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I am looking in to building my own pc but the problem is i dont have a massive budget at the moment but i dont want to spend years saving up.

so i would like some recommendations for all parts that are not listed and if you want to you can even recommend some alternative parts for the ones that are listed.

 

Case:

Bequiet! Silent Base 800

Well, cases are a very subjective choice. As long as it fits everything you're going to put into it (don't see any problem here), you're more or less fine.

 

Processor:

Intel 4790/k or intel 4690k (you can also give a recomendation between these two if you would like to)

For gaming performance 4690K is all you currently need. 4790K if you also do some editing/rendering - or like to do 2-3 things in parallel while gaming.

Graphics Card:

Invidia GTX 970 

Good choice - SLI is an option for later as well (with the right motherboard)

 

Ram:

(16GB) ?

More than currently needed for gaming (8GB are enough), but nothing wrong about it either, just costs more money.

 

Mother Board:?

With either 4690K or 4790K a Z97 it is. Pretty much any board from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI or Asrock will do.

 

SSD:?

(minimum: 1TB)

Actually 1 TB is the biggest there is, as far as consumer level SATA drives are concerned. And they are really expensive - and really not budget-friendly at all.

(this will be my maid storage)

I'd say go for mixed setup instead. 120 or (preferably) 1250 GB SSD for OS and most important programs/games, and a HDD for the rest.

 

Power Supply:? 850w give or take a few wats

More than you'll ever need with that setup. You could probably run this system on 550W. Just make sure it's good quality. Never ever skimp on power supply! It's the only part of your PC that can not only kill every other component, but set your whole house on fire (and I'm not joking here).

 

CPU Cooler:?

Depends on how much room your case has, and you may have to watch out for RAM clearance issues, but a top air cooler (e.g. Noctua NH-D14 or 15, be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 or PHANTEKS PH-TC14PE) or maybe an AIO water cooler will work great, even for overclocking.

 

Sound Card:? Or a mother board with on board audio i really dont know much on the topic of audio in pc's

Onboard audio should be enough for most people - it has come a long way since the bad old times. For the more audiophile among us, an external Amp/DAC is probably preferable over any dedicated internal sound card.

There you go.

I am looking in to building my own pc but the problem is i dont have a massive budget at the moment but i dont want to spend years saving up.

so i would like some recommendations for all parts that are not listed and if you want to you can even recommend some alternative parts for the ones that are listed.

 

Case:

Bequiet! Silent Base 800

 

Processor:

Intel 4790/k or intel 4690k (you can also give a recomendation between these two if you would like to)

 

Graphics Card:

Invidia GTX 970 

 

Ram:

(16GB) ?

 

Mother Board:?

 

SSD:?

(minimum: 1TB)

(this will be my maid storage)

 

Power Supply:? 850w give or take a few wats

 

CPU Cooler:?

 

Sound Card:? Or a mother board with on board audio i really dont know much on the topic of audio in pc's

 

 

 

 

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also 8gb is good you dont need 16 unless video editing also SSD i recommend 

SAMSUNG 850 EVO-Series 120Gb and then get a 1tb hard drive like the WD BLACK SERIES WD1003FZEX 1TB. you wont want a 1tb ssd because they can be vary expensive like around $479.99

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if you are going to oc get z97board take charge mething like be quiet shadow rock3 or something from noctua 1tb ssd costs 400$ you are beter off wight sshd or ssd and hdd fore psu you can go wight evga corsair cooler Master and what is the budget ☺

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For someone apparently on a hella budget... Thats pretty solid man ^

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I am looking in to building my own pc but the problem is i dont have a massive budget at the moment but i dont want to spend years saving up.

so i would like some recommendations for all parts that are not listed and if you want to you can even recommend some alternative parts for the ones that are listed.

 

Case:

Bequiet! Silent Base 800

Well, cases are a very subjective choice. As long as it fits everything you're going to put into it (don't see any problem here), you're more or less fine.

 

Processor:

Intel 4790/k or intel 4690k (you can also give a recomendation between these two if you would like to)

For gaming performance 4690K is all you currently need. 4790K if you also do some editing/rendering - or like to do 2-3 things in parallel while gaming.

Graphics Card:

Invidia GTX 970 

Good choice - SLI is an option for later as well (with the right motherboard)

 

Ram:

(16GB) ?

More than currently needed for gaming (8GB are enough), but nothing wrong about it either, just costs more money.

 

Mother Board:?

With either 4690K or 4790K a Z97 it is. Pretty much any board from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI or Asrock will do.

 

SSD:?

(minimum: 1TB)

Actually 1 TB is the biggest there is, as far as consumer level SATA drives are concerned. And they are really expensive - and really not budget-friendly at all.

(this will be my maid storage)

I'd say go for mixed setup instead. 120 or (preferably) 1250 GB SSD for OS and most important programs/games, and a HDD for the rest.

 

Power Supply:? 850w give or take a few wats

More than you'll ever need with that setup. You could probably run this system on 550W. Just make sure it's good quality. Never ever skimp on power supply! It's the only part of your PC that can not only kill every other component, but set your whole house on fire (and I'm not joking here).

 

CPU Cooler:?

Depends on how much room your case has, and you may have to watch out for RAM clearance issues, but a top air cooler (e.g. Noctua NH-D14 or 15, be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 or PHANTEKS PH-TC14PE) or maybe an AIO water cooler will work great, even for overclocking.

 

Sound Card:? Or a mother board with on board audio i really dont know much on the topic of audio in pc's

Onboard audio should be enough for most people - it has come a long way since the bad old times. For the more audiophile among us, an external Amp/DAC is probably preferable over any dedicated internal sound card.

There you go.

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K | MB: ASUS Maximus VII Formula | RAM: G.Skill TridentX 32GB 2400MHz (DDR-3) | GPU: EVGA GTX980 Hydro Copper | Storage: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSD + Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD (+NAS) | Sound: OnBoard | PSU: XFX Black Edition Pro 1050W 80+ Gold | Case: Cooler Master Cosmos II | Cooling: Full Custom Watercooling Loop (CPU+GPU+MB) | OS: Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit)

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to be honest guys the last two comments where the most usefull but i appreaciate the help from every one who helped and honestly i would love it linus made an extreamly up to date mid ranged pc build i just feel like that is an area many people want to stay with in and it would help out a lot of people in all

 

THANKS :)

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