Scotteh Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Hey. It's my 18 birthday coming up! And my parent's are giving me a budget of about £1000 (Excluding money from family.) to do what I want, as all eighteen year old's would do, I'm putting it towards a gaming computer. (; My biggest fear would be that, once all the computer parts are ordered and delivered, they won't be compatible with each other. DISASTER! D:! So I'd like to hear if you think all these would work together? I'm pretty sure they will, just a double check, I like to think myself good with computers, but this is my first ever build, and I don't want anything to go wrong. Case & PSU: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/177749 HDD: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804 CPU: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/252536 Mobo: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8p67-evo-rev3-intel-p67-express-s1155-pci-e-20-x-16-ddr3-2200(oc)-sata-6g-b-s GFX Card: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/253958 Monitor: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/198258 Speakers: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/94472 RAM: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173122 Tool kit: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/19497 Optical drive: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169683 Heat sink: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176157 Network adapter: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/155640 HDMI Cable: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/193821 This is the price list I whipped up in Excel: All help appreciated, cheers! Quote
CHiLL Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 According to ebuyer, that motherboard is out of stock. It is the same board that I've ordered. I ordered mine from http://www.overclockers.co.uk earlier today. Seems to have good reviews. The board will however have the Cougar Point chipset problem, effecting the 3Gbs SATA ports. It has 4x 6GBs ports, so you can use those instead. That processor, personally I went for the 2600K, for only £20 or so more, because it can be majorly overclocked, whereas the standard 2600 can't. You've missed off the GPU? For compatibility, the main things you need to match are the CPU, Motherboard and RAM. The socket must be the same on both the CPU and the Motherboard (such as Socket 1155 Sandybridge). The RAM and Motherboard must also be compatible (such as DDR3). I'd also recommend buying a ATX motherboard, if the case will fit it, which the one you linked will. Reasoning for this is because top-end graphics cards take up a huge amount of space, leaving you will inaccessible expansion slots. The PSU on a gaming machine needs to be 700-750W or more. Any less may be underpowered. Quote
Shaunno Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Yea all the components look fine and will work well together. Looks like a very good build, where's your graphics card though? Also can I ask why your buying a tool kit. Quote
Scotteh Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 I'll be honest I've never even heard of a GPU, I'm pretty sure that's just a graphics card... Quote
Shaunno Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 I'll be honest I've never even heard of a GPU, I'm pretty sure that's just a graphics card... Yea its a graphics card (graphics processing unit) are you not buying one? Quote
Scotteh Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 Sorry guys, I missed off that link, it's up now. (: Quote
Scotteh Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 Yea all the components look fine and will work well together. Looks like a very good build, where's your graphics card though? Also can I ask why your buying a tool kit. Because I'm not sure if I have all the necessary tools. D: Quote
Shaunno Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Yea all the components look fine and will work well together. Looks like a very good build, where's your graphics card though? Also can I ask why your buying a tool kit. Because I'm not sure if I have all the necessary tools. D: Do you have a screwdriver in your house? Quote
Scotteh Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 Yeah but surely they'll be all different sizes, and I'm not certain I have all the sizes. Quote
Shaunno Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Yeah but surely they'll be all different sizes, and I'm not certain I have all the sizes. Pretty much all the screws are a standard phillips head, that includes mobo, heatsink, case screws, screws for the HDD and optical drives and screws to bolt the cards in place. The only things i've ever used when building machines is a phillips screwdriver and cable ties. Quote
Scotteh Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 Yeah but surely they'll be all different sizes, and I'm not certain I have all the sizes. Pretty much all the screws are a standard phillips head, that includes mobo, heatsink, case screws, screws for the HDD and optical drives and screws to bolt the cards in place. The only things i've ever used when building machines is a phillips screwdriver and cable ties. Oh D: Better safe than sorry though eh? Quote
CHiLL Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 All the screws you will use are the same size. Just a word of warning, most motherboards are only provided with 2 or 4 stand-offs. (These are the raisers that raise the board off the back of the case) It may be advised to buy a cheap pack of many. I got a pack of 50 for £2 from Maplin. Quote
Shaunno Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Yea mine didn't come with many, however my case came with like 30, but for 50p its nothing Quote
Scotteh Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 I'll add it to my list, cheers! Also, I'll need cables but I'm not sure what or how many or if they come with them? Quote
Shaunno Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 The PSU will come with all the cables you need Quote
Scotteh Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 SATA for the HDD and optical drive cables? Quote
CHiLL Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 The PSU will provide the power cables you will need. The motherboard will provide the SATA cables for the HDD and DVD drive. Quote
Henrawr Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 You may need a SATA power connector and SATA cable. Quote
Thrill Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Yeah but surely they'll be all different sizes, and I'm not certain I have all the sizes. Pretty much all the screws are a standard phillips head, that includes mobo, heatsink, case screws, screws for the HDD and optical drives and screws to bolt the cards in place. The only things i've ever used when building machines is a phillips screwdriver and cable ties. Oh D: Better safe than sorry though eh? £30 is a lot of money for a few tools Quote
Scotteh Posted February 25, 2011 Author Posted February 25, 2011 You may need a SATA power connector and SATA cable. Thanks, I'll add those to my list. Quote
Scotteh Posted February 25, 2011 Author Posted February 25, 2011 £30 is a lot of money for a few tools Be good if I ever need it in the future though. Quote
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