Comments please on this Newbie builder Parts Basket!

Altreab

1. What is your budget? [€500 - €800]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? General word/excel/ watching TV/Streams/ Some gaming and HD movies

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Yes/ Dual Boot with Ubuntu12 Will use a clone from present hard drive.

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? Possibly. I have a Dell 22" at the moment. A few pixels missing

5a. If yes, what size do you need. 22" at least.

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? 1680x1050 @60mhz I want to have that option.

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? Yes Keyboard/Mouse/Wireless Card etc.

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Yes

8. How can you pay? Credit Card/Laser

9. When are you purchasing? [In 10 days]

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? Galway but hopefully wint need that help




Item|Price
Intel Core i3-4130 Box, LGA1150|€96.98
MSI B85-G41 PC Mate, ATX, Sockel 1150|€64.24
8GB-Kit G-Skill RipJaws PC3-12800U CL9|€65.27
MSI R7 260X 2GD5 OC, AMD Radeon R7 260X, 2GB DDR5|€114.66
WD Green 1TB, SATA 6Gb/s (WD10EZRX)|€49.80
Antec One, ATX, ohne Netzteil|€54.90
Corsair VS Serie VS550, Non-Modular, 80+|€47.58
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€512.42

Hello All
This is my first build and would like comments on the above spec. Budget has come in around my 500 budget (for the box) Total Budget for build is 800 including Monitor.
Any way i can improve the above? The computer will be used for mainly word processing and music playing movies ect
I will be making it a dual boot with Win 7 64 bit and Ubuntu 12

I want to "future proof" it as much as possible

Any recommendations on a monitor? I have a Dell 22 inch lcd at the moment (Insprion 531 thats 7 years old)
Would a Catleap Monitor be a bridge too far for the above setup? (€250 or so for that)

Regards
Altreab

SuperTortoise

Run those parts through giezhals.de (sp?) and you probably could save another 20 euro or so, it'll cover the delivery at least.
The spelling of that site could be a bit off, but there's a thread dedicated to it somewhere on here if you want to check it out.

As for the build have you considered going AMD route?

Altreab

SuperTortoise wrote: »

Run those parts through giezhals.de (sp?) and you probably could save another 20 euro or so, it'll cover the delivery at least.
The spelling of that site could be a bit off, but there's a thread dedicated to it somewhere on here if you want to check it out.

As for the build have you considered going AMD route?

Yeah i will be doing that after i have settled on the parts to be purchased
AMD will be considered. I'm looking for best bang per buck. My present machine has a "AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Windsor 90nm Technology" according to Speccy

Lu Tze

If you arent gaming then you could drop the graphics card, onboard should be fine (unless you do get a catleap). You could also get a lower (and cheaper) wattage psu if you have no dedicated graphics card. You could get a decent SSD and still shave a chunk off your budget.

SterlingArcher

Altreab wrote: »

Item|Price
Intel Core i3-4130 Box, LGA1150|€96.98
MSI B85-G41 PC Mate, ATX, Sockel 1150|€64.24
8GB-Kit G-Skill RipJaws PC3-12800U CL9|€65.27
MSI R7 260X 2GD5 OC, AMD Radeon R7 260X, 2GB DDR5|€114.66
WD Green 1TB, SATA 6Gb/s (WD10EZRX)|€49.80
Antec One, ATX, ohne Netzteil|€54.90
Corsair VS Serie VS550, Non-Modular, 80+|€47.58
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€512.42

Hello All
This is my first build and would like comments on the above spec. Budget has come in around my 500 budget (for the box) Total Budget for build is 800 including Monitor.
Any way i can improve the above? The computer will be used for mainly word processing and music playing movies ect
I will be making it a dual boot with Win 7 64 bit and Ubuntu 12

I want to "future proof" it as much as possible

Any recommendations on a monitor? I have a Dell 22 inch lcd at the moment (Insprion 531 thats 7 years old)
Would a Catleap Monitor be a bridge too far for the above setup? (€250 or so for that)

Regards
Altreab

Fill out the sticky makes helping easier.

Altreab

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Fill out the sticky makes helping easier.

Sticky Added

SterlingArcher

Could Change the PSU to a corsair cx 500w modular (modular easier to work with). Better future proof. Or if not in stock a be quiet 7 500w. 52 euro. your choice is perfectly fine.

Case corsair carbide 300r slightly more expensive 6 euro. Worth it.

Altreab

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Change the PSU to a corsair cx 500w modular (modular easier to work with). Better future proof. Same price.

Case corsair carbide 300r slightly more expensive 6 euro. Worth it.

Good spot on the PSU Why is the 300r case better?

SterlingArcher

Altreab wrote: »

Good spot on the PSU Why is the 300r case better?

Read any review on the 300r great case to build with you won't be disappointed. For 6 euro extra wort it. Looks pretty cool too.