Hey,
First off, as stated in the thread title, this is my first computer build. Im not completely new to the pc building scene however and have helped friends and other family members put systems together, however I never had an input into the actual system design, so as such I am calling this my first computer build.
I will be using this a multipurpose machine to supplement the laptop that I currently use for study. (it is getting old and not as powerful as i would like).
However another main usuage of this machine will be gaming, in particular, Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2.
- I am not looking to run those games at 'Ultra" graphics settings as I am more then happy with the graphics at low-medium settings.
I will initially will not be overclocking my system, so have not included a aftermarket CPU heatsink, however if required I was looking at either the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler or the Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler, although the latter will require some reconfiguring of the dominator memory that I am aiming to use.
Without further ado...
- Budget of roughly 1300-1400 Australian dollars. The parts will be purchased from the 'PC Case Gear online store' as their warehouse in Melbourne is a 25 minute drive from where I live.
CASE: Antec P280 or the Corsair 550d,
- Im not really worried about a side window, although it would be interesting, however it is not as much of an issue for me as my PC will be mounted underneath my desk, wihin a dedicated compartment.
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K
MOBO: ASRock Z77 Extreme 6 Motherboard
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 1gb OC
- was considering a AMD/Ati card, however, the lack of Physx compatabilty makes me apprehensive towards that route, I understand that generally dollar-for-dollar the nvidia cards are generally more power hungry.
PSU: Corsair HX-650 Power Supply
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 500 gb
- I will using a SSD for my boot drive as well as main applications so less is needed, I also own a 2 TB external hardrive which carries the majority of my media, so I dont have any signiificant need for a large internal HDD.
SSD: Crucial M4 128 gb
- was considering either the M4, the corsair Force GT or Vertex 3
ODD: Lite-On 24x DVDRW
- Bluray is not important for this system as I already own a bluray player and use that with a larger LED screen
RAM: Corsair Dominator 4 gb (2 x 2 gb) DDR3
All of these components add up to approx 1400, I have not included any peripherals as I already own these, and I also already have a 64bit Windows 7 Professional DVD as well as Microsoft Office 2010.
Any comments welcome, as I said before, this is my first system design so I would very appreciate some feedback from those more knowledgable then me... (in this case, pretty much everybody)
Regards
- Mitch
Edited by Phurion - 6/5/12 at 1:50am
First off, as stated in the thread title, this is my first computer build. Im not completely new to the pc building scene however and have helped friends and other family members put systems together, however I never had an input into the actual system design, so as such I am calling this my first computer build.
I will be using this a multipurpose machine to supplement the laptop that I currently use for study. (it is getting old and not as powerful as i would like).
However another main usuage of this machine will be gaming, in particular, Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2.
- I am not looking to run those games at 'Ultra" graphics settings as I am more then happy with the graphics at low-medium settings.
I will initially will not be overclocking my system, so have not included a aftermarket CPU heatsink, however if required I was looking at either the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler or the Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler, although the latter will require some reconfiguring of the dominator memory that I am aiming to use.
Without further ado...
- Budget of roughly 1300-1400 Australian dollars. The parts will be purchased from the 'PC Case Gear online store' as their warehouse in Melbourne is a 25 minute drive from where I live.
CASE: Antec P280 or the Corsair 550d,
- Im not really worried about a side window, although it would be interesting, however it is not as much of an issue for me as my PC will be mounted underneath my desk, wihin a dedicated compartment.
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K
MOBO: ASRock Z77 Extreme 6 Motherboard
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 1gb OC
- was considering a AMD/Ati card, however, the lack of Physx compatabilty makes me apprehensive towards that route, I understand that generally dollar-for-dollar the nvidia cards are generally more power hungry.
PSU: Corsair HX-650 Power Supply
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 500 gb
- I will using a SSD for my boot drive as well as main applications so less is needed, I also own a 2 TB external hardrive which carries the majority of my media, so I dont have any signiificant need for a large internal HDD.
SSD: Crucial M4 128 gb
- was considering either the M4, the corsair Force GT or Vertex 3
ODD: Lite-On 24x DVDRW
- Bluray is not important for this system as I already own a bluray player and use that with a larger LED screen
RAM: Corsair Dominator 4 gb (2 x 2 gb) DDR3
All of these components add up to approx 1400, I have not included any peripherals as I already own these, and I also already have a 64bit Windows 7 Professional DVD as well as Microsoft Office 2010.
Any comments welcome, as I said before, this is my first system design so I would very appreciate some feedback from those more knowledgable then me... (in this case, pretty much everybody)
Regards
- Mitch
Edited by Phurion - 6/5/12 at 1:50am
