New to pc build (:

[ArghBeee]

G'day Fellas,

 

I am or was a console peasant and probably worse an apple macbook pro user but now I have decided to come over to the PC master race. I have been watching Linus videos for ages because I like to have a general Idea about Pc's.  At the end of the day though I really get very confused as I am sure allot of people do when looking to build a rig. I'm from and live in New Zealand and the main Pc shop that I know about is Dragon Pc. I jumped onto their site and looked around for a bit but everything was either over priced or looked too flashy for me (i'm looking for more of bang for buck rather than pretty rgb lighting). So I sent them an E-mail letting them know what I was after....

 

Pretty much after a pc to do general browsing, Office and play Overwatch a bit of Rust and other General games. Nothing too crazy and i will only be playing at 1080p and don't really need the graphics on insane. I also have a GoPro black and have footage from holiday but haven't been able to edit it due to my MacBook Pro only having a 250gb ssd, so i would like to be edit that footage and possibly record and edit gameplay. I would like another ssd preferably 250gb again and I can source a normal hdd thing. Also I can get a copy of windows.

If you could do me up a quote for something you think will go fine for what im after for about 1000-1200 when you get some time that would be great...

 

this is what i got back:

$260 Intel i5 6400 

$100 Asus Intel H110 Micro ATX motherboard

$96 2x (16gb total) Adata 8gb ddr4 2133

$57 Adata 120gb SSD

$70 FPS P1802 mid tower case

$91 Enermax 500w 80+ silver

$307 Asus gtx 960 overclocked 4gb

total= 981    +15% for tax    Grand total= $1128 NZD

 

Im a student so this is quite a bit of money But then as I was Googling around I started to get very confused. I started thinking well hey what about if I don't get the graphics card thing and just wait like a month or 2 and instead get better other things. what about the bloody ram stuff i'm pretty sure i could get away with 8gb like Linus is always saying (:

 

So I started to brows over the parts them selves. Below is what I cam up with as an alternative and would buy a Gtx 960 or even more likely wait the extra week and get a Gtx 970 and also another 8gb stick:

 

$493 intel i7 6700 not the overclock one just normal

$261 Gigabyte Intel z170 Atx motheboard (ga-z170xp-sli)

$72 Kingston hyper x fury 8gb stick ram thing 2666 ddr4

$149 Samsung evo 250gb ssd (i cant seem to find anyone reccomend the pro but its $100 more)

$110 corsair carbide series 100r with a window on the side

$159 corsair 650w 80+ gold 

 

Total= $1244     +15% for tax  Grand total= $1430

 

 

First off i'm not sure if all those bits work together i've been looking at it now for about 7 hours trying to figure out what all the codes and stuff mean. Second i'm a student so its a little on the high side and i would like to keep it towards the 1000-1200. Third Should I go for this type and buy the extra ram stick thing and the graphics card in like a month? if i try to add the other 8gb stick in a month will it break the pc?

 

 

If you have read all the way to here I would like to THANK YOU very much for your time and hope I haven't pissed you off with my lack of knowledge.

 

Now if you have some more time and could reply letting me know your thoughts on anything I have covered that would be a great help to me and I would be very grateful.

 

If you are going to recommend parts If you have the extra time it would be very helpful to recommend some from the Dragon pc New Zealand  or another place I can actually order from in New Zealand

 

Thank you again and have a nice night.

 

Cheers

Regan

 

 

 

 

 

[don_svetlio]

1 - get a decent PSU like the XFX TS/SeaSonic S12II/M12II/EVGA GQ/GS/Antec HCG - the ones

2 - avoid the 960 - it's terrible value for money

3 - wait for Polaris - the R9 480(X) will be 250-300$ and offer performance better than a 980

4 - i7 or Z board is pointless. Grab the locked i5 + H board

5 - Don't waste 100$ on a case.

6 - Get the cheapest RAM possible

[ArghBeee]

5 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Thank you very much for the fast reply.

[The_Stealthy_Shadow]

31 minutes ago, ArghBeee said:

G'day Fellas,

 

I am or was a console peasant and probably worse an apple macbook pro user but now I have decided to come over to the PC master race. I have been watching Linus videos for ages because I like to have a general Idea about Pc's.  At the end of the day though I really get very confused as I am sure allot of people do when looking to build a rig. I'm from and live in New Zealand and the main Pc shop that I know about is Dragon Pc. I jumped onto their site and looked around for a bit but everything was either over priced or looked too flashy for me (i'm looking for more of bang for buck rather than pretty rgb lighting). So I sent them an E-mail letting them know what I was after....

 

Pretty much after a pc to do general browsing, Office and play Overwatch a bit of Rust and other General games. Nothing too crazy and i will only be playing at 1080p and don't really need the graphics on insane. I also have a GoPro black and have footage from holiday but haven't been able to edit it due to my MacBook Pro only having a 250gb ssd, so i would like to be edit that footage and possibly record and edit gameplay. I would like another ssd preferably 250gb again and I can source a normal hdd thing. Also I can get a copy of windows.

If you could do me up a quote for something you think will go fine for what im after for about 1000-1200 when you get some time that would be great...

 

this is what i got back:

$260 Intel i5 6400 

$100 Asus Intel H110 Micro ATX motherboard

$96 2x (16gb total) Adata 8gb ddr4 2133

$57 Adata 120gb SSD

$70 FPS P1802 mid tower case

$91 Enermax 500w 80+ silver

$307 Asus gtx 960 overclocked 4gb

total= 981    +15% for tax    Grand total= $1128 NZD

 

Im a student so this is quite a bit of money But then as I was Googling around I started to get very confused. I started thinking well hey what about if I don't get the graphics card thing and just wait like a month or 2 and instead get better other things. what about the bloody ram stuff i'm pretty sure i could get away with 8gb like Linus is always saying (:

 

So I started to brows over the parts them selves. Below is what I cam up with as an alternative and would buy a Gtx 960 or even more likely wait the extra week and get a Gtx 970 and also another 8gb stick:

 

$493 intel i7 6700 not the overclock one just normal

$261 Gigabyte Intel z170 Atx motheboard (ga-z170xp-sli)

$72 Kingston hyper x fury 8gb stick ram thing 2666 ddr4

$149 Samsung evo 250gb ssd (i cant seem to find anyone reccomend the pro but its $100 more)

$110 corsair carbide series 100r with a window on the side

$159 corsair 650w 80+ gold 

 

Total= $1244     +15% for tax  Grand total= $1430

 

 

First off i'm not sure if all those bits work together i've been looking at it now for about 7 hours trying to figure out what all the codes and stuff mean. Second i'm a student so its a little on the high side and i would like to keep it towards the 1000-1200. Third Should I go for this type and buy the extra ram stick thing and the graphics card in like a month? if i try to add the other 8gb stick in a month will it break the pc?

 

 

If you have read all the way to here I would like to THANK YOU very much for your time and hope I haven't pissed you off with my lack of knowledge.

 

Now if you have some more time and could reply letting me know your thoughts on anything I have covered that would be a great help to me and I would be very grateful.

 

If you are going to recommend parts If you have the extra time it would be very helpful to recommend some from the Dragon pc New Zealand  or another place I can actually order from in New Zealand

 

Thank you again and have a nice night.

 

Cheers

Regan

 

 

 

 

 

R.I.P value. 960 for $1200 build is a waste.

 

You can listen to Don and get Polaris or Pascal, but if you absolutely need to build it NOW, here is what I would suggest:

 

Intel Core i5-6500 - $204.99 (Newegg)

Asus H170 Pro Gaming - $102.98 (Newegg)

8GB G.Skill Ripjaws V Series DDR4-2133 - $33.89 (OutletPC)

250GB Samsung 850 EVO - $88.30 (Amazon)

1TB Seagate Barracuda - $46.89 (OutletPC)

MSI Radeon R9 390 - $329.98 (SuperBiiz)

650W EVGA SuperNova G2 - $89.99

Corsair Carbide Series 400C - $79.99 (MicroCenter)

 

Total: $964.01 with 390 vs. $1244 with 960

 

This would get you way better value for the price.

 

[EvilNeo]

i think you should consider other places in your country to buy from
i'm from egypt and i'm looking for parts for my rig as well so i try and contact all the most trusted shops i have in the country and get the best prices and the exact parts i want (if available) and i'm planning to buy the parts depending on the price that each shop would offer even if that means that i will buy each part from a different shop,also i found a local site that has all the trusted pc parts shops in the country so i used that
the site is similar to pcpartpicker maybe you should check that out
 

[Herman Mcpootis]

If you can, live off the integrated graphics for awhile and get polaris like what don said.

This is what i'll recommend:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($299.00 @ PC Force) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($111.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($60.09 @ Aquila Technology) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($85.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card  ($362.25 @ PB Technologies) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($86.63 @ Wiseguys) 
Power Supply: FSP Group 650W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply  ($109.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Total: $1112.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-28 00:19 NZST+1200

[Guest]

18 minutes ago, The_Stealthy_Shadow said:

R.I.P value. 960 for $1200 build is a waste.

 

You can listen to Don and get Polaris or Pascal, but if you absolutely need to build it NOW, here is what I would suggest:

 

Intel Core i5-6500 - $204.99 (Newegg)

Asus H170 Pro Gaming - $102.98 (Newegg)

8GB G.Skill Ripjaws V Series DDR4-2133 - $33.89 (OutletPC)

250GB Samsung 850 EVO - $88.30 (Amazon)

1TB Seagate Barracuda - $46.89 (OutletPC)

MSI Radeon R9 390 - $329.98 (SuperBiiz)

650W EVGA SuperNova G2 - $89.99

Corsair Carbide Series 400C - $79.99 (MicroCenter)

 

Total: $964.01 with 390 vs. $1244 with 960

 

This would get you way better value for the price.

 

How does that build help the op ? He is based in New Zealand not the USA.

[Nena Trinity]

http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/MkyV3F

This should be great value but I advice you to wait for Polaris!

[ArghBeee]

everyone thank you for your time. Ive just woken up and im late for work so I have to rush off but i will look at these later

 

THANK YOU (: