My first build

[andyh1872]

I have been recently thinking about building my first PC.

But without a massive extent of knowledge in building one. So going in to it with a bit of fear and nervousness so looking for any bits of advice and helpful tips before starting that anyone would have for me?

My build has a budget of roughly about £500

 

[logainofhades]

Newegg has how to videos on building. Take your time, and read the directions. Now for the build itself, this would work.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£56.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£65.91 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: ADATA XPG Z1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£44.15 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB StormX Video Card (£129.54 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cougar Archon ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.22 @ Eclipse Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£52.43 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full 32/64-bit (£83.94 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £497.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-17 21:46 GMT+0000

 

[andyh1872]

Thanks for the reply.

If i could stretch the budget a little bit would there be a quad core CPU you would recommend?

I also already have a windows 10 key to use as well which would save me a fair whack

 

[logainofhades]

This would get you into a quad core, for a bit more

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£168.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£65.91 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: ADATA XPG Z1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£44.15 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB StormX Video Card (£129.54 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cougar Archon ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.22 @ Eclipse Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£49.86 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £522.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-19 02:09 GMT+0000