Hopefully in a few days I'll be making a purchase on the components for my first ever build, I didn't just want to give you a price and say "GO!", so I've tried to the best of my ability to find some nice parts that I think will go together, but I'm not entirely sure that they are all compatible. At £640 I have a nice leeway in case I need to change something, but I'd be reluctant to pay anymore than this unless the performance increase would be quite substantial.
My main concerns are:
- The case, I don't know if it will be good enough and I don't know if everything will fit.
- Soundcard, do I need one? I use a 5.1 speaker system.
- Compatability of all the parts.
[url=http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/72bf82d0e4434a31a06c6725a6765540]Here[/url] is the build in its current state. I already have a monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse and OS. It's just the actual case and components I need. Any suggestions on how I could improve it would be grand, also if anyone has a particularly good guide for a first time builder to put this all together I would be grateful if they could share it, thanks guys!
I'd drop the extra cooler to get a 560ti.
I was thinking of going for the 560 instead, I was going to get the cooler because a friend suggested I might need one, are you sure I'll be alright without?
I have a 560Ti. So damn worth it.
[url]http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/ea7632b966dc446b90737c961a6f9eaa[/url]
and
[url]http://www.dabs.com/products/xfx-750-watt-core-edition-full-wired-power-supply-7NSY.html?refs=50544[/url]
should be around £707 with delivery
[QUOTE=Conn92;32658750]I was thinking of going for the 560 instead, I was going to get the cooler because a friend suggested I might need one, are you sure I'll be alright without?[/QUOTE]
The stock cooler is more then enough, at least to begin with, and considering how cheap it is, you would be better first investing in a 560ti, and then later on when you have 20 bucks extra to spare, get whatever cpu cooler you want.
A lot of people don't even buy separate coolers for their i5's.
[QUOTE=naos;32664006]The stock cooler is more then enough, at least to begin with, and considering how cheap it is, you would be better first investing in a 560ti, and then later on when you have 20 bucks extra to spare, get whatever cpu cooler you want.
A lot of people don't even buy separate coolers for their i5's.[/QUOTE]
Alright, I'm thinking of going for reapaninja's suggestion, anything a newbie should know before I go ahead and buy the parts?
Not really, don't impersonate michael jackson on a carpet before you start building, touch the inside of your case occasionally to discharge yourself, don't force anything into sockets. Everything is self explanatory.
[QUOTE=naos;32667886]Not really, don't impersonate michael jackson on a carpet before you start building, touch the inside of your case occasionally to discharge yourself, don't force anything into sockets. Everything is self explanatory.[/QUOTE]
Alright, thanks! I'll post again if I need anything.
[QUOTE=Conn92;32666504]Alright, I'm thinking of going for reapaninja's suggestion, anything a newbie should know before I go ahead and buy the parts?[/QUOTE]
That particular dvd drive/mobo don't play nicely together, something to do with the memory controller. I found that out the hard way, won't let you install OS through the disk drive. Once W7 (or w/e) is installed, it works fine.
[QUOTE=SataniX;32669258]That particular dvd drive/mobo don't play nicely together, something to do with the memory controller. I found that out the hard way, won't let you install OS through the disk drive. Once W7 (or w/e) is installed, it works fine.[/QUOTE]
I've already ordered it, oh dear. Think I'd have much trouble temporarily taking the DVD driver of my old Dell to install the OS? I don't know how easy it is to reuse parts from pre-builts.
Alternatively, would I be able to install it from USB?
(most) optical drives are versatile and work with pretty much all motherboards, so you should be fine
if not then yes, you could just install something from an USB stick
[QUOTE=naos;32675506](most) optical drives are versatile and work with pretty much all motherboards, so you should be fine
if not then yes, you could just install something from an USB stick[/QUOTE]
Like I said, those particular models don't work well together.
Just install windows via USB or an external HDD and you'll be fine.
And as he mentioned, he has another optical drive from his dell computer.
Read before you post, thank you.
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