Comments on Rig Specs

[Teng Zai]

I might be able to get the deathadder 2013 at a cheaper price and add in a megasoma 2 mouse mat at the same time for below 90 bucks, hopefully. Shall stick with this setup. Just waiting for gtx 760 to see if I'm got switch gpu. Thanks for all the help guys!

Wah get from where? Might wanna hoot one too.

 

[sdhdaniel]

Wah get from where? Might wanna hoot one too.

A friend's friend's friend. Hahaha still checking if have stock. If got let you know

 

[yude82]

Since u not gonna OC, drop the fanciful RAM and get the Kingston PC3-1600 DDR3 8GB at $77 instead. That will save u $20.

AsRock B75 Pro3 M + Intel i5-3470 combo is only $355 (PCThemes). Same result as your MSI CPU+MB combo, but at a lower price.

Drop the Seasonic G-Series PSU. Since u not gonna SLI/Crossfire, the Seasonic S12II 520W is more than enough for ur Powercolor 7950. $89 vs $149...

Instead of getting the Corsair K70, I recommend getting the Ducky Shine keyboards instead. Even Filco or Rosewill keyboards can do better than Corsair ones. Coz if I didnt remember wrongly some (if not, all) of Corsair's mechanical keyboards are membrane-mechanical mix. Means that Corsair keyboards are not actually fully mechanical in functionality. Or a CM Storm Keyboard can do the job well enough.

Use the amount saved and squeezed out of the main rig to reward yourself with a 27" 1080p monitor for gaming instead. Top up a bit more to buy the 27" 1080p AOC i2757fh monitor at $399 (Media Mart) instead of the lowly Asus 23" monitor.

Get FSP PSU, save more $$.
FSP Raider 550W 80+Silver should be sufficient for your needs.

 

[nippp0n]

Get FSP PSU, save more $$.
FSP Raider 550W 80+Silver should be sufficient for your needs.

FSP Raider 550W and Seasonic S12 520W cost around the same price.

 

[Maeda_Toshiie]

I read too many PSU reviews until biased liao. FSP stuff tend to have poorer voltage regulation compared to others like Seasonic (and other higher level OEMs), and they cheaped out on the fan in the Aurum series. This in turn results in lower prices in FSP over comparative (in terms of wattage, efficiency and modularity) offerings from other companies.

The PSU snob in me will prefer the Seasonic over the FSP but I doubt it ultimately makes any difference to the end user (outside of any possible epeen and/or snobbery). Only overclockers might benefit from having very clean power.