1st time build.

Micky Dolenz

1. What is your budget? €900

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Gaming/Video editing/Internet], Would like to play dayz comfortably.

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Yes

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? Have an old Dell Optiplex 745

5. Do you need a monitor? Maybe but not now or included in budget.

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? Wireless Card

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? I don't know what overclocking is

8. How can you pay? [Credit Card/Laser]

9. When are you purchasing? Soon.

10. If you need help building it, where are you based?


Thanks for any help, bit clueless here.

Digital Solitude

i5 4460 €175
8gb RAM €40
1tb HDD €50
Case €40
400w PSU €50
H81M board €50
250gb SDD €90
GTX970 €350
Windows €20 from reddit
Total €865 I think

Put €40 into homeplugs for interest

Will play anything, no issue at 1080p

Any questions, ask away

Micky Dolenz

Thanks. Are you some sort of Oracle or super computer?

I will probably have lots of frequent and stupid questions, sadly.

Would you recommend any brand over another and where is the best place to buy from?

Thanks again, appreciate your time.

Digital Solitude

Digital Solitude wrote: »

i5 4460 €175
8gb RAM €40 Crucial/Kingston
1tb HDD €50 WD Blue/Seagate
Case €40 BitFenix/Zalman
400w PSU €50 Corsair/SeaSonic/BeQuiet
H81M board €50 MSI/ASUS/ASRock/Gigabyte
250gb SDD €90 Crucial/Samsung
GTX970 €350 MSI/ASRock/ASUS/Gigabyte
Windows €20 from reddit
Total €865 I think

Put €40 into homeplugs for interest

Will play anything, no issue at 1080p

Any questions, ask away

Added brands. Much of a muchness for the most part.

My prices are from mindfactory.de

I'm not a Computer. Who told you that?

Micky Dolenz

Ok, I am nearly ready to order.

Will I need thermal paste?
The mother board has a hdmi. I am going to stick in a dvd rw from old pc, will this be possible with Motherboard?

Ant695

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Ok, I am nearly ready to order.

Will I need thermal paste?
The mother board has a hdmi. I am going to stick in a dvd rw from old pc, will this be possible with Motherboard?

Thermal paste will be pre applied on the cpu heatsink so no worries there.

Digital Solitude

You'll be connecting your monitor to the 970, not the motherboard.

It'll depend on how old the drive is. If its sata its okay, if IDE its not. IDE is like a flat ribbon, over an inch wide

Sata is much narrower, maybe 1cm wide

Micky Dolenz

ok, thanks.

. Happy not to have to mess with paste. The dvd I have is old and looks like an IDE, I may not need one if Windows isn't on a disk? Also, where on reddit do i get it? Please.

Kinda looking forward to this now, good to have yourselves on my side

Ant695

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

ok, thanks.

. Happy not to have to mess with paste. The dvd I have is old and looks like an IDE, I may not need one if Windows isn't on a disk? Also, where on reddit do i get it? Please.

Kinda looking forward to this now, good to have yourselves on my side

If you get windows from reddit you can throw it onto a bootable usb. Windows provides a tool that mounts this for you as long as you have a big enough usb.

If you google ms software swap reddit and look for $ean.

unkel

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

if Windows isn't on a disk? Also, where on reddit do i get it?

Reddit software license might very well work, and it might very well get your version of Windows activated, but it is NOT a legal license.

Micky Dolenz

I found a local place with prices that are in and around what was suggested here. I'd go with them as they are quite close to where I live and I can pick them up. Does everything seem right below?

CPU Intel 1150 Core I5-4460 Tray 3,20GHz 6MB Haswell €195



Memoria SO DDR3 PC1600 8GB CL11 Kingston €39

Hard Disk 3,5 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003 Barracuda €49.50

1150 ASRock H81M-DGS 2.0 €39 (not sure on this, as they have four pages of H81M / something. )

Hard Disk Stato Solido 250GB Crucial MX200 €91

Scheda Video Gigabyte GTX970 ITX OC 4GB €318

Alimentatore 400W Be Quiet! System Power 7 80+ bronze bulk €46




I might up the budget for a case, if it's worth it for space, look, extra fans etc. what do you think?. I will probably bring the build up to a even €1000, any other suggestions on where the extra cash is best spent?



Cases.


Thanks.

Micky Dolenz

I've decided to get a monitor as well, budget is around €150, I'd like it to have a HDMI socket and built in speakers. Any suggestions please?

Digital Solitude

You'd do well for that, my monitor is a meh 1080p60 with no speakers for €160

Micky Dolenz

I could probably up the budget a bit, and one mans Meh is another mans monitor

I just don't have space or need for external speakers, if I want loud I have head phones.

Micky Dolenz

I went for a samsung in the finish, without speakers.

Build complete and up and running. Now to go game shopping

Thanks for the help.

Johnboy1951

unkel wrote: »

Reddit software license might very well work, and it might very well get your version of Windows activated, but it is NOT a legal license.

I was about to recommend a Reddit licence to a friend so this sort of threw me.

Can you explain why such a licence is not legal please?


EDIT

I was relying on my faulty memory, but went looking and found the following ...

http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=124564&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=5213884

which essentially states that provided the software key/licence is not in use by the original purchaser then the licence can be sold on to another party ..... and from them to another ..... etc.

This makes the selling of licenced software legal under EU law.

(there are some explanations too ..... it must be the complete licence as purchased .... so a 5 seat licence cannot be broken up into 5 parts for sale, it is regarded as a single licence)

So what is illegal about a Reddit purchase?