Building first PC (2200 $)

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tranzistor4life

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Hello, i will make this easy for you.
Im about to build my first gaming pc ever, i got money from my parents because im off to college (2000 $) + some more that i've been sparing.
This is also first time i will spent this huge amount of money but its into technology which is the the thing i love and enjoy it, im going to engineering college btw.

Here the parts a chose so far :http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LJ8xqs

what bothers me is :
1. could i spent money on some better components in the same/similiar price range, if yes please let me know, i can also add few more $ in this build.
2. is there a better 144hz monitor within same price range.
3. do i need, and what type of additional fans to add to this build.

4.* Im from europe (bosnia) and i dont know how to buy these parts, in my country all there parts are either overpriced or not aviliable.
+ i will probably go to my aunt which is in Zurich in a months so is there a store i can buy them or is it more worth to order them online while im there (this is for people from europe mostly).

Ty
 
Are you living in student accommodation?
If yes, I strongly suggest you get micro atx, or even spending more to get m-itx. You probably don't have much room in student accommodation and you have to think about how you move it at the end of academic year

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5.
Case - Corsair 350D/ Aerocool DS/ Corsair Air 240, etc
HDD - WD black series is good, but you can save a bit by downgrading to blue/ green if you just use it for storage.
PSU - i don't see the need of 850W for single PSU. 600W should be enough

By the way, how much more expensive to buy hardware in your country?
Have you consider order from amazon? May be amazon.it and delivery to your country?
 
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Hello, thank you for you answer.
First of all, no i wont be in student accommodation, i will actually be at my grandmothers house :) and im not looking forward to move my rig anywhere.

I will prolly change that case since you suggested, even tho i already downgraded from stormstryker.
I wont downgrade black series WD, i have in plan to do some editing, recording , maybe streaming etc.
i know 850 W is overkill but i dont know, maybe ill get another 980ti in 4-5 years (when i finish college)

when it comes to buying all this, instead of 2200$ price it would cost me 3100$ in my own country, converting to KM to dollars. This is the thing im most afraid of, i would never downgrade to like i5 and 8GB ram and probably lower gpu because of my shitty country.
How safe is amazon.it, and where do they ship from?

I can still add like 200-300 $ into this one but im not sure where to spent it to and do i really need to. I would more likely spent it on some mech. keyboard, but still not sure if i need it.

My current system :
2.2 dual celeron CPU
2 GB of ram
2 gb GPU - gtx 210 :( :( :D :D
 
Cisco001 said:
Are you living in student accommodation?
If yes, I strongly suggest you get micro atx, or even spending more to get m-itx. You probably don't have much room in student accommodation and you have to think about how you move it at the end of academic year

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5.
Case - Corsair 350D/ Aerocool DS/ Corsair Air 240, etc
HDD - WD black series is good, but you can save a bit by downgrading to blue/ green if you just use it for storage.
PSU - i don't see the need of 850W for single PSU. 600W should be enough

By the way, how much more expensive to buy hardware in your country?
Have you consider order from amazon? May be amazon.it and delivery to your country?
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I found this store which is in zurich http://www.ldlc.ch/ and has really good prices, any expirience ?
 
Please beware those case I suggest are for micro atx motherboard.

What resolution of monitor are you using/ How many monitor are you using?

if you playing with one monitor, just downgrade GPU to cheaper GTX970 / R9 390
 
Cisco001 said:
Please beware those case I suggest are for micro atx motherboard.

What resolution of monitor are you using/ How many monitor are you using?

if you playing with one monitor, just downgrade GPU to cheaper GTX970 / R9 390
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Yeah i have noticed that, ty.
Whats the reason going for gigabyte motherboard over msi one, and you have any expirience with http://www.ldlc.ch/ online site/store

Thanks
 
Those case I recommended are matx
So, you will need matx mobo to match.

Gigabyte have better reputation than msi on quality
 
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