Debit/Cash

9. When are you purchasing? ASAP!

Hope this helps

gerrybbadd

1. What is your budget? [€700]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming, watching 3D moveis

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Yes

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? No

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? Yes (Keyboard, mouse)

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? [No]

8. How can you pay? [Bank Transfer/Visa Debit/Paypal]

9. When are you purchasing? [As soon as I get a parts list finalized]

I had done a bit of research on komplett.ie, and have identified these components. I'm just not sure if they will all work together:

Case
DVD / Blu Ray Drive.
RAM 8GB
ITB hard Drive
120GB SSD
Asus Motherboard
AMD 4.1GHz Processor
Graphics Card
Power Supply

I work it out that all of the above would cost roughly €450. But would they work together (forgive my ignorance, i'm genuinely clueless when it comes to this, and this would be my first build)

thanks guys

Switchead

Haha, there's me clicking into my thread expecting to see help but its only Gerry hijacking my query 😂😂😂

gerrybbadd

Switchead wrote: »

Haha, there's me clicking into my thread expecting to see help but its only Gerry hijacking my query 😂😂😂

Sorry dude! New to all this, maybe I should request it's moved. Didn't mean to thread on your toes!

Switchead

Not at all Gerry, Im only slaggin! Im in exactly the same boat as you, hopefully we both get sorted, we'll end up with identical PCs lol

gerrybbadd

Switchead wrote: »

Not at all Gerry, Im only slaggin! Im in exactly the same boat as you, hopefully we both get sorted, we'll end up with identical PCs lol

Thank you. Very interesting, all of this building. I'd imagine there is some serious satisfaction involved, when everything is put together, and the machine boots successfully for the first time!

SterlingArcher

Recommend you both source windows from reddit. About 20 euro.

SterlingArcher

Gerry that cpu wont fit on motherboard.

The cpu socket is fm2, the mobo you picked socket is am3.
Will do up a build now for both.

Minjor

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Recommend you both source windows from reddit. About 20 euro.

Seen this mentioned a few times and just curious, how can you get windows on reddit? What's the link between the two?

gerrybbadd

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Gerry that cpu wont fit on motherboard.

The cpu socket is fm2, the mobo you picked socket is am3.
Will do up a build now for both.

Thank you!

SterlingArcher

Minjor wrote: »

Seen this mentioned a few times and just curious, how can you get windows on reddit? What's the link between the two?

no link, people sell windows keys on there.

SterlingArcher

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Thank you!

Gerry going from your template and budget of 700.

The graphics card in the komplete build is really weak. Don't know how much or what gaming you plan on doing. The Intel cpu is better. Can swap it out for amd one, an amd mobo, and a cheaper graphics card. Knock 200 off that build.



Motherboard. ASUS H81M-D PLUS, Sockel 1150, mATX
ready for dispatch
48,88 €



Psu.Thermaltake Berlin 630W
ready for dispatch
47,93 €


Ram.8GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9
ready for dispatch
64,69 €



SSD.Crucial SSD 120GB BX100
ready for dispatch
64,40 €


Hdd.Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gbs
51,98 €



Case. Cooler Master Elite 344 USB 3 silber, mATX, ohne Netzteil
33,32 €


Graphics card.MSI R9 280 GAMING 3G mit MANTLE und Gaming Evolved Client, 3GB DDR5
197,89 €



Cpu..Intel Core i5-4460 in-a-Box

181,26 €

Total 698 shipped.

All parts got from hardwareversand.de using discount site geizhals.de

Switchead

Nice work, have you similar advice for me please?! I'll love you forever

SterlingArcher

Switch you said you wanted a quad core. Intel one is going to break budget When you add a gpu.

You can get an i3 . 100

Here is an amd build alternative


AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, build with an amd motherboard. same case, ram, psu, hdd will cost 351

The Intel i5 version of that same build 431.

Thats a rough one. How tight is budget.then need to add a graphics card.

Switchead

Well I'd like to obviously keep it as cheap as possible as Im broke, so its not all that flexible, maybe a €100 on top. I don't want to go too cheap and end up with a machine thats not great, youbknow what I mean? Im open to anything, Quad-core isn't essential, I don't really know what Im talking about alternative builds could be perfect lol. Sorry for being so vague

SterlingArcher

Switchead wrote: »

Well I'd like to obviously keep it as cheap as possible as Im broke, so its not all that flexible, maybe a €100 on top. I don't want to go too cheap and end up with a machine thats not great, youbknow what I mean? Im open to anything, Quad-core isn't essential, I don't really know what Im talking about alternative builds could be perfect lol. Sorry for being so vague

I actually get what you mean. I edited above Post to give you a clearer idea. I'd rather get you on the Intel but that is not essential at all. Will still be good machine.

Both them prices are without a graphics card. For that I need to know what gaming exactly.

Redfox25

Fx 6300 is ok for some games. Especially on a budget.
Save the money annd get a stronger gpu as alot of games are gpu limited.

Or get a cheap ontel chip and upgrade it in 6-12 months

gerrybbadd

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Gerry going from your template and budget of 700.

The graphics card in the komplete build is really weak. Don't know how much or what gaming you plan on doing. The Intel cpu is better. Can swap it out for amd one, an amd mobo, and a cheaper graphics card. Knock 200 off that build.



Motherboard. ASUS H81M-D PLUS, Sockel 1150, mATX
ready for dispatch
48,88 €



Psu.Thermaltake Berlin 630W
ready for dispatch
47,93 €


Ram.8GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9
ready for dispatch
64,69 €



SSD.Crucial SSD 120GB BX100
ready for dispatch
64,40 €


Hdd.Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gbs
51,98 €



Case. Cooler Master Elite 344 USB 3 silber, mATX, ohne Netzteil
33,32 €


Graphics card.MSI R9 280 GAMING 3G mit MANTLE und Gaming Evolved Client, 3GB DDR5
197,89 €



Cpu..Intel Core i5-4460 in-a-Box

181,26 €

Total 698 shipped.

All parts got from hardwareversand.de using discount site geizhals.de

Fantastic, thank you, it's much appreciated

Switchead

SterlingArcher, Im playing the new Final Fantasy and Starcraft II mostly. Would you mind PM's instead for a chat?

SterlingArcher

Switchead wrote: »

SterlingArcher, Im playing the new Final Fantasy and Starcraft II mostly. Would you mind PM's instead for a chat?

Sure shoot.