1st PC build advice/help needed.

S0litaire

Ideally if you're doing lots of Video work then you might want to stick as much RAM as the motherboard can handle.

Cisco001

Just browsing some online retailer, and found this. It seems a good deal with free CPU cooler.
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/GIGABYTE+GA-Z87-D3HP+Intel+Z87+%28Socket+1150%29+ATX+Motherboard+%2B+FREE+%C2%A335+CPU+Cooler%21+?productId=55560

S0litaire

Personally I'd not go with a "heatsink + fan" if I could afford it!
I've got a self contained water-cooler for my CPU.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00A0HZMGA/

It keeps my CPU very cool when under 100% load and is very quiet (but I've a AMD FX8350 8-core PC used for gaming and some distributed computing programs so it needs good cooling!!)

ohbilly

So my to buy list:-

Intel Core i5 4670K £189.81
GIGABYTE GA-Z87-D3HP £109.99
Corsair Builder Series CXM 500W £49.83

and either one of these cases:-

Zalman Z5 Plus ATX Midi Tower Case £41.04
or
Antec Three Hundred Midi Case £48.24

Now are all of these compatible?
If I was to buy the motherboard off Amazon (so I can use my Prime trial) would I need to buy an additional cpu cooler?

I presume that I don't need to use the graphics card I have now?

Thanks to everyone who replied

Edit:- If I was to go the AMD route what would your recommend?

S0litaire

I had a bit of cash So I went whole hog for my build (Just posting here for the bragging rights.. lol ):

Xigmatek Asgard ATX Midi Without Power Supply Black: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002T3D71U

Western Digital Blue - 1TB Portable SATA Hard Drive: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005DVJJWQ

Asus GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II OC Nvidia Graphics Card 2GB GDDR5: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0098VKIRC

Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1333 Mhz CL9 Performance Desktop Memory Kit: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0085IZVKI

AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor 4.2GHz, 8MB Level 3 Cache, 8MB: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009O7YUF6

Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 Motherboard AM3+: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008RPYAS8

Corsair CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 All-In-One Liquid CPU Cooler: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004MYFOE2

Powercool Modular 750W 80+ Dual 12V V2.2 High Efficiency PSU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00647H6Y6

TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 N900 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006PMX964

It can handle any game I've tried to throw at it. I've also added in a couple of 3TB drives that I won on-line for media storage ^__^

ohbilly

Out of curiosity is that AMD FX8350 a better buy than the i5 I have chosen?

S0litaire

The Intel i5 are probably better than the AMD FX range for power consumption and general day-to-day use
the Intel i5/ i7 chips usually beat equivilent AMD chips in benchmarks.
I just got the 8-core AMD in a bundle with a good discount.

ohbilly

Thanks for the info.

I'm hoping what I have listed all works so I can get to ordering since I miss having a pc.

Cisco001

ohbilly wrote: »

So my to buy list:-

Intel Core i5 4670K £189.81
GIGABYTE GA-Z87-D3HP £109.99
Corsair Builder Series CXM 500W £49.83

and either one of these cases:-

Zalman Z5 Plus ATX Midi Tower Case £41.04
or
Antec Three Hundred Midi Case £48.24

Now are all of these compatible?
If I was to buy the motherboard off Amazon (so I can use my Prime trial) would I need to buy an additional cpu cooler?

I presume that I don't need to use the graphics card I have now?

Thanks to everyone who replied

Edit:- If I was to go the AMD route what would your recommend?

Don't get Antec 300. Get Antec 302 if you like the look of it.

Elliott_Fox

@solitair I would spend £10 more and get a corsair psu. It really is the most important part of the system.