Hi I'm very new to the PC building scene and spent two days confusing over the many parts, their compatibilities, etc, right now my considered set up is something like this:
OS:
Windows 8 Professional 64-bit
CPU: i5 3570k
(considering the insignificant boost that i5 Haswell 4670 can give over the above, and the cheap secondhand price I can get it on)
VGA: MSI HAWK 7870
(again, cheaper secondhand)
MOBO:
ASRock Extreme 4 (can someone tell me what cases this mobo is compatible with)
MEMORY:
CORSAIR Vengeance RED 8GB 1600MHz
As for the internal drive I'm considering to start with 120GB SSD as I also have a 1TB HDD (and see if I can upgrade to 1-2TB internal HDD later on)
CASING:
I really like the Bitfenix Prodigy because of its portability, since I'm going to be bringing this desktop to Singapore for my studies (ask me why I don't just buy it there? It's because it's much cheaper to get the parts here in Indonesia) but it's a mini ITX case and I'm not sure if all the parts I mentioned above will be compatible?
So I'm also considering Corsair 400R or can someone refer me to a compatible midtower/matx case that's around $100 or less? (keep in mind I'll look for a secondhand one too so the price range of a secondhand item is fine)
Feel free to switch out my mobo if you have a better suggestion within the price range. The thing is, I will be spending the most on the monitor because I really want an AOC Q2963PM or a Dell Ultrasharp U2410 that's why I'm trying to push the budget on the CPU a bit.
As for the uses, I mostly play League of Legends (will the above play on high settings with decent FPS?), Sims 3 (and the upcoming Sims 4), occasional design and 3d modeling but nothing heavy really, and watch things (so the Full HD thing is really important to me).
Well this is turning out to be a bit of an essay, if you have suggestions please let me know!
OS:
Windows 8 Professional 64-bit
CPU: i5 3570k
(considering the insignificant boost that i5 Haswell 4670 can give over the above, and the cheap secondhand price I can get it on)
VGA: MSI HAWK 7870
(again, cheaper secondhand)
MOBO:
ASRock Extreme 4 (can someone tell me what cases this mobo is compatible with)
MEMORY:
CORSAIR Vengeance RED 8GB 1600MHz
As for the internal drive I'm considering to start with 120GB SSD as I also have a 1TB HDD (and see if I can upgrade to 1-2TB internal HDD later on)
CASING:
I really like the Bitfenix Prodigy because of its portability, since I'm going to be bringing this desktop to Singapore for my studies (ask me why I don't just buy it there? It's because it's much cheaper to get the parts here in Indonesia) but it's a mini ITX case and I'm not sure if all the parts I mentioned above will be compatible?
So I'm also considering Corsair 400R or can someone refer me to a compatible midtower/matx case that's around $100 or less? (keep in mind I'll look for a secondhand one too so the price range of a secondhand item is fine)
Feel free to switch out my mobo if you have a better suggestion within the price range. The thing is, I will be spending the most on the monitor because I really want an AOC Q2963PM or a Dell Ultrasharp U2410 that's why I'm trying to push the budget on the CPU a bit.
As for the uses, I mostly play League of Legends (will the above play on high settings with decent FPS?), Sims 3 (and the upcoming Sims 4), occasional design and 3d modeling but nothing heavy really, and watch things (so the Full HD thing is really important to me).
Well this is turning out to be a bit of an essay, if you have suggestions please let me know!