Hello. First timer. Keep in mind my suppliers are Canadian and prices are considerably higher (damn 80 cents to the american dollar!)
I am looking to build a mean PC gaming (AAA games 3 years from now need to be playable still!) and porn viewing machine, $1000 budget for the parts listed below. I have a few questions (read many), though, because it was amateur-hour when I was picking my parts:
1) Is my motherboard fine with the build I took?
2) Do I need to buy a HDD right now or can I run simply with a 256 GB SSD?
3) My total estimated wattage is around 380 Watts. Is the 600W PSU I chose OK or is it thrash?
4) Is it me or is an optical drive not necessary?
5) I have not bought my monitor yet, but I'd like to have a 22 inch 60Hz 1080p relatively cheap monitor at around $175. Is there anything I need to know for this (compatibility, warnings)?
6) Are my proportions good? I feel like I could give more for the GPU but I have no idea where to cut.
7) PCPartPicker tells me this: Some Intel B85 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Haswell Refresh CPUs. How much of a potential problem is this?
8) I chose the cooler unit at complete random. Can anyone tell me if it will work, and why?
Finally, if you could add 100$ to this build, what would be the first thing to change?
Here is the list.
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/TsWsFT
I am looking to build a mean PC gaming (AAA games 3 years from now need to be playable still!) and porn viewing machine, $1000 budget for the parts listed below. I have a few questions (read many), though, because it was amateur-hour when I was picking my parts:
1) Is my motherboard fine with the build I took?
2) Do I need to buy a HDD right now or can I run simply with a 256 GB SSD?
3) My total estimated wattage is around 380 Watts. Is the 600W PSU I chose OK or is it thrash?
4) Is it me or is an optical drive not necessary?
5) I have not bought my monitor yet, but I'd like to have a 22 inch 60Hz 1080p relatively cheap monitor at around $175. Is there anything I need to know for this (compatibility, warnings)?
6) Are my proportions good? I feel like I could give more for the GPU but I have no idea where to cut.
7) PCPartPicker tells me this: Some Intel B85 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Haswell Refresh CPUs. How much of a potential problem is this?
8) I chose the cooler unit at complete random. Can anyone tell me if it will work, and why?
Finally, if you could add 100$ to this build, what would be the first thing to change?
Here is the list.
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/TsWsFT