PC Building Advice €700

loudona

Hi guys,

This is my first time building a computer and I was wondering if people could give me advice on my build plans. I don't really care about overclocking, I want it for playing games (new and old and everything in-between really). I have no other parts to put into it and I have plenty of friends to help me build it. I already have a mouse/keyboard/monitor/windows 7.

Here is my build so far:
Case: http://www.pixmania.ie/pc-tower-case/enermax-ostrog-gt-pc-tower-eca3280a-b-f/20851401-a.html

Wireless adapter: http://www.pixmania.ie/wifi-network-card/tp-link-tl-wn751nd-150-mbps-wireless-pci-network-adapter/11109076-a.html

Ethernet card: http://www.pixmania.ie/ethernet-network-card/tp-link-tg-3269-network-adapter-10-100-1000-mbps/04807243-a.html

RAM: http://www.pixmania.ie/pc-memory/patriot-pc-viper-3-series-2-x-4-gb-memory-ddr3-1600-pc3-12800-cl9-pv38g160c9k/17246720-a.html

Hard Drive: http://www.pixmania.ie/3-5-inch-internal-hard-drives/seagate-barracuda-7200-14-st2000dm001-internal-hard-drive-2-tb/12096213-a.html

Graphics card: http://www.pixmania.ie/graphics-card/generique-radeon-hd-7870-oem-2-gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-amd-7870/16225950-a.html

Processor: http://www.pixmania.ie/processor/intel-core-i5-ivy-bridge-3330-3-ghz-cache-l3-6-mb-socket-lga-1155-bx80637i53330/17594259-a.html

Motherboard:
http://www.pixmania.ie/motherboard/gigabyte-ga-z77-d3h-1155-socket-z77-chipset-atx/12823128-a.html

Power supply: http://www.pixmania.ie/pc-tower-supply/ocz-zs-series-550-w-pc-power-supply-ocz-zs550w-eu/10946279-a.html

The above comes to just over 700 euro so I'm happy with it. Does anyone have any suggestions or see any glaring problems with the above? Thanks in advanced for your help!

Alex L

BloodBath

It's a pretty good build. The only issue I see is that it's a z77 board which supports overclocking while the processor doesn't.

You are paying extra for a feature you won't use. Grab a B75 board.

I'd drop to a 1tb WD blue hdd and try to squeeze a 60-64gb ssd in there for your os.