Building a custom gaming rig

[Hibaraki]

Hi, I would like advice on building a custom gaming pc. I would be using it mainly for gaming and sometimes to do school projects using it. Games I mainly play are WoW, Dota 2, CS:GO. Thanks.

P'S. My budget would be around 2k including a monitor.

 

[royfrosty]

Those games you mentioned dont require good specs to run it.

ASRock H81M HDS + i3-4150 ~ $217
Crucial 8gb value Ram ~ $89
WD Blue 1tb ~ $70
LiteON S900 128gb ~ $89
Sapphire r9 280 3gb Dual X ~ $285 (price before discount, wait for coupon vouchers or participating cards promo for further discounts on lazada.sg)
FSP Aurum S 500w 80+ Gold PSU ~ $88
Sharkoon BD28 ~ $74
LG DVD Drive ~ $21
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM ~ $115
Dell U2414H 23.8inch eIPS Panel ~ $300 (Best Denki this weekends promo first 5 sets)

Total ~ $1348. Buy at tradepac unless stated, DIY.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Hi, I would like advice on building a custom gaming pc. I would be using it mainly for gaming and sometimes to do school projects using it. Games I mainly play are WoW, Dota 2, CS:GO. Thanks.

P'S. My budget would be around 2k including a monitor.

Yup or maybe you want something that can deliver performance on the long run?

CPU+MB: Intel Core i5-4460 + ASRock B85M Pro4 @ $329
RAM: Crucial DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB @ $80
GPU: Zotac GTX 970 4GB Twin Fan @ $421* (Lazada Singapore)
SSD: Lite-On S900 256GB @ $138
HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB @ $70
ODD: Samsung 24X CD/DVD Writer [OEM] @ $21
PSU: FSP Aurum S 500W [80 Plus Gold] @ $89
CASE: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 @ $139
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit [OEM] @ $110
DSP: Dell UltraSharp U2414H 24" LED [eIPS] @ $300 (Best Denki)

Total: $1697

Buy others at Tradepac, #05-18.

 

[Hibaraki]

It would be good if it can deliver performance in the long run. Thanks!