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First PC Build

by Skivlin

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Part List View full price breakdown

CPU
£230.00 GBP
Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5 GHz Quad-Core
Motherboard
£45.00 GBP
Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150
Memory
£63.00 GBP
Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3-1600
Storage
£45.00 GBP
Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Video Card
£130.00 GBP
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB GAMING X 2G
Case
£45.00 GBP
Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply
£53.00 GBP
Corsair Builder 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX
Optical Drive
£13.95 GBP
LG GH24NSD1 DVD/CD Writer
Operating System
£0.00 GBP
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 OEM 64-bit

$0.00
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Details

Date Published

Feb. 22, 2017

CPU Clock Rate

3.5 GHz

GPU Core Clock Rate

1.354 GHz

GPU Effective Memory Clock Rate

7.108 GHz

Description

I made this computer with several things in mind; programming, gaming and having multiple applications open without the system freezing (like the previous laptop I had). It works very well, and I have not run into any problems yet. It can also play resource-demanding games such as Planetside 2 and Rocket League no bother. The only regret I have about this build is not future-proofing it whatsoever. I also still have yet to cable manage it.

Part Reviews

CPU

Intel - Core i5-4690K 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor

Works very well.

Motherboard

Gigabyte - GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

An alright motherboard, does its job. Definitely will upgrade it in the future.

Storage

Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

A bit loud, nevertheless a great 1TB HDD for a cheap enough price.

Case

Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case

Good case, has a simplistic yet great looking design.

Power Supply

Corsair - Builder 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

S'alright.

Optical Drive

LG - GH24NSD1 DVD/CD Writer

There is never really much to say about these.

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Rnusell 1 Build 2 points 22 months ago

I can't really tell from the picture, but it looks like you can run some of your power supply cables through the back of your case. This will make your computer look much better and have better air flow. If you can I think it's worth it. Otherwise a quality build.

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RhettRO55 1 Build 0 points 22 months ago

Not bad, decent budget build with some umph to it. SSD upgrade in the future will pretty much complete the whole picture. Needs some more pics but aside from that its pretty good for your first build. +1

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