Advice for Gaming Rig 1K-1.2K

[UVERtainment]

Title says it all. + a few conditions.

-Minimum of i5 + 8gb ram + windows 7.

-SSD if its really required.

-Recommendation for Speakers. (Razer Ferox 2014? i dunno lol)

-Thinking of goin dual-screen monitors. So the cpu must be able to handle this.(Recommendation for which monitor to buy and the stand as well )

PS: Budget for monitors & speakers are excluded from the 1K-1.2K budget. i would give a $500 budget? overshot by a little is fine by me.

PPS: it would be great if someone could tell me how do i set up my dual monitors to have 1 monitor handle games while the other handles other stuff. i read that my games must be in borderless windows mode for this to happen.

Thank You!

 

[KingJio]

Title says it all. + a few conditions.

-Minimum of i5 + 8gb ram.

-SSD if its really required.

-Recommendation for Speakers. (Razer Ferox 2014? i dunno lol)

-Thinking of goin dual-screen monitors. So the cpu must be able to handle this.(Recommendation for which monitor to buy and the stand as well )

PS: Budget for monitors & speakers are excluded from the 1K-1.2K budget. i would give a $500 budget? overshot by a little is fine by me.

PPS: it would be great if someone could tell me how do i set up my dual monitors to have 1 monitor handle games while the other handles other stuff. i read that my games must be in borderless windows mode for this to happen.

Thank You!

What kind of games do you usually play? Dota2/ FM2014 requirements different from watch dogs/crysis/titanfall

 

[UVERtainment]

What kind of games do you usually play? Dota2/ FM2014 requirements different from watch dogs/crysis/titanfall

mainly dota2 and pso2. but might be moving on to Bioshock, crysis , resident evil 6 etc due to steam summer sale.

 

[UVERtainment]

bump bump bump

 

[royfrosty]

Are you intending to game on 2 screens?

 

[UVERtainment]

Are you intending to game on 2 screens?

nope . jus on 1 screen. the other screen is for other stuff.

 

[UVERtainment]

bumpbumpbump

 

[queerquirks]

bump for you.
would like to know too

 

[royfrosty]

1.2k+500 ~ $1.7k budget a bit tight already for a dual screen setup even on both screens on promo.

Not unless you downgrade your speakers to a creative T3130 ~ $69 or probably downgrade your GPU further.

ASRock B85 Killer + i5-4460 ~ $355
GSKills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $110
WD Blue 1tb ~ $71
Plextor m6s 128gb ~ $119
Powercolor r9 280 3gb Turbo Duo ~ $385
Superflower HX500 500w 80+ Gold Semi Modular PSU ~ $88
Sharkoon BD28 ~ $77
Samsung DVD Drive ~ $21
2x Dell S2340L 23inch eIPS Panel ~ $179 (SAFRA promo https://www.safra.sg/en/Indulge/Promotions/Gadgets/Dell-Global.aspx#.U64WsYvlouW)
Swans M10 2.1 Speakers ~ $109 (PC Themes or Cybermind)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM ~ $110

Total ~ $1803. Buy at tradepac, DIY

 

[UVERtainment]

1.2k+500 ~ $1.7k budget a bit tight already for a dual screen setup even on both screens on promo.

Not unless you downgrade your speakers to a creative T3130 ~ $69 or probably downgrade your GPU further.

ASRock B85 Killer + i5-4460 ~ $355
GSKills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $110
WD Blue 1tb ~ $71
Plextor m6s 128gb ~ $119
Powercolor r9 280 3gb Turbo Duo ~ $385
Superflower HX500 500w 80+ Gold Semi Modular PSU ~ $88
Sharkoon BD28 ~ $77
Samsung DVD Drive ~ $21
2x Dell S2340L 23inch eIPS Panel ~ $179 (SAFRA promo https://www.safra.sg/en/Indulge/Promotions/Gadgets/Dell-Global.aspx#.U64WsYvlouW)
Swans M10 2.1 Speakers ~ $109 (PC Themes or Cybermind)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM ~ $110

Total ~ $1803. Buy at tradepac, DIY

Thanks for the suggestion.

What if i cancel my idea on dual screen? do i still require the same components as listed? or can i cut down on some of them?

 

[royfrosty]

Thanks for the suggestion.

What if i cancel my idea on dual screen? do i still require the same components as listed? or can i cut down on some of them?

If lets say you take out your dual screen option and go for a single screen.

1.7k

ASRock B85 Killer + i5-4460 ~ $355
GSKills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $110
WD Blue 1tb ~ $71
Crucial mx100 256gb ~ $161
Powercolor r9 280 3gb Turbo Duo ~ $385
Superflower HX500 500w 80+ Gold Semi Modular PSU ~ $88
Sharkoon BD28 ~ $77
Samsung DVD Drive ~ $21
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM ~ $110
Dell S2340L 23inch eIPS Panel ~ $179 (SAFRA Promo)
Swans M10 2.1 Speakers ~ $109

Total ~ $1666. Buy at tradepac, DIY

 

[UVERtainment]

If lets say you take out your dual screen option and go for a single screen.

1.7k

ASRock B85 Killer + i5-4460 ~ $355
GSKills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $110
WD Blue 1tb ~ $71
Crucial mx100 256gb ~ $161
Powercolor r9 280 3gb Turbo Duo ~ $385
Superflower HX500 500w 80+ Gold Semi Modular PSU ~ $88
Sharkoon BD28 ~ $77
Samsung DVD Drive ~ $21
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM ~ $110
Dell S2340L 23inch eIPS Panel ~ $179 (SAFRA Promo)
Swans M10 2.1 Speakers ~ $109

Total ~ $1666. Buy at tradepac, DIY

is it possible to downgrade the graphics?

 

[royfrosty]

Downgrade? Not really good if you wanna play upcoming games.

May be can take a competitor card palit gtx760 2gb jetstream at $346.

 

[hengheng220]

is it possible to downgrade the graphics?

I think 280 now is the most sweet spot for gaming le. no point downgrading unless you have budget issues.

 

[shadow84]

Maybe c an go for asrock b85m pro4 or msi b85m g43.. Might be cheaper than going for B85 Killer...