mac_shinobi Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Have just recently won a kitguru competition as per here Winner of Asus Sabertooth Z97/GTX760 DCUII and Seasonic Platinum 860W! | KitGuru Am ecstatic still but just a post to see if anyone had anything going that I could purchase as I literally do not have any pc parts etc to make this into a full pc Obviously need a cpu, cooling whether factory heat sink n fan or water cooling, RAM, at least a hard drive , an atx case, optical drive and or a screen and anything else ie thermal paste etc etc Failing that any suggestions just to get me up and running ?? Thanks
featured_spectre Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 So you need essentially a new pc? Lol. I may have some bits laying around during. Will have a hunt when I get the chance. Congratulations though...never known anyone to win one. 1
3s-gtech Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Check out the new Pentium G3420 which should be arriving shortly. This is a budget processor that should slot straight into your shiny new board, but when paired with a discrete card should give you very similar performance in gaming to processors costing £150 more. If you use it for certain compute heavy tasks it'll be slower, but should be a great chip. If you can't wait, the G3220 is the current model, but this is multiplier locked. 1
Arthur Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Check out the new Pentium G3420 which should be arriving shortly. You're not thinking of the Pentium G3258 are you? This is the model number for the overclockable "Anniversary Edition". The G3420 is already available. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-intel-pentium-g3420-s-1150-haswell-dual-core-32ghz-1100mhz-gpu-32x-ratio-retail 1
mac_shinobi Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 Now just for same ram , a hdd and an optical drive and a screen ( although for now can use my telly aka hd tv ) Can get a better cpu etc etc later on
Arthur Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) I wouldn't bother with an optical drive if all you are going to use it for is installing an OS. Just get an 8GB USB flash drive for £3 or so. Put the money saved towards the RAM. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-desktop-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-11-11-11-30-15v or www.dabs.com/products/corsair-8gb--2x4gb--ddr3-1600mhz-cl9-vengeance-black-performance-desktop-memory-kit-79V4.html Edited June 4, 2014 by Arthur 1
3s-gtech Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 You're not thinking of the Pentium G3258 are you? This is the model number for the overclockable "Anniversary Edition". The G3420 is already available. Of course I am! Bloody Intel model numbers, almost as bad as Nvidia's rebadging of old parts. 1
mac_shinobi Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) I wouldn't bother with an optical drive if all you are going to use it for is installing an OS. Just get an 8GB USB flash drive for £3 or so. Put the money saved towards the RAM. Corsair Memory Desktop 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 11 Dual Channel Desktop - CMV8GX3M2A1600C11 - Scan.co.uk or www.dabs.com/products/corsair-8gb--2x4gb--ddr3-1600mhz-cl9-vengeance-black-performance-desktop-memory-kit-79V4.html Need a seperate screen - being told by the better half I cant use the telly lol Any chance you could put a list of links to the relevant items together in one post ( which out of those 2 links is the better one ) as would prefer to purchase the faster / better RAM and get the CPU you linked to , One hard drive for the time being to use for booting and data storage etc so will no doubt need to be a 1tb WD Black or something similar Again can always upgrade parts later on when I have more money etc so CPU / RAM / Hard drives or SSD's etc etc including the H100i can all be gotten later on. Thanks @Arthur / @nephilim and everyone else Also if Carl manages to dig out anything I could have / use etc that would be great Also on the RAM what CL do I need / can I use etc as see there is CL9 / CL10 etc etc Ref the screen am sure iiyama do 24" screens for not too much money but then am not sure on which screens are good or not etc etc @ICTDirect_Dave has been in contact with myself ref a keyboard / mouse and a Kingston SSD - have PM'ed him to ask how much for these so may well get these for the time being ( depending on cost and how long he wants to keep them for ) ?? Edited June 4, 2014 by mac_shinobi
mac_shinobi Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 So you need essentially a new pc? Lol. I may have some bits laying around during. Will have a hunt when I get the chance. Congratulations though...never known anyone to win one. Thanks Carl - I got an email and was like nah , someone's winding me up etc, then saw the post by kitguru on there site and gotten 2 out of the 3 parts yesterday so got the GPU and power supply
3s-gtech Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Try to stick to at most CL 9 at 1.5V for DDR3 1600MHz. 1
mac_shinobi Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) Try to stick to at most CL 9 at 1.5V for DDR3 1600MHz. Why do you say that ? Link to the motherboard on dabs ( Asus Z97 Sabertooth Mark 1 which I have won ) Asus Z97 Sabertooth Motherboards - dabs.com Shows as supporting 1866 DDR3 etc etc - as per the bottom of the below image Edited June 4, 2014 by mac_shinobi
Arthur Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 ref a keyboard / mouse and a Kingston SSD Avoid the V300. An Update to Kingston SSDNow V300: A Switch to Slower Micron NAND « AnandTech 1
3s-gtech Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Why do you say that ? By all means, go for faster RAM if you can. What I meant was CL9 is the highest CAS latency I would spec on default voltage 1600MHz RAM. If you go for 1866MHz, you will probably be looking at CL11, etc. You can find some budget sticks that can get either the higher frequencies or lower latencies by upping the voltage, but I'd avoid this.
mac_shinobi Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 By all means, go for faster RAM if you can. What I meant was CL9 is the highest CAS latency I would spec on default voltage 1600MHz RAM. If you go for 1866MHz, you will probably be looking at CL11, etc. You can find some budget sticks that can get either the higher frequencies or lower latencies by upping the voltage, but I'd avoid this. What would your suggestions be if I went for an 8gb kit ( 2 * 4gb ) or a 16gb kit so ( 2 * 8gb )
3s-gtech Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 G.Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1866MHz Ripjaws-X Memory Kit | Ebuyer.com Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1866MHz Vengeance Pro Kit.. | Ebuyer.com These are keenly priced with tight latencies. 1
featured_spectre Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 2x 8GB would be better for any machine, as if 1 stick fries, you still have a good amount of RAM. 1
mac_shinobi Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 2x 8GB would be better for any machine, as if 1 stick fries, you still have a good amount of RAM. Just wondering - did you manage to find anything yet or you still gotta have a dig around ?
featured_spectre Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Have an old HDD but I wouldn't use it myself, as it is around 8 years old now (SATA, 500GB) 1
mac_shinobi Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) Now I just need help with which screen to get - Solid or Hard Drives I can sort out myself Don't want to go above £150 for the screen ( If I can help it ) , on scan I can see there is an Asus and some iiyama's for a reasonable price ( around the £140 mark ) but again am not sure which one to choose Thank-you Everyone !!! Edited June 4, 2014 by mac_shinobi
mac_shinobi Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 @Arthur or anyone - I have not built a PC in years so everything seems to have changed a lot in terms of screen technology etc Could do with suggestions on what screen to get, am looking at 24" as they seem to be a reasonable price on scan or else where ( between £100 and £150 )
3s-gtech Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Try to get an IPS screen if possible. They have dropped hugely in price, and don't suffer from colour shift and poor viewing angles like TFT.
mac_shinobi Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 Hows about this one : Iiyama ProLite XU2390HS 23 inch LED IPS Monitor - Full HD, 5ms - XU2390HS-B1 - CCL Computers Was hoping for a 24" IPS screen with a 2ms response time etc for gaming and other things Any help here ref the monitor / screen would be great
Arthur Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Hows about this one: Iiyama ProLite XU2390HS 23 inch LED IPS Monitor Looks good for the price. The only potential negatives being the PWM backlight and the maximum brightness is a little low. 1
mac_shinobi Posted June 5, 2014 Author Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Looks good for the price. The only potential negatives being the PWM backlight and the maximum brightness is a little low. @Arthur - Is there a better screen that is IPS, has dvi and hdmi and maybe display port as well ?? An asus one like or similar to one of these Amazon US Site ( UK site has a few variants and not sure which one on the uk site is the correct one ) http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005BZNDS0/ref=mw_dp_mdsc?dsc=1 Maybe this one Asus MX239H 23-inch Widescreen AH-IPS LED Multimedia Monitor http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00A4K9KVG/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_YP.Jtb08CW2XK Just found this LG : http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00BJHBUW0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1401945724&sr=8-1 Looks like I will have to spend a bit on a monitor to get a reasonable IPS ?? Maybe consider buying a 32" hd tv ?? Edited June 5, 2014 by mac_shinobi
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