First time building a PC

[Ai91]

Hi guys,

If anyone can help me, i am currently building a PC, an am not very technical, i have a good understanding about computers and its hardware, but not in full detail. so i discussed with a company in the UK, named Novatech and decided to buy a few components from there, obviously if i can find other reliable places to buy components i will.

i am not too sure about the compatibility of my components as well.
Ok so basically i am starting from scratch, i have bought a (links included):-

Sharkoon Bulldozer Mid tower ATX case: http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/4044951014149.html#reviews

That is all! I am looking to purchase the rest but need some advice on whether i should purchase these items; and they are as follows: -

- ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) Motherboard
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/motherboards/intel1150z87chipset/atxformfactor/90mb0fu0-m0eay5.html

- Novatech 850Watt Power Station V2 Black Edition Modular Power Supply 80Plus Bronze
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/651wto850w/nov-psb851.html

- Corsair Hydro Series H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/cooling/watercooling/cw-9060008-ww.html

- G.Skill RipjawsX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/motherboards/intel1150z87chipset/atxformfactor/components/memory-pc/ddr3pc3-149001866mhz/f3-14900cl10d-16gbxl.html

(wasnt too sure about the RAM)
- G.Skill RipjawsX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/memory-pc/ddr3pc3-128001600mhz/f3-12800cl10d-16gbxl.html

- 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 4771 3.50GHz Socket LGA1150

Not really clear about fans as i want it to be as silent as possible.... and this is what Novatech suggested

- Akasa Silent Cooling Fan - 120mm
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/cooling/fans/100mmplus/ak-191bl.html

- Samsung 224DB 24x DVD Re-Writer - SATA - Black - OEM
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/opticaldrives/satadvdwriters/sh-224dbbebe.html


And finally...
- MSI GeForce GTX 760 TWIN FROZR GAMING OC 2GB GDDR5
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/nvidiageforcegraphicscards/nvidiagtx760series/n760tf2gd5oc.html

This is one concern i am having, as it a bit too expensive, and i don't know if its worth it.
i would like if anyone can give some advice and update my list and obviously ass a few more as i still need more, such as hard drive etc...

Could anyone help me build and finalize my list

PS: I am NOT a hardcore gamer, i do play 'occasionally' and i do however do graphic design and 3D Modelling so rendering will be the key area for me....

I don't want to spend so much that it would be easier to buy an iMac

My price was around the 800 mark give or take a couple hundred. but obviously i went a bit over i would like NOT to go too far, or even replace a few components.
I would like to keep the Maximus Hero Mobo and the i7 processor (unless someone gives valid reasons why.)

Thanks for taking the time to read, i am looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

Ai91

 

[HiTechObsessed]

That motherboard is way extreme overkill for what you're doing, and so is that cooler. Why do you want to stick with that motherboard?

The 760 is a great card for gaming, but also very good for modeling/rendering with its CUDA cores. I would go with that.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£219.58 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.42 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.34 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£125.17 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£54.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£193.67 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£53.28 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £796.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 17:23 GMT+0000)


DEFINITELY do NOT buy a Mac. You will get half the performance (as they use laptop parts) at twice the price. This is under your 800 mark, including the HDD, with 16GB of RAM.

 

[Ai91]

Hi Obsessed,

Thanks for the quick reply, and awesome response; The reason i am sticking with that Motherboard, was just my thinking, as if i had a high spec board, it will give me the opportunity to upgrade other components in the future till i am happy with my system...
I will be running a lot of programs on it, hopefully on a 2-3 screen setup, and all i want is performance that can handle high amount multitasking.

If you say this list would do that, i will definitely have a look at it, and get a few more opinions to it.

And again thank you so much for the fast response!

Ai91

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Running multiple screens has nothing to do with the board, but more with the GPU. If you are planning on SLI in the future, you would need a different board, but you can't SLI on a Mac, so I wasn't anticipating that lol

If you're going to be using the 3 screens for stuff like editing/rendering/etc., the setup above is plenty powerful to do all of that. If you want to game on 3 screens, you'll need more horsepower.

Also dropped the PSU down a little, as 850w is enough for running 2 760s in SLI, and isn't needed for the build I posted above. Finally, I added the Hyper 212 EVO to make the system quieter, but you don't really need it since you won't be overclocking.

 

[Ai91]

Thank you so much for that, but the purpose of mentioning a Mac, was not because i was planning to get it, it was in my mind as a graphic designer, but being a student its a bit toooooooo pricey

I am quite happy with what you suggested hopefully i can finalize my decision within the week so i can get to ordering my parts

 

[sora]

Thank you so much for that, but the purpose of mentioning a Mac, was not because i was planning to get it, it was in my mind as a graphic designer, but being a student its a bit toooooooo pricey

I am quite happy with what you suggested hopefully i can finalize my decision within the week so i can get to ordering my parts

Well, you could hacktivate it and run Mac.