do not buy biostar motherboards. buy asus, msi or gigabyte
4 gb is not enough ram get at least 8 (in 2 x 4gb sticks as that is faster than 1 x 8gb) EDIT: oh maybe that is what you meant
ssds are great but you will run out of space real quick with 120gb. get a mechanical 1 tb slow ass drive for media storage and only keep os and apps on the ssd
1. I hear Biostar is bunk, but this one particular board is an exception, and is highly rated by GAF geeks, Tom's Hardware, Amazon, and Newegg, for being the most bang for your buck z87 board. I was looking at mobos from the other companies ye mentioned last night, all look good, but have small subtle downsides as well. Asus is reliable as shit though, I dropped my Asus monitor onto a concrete sidewalk the other day by mistake, and nary left a mark. Very high quality stuff.
2. Yep, I meant 2 sticks of 4gb low pro ram.
3. Aye, thats definitely the plan good sir. Though at this juncture, I want to Gaza Strip it, and hold off on a big hdd for a few months down the road. The case I'm getting is a Corsair 200r mostly toolless, so adding and subtracting drives wont be an issue.
@Dorian, honestly, you're not too far off from the truth. I hardly use my home pc, as I'm stuck using the net for 8 hours each night at work. So basically this rig is to download True Detective episodes and fap to Rebecca Linares.
also, don't buy a shitty powersupply. you dont need it blowing up and taking out the rest of your rig. get something "bronze" rated. You don't need anything beyond that, but you really don't want anything below that.
something like the corsair cx430 is fine, no need to go overboard.
rest of the shit advised by erik above is a+++
I'll heed this advice, cheers bro. Yea, I'm near a Fry's, but I don't like going out in public and being surrounded by tardlingers to save $10.