Need Help pls: First time building gaming desktop

eson01

Hey guys, I'm building my new gaming pc and I would only use it to play mainly for league of legends and CS:Go, I will also use it to watch movies/tvSeries.
1. What is your budget? €900~

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming, LoL, CS:Go

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Yes

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

5. Do you need a monitor? yes

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? N/A

6. Do you need any of these peripherals?No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? No

8. How can you pay? Bank transfer/Visa Debit.

9. When are you purchasing? ASAP.

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? I don't need help, Brother is doing it for me.


This is what I have so far.

RAM
8GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport XT Series DDR3-1600, CL9
56.85 €
HDD
WD Blue 1TB 6Gb's
44.90 €
CASE
Antec One, ATX, ohne Netzteil
45.91 €
PSU
Corsair CX Series Modular CX600M, 600W
60.83 €
MotherBoard
ASRock H87M Pro4, Sockel 1150, mATX
61.60 €
CPU
Intel Xeon E3-1230v3 Bx, LGA1150
202.44 €
DVD Drive
LG GH24NS bare schwarz
12.28€
OS
Windows 8.1 64-Bit (SB-Version)
78.72 €
Monitor
BenQ GL2250HM
94.89 €
Graphics Card
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 OC Windforce 2X, 2GB GDDR5, 2x DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort
148.23 €
SSD
Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6GB/s 6,4CM (2,5") 7mm
55.16€

After running all of them on geizhals.de the total cost is 880€ including the shipping.

To add on, I will upgrade my Graphics card in the future(I just don't have the money right now) and also, I am trying to find a wireless adapter.

That's all I can think of right now, any help will be much appreciated. Thank you guys.

SterlingArcher

Solid build. Swap in a h97 board for that h87 . And you are good to go.

eson01

Thank you, but what about the graphics card? is it good enough?

mad turnip

Yeah that graphics card will run just about everything on 1080p at ultra at the moment.

eson01

Another thing, My SSD is Crucial, but my bro said that SSD make could be dodgy and that I should opt for thr samsung SSD. Does it really make a big difference if I use Crucial instead or Samsung? plus, can you give me guys a good brand of WLAN for desktop. Thank you again.

SterlingArcher

If the SSD is dodgy, might want to get rid of the ram too because that is the same brand.

eson01

Good point, I think I will just chance it and see how it goes. Do you guys know how to use geizhals.de?

Luck100

Absolutely nothing wrong with Crucial, I'd actually rate them as one of the best in reputation.

miece16

their psu's are cheap rebranded ones

Luck100

miece16 wrote: »

their psu's are cheap rebranded ones

Was that in response to my post? I was talking about the Crucial SSD he has in the build. Crucial doesn't make PSUs.

pillphil

SterlingArcher wrote: »

If the SSD is dodgy, might want to get rid of the ram too because that is the same brand.

I take it you don't think the extra write speed is worth the extra money with the evo?

eson01 wrote: »

Good point, I think I will just chance it and see how it goes. Do you guys know how to use geizhals.de?

Just copy and paste the name from hardwareversand.de to geizhals.de and search, select the item you're looking for from the list, then scrool down the next page until you see hardwareversand.de, when you click the link, the hardwareversand.de price changes.

eson01

I had to use google translate to figure out the geizhals website but I finally got it, hehe, Thank you all so much guys for the help, I really appreciate it. Any other thing I should be aware of on my build? or is this good enough?

frozenfrozen

Yep no need to pay 80 quid for windows 8. Use reddit software swap to buy a key for $10. Use that 70 euro save to upgrade somewhere else in the build


edit: xeon in a csgo build.. Don't pull the trigger on ordering this build yet and me and possibly a few others will throw up an alternative more suited to the games you'll be playing

eson01

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Yep no need to pay 80 quid for windows 8. Use reddit software swap to buy a key for $10. Use that 70 euro save to upgrade somewhere else in the build


edit: xeon in a csgo build.. Don't pull the trigger on ordering this build yet and me and possibly a few others will throw up an alternative more suited to the games you'll be playing

Is that reddit swap legal and/or trusted? I'm sorry I'm pretty "noob" at this hehe.

What is wrong with intel Xeon?

SterlingArcher

pillphil wrote: »

I take it you don't think the extra write speed is worth the extra money with the evo?



Just copy and paste the name from hardwareversand.de to geizhals.de and search, select the item you're looking for from the list, then scrool down the next page until you see hardwareversand.de, when you click the link, the hardwareversand.de price changes.

Evo is a good SSD. Given the choice between the 120 gig evo "write speeds", and a crucial 240 gig. I'll take the 240 gig SSD. Do you notice write speeds Phil Phil?

frozenfrozen

eson01 wrote: »

Is that reddit swap legal and/or trusted? I'm sorry I'm pretty "noob" at this hehe.

What is wrong with intel Xeon?

the keys are legal and legitimate but make sure you purchase from someone who has sold to many others before so you know they are themselves legitimate.

Xeons are for servers / workstation pcs. you should be going for the consumer cpus. You lose out the option of ECC registered ram for higher clock speeds, ability to overclock, and lower price.

pillphil

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Evo is a good SSD. Given the choice between the 120 gig evo "write speeds", and a crucial 240 gig. I'll take the 240 gig SSD. Do you notice write speeds Phil Phil?

I haven't a clue, I don't have an ssd. I've been trying to decide between the two and wasn't sure if the evo 240 gig was worth €20-30 extra.

SterlingArcher

Comes down to this Phil. Cold hard cash. If you have the extra get the evo. Either one/way you will have made a sound investment. You will notice the difference.

Try get on amazon if you can.

MOH

I've been looking at a very similar build (only real difference is a GTX770 and a 650W PSU) for the last month or so, hoping to finally get around to buying it this week.

Don't you need a fan? Don't think the Xeon comes with a stock cooler.
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD will add 27.51 (Geizhals, today).

eson01

MOH wrote: »

I've been looking at a very similar build (only real difference is a GTX770 and a 650W PSU) for the last month or so, hoping to finally get around to buying it this week.

Don't you need a fan? Don't think the Xeon comes with a stock cooler.
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD will add 27.51 (Geizhals, today).

I'm not quite sure myself, like I said, this is my first time building a pc. Is the fan really necessary?

mad turnip

eson01 wrote: »

I'm not quite sure myself, like I said, this is my first time building a pc. Is the fan really necessary?

YES ITS VERY NECESSARY.