First Build Ever

[Makweh]

just send him 5.95202667 UK£ + 5%

ehhhh...my laziness is in the way...

But thanks for all the help

[Erik4boss]

ehhhh...my laziness is in the way...

But thanks for all the help

so, because you are lazy you spend £80 on OS instead of £6?

[Probenja]

Thanks a lot! I might strip my laptop for parts and use the HDD with windows 7. I can always just stare at the BIOS until I earn some more money

Can I choose a different case? I understand as long as it is micro atx it'll fit, right?

You can go with the Fractal Design core 1000 but i choose that one because it has the cable management holes. Also you could use steam os or ubuntu, both free and support quite a lot of games. And wait till you can afford a copy of windows (which i advise). Or you could pirate windows which i am not going to lie, i have done but it is a pain in the arse and i still reccommend you buying a legit copy of windows.

 

The build that i did has all the features you will need for a good gaming pc and you can even overclock the cpu and have even more performance but i do advise getting a cpu cooler if you are going to do that.

[Erik4boss]

You can go with the Fractal Design core 1000 but i choose that one because it has the cable management holes. Also you could use steam os or ubuntu, both free and support quite a lot of games. And wait till you can afford a copy of windows (which i advise). Or you could pirate windows which i am not going to lie, i have done but it is a pain in the arse and i still reccommend you buying a legit copy of windows.

 

The build that i did has all the features you will need for a good gaming pc and you can even overclock the cpu and have even more performance but i do advise getting a cpu cooler if you are going to do that.

Pain in the ass? Guess you don't know what KMS activator is....

[Makweh]

Pain in the ass? Guess you don't know what KMS activator is....

I'm looking into that now

 

You can go with the Fractal Design core 1000 but i choose that one because it has the cable management holes. Also you could use steam os or ubuntu, both free and support quite a lot of games. And wait till you can afford a copy of windows (which i advise). Or you could pirate windows which i am not going to lie, i have done but it is a pain in the arse and i still reccommend you buying a legit copy of windows.

 

The build that i did has all the features you will need for a good gaming pc and you can even overclock the cpu and have even more performance but i do advise getting a cpu cooler if you are going to do that.

I'm not going to overclock just yet, seeing as I basically have no idea how to do it.

 

Unbiased, out of all the builds posted on this thread, which is the best value for money?

[Probenja]

I'm looking into that now

 

I'm not going to overclock just yet, seeing as I basically have no idea how to do it.

 

Unbiased, out of all the builds posted on this thread, which is the best value for money?

I would say the core i3 + R7 260x, You do loose the 2 extra cores of the 760k and the ability of overclocking and adding a 2nd video card but because you would not do that for not that much more money you can get the core i3 build.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-3.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-3.html

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£79.74 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£32.05 @ Aria PC) 

Memory:  Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£53.27 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.09 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card:  MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  (£99.65 @ CCL Computers) 

Case:  Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.73 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£36.04 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £372.57

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-27 17:02 BST+0100)

[Erik4boss]

 

I would say the core i3 + R7 260x, You do loose the 2 extra cores of the 760k and the ability of overclocking and adding a 2nd video card but because you would not do that for not that much more money you can get the core i3 build.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-3.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-3.html

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£79.74 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£32.05 @ Aria PC) 

Memory:  Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£53.27 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.09 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card:  MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  (£99.65 @ CCL Computers) 

Case:  Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.73 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£36.04 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £372.57

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-27 17:02 BST+0100)

 

If you decide to go with this build, you will get less FPS, but better all day usage. I suggest mine if you think FPS/higher settings is important. Mine is actually £20 cheaper so if you can afford the build above you could spend just a few more and 4 GB rams more on my build.

[Makweh]

I'll go for your build then, Erik,  seeing as I'll favour performance. I've actually already got Windows 8.1 pro on my laptop already.

Thanks for the help everybody