• Finalizing gaming build, 1000-1200$ budget, need recommendations
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Hi, I'm just looking for some assistance on my build, I'm really out of date when it comes to building PCs: [img]http://puu.sh/8BXNF.png[/img] All I need right now is a hard drive, a power supply, and a case. Anything that's compatible with this would be fine, the price is cutoff in the image, but it's $817 right now. Any changes to the build I have going on right now is fine, but I really need the three parts I listed above. Thanks.
Why do you need the three parts you listed above? You'd be much better off getting the Intel 4670K considering it's superior in most games(and only loses a little on ARMA). A good motherboard to complement it would be the Z87 chipset Gigabyte D3H or MSI G45-Gaming. To overclock, you'd need a cooler like the 212 EVO(for moderate overclocks). If you don't want to overclock, downgrade the motherboards to the same series but a H87 chipset(and the 4670 without the K) If you've got the budget, you should also upgrade to an AMD 280X (the same as a 7970 GHz) or an nvidia 770, depending on which one is cheapest. ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI are generally the brands to pick from, as EVGA often has a price premium on their nvidia cards There's also very little reason to get more than 8GB of RAM if you're just going to be gaming.
[QUOTE=RandomGamer342;44741007]Why do you need the three parts you listed above? You'd be much better off getting the Intel 4670K considering it's superior in most games(and only loses a little on ARMA). A good motherboard to complement it would be the Z87 chipset Gigabyte D3H or MSI G45-Gaming. To overclock, you'd need a cooler like the 212 EVO(for moderate overclocks). If you don't want to overclock, downgrade the motherboards to the same series but a H87 chipset(and the 4670 without the K) If you've got the budget, you should also upgrade to an AMD 280X (the same as a 7970 GHz) or an nvidia 770, depending on which one is cheapest. ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI are generally the brands to pick from, as EVGA often has a price premium on their nvidia cards There's also very little reason to get more than 8GB of RAM if you're just going to be gaming.[/QUOTE] Well, I do a lot of game development, and that requires a lot of memory intensive applications running at once. I'm definitely gonna overclock it, so I can do with getting an aftermarket cooler. I can afford the 770, if that's better than the GPU I've selected there, but I definitely need the 16 gigs of RAM. Any suggestions for a HDD, powersupply, or case?
Buy 2 single 8GB RAM sticks. [URL="http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=20-148-540"]http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=20-148-540[/URL] Get a 8320 instead and overclock it to 4.0 GHz You might wanna aftermarket cooler, AMD fans aren't too good. Get a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.
This build will be able to max out any game at 1080p, and give you a lot of overclocking headroom. I'd get more in depth part by part, but I'm on my phone and lazy. [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3FelB]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3FelB/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] / [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3FelB/benchmarks/]Benchmarks[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54670k]Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor[/url] ($234.98 @ SuperBiiz) [b]CPU Cooler:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14]Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler[/url] ($71.25 @ Amazon) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz87xd3h]Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url] ($143.98 @ SuperBiiz) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2kit8g3d1609ds1s00]Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] ($129.84 @ Amazon) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7te250bw]Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk[/url] ($139.00 @ Amazon) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003]Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] ($54.44 @ Amazon) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100363l]Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card[/url] ($297.99 @ Amazon) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-case-threehundredtwo]Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($61.99 @ NCIX US) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx500m]Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply[/url] ($59.99 @ Newegg) [b]Total:[/b] $1187.47 [i](Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)[/i] [i](Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-06 19:48 EDT-0400)[/i]
[QUOTE=Marlwolf78;44741234]Well, I do a lot of game development, and that requires a lot of memory intensive applications running at once. I'm definitely gonna overclock it, so I can do with getting an aftermarket cooler. I can afford the 770, if that's better than the GPU I've selected there, but I definitely need the 16 gigs of RAM. Any suggestions for a HDD, powersupply, or case?[/QUOTE] For HDD, get a Seagate Barracuda 1tb Get a Corsair CX750 PSU
Screw the case. It isn't painted. I'll throw up another case when I get on my computer.
[QUOTE=Levelog;44741409]Screw the case. It isn't painted. I'll throw up another case when I get on my computer.[/QUOTE] Dude, the case is the least important part of my PC to me, I'd put all my parts in a cardboard box if it was safe enough to
The finest in cases from newegg? [url]http://hobocomp.com/about/[/url]
[QUOTE=Levelog;44741478]The finest in cases from newegg? [url]http://hobocomp.com/about/[/url][/QUOTE] Maybe for an experiment, but I don't wanna shell out for all these shiny new parts and then put them in an environment where they're not properly ventilated bookmarked for future use though
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