Need your opinion before I buy (first DAW build)

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Basti95

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Hi!
I'd really love to hear other people's opinions on whether this will make a solid home recording build. It's my very first and I don't want to just blow away that kind of money, the budget's already stretched as it is :p

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£142.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For £19.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£9.79 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: BenQ GL2250HM (£88.79)
Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Desktop MK120 (£12.28)
RAM: CCL Choice 1x8GB (£52.79)

Total: £453.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-16 23:48 GMT+0000
 
I'd get another 1TB hard drive or two. Or get a 120GB SSD plus the 1TB hard drive you are already getting.
 
Any particular reason why you want a micro ATX motherboard? It'll work and all, but it's pretty tiny and doesn't have many expansion ports on it. 142 pounds seems steep for such a small mobo (not sure of the current exchange rate with US dollars but I recently purchased a Gigabyte standard ATX mobo for far less than that).

What audio interface are you going to be using?
 
Question: is it worth waiting til Black Friday? Cos I want it now :(

Tadpui said:
Any particular reason why you want a micro ATX motherboard? It'll work and all, but it's pretty tiny and doesn't have many expansion ports on it. 142 pounds seems steep for such a small mobo (not sure of the current exchange rate with US dollars but I recently purchased a Gigabyte standard ATX mobo for far less than that).

What audio interface are you going to be using?
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I saw it for half the price on eBay, new, so I'll admit it was a bit of an impulse buy. Thankfully however I don't regret it. As a student I need a mATX build because I won't be living here next year and because it would take up my whole flat otherwise. Btw it's the CPU that cost £142, this only cost me £19 :thumbs up:

XploZiveToyz said:
What you're getting will definitely work, but make sure you leave room for expansion later on.
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Believe me I will haha, cheers!
 
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