Hello,
I am going to try and build a PC for the first time ever. I've been looking up a lot of guides, but since my knowledge is nonexistent - I have to look up things like "what is a SATA cable" - they are quite overwhelming.
My budget is around €850 (900$), but less is better . My goal is playing all current pc games at best quality, up until 'good' quality for at least the next 2 years. I have never overclocked before and do not plan to now. Thus far I have come up with:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU cooler: Is this needed when I do not overclock?
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($329.99 @ Newegg) ->Not sure about this one. The benchmarks are amazing, but is it overkill?
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($56.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($105.19 @ Amazon) -> Is this good enough?
Motherboard: I am utterly clueless. Too many options and I don't understand them well enough yet.
OS: Not buying one.
Optical drive: Not buying one. Will try to install Windows 8.1 with a USB stick.
Total: $784.90
Thanks for taking your time to read this!
I am going to try and build a PC for the first time ever. I've been looking up a lot of guides, but since my knowledge is nonexistent - I have to look up things like "what is a SATA cable" - they are quite overwhelming.
My budget is around €850 (900$), but less is better . My goal is playing all current pc games at best quality, up until 'good' quality for at least the next 2 years. I have never overclocked before and do not plan to now. Thus far I have come up with:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU cooler: Is this needed when I do not overclock?
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($329.99 @ Newegg) ->Not sure about this one. The benchmarks are amazing, but is it overkill?
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($56.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($105.19 @ Amazon) -> Is this good enough?
Motherboard: I am utterly clueless. Too many options and I don't understand them well enough yet.
OS: Not buying one.
Optical drive: Not buying one. Will try to install Windows 8.1 with a USB stick.
Total: $784.90
Thanks for taking your time to read this!