Building my own computer

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GT5fan123

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Hello guys, I'm trying to create own computer that is good for gaming and I've been thinking of building it for almost a year and now I'm really want that 'cause my current laptop runs CPU's in 100% all the time, exactly then when I'm playing games or surfing the Net.

I've discovered some boosting things from nVidia Control Panel (I decided to look there that if I can put more power with less CPU usage) and I've maxed out everything and the CPU usage dropped to 50%. Still it's quite lot but lagging is almost gone.

Temperatures are about 60 - 80 degrees centigrade (or 140 - 176 degrees Fahrenheit), I think so, I don't have any programs to check it.

When i don't use my laptop the CPU usage is between 2-20% and I've deleted a lot of data so it won't run 50% when anybody ain't touching it.

The parts what I'd like to use are for gaming and the budget is around 500-700 euros (655,10-917,14$ or 405,38-567,53£). I'm interested to hear your comments to this and you can also recommend me some other parts that fits with the budget.

So would you tell me if these following parts will work with each other, thank you.

CPU: AMD A-Series A4 5300 65W FM2 3.4 GHz
GPU: nVidia GTX620 with 1GB flash memory
RAM: 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 STD manufactured by Kingston
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1.5TB 3.5" SATA III 7200 RPM
MoBo: AsRock FM2A85X EXTREME6 socketFM2 (made only for AMD FM2 socket processors)
PSU: FSP500-60APN 85+ 500W
Case: CM Elite K350 Black
Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo 6990 for cooling GPU
Corsair Airflow fan for cooling chipset
Arctic Freezer 13 PRO for cooling CPU
EDIMAX wireless network card
BluRay drive compatible with CD's and DVD's
Asus D2X 7.1 Audio Card
 
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Since its for gaming, get a cpu that doesn't have built in graphics like the A-Series does. Which means a diff mb as well.
Is 1600 memory not close to the same price as 1333?
The Blue hdd is ok, but these are faster. Are one of these available? For about the same money? Even if it's a bit smaller?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007603%20600003269%20600003298&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=14%7C22%2D148%2D840%5E22%2D148%2D840%2DTS%2C22%2D152%2D185%5E22%2D152%2D185%2DTS
No to the psu. Choosing the right psu is based on brand/model and perhaps budget except cant skimp even then. 500w might be enough. Usually a bit more is better. Depends. Where are you buying from?
Just leave the cpu cooler and the extra cooling fans off till you have the cpu and mb decided on. You might decide to put cpu cooler money towards something else in the build, and get one later. Or you can add it at the end.
The mb will have a pretty good sound card built in. Try that first before spending money on another one.
 
Benny Boy said:
Since its for gaming, get a cpu that doesn't have built in graphics like the A-Series does. Which means a diff mb as well.
Is 1600 memory not close to the same price as 1333?
The Blue hdd is ok, but these are faster. Are one of these available? For about the same money? Even if it's a bit smaller?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007603%20600003269%20600003298&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=14%7C22%2D148%2D840%5E22%2D148%2D840%2DTS%2C22%2D152%2D185%5E22%2D152%2D185%2DTS
No to the psu. Choosing the right psu is based on brand/model and perhaps budget except cant skimp even then. 500w might be enough. Usually a bit more is better. Depends. Where are you buying from?
Just leave the cpu cooler and the extra cooling fans off till you have the cpu and mb decided on. You might decide to put cpu cooler money towards something else in the build, and get one later. Or you can add it at the end.
The mb will have a pretty good sound card built in. Try that first before spending money on another one.
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My friend just recommended me the WD Caviar series HDD's and I just took quick look at them and they were okay, but if the HDD's on that website are delivered worldwide, that's fine (personally I don't like Samsung's products 'cause they aren't working properly) (also red that these are fast).

Btw, are those HDD's normal (meaning it has the hard disk inside) or are they the electrical hard drives?

I've also looked some Intel processors but they were quite expensive here in Finland so I don't wanna buy that.

The 1600 memory is 20 euros expensive than the 1333 memory (some 1600 memories were just few euros more that the 1333 memory).

GPU might be this, Asus GeFroce GTX650 (recommended by the company that sells computer components)

CD/DVD drive ain't plugged in with SATA so need to buy another one (taking it from current laptop)

I've changed the MoBo to other made by ASROCK compatible with Intel processors, like i5 or Celeron G555 2.7 GHz
 
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I'd said the budget on the first comment of this topic and I've been thinking it again. The budget can go over with 100 euros (maximum of 800€ or 1 041 bocks (US dollars) or 649.84£). Also I've found something called Package Configurator from the Finnish site where I'm buying the good quality comps needed to assemble the computer
 
I would build a PC that looked like this:
  • Intel Celeron G540/G550
  • AMD Radeon HD 6570 1GB DDR3/DDR5
  • ASUS P8B75-M LX
  • Fractal Design Core 1000
  • Corsair CX 500W
  • Kingston DDR3 HyperX blu 1600MHz 2x2GB
I looked up the prices of your individual items, and used only parts that were cheaper or same price. This build would be better in performance, and also cheaper in Denmark.
I'm also sure that if you bought a 1TB instead of 1.5TB, the cost/GB would be better.
 
Jiniix said:
I would build a PC that looked like this:
  • Intel Celeron G540/G550
  • AMD Radeon HD 6570 1GB DDR3/DDR5
  • ASUS P8B75-M LX
  • Fractal Design Core 1000
  • Corsair CX 500W
  • Kingston DDR3 HyperX blu 1600MHz 2x2GB
I looked up the prices of your individual items, and used only parts that were cheaper or same price. This build would be better in performance, and also cheaper in Denmark.
I'm also sure that if you bought a 1TB instead of 1.5TB, the cost/GB would be better.
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I've checked prizes of those individual parts you've recommended. It turned out that PSU, RAM and case were expensive than those what I wanted to use. The CPU, MoBo and GPU were up to 30 euros cheaper. So it turned out that I'm gonna to use those parts you've recommended. I apologize of the HDD, I screwed up it a little. It was a 1TB HDD, not 1.5TB, not gonna use SSD's, they were too expensive for my budget (from 1 000 to 1 300 euros or from 1 301 to 3 903 USD or from 812,30 to 2 436 £). And the prizes were from new parts, not used.
 
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Sorry for double posting but I did forgot to ask one question. Has that Asus P8B75 M-Lx motherboard integraded audik channel system? It's good if that has the 7.1 audii system in it.
 
Benny Boy said:
If your going Intel/gaming, get a Z77 mb. It will also have 7.1
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Benny Boy, I've found that mb (if you meant Intel 1155 mb) and it turned out it was too expensive for my bugdet. But that Asus mb is on the correct prise range. I totally changed some parts of the final assembly and I did accept the following assembly, because I almost saved 200 euros in total. Of course I notice the quality but Intel's motherboards are just too expensive for under 2 000 euro budget. Oh and it's not necessary to have the 7.1 audio system, I do accept the 5.1 audio system as well.

The assembly will be this:
CPU: Intel Celeron G540 2.5GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD6570
RAM: Kingston DDR3 2x2 GB
HDD: WD Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 7200 RPM
MoBo: Asus P8B75 (compatible with Intel processors)
Case: CM Elite Black (not sure if has already PSU)
PSU: FSP500-60APN 85+
Some cheap CD/DVD drive

I also figured that I save another 200 euros by not taking the coolers cause I do not see a reason why to take them cause I am not a 24/7 player.
 
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Dazint58j said:
I looked up the prices of your individual items, and used only parts that were cheaper or same price. This build would be better in performance, and also cheaper in Denmark.
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The currency difference between Finland and Denmark is bit significant. I haven't found yet the used parts section but usually when you buy something used here, it' totally broken.
 
Oh and the Intel G550 cpu were the same price as the G540 so I'll take it. It was few hundred megahertzes faster. But this is my first computer I'm going to build so I don't need to be super fast. Just a good computer for gaming (it doesn't matter if it is lagging a bit, I'm used to that, only that the lagging is reduced, not increased)
 
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Sorry guys, changing the assembly once again.

Case: IARENA MIDITOWER with no psu
PSU: Corsair CX80+ BRONZE 430
GPU: AMD HD6570
CPU: Intel Celeron G555 2.7 GHz
HDD: WD 250 GB 3.5" SATA
MoBo: ASROCK Z77 DDR3 SATA USB3 S1155

I know that the HDD is too small for gamers' but I ain't taking like twenty games on it, just five, maximum of seven, no music or anything else that takes a lot of memory. And once again, sorry for triple posting.
 
GT5fan123 said:
MoBo: ASROCK Z77 DDR3 SATA USB3 S1155
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I would seriously rethink this. Get a Gigabyte or Asus in the low price range. MSI also has some decent low end boards.
The ASrock low end (anything below and including the Extreme6) just uses junk components that can not do what ASrock claims they can.
 
wolfeking said:
I would seriously rethink this. Get a Gigabyte or Asus in the low price range. MSI also has some decent low end boards.
The ASrock low end (anything below and including the Extreme6) just uses junk components that can not do what ASrock claims they can.
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I've had one Asus mb from almost the lowest prices. Also did a research of gigabytes mobos and found something at low price. It's the gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H motherboard
 
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