Help building my first PC

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Hi,

Looking to build a good enough PC to play games like F1 2012/13 and do some music track recording and editing.

I already have a HDMI 1080p led screen from Samsung that I will not change.

I'm limited to a mATX case (due to the size of my desk), and a budget of 1000$.

I a fan of AMD but they just don't have any good mATX mb (don't know if an APU is the way).

Please help,

Thanks

Hahns

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This machine should fit the bill. It will run any game out there on high to ultra settings, and there was enough room in the budget to add a half decent sound card.

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What machine ?

 

 

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It's difficult to find a decent AM3+ micro-atx mobo, so I went with Intel, and an even smaller M-ITX build.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1KD4v

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor.  Probably a bit overkill for music editing, but I could fit in the budget.

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard.  Z87 chipset, has Wifi if you don't have an ethernet cable.

RAM: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory.  Typical Ram

SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk.  Relatively fast, cheap.

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive.  Mass storage.

GPU: PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card.  All you need for 1080p gaming.

CASE: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case.  A case to hold it all.

PSU: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply.  Rebranded Seasonic.  Great for the price.

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Thanks it sounds good.

One last thing since I'm a musician and will be doing some recording and editing is the onboard sound card enough or do you advise me to buy a dedicated one... if yes do I need to move from ITX to mATX format ?

Tks,

hahns

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If you're doing some recording and editing, I'd suggest getting the Asus motherboard with the nice onboard solution:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-maximusviimpact