Hi, Not sure this is the right part of the forum so apologies if I've got it wrong I hoping to build my own gaming PC but am a complete beginner and would love some help/advice. My budget is about £800 and after looking through this site I have come up with a list of possible hardware: AMD HDZ940XCGIBOX Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition Quad-core Processor - 3.00 GHz,8MB L2 Cache,Socket AM2+,125W,45 nm,3 Year Warranty,Retail Boxed Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 Motherboard Phenom FX Socket AM2+ nForce 720D ATX RAID Gigabit Ethernet LAN Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB Sata 8MB Cache 2.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive OEM - Sony Playstation PS3 Compatible Zotac GeForce 1GB 9800GT Synergy Edition CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) DDR3-SDRAM CL9 PC10666 PC Memory (TW3X4G1333C9DHX) Component PC Memory COOLER MASTER Centurion 590 PC Casing + Wet Wipe Dispenser PC tower case Component COMPUTING bundle combo Atrix 720W Black 12Cm Silent Dual 12V Rail Atx Power Supply Any comments? Also two other things: Can anybody tell me where I can get a complete step-by-step guide to building my PC? Also what operating system would be best? Thanks
You seem to have picked a 2.5inch HDD, these are laptop drives, they will work but will be slower. I would go for something like a WD black drive. Not sure on your preference to NVIDIA or ATI, but ATI have their new Direct X 11 cards out (the 5000 series) if it was me i'd get one of those. ( i personally have the 5770) but i imagine with your budget you could get an even better one. And your power supply i have never heard of that make, maybe thats just me. But i bought a 700W OCZ ModXStream Pro Modular Power Supply which is great http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=32424&category_id=263&manufacturer_id=0 Case is a matter of personal taste. Rest of it looks good, but i am a Intel man myself, but the phenoms are great! And its not a guide but its definatly worth a read : http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=173675 And i know it can be abit daunting, so if you need any help feel free to get in touch Good luck
Is there any reason you've chosen AMD over Intel? For £800 you could enjoy the significantly more powerful Intel 920, which would wipe the metaphorical floor with the Phenom II. In fact, I would just scrub almost all of your own choices (sorry!) and replace them with the B-T recommendations - as above, the 2.5" HDDs are all wrong (they're very small and slow, intended for laptops and PMPs), the 9800GT is inferior to the 4890 and 720W is a bit overpowered. If you like the case, that's a personal choice to keep (I ignored BT's recommendation there!). Anyway, my rig was my first full build too, and it was easy - like Lego with wires! Good luck. Here, just ask us and we'll tell you how things go together. The case will also include instructions as to what order it wants things to be inserted. Windows 7 x64.
