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This links in with my topic here http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/474062-to-wait-or-not-to-wait

 

My build (probably)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.42 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.98 @ Dabs)
Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£31.19 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£89.89 @ More Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.49 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £446.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-26 19:51 GMT+0000

 

Or this http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Bc3RdC

 

But I'm debating should or shouldn't I build it myself or get someone else to build it. I'm only young (14) but would like the experience although I am nervous about building my own as I don't trust myself and wouldn't know how to fix problems. Any advice or tips

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I mean, building isn't the hardest thing. Mostly these days it's just plug and play, the hardest thing would be mounting the CPU cooler.

 

EDIT- Nvm, you're gonna use the stock cooler, that's super easy.

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I built my first PC when I was 10, and it worked fine. As long as you do not try to force anything into connectors, shock anything with static electricity, or spill water on stuff, ect you will be fine. 

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Do it yourself, built my first computer on my 13th birthday and it was easy :P

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for the love of god

please don't get that Toshiba drive please get a Hitachi drive instead

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This links in with my topic here http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/474062-to-wait-or-not-to-wait My build (probably) PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchantCPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.99 @ Amazon UK)Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.42 @ CCL Computers)Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.98 @ Dabs)Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£31.19 @ Aria PC)Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£89.89 @ More Computers)Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.49 @ Amazon UK)Total: £446.93Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-26 19:51 GMT+0000 Or this http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Bc3RdC But I'm debating should or shouldn't I build it myself or get someone else to build it. I'm only young (14) but would like the experience although I am nervous about building my own as I don't trust myself and wouldn't know how to fix problems. Any advice or tips

I am building my first one this Xmas and I am only 13 :) It looks and sounds quite easy. Also, for your computer do you have a £450 or a £500 budget? Because I could come up with some better builds for that amount of money.

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I'm just going to comment that you should build your own PC. Since you are young, it can be scary. It's a lot of money and there are quite a few things that could go wrong (although it is very easy to do things safely and correctly)

Building your own PC no only can save you money, but teaches you how to troubleshoot your own PC when something weird starts happening. It gives you an awesome feeling when you push that power button and the computer posts for the first time. Building a PC will let you not be afraid to open up computers later on in life, and your friends will ask YOU to fix their computers (and you can make some easy money this way too!)

I built my first PC around your age, and I've never regretted it. Find somebody local to you to help you, or take apart and put together an old PC first if you would like the extra confidence.

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Do it yourself, built my first computer on my 13th birthday and it was easy :P

 

I built my first PC when I was 10, and it worked fine. As long as you do not try to force anything into connectors, shock anything with static electricity, or spill water on stuff, ect you will be fine. 

 

The experience is so fun, I recommend doing it yourself.

 

I got into computers when I was 12, and loved to tinker with old computers.

I built my first PC when I was 13.

 

I mean, building isn't the hardest thing. Mostly these days it's just plug and play, the hardest thing would be mounting the CPU cooler.

 

EDIT- Nvm, you're gonna use the stock cooler, that's super easy.

 

Building a computer is literally easier done than said. So I say do it.

 

 

Should I wait until black friday to see if I can get any parts cheaper? As people want to know what to start buying for christmas so should I tell them to wait or go ahead without waiting for Black Friday

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building a PC is huge, huge, huge, huge fun .... and easier than you might think

 

Did I mention its fun too ???

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This links in with my topic here http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/474062-to-wait-or-not-to-wait

 

My build (probably)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.99 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.42 @ CCL Computers)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.98 @ Dabs)

Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£31.19 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£89.89 @ More Computers)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.49 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £446.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-26 19:51 GMT+0000

 

Or this http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Bc3RdC

 

But I'm debating should or shouldn't I build it myself or get someone else to build it. I'm only young (14) but would like the experience although I am nervous about building my own as I don't trust myself and wouldn't know how to fix problems. Any advice or tips

build it yourself..BUT.....have someone who knows what they are doing...watching you to make sure you do it right

If you need remote help fixing something on your computer

I can help over Teamviewer if you wish

just msg me on my profile

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Should I wait until black friday to see if I can get any parts cheaper? As people want to know what to start buying for christmas so should I tell them to wait or go ahead without waiting for Black Friday

When I first started, I just went on various PC sites and fleabay to find stuff and it took about three months from first purchase to first power on. I got stuff for a steal though, mainly 16GB DDR3 for 50 USD

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Should I wait until black friday to see if I can get any parts cheaper? As people want to know what to start buying for christmas so should I tell them to wait or go ahead without waiting for Black Friday

I'd wait out on the GPU until black friday, rest of the stuff would probably be fine though.

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for the love of god

please don't get that Toshiba drive please get a Hitachi drive instead

Whats wrong with the toshiba HDD

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Should I wait until black friday to see if I can get any parts cheaper? As people want to know what to start buying for christmas so should I tell them to wait or go ahead without waiting for Black Friday

Wouldn't hurt to wait if you don't need it now.

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Should I wait until black friday to see if I can get any parts cheaper? As people want to know what to start buying for christmas so should I tell them to wait or go ahead without waiting for Black Friday

 

PS Whats wrong with the toshiba HDD

I've had 3 toshiba drives all fail on me.

Everything is wrong with them :/

wait till black friday or cutback someplace because please for the love of god no toshiba drives

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I'd wait out on the GPU until black friday, rest of the stuff would probably be fine though.

Thanks

 

build it yourself..BUT.....have someone who knows what they are doing...watching you to make sure you do it right

Thanks the problem there is no one

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I've had 3 toshiba drives all fail on me.

Everything is wrong with them :/

wait till black friday or cutback someplace because please for the love of god no toshiba drives

Feel free to edit the list and bring me back a better drive uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3gCrkL

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All you need is a screwdriver

 

Its cheaper and more fun then unboxing a stupid cardboard box to find your pc

 

I say build

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Wait for Black Friday. You'll probably save around $100 (on mobile so I don't want to convert it). If you don't mind waiting, I'd say you should wait a little :)

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This links in with my topic here http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/474062-to-wait-or-not-to-wait

 

My build (probably)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.99 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.42 @ CCL Computers)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.98 @ Dabs)

Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£31.19 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£89.89 @ More Computers)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.49 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £446.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-26 19:51 GMT+0000

 

Or this http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Bc3RdC

 

But I'm debating should or shouldn't I build it myself or get someone else to build it. I'm only young (14) but would like the experience although I am nervous about building my own as I don't trust myself and wouldn't know how to fix problems. Any advice or tips

Please don't get a HHD get a SSHD they are a tiny bit cheaper but wayyyyyyy faster, because they have some super fast cache (like a ssd)

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If I don't have any tech savvy people to help then what do I do (apart from Linus on youtube)

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