Hey this is going to be my first build and I have done extensive research and took several parts from tek syndicates recent video, pc for $750. I have a list aiming at a budget of £400 but I am aware the GPU will probably push me up to £500 and that is where I need help. I have been struggling to find a reasonably priced but good graphics card to use in my build - the graphics cards listed in the video are on amazon where the hardly change the price between dollars and pounds even though it should be about £150 cheaper in some cases. The one from the video that caught my eye was the sapphire card but that was on amazon and so unreasonabley priced for UK inhabitants. I am also struggling to find cooling as I'm really not sure what to look for.
However here is my list if parts (some of the components werent available on PC Part picker so I have done it this way)
PC Build
Processor
(to view in dollars change url to amazon.com)
£125.70
Mother Board
GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Price:£54.54
Hard Drive (SSD)
Kingston Technology 120GB Solid State Drive 2.5-inch V300 SATA 3
Price: £40.98
Hard Drive
WD BLACK SERIES WD1003FZEX 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Price: £48.12
RAM
HyperX 8 GB 1600 MHz CL9 DDR3 HyperX Beast Desktop Memory Kit (2 x 4GB) - Intel XMP
Price: £57.00
CASE
DEEPCOOL TESSERACT BF Mid Tower Computer Case SGCC+PLASTIC+RUBBER COATING
Price: £19.24
Total Price: £345.58
For Selecting graphics cards or cooling systems here is some info:
- Budget: my budget is ideally £400 but I relize the GPU is likely going to push me up to around £500
- Where do you live (what country): I live in Britain and use the pound
- -Is there a retailer you prefer: No
- Do you need or already have peripherals? Yes (mouse, keyboard, monitor)
- What will you be using your future computer for? I would be using my PC to animate (2d and 3d), 3D rendering and design, video editing, and of course, gaming.
- Do you overclock or want to get into overclocking? I have no idea how but if it improves performance, I would be willing to learn
- Do you plan on going for custom watercooling now, or in the future? Not really
- OS. Do you need a new one? No, I have Windows 7 and I like it
If you Game-
- What kind of settings do you like or what FPS do you want to play at? Ideally as high as I can but not below 30FPS
- What resolution will you be playing at? //or would like to play at. Ideally 1080p but that's ideally, I would be happy to go for 720p but if possible 1080p
- What kind of games do you like to play? Whatever looks good (gmod, TF2, maybe battlefield and yes, my guilty pleasure, Minecraft )
- What specific game will you be playing? probably any of the above
If you Render or Edit things-
- What application do you use to render? Autodesk Inventor and Maya or maybe keyshot
- Do you render movies or just photoshop pictures? just photoshop but would like to get into rendering films
Other Notes:
This is going to be my first build but I am a quick learner and it looks simple enough