Building gaming rig

[FinalNitro]

Hello,

Thinking of building a gaming rig. Budget about 1.5k without OS. Guys got any recommendations? Thanks anyway.

 

[royfrosty]

Hello,

Thinking of building a gaming rig. Budget about 1.5k without OS. Guys got any recommendations? Thanks anyway.

What kinds of games do you play? And what is your screen current resolution?

 

[FinalNitro]

What kinds of games do you play? And what is your screen current resolution?

Currently playing BF3. Thinking of getting BF4. This is is my first time building a rig! I've did some research and came up with this. Hope you would give some advice!

Intel Core i5-4670k w/ GIGABYTE GA B85M-D3H
Vengeance Pro 16GB
Leadtek WF GTX650 2GB
WD 2TB Green
SILICON POWER V60 128GB
Cooler Master case
CM EXTREME POWER2 725W
Corsair H80 Hydro Series

Did not include display and OS.

 

[Bieffe]

Currently playing BF3. Thinking of getting BF4. This is is my first time building a rig! I've did some research and came up with this. Hope you would give some advice!

Intel Core i5-4670k w/ GIGABYTE GA B85M-D3H
Vengeance Pro 16GB
Leadtek WF GTX650 2GB
WD 2TB Green
SILICON POWER V60 128GB
Cooler Master case
CM EXTREME POWER2 725W
Corsair H80 Hydro Series

Did not include display and OS.

Change the HDD to blue? Cos the green is not too stable...RMA known.
GFX take the 760? Best bang for bucks.
The rest ok.

 

[FinalNitro]

Change the HDD to blue? Cos the green is not too stable...RMA known.
GFX take the 760? Best bang for bucks.
The rest ok.

But you think wise to get a Haswell now? Or should change to an ivy bridge? And also, any recommendations for the liquid cooling?

 

[xhlee87]

Change the HDD to blue? Cos the green is not too stable...RMA known.
GFX take the 760? Best bang for bucks.
The rest ok.

Very bad advise. K processor with b chipset?
Go view other threads regarding gaming rig.
Your list is totally not value for money.

 

[FinalNitro]

Very bad advise. K processor with b chipset?
Go view other threads regarding gaming rig.
Your list is totally not value for money.

Bro you mind explaining more? Haha thanks.

 

[wuweiz]

Bro you mind explaining more? Haha thanks.

K processor for over-clocking but B boards can't support over-clocking.

If want to do over-clocking, choose K processors and Z boards. If not, non-k processors with H or B boards.

Save more money.

And GTX 650 doesn't seem good enough..

My recommendations for non-OC build:

Mobo+CPU: MSI B85-G43 + i5-4570 - $382
GFX: MSI GTX 760 2GB Twin Frozr - $409
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws -X 1600MHz 8GB (2x4GB) CL9 - $105
SSD: Plextor M5P 128GB - $172
HDD: WD Caviar Blue (1TB) - $85
Casing: Fractal Design R4 Black - $169
PSU: Seasonic M12II-620W - $125
ODD: LG 24x DVD-RW Sata OEM - $25

Total: $1,472

Price quoted from PCThemes price list. So, u can always go around with the list and try to bargain down..

 

[royfrosty]

If you are building yourself a PC then do some homework and head down to tradepac.

For 1.5k

MSI B85m g43 + i5-4570 ~ $356
Gskills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $95
WD Blue 1tb ~ $81
Plextor m5s 128gb ~ $139
MSI gtx760 Twin Frozr 2gb + Seasonic m12ii 620W ~ $499 bundle
Samsung ODD ~ $21
Fractal Design Arc Midi ~ $129

Total $1320 Buy at tradepac. Build yourself.

And you dont need K processor. If you are using a B board you are unable to overclock it.

 

[FinalNitro]

Alright thanks alot for the recommendations man! Lots of help. Thank you.

 

[Bieffe]

But you think wise to get a Haswell now? Or should change to an ivy bridge? And also, any recommendations for the liquid cooling?

haswell for me and ya. The mb I missed that. Issue like having OC CPU on a non o'clock mb.