I recently bought a PC from cyberpowersystem (not fully speced, bought alot of parts from elsewhere) and to be honest it was at a decent price i wouldnt have saved that much had i custom built it myself but after learning to Overclock here and there, watching loads of videos on youtube plus boredom and free time I feel like i want to build my own 1st rig.
I have to return my current set up soon and if anyone can recommend me a courier to post the PC to them please do tell me as they don't do collect for refunds.
Any ways this is what I have in mind and the best prices ive found so far, however if you have an item that is cheaper or better or could do the same for less please do advice:
Case: In Win GRone E-ATX Full Tower Transparent Side Gaming Case -White £97.99
I was basically looking for a case that looks good, is big, wont ever have to upgrade it or swap for anything else, loads of fan slots, possibility for water cooling in the future and etc
- See through side panel
- Turbo/Silence Dual Mode Switch
- Top can support 3600 Radiator liquid cooling system or 140mm Fan x3
- Bottom can support 240mm Radiator Liquid cooling system or 140mm x2
- Can support up to 120/140mm Fan x10
- Top of the case there is a HDD EZ-Swap Module
More info In-Win
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4GHz Socket AM3+ 16MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £146.66
- Best AMD processor at the moment and I no plans to get the 9 series, 8320 is better value for money but you cant overclock it as high as the 8350 which i plan to do so at around 4.8ghz, been using this CPU for a week now (before i had a 6300) and cant complain at the moment and with a good cooler should be ace
CPU cooler: Corsair H100i Hydro CPU Cooler for Intel and AMD Processors CPU Cooler £79.32
- I want an excellent liquid cooler before swapping to water cooling system and imo this is the best you can get and at that price its a steal. I could also save £40 If i go for this one from overclockers but its the H100
Motherboard Asus Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ AMD 990FX SB950 DDR3 ATX TUF R2.0 £135.96
- This is where i still have doubts, wether to go for the sabertooth or the Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z, there is about £30 difference and personally I want the Motherboard that is better at overclocking the CPU, dont care about crossfire, as long as a good, strong, Crosshair does look better than the sabertooth, so any advice is welcome
GPU: HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 £250
with this card ill be able to get OcUK AMD Mega Bundle - GET Crysis 3, Farcry3, Farcry3 Blood Dragon, Tomb Raider, Simcity, Dirt Showdown, Sleeping Dogs & Bioshock FREE with Qualifying AMD Graphics Cards!! 8 free games and if i do sell them i could fetch £100 - £150 costing me only £150 for the card itself, currently have a VTX3D 7870 Black Edition aka 7930 (£170) but not been impressed by the temps and loud noise
Storage:
SSD: SanDisk SSD SATA III 2.5" 128GB Solid State Hard Drive £66.98
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3.5 inch 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB 6GB/S Internal SATA Drive £36 - might not get this as i alrady have a 500gb
Optical Drive: Samsung 24x Sata Internal DVD±RW Bare Black £13.49
Power Supply Corsair 700W Gaming Series GS700 2013 Edition 80+ Bronze, ATX, PS/2 PSU £70.00
Looks decent and comes with a LED light
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Blu Memory Kit £0 - this is what I already have at the moment and been using 16GB for a week now and personally feel that 8GB is more than enough, however i could leave the upgrade for later.
What I could add later:
Kingston HyperX Cooling Fan Accessory - Blue
Have not included blue led fans and im guessing im going to need some 3pin cable extension or something? If my case can support 10 fans, Budget is around £900 give or take and the above would cost me around £896 excluding selling any of the games i think.
Ps. Do i need to buy any addition cables/accessories and etc when building a PC from scratch?
I have to return my current set up soon and if anyone can recommend me a courier to post the PC to them please do tell me as they don't do collect for refunds.
Any ways this is what I have in mind and the best prices ive found so far, however if you have an item that is cheaper or better or could do the same for less please do advice:
Case: In Win GRone E-ATX Full Tower Transparent Side Gaming Case -White £97.99
I was basically looking for a case that looks good, is big, wont ever have to upgrade it or swap for anything else, loads of fan slots, possibility for water cooling in the future and etc
- See through side panel
- Turbo/Silence Dual Mode Switch
- Top can support 3600 Radiator liquid cooling system or 140mm Fan x3
- Bottom can support 240mm Radiator Liquid cooling system or 140mm x2
- Can support up to 120/140mm Fan x10
- Top of the case there is a HDD EZ-Swap Module
More info In-Win
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4GHz Socket AM3+ 16MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £146.66
- Best AMD processor at the moment and I no plans to get the 9 series, 8320 is better value for money but you cant overclock it as high as the 8350 which i plan to do so at around 4.8ghz, been using this CPU for a week now (before i had a 6300) and cant complain at the moment and with a good cooler should be ace
CPU cooler: Corsair H100i Hydro CPU Cooler for Intel and AMD Processors CPU Cooler £79.32
- I want an excellent liquid cooler before swapping to water cooling system and imo this is the best you can get and at that price its a steal. I could also save £40 If i go for this one from overclockers but its the H100
Motherboard Asus Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ AMD 990FX SB950 DDR3 ATX TUF R2.0 £135.96
- This is where i still have doubts, wether to go for the sabertooth or the Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z, there is about £30 difference and personally I want the Motherboard that is better at overclocking the CPU, dont care about crossfire, as long as a good, strong, Crosshair does look better than the sabertooth, so any advice is welcome
GPU: HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 £250
with this card ill be able to get OcUK AMD Mega Bundle - GET Crysis 3, Farcry3, Farcry3 Blood Dragon, Tomb Raider, Simcity, Dirt Showdown, Sleeping Dogs & Bioshock FREE with Qualifying AMD Graphics Cards!! 8 free games and if i do sell them i could fetch £100 - £150 costing me only £150 for the card itself, currently have a VTX3D 7870 Black Edition aka 7930 (£170) but not been impressed by the temps and loud noise
Storage:
SSD: SanDisk SSD SATA III 2.5" 128GB Solid State Hard Drive £66.98
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3.5 inch 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB 6GB/S Internal SATA Drive £36 - might not get this as i alrady have a 500gb
Optical Drive: Samsung 24x Sata Internal DVD±RW Bare Black £13.49
Power Supply Corsair 700W Gaming Series GS700 2013 Edition 80+ Bronze, ATX, PS/2 PSU £70.00
Looks decent and comes with a LED light
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Blu Memory Kit £0 - this is what I already have at the moment and been using 16GB for a week now and personally feel that 8GB is more than enough, however i could leave the upgrade for later.
What I could add later:
Kingston HyperX Cooling Fan Accessory - Blue
Have not included blue led fans and im guessing im going to need some 3pin cable extension or something? If my case can support 10 fans, Budget is around £900 give or take and the above would cost me around £896 excluding selling any of the games i think.
Ps. Do i need to buy any addition cables/accessories and etc when building a PC from scratch?
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