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- Nov 1, 2014
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- Motherboard
- MSI Z97 Gaming 5
- CPU
- i5-4690K
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 4600
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
We thought it'd be fun and maybe money saving to build our own computer. As well as teach the basics of computers to a technically interested kid.
It'd be cool to have some feedback on things. Below is a first go at planning a "starter build". The idea is to start off with a minimum and expand things later on (spread the budget out over time therefore being able to have a bigger budget). So dedicated video card, additional cpu cooling and or noise reduction (we'd like a quiet pc), more storage space (will use external drives we currently have if storage space needed in near future) and ram upgrade if required would all be on the cards. Haven't selected a power supply yet though...
So yeah the aim is to be fairly budget conscious - there isn't money to burn (will even get some of the parts as gifts with Christmas coming up) but on the other hand the main usage requirements are gaming (perhaps not so graphic intensive games as of yet -e.g. Minecraft, Growtopia, Cabals: Magic & Battle Cards, Football Manager), screen recording/streaming, video editing and I'm a heavy multitasker so there needs to be reasonable performance.
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Case: BitFenix Neos White/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case
Optical Drive: Optiarc 5280S-CB-PLUS DVD/CD Writer (are there any compatible silver drives?!)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter
Missing from that starter build list, in addition to power supply and monitor, is a bluetooth adapter (iogear 4.0 i guess) to use a Logitech keyboard and Mighty Mouse that we already have. Also already have a Snow Leopard installation disk so hopefully that will be useful as trying to make usage of as many of the items we already have as possible. If it can be used to setup the system (I haven't looked into the installation properly yet) then am I right that upgrades to Mavericks will be available?
Anyway, any thoughts, advice and comments are welcome. Go easy, new to the forum and building computers
It'd be cool to have some feedback on things. Below is a first go at planning a "starter build". The idea is to start off with a minimum and expand things later on (spread the budget out over time therefore being able to have a bigger budget). So dedicated video card, additional cpu cooling and or noise reduction (we'd like a quiet pc), more storage space (will use external drives we currently have if storage space needed in near future) and ram upgrade if required would all be on the cards. Haven't selected a power supply yet though...
So yeah the aim is to be fairly budget conscious - there isn't money to burn (will even get some of the parts as gifts with Christmas coming up) but on the other hand the main usage requirements are gaming (perhaps not so graphic intensive games as of yet -e.g. Minecraft, Growtopia, Cabals: Magic & Battle Cards, Football Manager), screen recording/streaming, video editing and I'm a heavy multitasker so there needs to be reasonable performance.
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Case: BitFenix Neos White/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case
Optical Drive: Optiarc 5280S-CB-PLUS DVD/CD Writer (are there any compatible silver drives?!)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter
Missing from that starter build list, in addition to power supply and monitor, is a bluetooth adapter (iogear 4.0 i guess) to use a Logitech keyboard and Mighty Mouse that we already have. Also already have a Snow Leopard installation disk so hopefully that will be useful as trying to make usage of as many of the items we already have as possible. If it can be used to setup the system (I haven't looked into the installation properly yet) then am I right that upgrades to Mavericks will be available?
Anyway, any thoughts, advice and comments are welcome. Go easy, new to the forum and building computers