Building a new pc.

[Ciryl]

Ever tried this site?- It's pretty good.
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/pcs/

[aviator]

If people are interested, here are the parts i will probably end up using

CPU: AMD FX-6300
GPU: SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 280
Ram: 8GB
SSD:128GB
HDD:1TB
Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4

hmmm AMD huh? I personally think Nvidia is more optimized for gaming..

I agree. I stick to Nvidia because Flight Simulator X is better optimised with those GPUs. I also opt for Intel CPUs. The PC I'm looking into will have the i7 4790k with a GTX 970 (hopefully).
But money... why is money always a fucking problem!

[Conn]

I have to use NVidia
I own a Shield Tablet so I use it with my PC.

[BlackForestAdam]

Right after a lot of reconfiguring i have managed to come up with this: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/tJqzGX now i just need to scrape together a little bit more (im about 30€ short, hoping my parents will help out) then i should start setting it up.

[BlackForestAdam]

Well scratch that whole thing, looks like i can save a lot because my Mum decided i can use parts of our old PC that my dad told me was strictly off Limits. If i can ill be changing the whole thing completely, will need a new motherboard/CPU/cpufan/graphicscard/ram/SSD. if im able to cut most of the smaller parts out then i should be good.

Edit: now it comes down to my mum convincing my dad that i can use it.

[BlackForestAdam]

Well after rethinking the whole design for the new pc using our old pc, i realised it was a different ATX format (microATX...) i hadnt realised it was that small as i remember it on a stand so i totally forgot about its size. So i went back to plan A and finally ordered the parts today. Should arrive early to middle of next week.
Really lookin forward to building this thing!


Also George on your comment of the Antistatic wristband, i am actually going to be able to borrow one from school including an antistatic mat to put the tower on whilst building it.

[Tandy]

Well after rethinking the whole design for the new pc using our old pc, i realised it was a different ATX format (microATX...) i hadnt realised it was that small as i remember it on a stand so i totally forgot about its size. So i went back to plan A and finally ordered the parts today. Should arrive early to middle of next week.
Really lookin forward to building this thing!


Also George on your comment of the Antistatic wristband, i am actually going to be able to borrow one from school including an antistatic mat to put the tower on whilst building it.

Meh, don't really need antistatic wristbands or mats unless you're wealing a full wool coat, wooly socks, wolly hat, and you're in the middle of the desert where the air is really dry. Luckily for me i live in England, it's really humid here. (Don't think i've gotten a static shock in over 8 years)
I installed my PSU, motherboard, hard drive, gpu and cpu all without any static building up because there wasn't really a way for it to build up, just take off your socks and you've got no more problems. 

Anyways, good luck with building it! Also, personally, i have to say the r9 280x is a really good choice, however i would've gotten the gtx 760 if i was you, even stretched out and payed £100 more for a GTX 970 because it's already built to be compatible with DirectX 12, DirectX 12 is coming out this year, and it's going to (hopefully) be better than AMD mantle, which isn't utilized in very many games, where as DirectX is already used in pretty much every game. 

[BlackForestAdam]

I ended up going for an overclocked gtx 750 ti as unfortunately I ran out of cash. Finally got the case todas (cooler master n300) and will be getting the rest tomorrow. So I wont be on at all till I have it up and running. As for the antistatic stuff. I'm sure It will help as it's surprisingly really quite dry here in winter (germany) and i seem to get shocked on a daily basis...

[Blurr]

I ended up going for an overclocked gtx 750 ti as unfortunately I ran out of cash. Finally got the case todas (cooler master n300) and will be getting the rest tomorrow.  So I wont be on at all till I have it up and running. As for the antistatic stuff. I'm sure It will help as it's surprisingly really quite dry here in winter (germany) and i seem to get shocked on a daily basis...

Record yourself unboxing the items and building it, speed it up though (If you do not want to talk etc)

[BlackForestAdam]

I would but i dont have a camera (and my phone quailty isnt great...) and even then i dont have anything to put it on effectively for a good vantage point