New Help w/ PC Build

[Edgar]

It has seriously been such a long time since I have known or touched a PC for gaming. I moved to the dark side of Xbox and started using my Macbook Pro for everything else but really want to not get a Xbox ONE or PS4 and get a new rig to play some BF4 and enjoy some CS.

Started an account on Newegg and going to piece this baby one thing at a time and build it myself (can't be to hard)

Now where do I start?

I am of course reading some FAQs but want to get some real time feedback from some of the members on here.

Case?

Mobo/Processor Combo?
One of my buddies said to get an I7 (something) and I use to have a P4 which barely gave me any issues so I want to stay away from anything else to be honest. I want my PC to perform well and I wouldn't really be doing anything much but surfing the net maybe downloading some things here and there.

Graphics Card? Whats good nowadays? I had a Radeon 9800 back in the day which did fine.

Ram?

Power Supply?

All the help and advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[PP Mguire]

Let's just start with a budget and we'll go from there.

First things first, you don't need an i7. If you want to play BF4, CS, and browse the net the i5 4670k is your golden achiever. HT does squat for games.

 

[Edgar]

Good call PP, lets say about $700 to $1000 after some research I did last night.

I would of course need some kind of CD Drive and really thinking about it a case that will keep everything nice and cool.

 

[bigdog33]

Mobo:
Newegg.com - ASRock Z87 PRO4 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU:
Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I54670K

Power Supply:
SeaSonic S12II 620 Bronze 620W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Newegg.com

Video Card:
Newegg.com - EVGA 02G-P4-2761-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

Ram:
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBXL - Newegg.com

Case:
Corsair Carbide Series 200R Black Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Newegg.com

Hard Drive:
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - Newegg.com

SSD:
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Dvd Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

It comes to around 975 dollars, without windows and shipping.... Let's wait on PP and see what he thinks about the list.

 

[PP Mguire]

72 bucks for 1333? Nah.

Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TXD38192M1600HC9DC-D - Newegg.com

 

[bigdog33]

72 bucks for 1333? Nah.

Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TXD38192M1600HC9DC-D - Newegg.com

thats even better

 

[Edgar]

I don't think I need a TB of ram lol

but this is awesome!

 

[PP Mguire]

RAM size linked is only 8GB.

 

[bigdog33]

I don't think I need a TB of ram lol

but this is awesome!

If u meant 1tb of hard drive.... then this will do

Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - Newegg.com

But remember 1tb of same company for only 5 dollars more, so which is better buy IMO, but up to you.

 

[PP Mguire]

Probably doesn't understand why it's there.

The SSD linked would be your main storage drive which is exceptionally faster than a standard HDD in both raw speed and latency. It seriously boosts the general performance speed and loading times of your computer but the price per GB is higher than mechanical HDDs thus for the money you are getting 120GB. The extra 1TB drive is for storage and large programs that otherwise can't fit on the SSD.