Building new gaming rig

[Zonkie84]

Hi all,

This is the first time that I'm building a gaming rig.

I have been reading the forums and all related threads, however would like to ask if anyone had any recommendations as I would like to built my gaming rig that can last for 4-5 years. However, OC would not be what I am looking at as I have no idea how to go about and am afriad would be wasting resources.
My budget is about $1.5K-$1.8K.

Below are some stuff that I am currently looking at:

CPU & Mobo: i7-4770 & MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
CPU Cooler: No idea at all
Ram: about 16 Gb but have no idea which one
SSD: Plextor M5S 128GB
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB
GPU: Powercolor 7970 or MSI GTX N670GTX 2GB (Power Edition) - Wonder which is better for gaming, and if there is any other recommendation, next game in line is Final Fantasy 14.
Case:
PSU:
OS: Windows 7 Home 64bit OEM


Feel free to drop your recommendations.

 

[shadow84]

Since not overclocking, can drop to i5-4430/4570 and change mobo to Asrock B85M Pro4 or H87M Pro4 OR MSI B85M-G43 or H87M G43... Stock cpu cooler is good, but if u wan aftermarket, can try hyper 212 EVO... Ram-wise, 8GB is enough...for psu, can get fsp aurem 92+ 550W 80+ platinum...

as for casing, set a budget and look thru the cases within that budget in pricelist. Watch youtube or so for a better feel.. I will leave GPU for the pros to comment.

and do you need optical drive? monitor? keyboard & mouse?

 

[Zonkie84]

Since not overclocking, can drop to i5-4430/4570 and change mobo to Asrock B85M Pro4 or H87M Pro4 OR MSI B85M-G43 or H87M G43... Stock cpu cooler is good, but if u wan aftermarket, can try hyper 212 EVO... Ram-wise, 8GB is enough...for psu, can get fsp aurem 92+ 550W 80+ platinum...

as for casing, set a budget and look thru the cases within that budget in pricelist. Watch youtube or so for a better feel.. I will leave GPU for the pros to comment.

and do you need optical drive? monitor? keyboard & mouse?

My next question is, will i5 phase out soon?? and would OC overheat very easily??

I have my own optical drive, monitor, keyboard and mouse...just that my current system is abit too slow...would like to change everything

 

[shadow84]

My next question is, will i5 phase out soon?? and would OC overheat very easily??

I have my own optical drive, monitor, keyboard and mouse...just that my current system is abit too slow...would like to change everything

i5 wun phase out... if by comparison, i5 is like ipad mini, i7 is like ipad... u dun see ipad mini getting phased out soon... but, function-wise, cannot like dat see...

OC will overheat.. if you intend to overclock, best is to ge AIO coolers like antec 920, corsair h80i/h100i, seidon 120m, 240m thermaltake 3.0 performer/pro, etc....

 

[shadow84]

Small advice that i notice from other pros.... if you want get 7970, try get 2nd hand, around $500, better value as 1st hand is near $600+ and its 1+ yrs old le... if wan get gtx 670, get gtx760 better... performance is very near to it and much cheaper... at most, a few fps difference.. gtx 770/780 is totally diff league...and i think need 650w psu?? not sure on this...

 

[Zonkie84]

Since not overclocking, can drop to i5-4430/4570 and change mobo to Asrock B85M Pro4 or H87M Pro4 OR MSI B85M-G43 or H87M G43... Stock cpu cooler is good, but if u wan aftermarket, can try hyper 212 EVO... Ram-wise, 8GB is enough...for psu, can get fsp aurem 92+ 550W 80+ platinum...

as for casing, set a budget and look thru the cases within that budget in pricelist. Watch youtube or so for a better feel.. I will leave GPU for the pros to comment.

and do you need optical drive? monitor? keyboard & mouse?

Oh okiez, think I would heed your advise and go for an i5.

then for graphics card, any recommendations??

 

[shadow84]

Oh okiez, think I would heed your advise and go for an i5.

then for graphics card, any recommendations??

depend on budget i guess???

 

[Zonkie84]

Ok, will go take a look at GTX 760

 

[fleas1]

in a nutshell:

i7 for editing/video/multi-tasking
i5 for gaming

if you do some light video rendering or stuff like that, i7. If not just go i5 because they are both quad cores and the diff is i7 has hyperthreading. which means its has virtually 4 extra cores(8 cores)

don't really need i7 for just gaming


8GB is more than enough if you do gaming.

16GB is more for rendering/video editing and those use multi-tasking. However you can use the ram as ram disk. Up to you though. If trying to spend wisely would be 8gb.


cooler not so important if you not going to overclock. Even if you overclock via RAM speed, not very big deal.

for GFX, 660/760 is sort of midrange. Depends on your budget.

for harddisk, its really depends.

some say some brand better and stuff
But I heard Hitachi is quite reliable.

for SSD: the top range would be Samsung 840 pro because the controller is build by them as well. but quite pricey.

for motherboard, I not sure. preference I guess. What you need and stuff.


can consider Asus motherboard, all their motherboard don't disappoint.

See what you need; like PS/2 port, e-sata? wifi?

can consider their gamging motherboard the maximus vi hero

 

[Zonkie84]

Ahh, thanks, having a clearer picture now... Thanks

 

[Zonkie84]

After the advices from all the seniors here, I have more or less decided on my specs for gaming:

CPU and Mobo: i5-4570 and Asrock H87M-Pro4
CPU cooler: Hyper 212 Evo
Ram: 8Gb Kingston 1600 mHz
SSD: Plextor M5S 128GB
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 760 2 GB GDDR5
Case: Shakoon T28 USB 3.0 Red
PSU: Seasonic X series 650W
OS: Windows 7 64 it

However, I have a doubt, is 650 W PSU enough to sustain?? Some bros earlier on commended that might need higher..

 

[fleas1]

good choice of psu.

seasonic makes one of the best(does not outsource to china to build...etc)

and if Im not wrong, they sell to other manufacturers