Hey Guys,
The Linus Tech team and his community have inspired me to build! (Some will be pleased to hear am finally moving away from my iMac..)
Budget: £500-£600 for the PC
Location: UK
Aim: Casual gaming, wanting to play current and recent releases at 1080p with good enough quality to be able to enjoy, ultra settings not required as I've never yet been spoled in the graphics department!
Monitors: Initially one possibly up to two 1080p monitors, max. would be 27" (though I would LOVE the 21:9 34" LG Linus uses...)
Peripherals: Will use my current for now and upgrade as birthday / xmas presents
Why: Cos my iMac is now so slow I waste far too much time waiting it for load with time being very precious as it takes a lot of negotiating with the better half!!
My build I've come up with is:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BWNFYJ
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.85 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£38.55 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£65.05 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£172.61 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card (£120.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design FD-CA-CORE-3300-BL ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£53.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £573.23
I obviously intent to overclock the G3258. Your thoughts would be much appreciated as well as:
What OS would you guys go for? (I'm on windows 7, will 8 run games better? - and worth the extra annoyances that come with Windows 8?)
Will the BIOS on the motherboard be correct to be able to at least post or even overclock?
Any comments as well as tips for building if you've used these before just shoot.
Thanks and have a good one,
Matt