First PC Build

[lukaro707]

8 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Using France, just because it's realtivly close:

PCPartPicker part list: http://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/HXKDJV
Price breakdown by merchant: http://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/HXKDJV/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€169.00 @ Amazon France) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€73.33 @ Amazon France) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (€77.99 @ Amazon France) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€42.99 @ Amazon France) 
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€49.99 @ Amazon France) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (€249.90 @ Amazon France) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (€53.74 @ Amazon France) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€85.18 @ Amazon France) 
Total: €802.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-13 22:04 CET+0100

GPU should be either a 480 or 1060 at this price range, just get whicher is cheaper and make sure it's either the 8GB version for the 480 and 6GB for the 1060. This is to just be used as a backbone, since I know part availability will differ.

I'd rather not use a Micro ATX, due to ATX being easier to work with/ upgrade.

[rphawks]

This was the best I could do. If you didn't have to order from Aria, I would have been able to get you an RX480 or faster RAM. And a better PSU. I don't know how gooI know 1000 Euros is around 900 pounds, but I couldn't upgrade anything without it going over. So here you are.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/x63GxY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/x63GxY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£218.28 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£39.24 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£109.13 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£85.54 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£74.74 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.83 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card  (£200.28 @ Aria PC) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.73 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: be quiet! PURE POWER 9 400W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£60.24 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £894.01
 

[Erolith]

Ignore this. Wasn't paying attention to the country.

[rphawks]

Just now, Erolith said:

You can take my build. I finished it two days ago. It comes with the new Fractal Mini C :).

 

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/list/JZgjJV) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/list/JZgjJV/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/xwhj4D/intel-cpu-bx80662i56500) | $191.89 @ OutletPC 
**CPU Cooler** | [Phanteks PH-TC12LS_BK 53.3 CFM CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/8t648d/phanteks-cpu-cooler-phtc12lsbk) | $39.99 @ Newegg 
**Motherboard** | [MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/8RkwrH/msi-motherboard-b150mbazooka) | $74.99 @ SuperBiiz 
**Memory** | [Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/kkL7YJ/kingston-memory-hx421c14fbk28) | $48.99 @ Newegg 
**Storage** | [Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/FrH48d/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e500bam) | $164.99 @ B&H 
**Video Card** | [XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB GTR Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/9rvZxr/xfx-radeon-rx-480-8gb-gtr-video-card-rx-480p8dba6) | $269.99 @ Newegg 
**Case** | [Fractal Design Define Mini C with Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/X44NnQ/fractal-design-define-mini-c-with-window-microatx-mid-tower-case-fd-ca-def-mini-c-bk-w) | $79.99 @ NCIX US 
**Power Supply** | [EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/qYTrxr/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1) | $79.49 @ SuperBiiz 
 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
 | **Total** | **$950.32**
 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2016-11-13 16:40 EST-0500 |

EROLITH! Cmon. Literally only two of those parts is available in Ireland, and Euro-USD conversions don't work that way for buying stuff.

[lukaro707]

34 minutes ago, Erolith said:

Something like this is a good starter build for around your budget:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($191.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($70.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: *Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($79.85 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Storage: *A-Data Premier SP550 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: *Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Windforce OC Video Card  ($379.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1029.18*
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-13 16:05 EST-0500

 

*Price is in USD but will be lower than your budget in Euros.

8 minutes ago, rphawks said:

This was the best I could do. If you didn't have to order from Aria, I would have been able to get you an RX480 or faster RAM. And a better PSU. I don't know how gooI know 1000 Euros is around 900 pounds, but I couldn't upgrade anything without it going over. So here you are.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/x63GxY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/x63GxY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£218.28 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£39.24 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£109.13 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£85.54 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£74.74 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.83 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card  (£200.28 @ Aria PC) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.73 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: be quiet! PURE POWER 9 400W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£60.24 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £894.01
 

 

34 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Using France, just because it's realtivly close:

PCPartPicker part list: http://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/HXKDJV
Price breakdown by merchant: http://fr.pcpartpicker.com/list/HXKDJV/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€169.00 @ Amazon France) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€73.33 @ Amazon France) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (€77.99 @ Amazon France) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€42.99 @ Amazon France) 
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€49.99 @ Amazon France) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (€249.90 @ Amazon France) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (€53.74 @ Amazon France) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€85.18 @ Amazon France) 
Total: €802.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-13 22:04 CET+0100

GPU should be either a 480 or 1060 at this price range, just get whicher is cheaper and make sure it's either the 8GB version for the 480 and 6GB for the 1060. This is to just be used as a backbone, since I know part availability will differ.

Listen, thanks for all the build suggestions, but that 1000 Euros does have to cover monitors, keyboards, trackpads, headphones, etc. not just the pc itself. Also, since I tend towards getting some games as disks, I would need an optical drive.

[rphawks]

1 minute ago, lukaro707 said:

 

Listen, thanks for all the build suggestions, but that 1000 Euros does have to cover monitors, keyboards, trackpads, headphones, etc. not just the pc itself. Also, since I tend towards getting some games as disks, I would need an optical drive.

Oh. Didn't mention that. That's a REALLY big problem. Questions:

 

Mechanical keyboard or na?

Will a headset work?

[Erolith]

2 minutes ago, rphawks said:

EROLITH! Cmon. Literally only two of those parts is available in Ireland, and Euro-USD conversions don't work that way for buying stuff.

Whoops did not see Ireland. That's my fault!

[lukaro707]

2 minutes ago, rphawks said:

Oh. Didn't mention that. That's a REALLY big problem. Questions:

 

Mechanical keyboard or na?

Will a headset work?

I don't need mechanical, but it would be nice. A headset would work, as long as it has a mic.

[rphawks]

Noticed my first build had a H170 board with a K CPU. Sorry about that.

[lukaro707]

2 minutes ago, rphawks said:

Noticed my first build had a H170 board with a K CPU. Sorry about that.

I didn't notice. No worries, I probably wasn't going to use that build anyway. See my last comment.

11 minutes ago, lukaro707 said:

 

Listen, thanks for all the build suggestions, but that 1000 Euros does have to cover monitors, keyboards, trackpads, headphones, etc. not just the pc itself. Also, since I tend towards getting some games as disks, I would need an optical drive.

 

[rphawks]

1 minute ago, lukaro707 said:

I didn't notice. No worries, I probably wasn't going to use that build anyway. See my last comment.

 

Yeah I saw that but thought I'd point it out anyways. Here you go:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/mmPkjc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/mmPkjc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£183.34 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£109.13 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£50.28 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.83 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card  (£127.82 @ Aria PC) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.73 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: be quiet! PURE POWER 9 400W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£60.24 @ Aria PC) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£19.76 @ Aria PC) 
Monitor: AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5" 75Hz Monitor  (£110.28 @ Aria PC) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  (£37.61 @ Aria PC) 
Headphones: Corsair VOID 7.1 Channel  Headset  (£93.34 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £898.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-13 21:55 GMT+0000

 

 

 

[lukaro707]

4 minutes ago, rphawks said:

Yeah I saw that but thought I'd point it out anyways. Here you go:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/mmPkjc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/mmPkjc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£183.34 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£109.13 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£50.28 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.83 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card  (£127.82 @ Aria PC) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.73 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: be quiet! PURE POWER 9 400W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£60.24 @ Aria PC) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£19.76 @ Aria PC) 
Monitor: AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5" 75Hz Monitor  (£110.28 @ Aria PC) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  (£37.61 @ Aria PC) 
Headphones: Corsair VOID 7.1 Channel  Headset  (£93.34 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £898.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-13 21:55 GMT+0000

 

 

 

This looks perfect. Might go with a i5-6500 like in my original build though.

[lukaro707]

2 minutes ago, lukaro707 said:

This looks perfect. Might go with a i5-6500 like in my original build though.

Also, I might throw in a 120G SSD.

[rphawks]

14 minutes ago, lukaro707 said:

Also, I might throw in a 120G SSD.

 

17 minutes ago, lukaro707 said:

This looks perfect. Might go with a i5-6500 like in my original build though.

Didn't do either of those out of fear I would go over budget. Both are fine though. I would recommend this for the SSD:

 

https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Storage/SSDs/100GB+-+180GB+SSD/120GB+Samsung+750+EVO+Series+Solid+State+Drive+-+MZ-750120BW?productId=65928

[lukaro707]

1 minute ago, rphawks said:

 

Didn't do either of those out of fear I would go over budget. Both are fine though. I would recommend this for the SSD:

 

https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Storage/SSDs/100GB+-+180GB+SSD/120GB+Samsung+750+EVO+Series+Solid+State+Drive+-+MZ-750120BW?productId=65928

My budget is a little less strict than that. I can afford to go a bit over 1000. I might end up not getting a better cpu or a ssd for a better graphics card, but I think that's roughly the build I'll go with. Thanks for everything.

[rphawks]

1 minute ago, lukaro707 said:

My budget is a little less strict than that. I can afford to go a bit over 1000. I might end up not getting a better cpu or a ssd for a better graphics card, but I think that's roughly the build I'll go with. Thanks for everything.

No problem! Good luck! If you ever need anything, just message me.

[lukaro707]

Alright, if anyone's still watching this thread, I finalized the build. It's more similar to my original build than to RPHawks' suggested one, but it does take some suggestions into account. All parts are taken from aria.co.uk, and I should be ordering in a day or two. Once again, thanks for everything.

PART TYPE	PART	PART COST
CPU	Intel Core i5-6500 3.20Ghz	£189.95
MotherBoard	Gigabyte B150-HD3P ATX Skylake Motherboard	£79.49
RAM	Corsair Vengance LPX 16Gigabytes (2x8G) 2133Mhz DDR4 Memory	£77.20
Hard Drive	1 Terabyte Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive 3.5”	£41.56
Graphics Card	Palait Geforce Gtx 1050 TI StormX 4G	£146.95
Monitor	23.9” Monitor	£17.99
Case	Game Max GM-One Knight Gaming Black Midi Tower Case – Blue LED	£28.74
Power Supply	be quiet! PURE POWER 9 400W 80+ Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	£60.24
Keyboard	PowerCool KB-768 V2 LED USB Keyboard	£10.79
Solid State Drive	120 GB ADATA Premier SP550 2.5 Inch SATA 6GB/s SSD	£35.58
Sound Card	Motherboard Integrated	£
CPU Coolant	Packaged With CPU	£
Operating System	Windows 10 Home 64bit operating System	£94.78
Disk Drive	24x LiteOn Internal Dvd Re-Writer	£11.42
Audio	Dynamode DH-878 Headphones + Mic	£11.94
Trackpad	G.Skill Ripjaw MP780 Gaming Mouse Pad	£8.18
Coolant	Case Included Fan	£5.10
	Total: €952.68	£819.91

 

[rphawks]

Again... Dunno. Case might not be the best, never heard of it. What monitor costs you 17.99? You know monitors have specs too. ?. Also you don't have to purchase Windows 10. I use it without a license. Never heard of the headphones either... So...

[lukaro707]

1 hour ago, rphawks said:

Again... Dunno. Case might not be the best, never heard of it. What monitor costs you 17.99? You know monitors have specs too. ?. Also you don't have to purchase Windows 10. I use it without a license. Never heard of the headphones either... So...

I made a mistake with the monitor. Sorry. The actual monitor is here: https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Monitors+%26+TVs/22+inch/BenQ++GW2270H+22"+1920x1080+VA+Widescreen+LED+Flicker-Free+Slim+Bezel+Monitor+-+Black+?productId=65336.

Do you think the case will be a problem?

I know that it's possible to get windows without a license, but still.

I'm not all that bothered about the headphones.

[rphawks]

7 hours ago, lukaro707 said:

I made a mistake with the monitor. Sorry. The actual monitor is here: https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Monitors+%26+TVs/22+inch/BenQ++GW2270H+22"+1920x1080+VA+Widescreen+LED+Flicker-Free+Slim+Bezel+Monitor+-+Black+?productId=65336.

Do you think the case will be a problem?

I know that it's possible to get windows without a license, but still.

I'm not all that bothered about the headphones.

Case is your call. About the headphones... they're probably really crappy and the mic probably sucks. It's the truth.

[lukaro707]

1 minute ago, rphawks said:

Case is your call. About the headphones... they're probably really crappy and the mic probably sucks. It's the truth.

I'm aware that the headphones are probably crap, but I've never really cared about audio quality ( I often play games muted anyway). The case seems fairly well speced, and if it matches up with everything advertised, I'll be fine.

[rphawks]

1 minute ago, lukaro707 said:

I'm aware that the headphones are probably crap, but I've never really cared about audio quality ( I often play games muted anyway). The case seems fairly well speced, and if it matches up with everything advertised, I'll be fine.

Yeah... as advertised. I'm just worried that both will be totally bad. Like... static audio and pieces of metal hanging. It happens.

[lukaro707]

2 minutes ago, rphawks said:

Yeah... as advertised. I'm just worried that both will be totally bad. Like... static audio and pieces of metal hanging. It happens.

Like I said, I don't really care all that much about the headphones. However, if you think the case is that much of a risk, well, you know better than me.

[lukaro707]

Alright, I'm going with the case you suggested: the NZXT Source 210 Elite Black Midi Tower. Better safe than sorry.

I'm not all that worried about the headphones. It's got ok customer reviews, and I can always use plane headphones if it breaks(I really don't give a crap about audio quality).