Hey everyone, I'm putting together a part list for my first build. I'm trying to go as high-end as I can within budget. Right now I'm hovering around $700 without a monitor, which is comfortable for me. I feel fairly sure about my picks on some of the items, but just looking for other opinions, as well as, any insight on how well everything will work together.
I'm not putting in a GPU right now because I won't need one until after I finish grad school in March and have time to actually play games (nothing probably serious, just emulators mostly). Build will happen right around christmas
CPU:
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ~$220
MOBO:
Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ~$170
RAM:
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ~$77
Storage:
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ~$80
Case:
Rosewill BlackHawk ATX Mid Tower Case ~$90
PSU:
Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ~$50
Optical:
Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ~$17
Monitor:
No idea yet, something 22+ inches, 1080, and not over $150 would be nice.
Here is the build on pcpartpicker:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1SVMZ
My use for the computer will be a little bit of everything. It will be my primary PC and I'd like to eventually use it to record music and maybe game a bit (I won't be playing anything too graphically intense though).
Thanks in advance! Please let me know if you have any questions about my choices or if you see anything that isn't up to snuff with the rest. I think I've researched and accounted for everything, but I am somewhat new to this.
I'm not putting in a GPU right now because I won't need one until after I finish grad school in March and have time to actually play games (nothing probably serious, just emulators mostly). Build will happen right around christmas
CPU:
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ~$220
MOBO:
Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ~$170
RAM:
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ~$77
Storage:
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ~$80
Case:
Rosewill BlackHawk ATX Mid Tower Case ~$90
PSU:
Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ~$50
Optical:
Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ~$17
Monitor:
No idea yet, something 22+ inches, 1080, and not over $150 would be nice.
Here is the build on pcpartpicker:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1SVMZ
My use for the computer will be a little bit of everything. It will be my primary PC and I'd like to eventually use it to record music and maybe game a bit (I won't be playing anything too graphically intense though).
Thanks in advance! Please let me know if you have any questions about my choices or if you see anything that isn't up to snuff with the rest. I think I've researched and accounted for everything, but I am somewhat new to this.
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