Hi guys, I'm new to the whole pc building scene and have been doing a lot of research in order to build one. I have figured out my general idea of what I want. I prefer Nvidia and Intel, not a fanboy though.
The kind of gaming i will be doing will be the higher end games, BF3 and future releases etc, but I'm not looking to hit the ultimate numbers and crazy stats just for the sake of it or at the massive cost hike for cutting edge tech. I want a pc thats great for all games and will just work very well, and a bit of future proofing would be a nice bonus to it.
I'm not planning on overclocking right away, but you know how it goes... It'll be overclocked faster than you can say invalid warranty! Plus ive got OC'able parts.. so I know I will.
My resolution WILL be (when i get the monitor) 1980 x 1020. Thats the top gaming one thats usually used right? I'm sure you know the one im talking about :sneaky:
My price range is around maybe 900-1100 british pounds and im buying from UK sellers, but as I said i dont want to be spending a lot extra for tiny gains. There's a chance I will be buying through my girlfriend who has a good chance of getting a lot of the gear from work VAT free, so I do have wiggle room in my budget! 900-1100 isnt exact, but im comfortable with that kind of outlay for my build. Anything less while still getting what I want is all gravy! If its more there's hopefully a valid reason for it.
My current build plan is as follows:
GTX 670 - hoping for Asus directCU TOP, but if I can't get it (sold out everywhere) I was thinking gigabytes windforce. Any opinions on that choice? from what ive seen the gigabytes a good one. Also i'm not interested in the 680, 670 is enough for me. Not going SLI. Not for more than a year anyway if at all.
Motherboard: Kind of narrowed it down to these three: P8Z77V-PRO or the Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H, but then noticed the sabertooth is only like 20 pounds more... any opinion on these choices? I've heard sabertooths the best of these, the gigabytes a bit better than the P8 and is only about a tenner more. I just need something thats gonna get the job done and not be useless this time next year. Anything better than these (at reasonable prices)? Any opinion welcome!
Processor: i5-3570K. Is this enough to run the gtx 670 etc or will i bottleneck my pc?. Also read the i7 series is minimal gain considering price and unlikely i will need it. I am most comfortable with this CPU's price.
PSU: I know nothing about this one, but heard the Corsair Enthusiast range is good. Was thinking 600W. Did a watt test for most of the parts of the pc with this spec included and it was around 425 watts. 600 around about right, or am I overkilling? The price didnt seem that bad really to bump it from 500W to 600W.
Case: Antec nine hundred two. Had a look at a few, decided on this based on reviews. Will this be big enough, cool enough etc?
Monitor: ASUS ML239H. Need a new monitor, this gets great on all stats except maneuverability which isnt a problem for me. (dunno if this needs to be listed, but hell, it is now!)
RAM: I have 4gb in my current pc, ive been told from 8gb to 16gb. I heard 16gb is the max, is that right? Which do you think I should go with? Im not super clued up on RAM by the way
Windows 7 64 bit. Think this ones a must, could be wrong though!
So how does it look? Also my main concern is if it is all compatible. From what i can discern myself it is fine, but I'm no expert.
Im pretty happy with the GPU and CPU choice, as well as the monitor and case (unless there is good reason not to get them). Mobo not 100 pct sure and PSU i will be easily led on
Not figured out disc drives, SSD etc, I figured id raid this pc for those little things for time being and do those fancy little bits after its all built up, although im not entirely sure whats in this thing. Am i missing anything important here? Please feel free to add if I need other pieces in this list
I'm planning on building this over the next month i guess, I'm just confirming compatibility and making/getting those last part decisions/recommendations etc before I shoot my wallet full of holes!
Don't think I've missed anything.
Thanks in advance guys! :thumbsup:
The kind of gaming i will be doing will be the higher end games, BF3 and future releases etc, but I'm not looking to hit the ultimate numbers and crazy stats just for the sake of it or at the massive cost hike for cutting edge tech. I want a pc thats great for all games and will just work very well, and a bit of future proofing would be a nice bonus to it.
I'm not planning on overclocking right away, but you know how it goes... It'll be overclocked faster than you can say invalid warranty! Plus ive got OC'able parts.. so I know I will.
My resolution WILL be (when i get the monitor) 1980 x 1020. Thats the top gaming one thats usually used right? I'm sure you know the one im talking about :sneaky:
My price range is around maybe 900-1100 british pounds and im buying from UK sellers, but as I said i dont want to be spending a lot extra for tiny gains. There's a chance I will be buying through my girlfriend who has a good chance of getting a lot of the gear from work VAT free, so I do have wiggle room in my budget! 900-1100 isnt exact, but im comfortable with that kind of outlay for my build. Anything less while still getting what I want is all gravy! If its more there's hopefully a valid reason for it.
My current build plan is as follows:
GTX 670 - hoping for Asus directCU TOP, but if I can't get it (sold out everywhere) I was thinking gigabytes windforce. Any opinions on that choice? from what ive seen the gigabytes a good one. Also i'm not interested in the 680, 670 is enough for me. Not going SLI. Not for more than a year anyway if at all.
Motherboard: Kind of narrowed it down to these three: P8Z77V-PRO or the Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H, but then noticed the sabertooth is only like 20 pounds more... any opinion on these choices? I've heard sabertooths the best of these, the gigabytes a bit better than the P8 and is only about a tenner more. I just need something thats gonna get the job done and not be useless this time next year. Anything better than these (at reasonable prices)? Any opinion welcome!
Processor: i5-3570K. Is this enough to run the gtx 670 etc or will i bottleneck my pc?. Also read the i7 series is minimal gain considering price and unlikely i will need it. I am most comfortable with this CPU's price.
PSU: I know nothing about this one, but heard the Corsair Enthusiast range is good. Was thinking 600W. Did a watt test for most of the parts of the pc with this spec included and it was around 425 watts. 600 around about right, or am I overkilling? The price didnt seem that bad really to bump it from 500W to 600W.
Case: Antec nine hundred two. Had a look at a few, decided on this based on reviews. Will this be big enough, cool enough etc?
Monitor: ASUS ML239H. Need a new monitor, this gets great on all stats except maneuverability which isnt a problem for me. (dunno if this needs to be listed, but hell, it is now!)
RAM: I have 4gb in my current pc, ive been told from 8gb to 16gb. I heard 16gb is the max, is that right? Which do you think I should go with? Im not super clued up on RAM by the way
Windows 7 64 bit. Think this ones a must, could be wrong though!
So how does it look? Also my main concern is if it is all compatible. From what i can discern myself it is fine, but I'm no expert.
Im pretty happy with the GPU and CPU choice, as well as the monitor and case (unless there is good reason not to get them). Mobo not 100 pct sure and PSU i will be easily led on
Not figured out disc drives, SSD etc, I figured id raid this pc for those little things for time being and do those fancy little bits after its all built up, although im not entirely sure whats in this thing. Am i missing anything important here? Please feel free to add if I need other pieces in this list
I'm planning on building this over the next month i guess, I'm just confirming compatibility and making/getting those last part decisions/recommendations etc before I shoot my wallet full of holes!
Don't think I've missed anything.
Thanks in advance guys! :thumbsup: