Computer Build Resource Thread - Page 1030

On April 13 2012 21:20 eXeCurudas wrote:
Hello everyone,

I am looking to buy a new PC as soon as possible. I am trying to do alot of research(tomshardware) etc etc, but I am quite unexpierenced in these things and not everything makes sense to me and hopefully I can get the last answers in this thread. I live in The Netherlands(Groningen) and most likely the place where I will buy my PC is from www.azerty.nl.
I just made this account on teamliquid and read through all the FaQs/rules and hopefully I am not doing anything wrong, but please tell me if I do something wrong, wouldn't want to get banned after the first post. The kind of games I play most are RTS and (mmo)RPG's with from time to time FPS games
Thanks in advance for reading/posting helpfull stuff.


What is your budget?

My budget would be around 1500 euro's. It might be a few hundred more or less depending if I can get the lowest money/best quality

What is your resolution?

I would like to have 1080P (ratio 16: 9?). Not entirely sure if I understand this question but I think this should be it.

What are you using it for?

I will be using it mostly for gaming and try to stream as much as possible when playing games.

What is your upgrade cycle?

My upgrade cycle would be 2+ years, roughly when computer parts "decay".

When do you plan on building it?

As soon as possible, best case scenario would be today/this weekend.

Do you plan on overclocking?

I wouldn't mind overclocking but it's not required. As I mentioned at the upgrade cycle, I kinda want to upgrade it when stuff dies off and if with overclocking it happens 10 times as fast than I dont want to do overclocking. However if it's "relative" safe to do so, I see no harm in it and I think it would actually be smart to get.

Do you need an Operating System?

I do need an OS, thinking about windows 7, but my brother mentioned a while ago that I can get OS possible really cheap, because of my study. I am not entirely sure(he is on vacation at the moment).

Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire?

At first this seemed like a good idea, however I read that there are alot of complications with it and i'm not still sure if I should do it or not. Again if it's relative safe(I dont plan on downloading virusses or smacking my pc against the wall) I would like it.

Where are you buying your parts from?

Most likely it will be www.azerty.nl or if anyone else knows a better/cheaper place to get it.

Additional Information

As mentioned before I have done "some" research before and found various stuff that seems nice, but I am not that great of a computer geek.

CPU: Intel Core i7-2700K Processor (seems to be the best quality/lowest money for the budget)
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 (there are about two million choices but this one seemed quite nice)
Video card: Nvidia 680 (seems to be the best quality/lowest money for the budget)
memory: Kingston ValueRAM(8gig ram) (I have no clue what kind of brand to get and I didnt get any wiser from looking stuff up only that i need/want 8gig )
Harddisk: 120gig SSD for my OS + the game I play most(possibly sc2?). + one or two TB harddisk for the rest of the games/music/movies etc.
Case: I''m not sure which one, preferable one that cools more than enough, is regular easy to open and not too messy(incase I need to switch some parts and or clean all the dust).
Power: I'm not sure how much watt I need because obviously I dont want to overkill but I certainly dont want too have less.
Preferable two monitors. Have keyboard + mouse. I can get dvd players from my brother most likely.

Thanks once again in advance and any help will be a huge help. If I missed anything please note and I hope to answer any questions you might have.

With kind regards,
eXeCurudas

Edit: Annoying smileys popped up.