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Question

First Time Build advice

May 18, 2016 5:05AM PDT

Hey,

I'm in the process of trying to buy a solid gaming rig setup from PC Specialist, budget £600-£800

Basically wanted to know how this build is, do you see any problems here, would you change anything etc? advice greatly appreciated

CPU: Intel Core i5 Quad core processor i5-6500 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard: ASUS H110M-D D3: Micro ATX, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs

Memory (RAM): 8GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1x8GB)

Graphics Card: 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960-DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP

Processor Cooling: Super quiet titan dragonfly heatline intel cpu cooler (is cooler necessary?)

Power Supply: Corsair 450W VS Series

Monitor: ASUS VE247H 24" LED DISPLAY

Keyboard: ASUS Cerberus Gaming Keyboard

1st Hard Disk: 250GB SAMSUNG 850 2.5" EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s

2nd Hard Disk: 1 TB SATA- III 3.5" HDD, 6Gb/s, 7200 RPM

Dont really understand, about the hard disks part. Would the 250GB SSD be fine by itself and if i did have two hard disks how would this work, would the computer just show two hard drives, kinda confused.

Also, any recommendations for a case also, i have no clue how cases affect the build and therefore no idea on which one to choose or does it even matter much

The intended use for it is Gaming mainly, other than that, just some light computer work for University (Microsoft office)

Im new to the pc gaming scene, this will be first gaming setup. Anyway, games i'l be looking to play are CSGO, H1Z1, RS, Ovewatch as of right now, however may branch out to new games later, but im not really after the super-intensive graphic type games.

Cheers

Advice greatly appreciated

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Few things
May 18, 2016 8:22AM PDT

Ram...ddr4@2133...2x4GB

Mobo....pick one that has the features you want and supports that ram.

Psu....move up to the cs/cx series @ 500w

Case...mid tower

Ssd/hdd....the ssd is for the OS and apps...the hdd is for storage
I'd give some thought to a 500GB ssd and no hdd.

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May 18, 2016 9:20AM PDT

oh, i heard there wasn't that much of a benefit of going to ddr4 compared to ddr3

the ssd & hdd combo seems a good bit cheaper than a 500gb ssd by itself.

same goes with the psu, seems more costly. do you feel the 450w vs series is really not good enough or should i be ok sticking with that

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May 18, 2016 10:31AM PDT

oh, i heard there wasn't that much of a benefit of going to ddr4 compared to ddr3

True if they were the same speed but there not.
Ddr3@1600 vs ddr4@2133.
Since the cpu supports that ddr4 ram that's where I'd go.

the ssd & hdd combo seems a good bit cheaper than a 500gb ssd by itself

True but are we talking about 40 bucks?
Think about the ease of use when everything is in one place.
Think about backups when everything is in one place.

same goes with the psu, seems more costly. do you feel the 450w vs series is really not good enough or should i be ok sticking with that

The vs series is an entry level unit I would not put that in a gaming rig.

Gaming rigs work hard so spend a few extra bucks up front and build something that will last.

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My son's new laptop has DDR4
May 18, 2016 10:43AM PDT

Along with other improvements. I would go for DDR4 given the chance.