>tfw I have £1500/$2400 to build a PC
>it's too daunting
I'm scared I might accidentally short circuit everything and lose all my money
Is building a PC that hard?
Is it even worth building a PC now, or should you wait until the new graphics cards are released?
Give me the money and I'll build it for you
>>321789117
What's your paypal
Three words:
Anti-static wrist strap.
Now you won't zap your shit.
With that much money, I'd go:
$150 case
$300 max on CPU
$35 for a Hyper 212 Evo if OC
$80 max on RAM
The most goddamn expensive GPU you can find, ignoring Nvidia Titan
Whatever else.
Fuck liquid cooling, it's bullshit.
I personally recommend a Corsair Carbide 540 Air case, and Fractal Design Silent series fans
>PC cool as room temp
>Fucking silent even when gaming
>>321789254
That's 4 words
>>321788893
You've got no business being in Yoker
>>321788893
OP here
I also need the computer to be able to run oculus rift
How powerful does it need to be?
>>321789605
Les...porter ?
>>321788893
just build your pc while standing on tile, ceramic or vinyl flooring. don't wear socks or staticy clothing.
Its very easy to build a pc.
Its easy. I even had the plastic CPU slot cover slam onto my CPU when I was closing the latch and shit works fine.
>>321788893
>Is building a PC that hard?
head over to uk.pcpartpicker.com and start building
It's as simple as building Legos, the most difficult part is the bios. There is a video where Linus build a PC with his 3 yo son.
Just watch some Youtube videos of assembly, reference your motherboard booklet, and make absolutely sure everything is compatible. It's just a matter of using Google and not being an absolute retard.
>>321791443
The bios?
in all seriousness you should consider a pre-built. it will be worse value but you're effectively paying for the certainty that you won't pay and end up with fried shit, and for the removal of the headache you'll have even if it goes okay
>>321788893
The only hard part when it comes to building a PC is putting in the CPU, which is simple since you merely only hold it by the edges then putting on enough thermal paste for it to hold your fan correctly.
The rest, you literally read the motherboard manual and it tells you what goes into what and its so easy a kid can do it because slot A typically only fits slot A.1
Only thing I can see you actually fucking up besides putting in the cpu is screwing in the motherboard into the case without using those spacers youre given, I hear this is common, but again just read the manual.
>>321788893
It's not hard, I've build my very first high end PC by myself this November. You just have to do your research before completing parts and not do stupid shit when assembling all this shit.
Waiting with buying your stuff for new GPUs/CPUs is a never ending cycle, you decide when to break it. But with budget like this you can get 980ti/Titan/AMD equivalent of these and it will surely last you for a long time, unless you're going for 4k.
>>321792009
Any recommendations of where to buy?
You won't break anything unless you physically, actually break the part
As in, snap it in half or twist transistors off of it, which wont happen by mistake
The only "hard" part is putting the CPU in, as some cheaper motherboards don't have clear labels on what direction to place it in, but it just takes a minute to look and see
The rest is actual lego, just plugs and slots
>>321789705
aye.
>>321792508
I hear good things about Origin PC, but they're pretty expencive
>>321788893
I just paid the guy at my local pcrepair shop to build it. I don't have the money to be bothered accidentally breaking anything since mine's pretty fucking high-end.
>>321788893
You've reached...another dead end.
>>321793229
I should just ask around for people to build my PC?
logical increments
>>321791694
Built In Operating System
>>321789605
>>321793546
If you like throwing money away.
Just watch three or four different youtube tutorials and cross reference the ideas they present with the parts you end up getting.
The worst thing that has any probability of happening is your parts not fitting in right. You'll have to research the dimensions of your case properly.
Simply follow these instructions and everything should be fine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSCVahyh3Dk
>>321788893
make sure all your parts will fit and work with each other.
http://www.logicalincrements.com/
building a PC is like legos
>>321788893
Yes, it's very risky. Just buy 5/6 PS4's instead and link them together and install win10 on them. Far more powerful and simple than a PC of the same price.
I just read this whole thread in a scottish accent. Great fucking job OP
>>321788893
Just buy a prebuilt
http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saved/1014713)
Prebuilts are actually getting cheaper now
>>321795185
disgusting
>>321795092
That's what I did, works well.
>>321795185
Corrected the link
http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saved/1014713
>>321792009
>>321792508
>>321792782
>falling for the prebuilt meme
>>321795185
>cheaper
So imagine how cheap it is to do it yourself
>watch tutorials
>use pcpartpicker
>don't forget the thermal paste
If it's your first time building, just use logicalincrements.com to get a build
>$2,400 for a PC
To play what?
>>321795278
>Memeing the meme meme
What a memester, go meme yourself
>>321795382
doter 2
>>321795354
Ok if he makes it himself he saves 100-200 bux
If he's that much of a pussy I don't see what's wrong with buying that prebuilt.
1. If he wants to upgrade his video card it's a lot easier to just pop it out and pop a new one in
2. The cpu rarely has to be upgraded for years so it's static.
what you do is get that heat sink glue and use that to glue all of your parts to a milk crate, fill the milk crate with insulation foam if it seems unstable or like the parts move around too much
>>321794978
>>321795381
>i5 starts at $960
What the fuck is this garbage
>>321795354
I never understood this. Over here any good store doesn't charge extra for putting it together for you. Only shit stores do and even shittier mainstream stores only sell stuff like Dell instead of building and selling their own setups.
How many of you fags walk into walmarts and microcenters/frys to see pc prices?
Is it true they are way less expensive there?
>>321795632
microcenter man
>>321795736
Jesus Christ
Who's dick do I gotta suck to get one of those around here
>>321795736
Was that Jazmin clerk chick wetting herself over your mad savings and excellent pc parts, joseph?
>>321795185
>UK
>stupid enough to buy a prebuilt
>>321795382
Undertale
>>321789254
Three words:
Fuck all that shit
Building a PC is easier than Lego.
Everything is clearly labled and the instructions are easy to follow.
If you are mentally retarded, it might be hard, but a normal human being shouldn't have any problems building a PCUnless you buy a Geforce 6800LE from Gainward, which was missing parts straight out of the factory. Fuck Gainward, I'm still mad.
>>321795632
Falcon hasn't been keeping up to date I guess. You don't really need an i5 unless you step the graphics up to that level.
>>321795736
>mfw Micro Centers near home, college, and internship
>mfw PC building enthusiasts will sometimes go their whole lives without knowing the wonders of Micro Center
>>321795981
OH MY GOD FIX YOUR FUCKING TEETH
>>321795938
I remember some guy took a picture of his giant 4K monitor and his expensive looking PC and had Undertale running on it. It was fucking hilarious.
I wish /v/ bingo was still around.
>>321795981
>not using an anti-static strip
As long as you're careful you won't need it but all it takes is one slip or mistake and you have a £200 brick
>too daunting
literally easier than putting together a lego set
>>321789254
>>PC cool as room temp
The inside of the case maybe, The parts will never be that cool.
>>321796180
>mfw PC building enthusiasts will sometimes go their whole lives without knowing the wonders of Micro Center
Idk how places like micro center and fry's stay in business when circuit city went out of it
Not everyone has the time to go out of their way to constantly keep checking for sales. Not like MC has cheap parts ALL the time.
>>321796240
I think she's cute. No bully.
>>321796269
I've never been careful with anything. I built my current PC on a fucking carpet without stupid strips. I've built a bunch of PCs in the last 15 years and never destroyed a single part.
>>321796351
>Not everyone has the time to go out of their way to constantly keep checking for sales. Not like MC has cheap parts ALL the time.
>not setting up a deal alert
>not realizing MC is always cheaper than Newegg just for their $40 off combo deal (wyb CPU + mobo) that they run all the time
>>321795185
Can any PC experts tell if this is not ripping me off
Can you play oculus rift with this PC?
If you're in the UK order from Overclockers and they can build it for you.
>>321796351
>Not like MC has cheap parts ALL the time.
All the Micro Centers I go to have price matching and the guys are usually so on top of it that they'll look up the lowest price for things I didn't even know were on sale at Newegg or Amazon.
>>321796594
https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/powering-the-rift/
>>321796594
It's not ripping you off.
It's just selling you all those parts at full retail price. If you got those parts individually, it would be simple to find a lot of them on sale and put it together yourself for a couple hundred less at the very least.
>>321796738
>tfw Pkek
>tfw I have more fun putting together/working on PCs than I do playing games
>tfw I have more fun looking up benchmarks
>sometimes I wish I never got into PC because my entertainment has diminished
>I get more entertainment showing off my PC to friends than I do playing the games
I can't be alone.
>>321796738
>The recommended PC specification is an NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD 290, Intel i5-4590, and 8GB RAM. This configuration will be held for the lifetime of the Rift and should drop in price over time.
>>>>>This configuration will be held for the lifetime of the Rift and should drop in price over time.
What in the fuck? Do they not expect video games to get better? Or are they not expecting the Rift to last more than a day?
>>321797039
Are you stupid?
They're going to have their own store where they sell oculus games and other shit. All the games released in their app store or whatever will be able to run on that configuration.
Of course you're going to need to upgrade if you want to play anything that's not on their proprietary shit.
>>321797039
Should last a while based on this chart.
>>321797035
>starting PC building to play games with friends
>loved building it and then enjoying games on my new computer
>love researching new and interesting builds and trying to max price-performance by myself
>use my newly built computer to look up and plan more builds
It's all different on this side now
>>321797797
what is the y axis supposed to represent
>>321796594
>Can you play oculus rift with this PC?
The r9 390x will be better for dx12 and is already over the 970. It also has 8gb vram vs 3.5 gb on the 970.
If you want my opinion on what you should do, I would say wait for true dx12 cards like amd's arctic island. Frankly I don't trust nvidia but that's for another topic.
If you're too impatient get that and see how it goes. You can always sell the 390x and upgrade to a dx12 card if you want as well to recoup some losses. AMD tends to support their cards longer if you're interested in that.
To be honest though it's not over until we get the dx12 benchmarks of nvidia vs amd but all we have are some early tests that amd is winning
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/08/directx-12-tested-an-early-win-for-amd-and-disappointment-for-nvidia/
Still not the deciding factor obviously.
>>321798543
Is the water cooling necessary? Seems like a fan would be much simpler
>>321794289
Fucking wrong. Basic Input/Output System.
>>321797869
It says it right there
>>321799612
Fuck water cooling, it's autism at its finest. More trouble than it's worth.
>>321799612
Not him but that guy did fuck up by linking a water cooler to an amateur
I would go with this
http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saved/1014729
>>321800109
>390x
Wow that shit is too expensive just for a bit of an OC you can do on a regular 390
Go with this
http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saved/1014733
>>321800657
Hm yea I blundered there.
>>321800997
>>321800657
What's OC?
>>321788893
>I'm scared I might accidentally short circuit everything and lose all my money
It's harder to do that than you think
Is building a PC that hard?
Not at all. Connecting the power supply is tedious but not hard.
>Is it even worth building a PC now, or should you wait until the new graphics cards are released?
It's personal choice. There's always a batch of new cards "coming soon." So you'll be waiting forever. Eventually you're going to have to bite the bullet.
But with your budget, it doesn't even matter. You can get whatever you want.
>>321789254
>Anti-static wrist strap.
Touching the back of your case every dozen minutes or so does the exact same shit.
>>321801508
Over clock aka make the hardware go faster than stock/base speeds. It usually nets you 20-30% performance depending on if you win the silicone lottery which is basically how well you card reacts to ocing. It's on the software end of things
>>321788893
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/x7bCNG
The GPU is overkill and the KB+M is cheap. You can save money by switching the 980ti to an r9 390. You further save money by going Haswell for cheap yet matured components.
Thoughts on Logicalincrements? Is it reliable?
>>321801831
Oh I forgot to mention you can over clock the cpu and graphics card. Ram too but that barely nets you much. You can also go ahead and get a solid state drive if you fast load times since you have budget left over.
>>321788893
costs $2, use it you fuck!
>>321802042
>>321801831
Won't that reduce it's lifespan?
>>321800657
Can I change the case?
I was thinking the air 540
>>321802178
There are Sandy Bridge 2500ks overclocked to hell that are stabler than the london bridge right now.
>>321788893
Good. We don't need more mouth-breathing spastics like you on PC.
Go play with your little console toys.
>>321801872
>optical drive
for what purpose!?
>>321795631
is that caulk
>>321802178
My i7 920 has been oced to 4ghz since 2009 and it's alive. GPUs definately but there's a safe over clock and an extreme oc. Generally monitor the temps on the gpu and don't let it get too high. I let my gtx 480 hit 95 degrees for years and it fizziled out after 4 years of it. Stay 70-80 degrees. Cpu stay below 75
>>321802125
Or you could spend a few seconds effort to ground yourself before working with any PC components. I just assembled my second modern PC this week without any of that shit. Won the silicon lottery, 4.8GHz OC on an intel i7 4790k at 1.28v.
>>321789705
God bless you Dee Dee
>>321802125
ive worked at an IT shop with a guy who worked in IT since 93 and he said he has never ever heard of someone short circuiting a board with his hands. of course if you wear some shirt with static-inducing fabric you should touch some grounding first
>>321802438
For old fashioned backups. Also it's a blu-ray, if you're getting an optical drive might as well go whole hog and pig out.
>>321796269
I have no carpet in my house, live in a moist environment, and like most other people have a metal case that I discharge on
>>321792509
What? Did you use the stock cpu fan or something? Installing the fan is by far the most difficult thing.
Anyone wants to gift me this?
My main concern is that I'm clueless when it comes to hardware and I have no idea what is still good enough to keep and what I should upgrade. Most of the parts are a few years old and still work fine, but aren't powerful enough for quite a few of the games coming out these days and therefore I feel I should get to upgrading sometime soon.
>>321788893
Youve built a rocket and flown through space, and travelled to yoker. You can built a PC.
>>321802860
A stock fan works just fine unless your doing crazy overclocking, which I don't bother with until the CPU starts showing its age
When buying a CPU fan, is there a tube of thermal paste included or does one have to buy it separatedly?
>>321802645
let me just strip naked and wrap myself in plastic before touching anything, because that is clearly faster than wearing an antistatic bracelet.
>>321802727
I've been fiddling with pc's for 10 years and only now got myself antistatic bracelet. Didn't want to take any chances with 980Ti OC.
Better safe than sorry.
>>321789605
yoker yoker mad egg yoker
>>321788893
You have to actively try to 'short circuit' anything for that to happen, like wrapping yourself up in a carpet burrito while flailing around in a pit of balloons.
Just touch the back of your case or some metallic object every few minutes, and you're fine.
>>321788893
I accidentally short circuit but in the end my comp was fine
though the ear phone plug got a little fucked, but still works fine if I mess with it alittle. Just follow instructions and dont be a retard like me
>>321789254
He said he has 2400 bucks to use, not 600
So what's this story about a crushing sound when lowering the lever when installing a CPU? None of the tutorial videos I've watched had it.
>>321803290
There is but it's shit and you want to get it right the first time Aka not opening the pc after a year to replace shitty genetic thermal paste
>>321795382
The game of life.
>>321802860
>Installing the fan is by far the most difficult thing.
Not if you get a Noctua. Most hassle free installation ever.
>>321802960
If you buy quality there are actual manuals bundled with the parts you buy, anon.
If you have a Haswell or Haswell refresh, don't upgrade. Wait for Cannonlake or whatever comes after Skylake.
If you have a 780ti or r9 200 series, don't upgrade, wait a year after Pascal and Arctic Islands. Gaming's pace is dictated by underpowered consoles since there is no dedicated PC game company with PC exclusives coming out.
If you don't have an SSD get one just to cut down on load times, that's really the only benefit for gaming.
If you want to get into VR the GPU will be the most important part, so wait on that.
>fuck it I will just buy prebuild
>i7-4790
>STRIX GTX970
>16GB 1600MHz DDR3
>1399 € plus tip
>>321803664
That and generic paste won't keep it as cool as a good brand of paste which in turn allows for better overclocking
>>321803297
>let me just strip naked and wrap myself in plastic
Or simply don't rub a dub dub on static-inducing materials like dry feet on dry carpet or wearing woolies while you're at it.
>£1300 for a prebuilt
Shit man I bought my motorbike for that much
>>321803884
>STRIX GTX970
>970
It was worth it when it was first released, now it's shit.
UK is damp as shit OP. Static charge is a non-issue unless you're a sock-wearing carpet-sliding mad man. Also that's a lot for a PC. Built my i5/970 machine for around £850 so you should fit in a good monitor and mechanical keyboard (just got mine, dank shit lad).
>>321803554
>So what's this story about a crushing sound when lowering the lever when installing a CPU?
There's no crushing sound, there's only a satisfying CRUNK noise when the CPU is snug. It's like the CPU is saying "Master I'm ready to work."
How much does a good pc cost? One that runs modern releases on high/highest settings at a stable 30-60 fps.
£700? £800?
>>321804130
bracelet still works better and is faster
>>321804496
1300
>>321804496
>One that runs modern releases
You mean unoptimized shit like FO4 that's dependent on your RAM's frequency?
>>321804496
You should be set for this entire gen with somewhere around 1k.
If you get poor performance, well, it's most likely a shit optimization issue.
>>321804496
Ignore other regards that don't know how to get good prices. £700-£900 assuming i5 and 970 min. Total changes depending on other components.
>>321796240
HOLD UP THERE CRETIN!!!
>not thinking goofy teeth asians are a bit cute
fucking scum
>>321800657
What does it mean when some of the components say ***Extreme OC*** next to them?
Does that mean they'll last like a year at most
>>321805738
Gaymer marketing buzzwords. Just means it's clocked at a higher frequency e.g. standard is 1600MHz, OC is 1700MHz. You could usually buy the cheaper, normal version and "overclock" it yourself.
>>321788893
I wish Limmy made more shit
Is this any good
http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/Weekly_sales_IV
>>321806904
if you built it yourself you'd be able to get a better gpu.
>>321800657
This doesn't have USB ports or a wifi
