First time building a pc

[aleem91]

I am considering building my first pc (for gaming mainly)

 

I am a complete noob at this so I'm not sure if there's a problem with these parts:

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/bvrChM

 

I would appreciate any advice/improvements

 

Thanks!

[Rusty_Shackleford]

I am considering building my first pc (for gaming mainly)

 

I am a complete noob at this so I'm not sure if there's a problem with these parts:

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/bvrChM

 

I would appreciate any advice/improvements

 

Thanks!

 

 

Not too bad. I would suggest a 128gb SSD it's worth it and if you can fork over the extra $100 I suggest a 970 4gb

[Ophidio]

I'd definitely change the power supply. Corsair is good but that supply in general not really meant for gaming. Unless you really want to go with nVidia you shouldn't get the 960. You should save a little more and get a 970 or try and find a 280x, newegg has 280x cards for nearly the same price as the 960, if you don't mind having AMD that is.

[Senzelian]

I am considering building my first pc (for gaming mainly)

 

I am a complete noob at this so I'm not sure if there's a problem with these parts:

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/bvrChM

 

I would appreciate any advice/improvements

 

Thanks!

This should be a better setup:

You get a video card with a better cooler, a better PSU and a full size ATX motherboard for less money

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.50 @ shopRBC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($103.75 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($61.41 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.75 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($259.96 @ DirectCanada) 

Case: NZXT H230 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($93.00 @ Vuugo) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ DirectCanada) 

Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor  ($189.99 @ Newegg Canada) 

Total: $1057.35

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-16 17:17 EDT-0400

[theereal]

I am considering building my first pc (for gaming mainly)

 

I am a complete noob at this so I'm not sure if there's a problem with these parts:

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/bvrChM

 

I would appreciate any advice/improvements

 

Thanks!

Looks great, 600W is abit overkill but it looks great

[aleem91]

So would something like this be a bit better?

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/H9JDHx

 

Also, would it be better to wait until black friday or boxing day in case some of the components go on sale?

[ethaDAboss11]

So would something like this be a bit better?

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/H9JDHx

 

Also, would it be better to wait until black friday or boxing day in case some of the components go on sale?

What's your budget? Also, I'm assuming you're using Canadian Dollars, correct?

[aleem91]

Yeah, its canadian. my budget is around C$1000, including the monitor, but I'm kinda flexible

[BigDay]

edit:

 

the 380 is better than the 960. added a better psu.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.50 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.74 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($61.41 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.75 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card  ($304.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($52.25 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($85.97 @ Amazon Canada)
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor  ($189.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $1038.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-16 21:29 EDT-0400

[ethaDAboss11]

Yeah, its canadian. my budget is around C$1000, including the monitor, but I'm kinda flexible

One more question - will you be overclocking or no?

[ethaDAboss11]

Yeah, its canadian. my budget is around C$1000, including the monitor, but I'm kinda flexible

Here is my version of this build. It has an SSD, an R9 380 GPU, and the i5 you wanted, all in for just over C$1000. I live in the U.S. so this was kinda hard for me

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/wGVPqs

 

Hope you like it!

[ethaDAboss11]

edit:

 

the 380 is better than the 960. added a better psu.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.50 @ shopRBC)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.74 @ DirectCanada)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($61.41 @ DirectCanada)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.75 @ Vuugo)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card  ($304.99 @ NCIX)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($52.25 @ Vuugo)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($85.97 @ Amazon Canada)

Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor  ($189.99 @ Newegg Canada)

Total: $1038.60

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-16 21:29 EDT-0400

I like this build. However, don't you think that $85 is a little to much for a 520W PSU?