Custom gaming rig under 2000.

[Aryvan]

Hi guys, just wondering what's a good custom gaming rig that cost less than 2000 which I going to be able to play the recent and upcoming games such as total war Rome 2 and farcry 4 in ultra settings.
(Thanks in advance!)

 

[JingKang95]

Here's mine
Gigabyte 970 windforce
Asrock Extreme 4 z97
Gskill Ripjaws-X 8gb
I5-4690k
Toshiba 7200rpm 2tb HDD
Crucial Mx100 256gb SSD
Corsair Obsidian Air 540
Dell 23 inch 1080p s2340l
Asus Wifi 300mbps
Superflower Leadex Gold 80+ 650W
Samsung DVD RW
All for 2k buy at tradepac, they helped me to assemble.

 

[shadow84]

Here's mine
Gigabyte 970 windforce
Asrock Extreme 4 z97
Gskill Ripjaws-X 8gb
I5-4690k
Toshiba 7200rpm 2tb HDD
Crucial Mx100 256gb SSD
Corsair Obsidian Air 540
Dell 23 inch 1080p s2340l
Asus Wifi 300mbps
Superflower Leadex Gold 80+ 650W
Samsung DVD RW
All for 2k buy at tradepac, they helped me to assemble.

The only thing u missed out is a good cooler for your CPU if u r gonna OC. But he dun need such specs for gaming. It can be lowered.

 

[royfrosty]

MSI B85 G43 Gaming + i5-4460 ~ $374
Gskills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $115
WD Blue 1tb ~ $67
Crucial mx100 256gb ~ $155
MSI GTX970 4gb Twin Frozr 5 Gaming ~ $575
Superflower HX500 500w 80+ Gold Semi Modular PSU ~ $88
Fractal Design Arc Midi ~ $129
LG DVD Drive ~ $21
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM ~ $115

Total $1639. Buy at tradepac. Diy.

Enough to game most games at ultra settings.

 

[Aryvan]

MSI B85 G43 Gaming + i5-4460 ~ $374
Gskills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $115
WD Blue 1tb ~ $67
Crucial mx100 256gb ~ $155
MSI GTX970 4gb Twin Frozr 5 Gaming ~ $575
Superflower HX500 500w 80+ Gold Semi Modular PSU ~ $88
Fractal Design Arc Midi ~ $129
LG DVD Drive ~ $21
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM ~ $115

Total $1639. Buy at tradepac. Diy.

Enough to game most games at ultra settings.

I was originally getting like this build,
Asus gtx 780 oc 3gb
Msi H97 Gaming 3
Intel 4690 I5
Kingston hyperx 8gb 2 sticks each 4gb
Nzxt H440 casing
Samsung 840 pro ssd 128gb
Cooler master 650w gold modular
WD 1tb black hard disk
The casing fans are stock and planning to use a cooler master h series cpu cooler but haven't make up my mind which one. Any comments on this build? Like improvements and stuff?
Thanks, greatly appreciate your build written for me.

 

[Jian19]

Why get gtx780 when gtx970 performs @ the same level with less heat, less power, less $ ?

U aready have a ssd and if u need extra storage get the Wd blue 1tb

Superflower leadex 650w will be a better choice over coolermaster

 

[Aryvan]

Why get gtx780 when gtx970 performs @ the same level with less heat, less power, less $ ?

U aready have a ssd and if u need extra storage get the Wd blue 1tb

Superflower leadex 650w will be a better choice over coolermaster

Ok thanks ill change my build according to that

 

[nippp0n]

I was originally getting like this build,
Asus gtx 780 oc 3gb
Please consider GTX 970 or 980.
Msi H97 Gaming 3
Intel 4690 I5
Kingston hyperx 8gb 2 sticks each 4gb
Nzxt H440 casing
Samsung 840 pro ssd 128gb
Drop this pro level ssd to mainstream consumer grade, Crucial MX100 which offer higher capacity.
Cooler master 650w gold modular
I will recommend Superflower Leadex 650W, Seasonic X or G series and FSP as well.
WD 1tb black hard disk
You don't need a black hdd when your OS is running on SSD. WD Blue is adequate.
The casing fans are stock and planning to use a cooler master h series cpu cooler but haven't make up my mind which one. Any comments on this build? Like improvements and stuff?
Thanks, greatly appreciate your build written for me.

Comments in red.

 

[Aryvan]

Comments in red.

Okok thanks!!! I would change accordingly!!! Thanks for the quick reply!

 

[Aryvan]

Current Plan for a Gaming Rig Build.

Msi 970 Gtx
Msi H97 Gaming 3
Intel 4690 I5
Kingston hyperx 8gb 2 sticks each 4gb
Nzxt H440 casing
Crucial mx100 256gb
Superflower leadex 650w
WD 1tb blue hard disk

 

[shadow84]

Msi 970 Gtx
Msi H97 Gaming 3
Intel 4690 I5
Kingston hyperx 8gb 2 sticks each 4gb
Nzxt H440 casing
Crucial mx100 256gb
Superflower leadex 650w
WD 1tb blue hard disk

Next step would be to download tradepac's pricelist and see if its over ur budget or not...

If overshot, can consider reducing the H97 gaming 3 to B85 G43 Gaming and i5-4690 to i5-4460. The extra few mhz for cpu wun make much diff.

Can also get cheaper rams, no need for HyperX series, wun increase fps or perf whatsoever.

 

[Aryvan]

Next step would be to download tradepac's pricelist and see if its over ur budget or not...

Hmm ok ill just do that and post it up here in a moment thanks!
Btw what are the 23 inch monitors that are relatively worth your money and has a nice display?

 

[Aryvan]

Pricing!

Msi 970 Gtx = 575
Msi H97 Gaming 3 + Intel 4690 I5 = $441
Kingston hyperx 8gb 2 sticks each 4gb = 117
Nzxt H440 casing, or the Nzxt Phantom idk both prices
Crucial mx100 256gb = 154
Superflower leadex 650w = 149
WD 1tb blue hard disk = 67.50
Total = $1503.50 without casing and cpu cooler.
Now i choosing a cpu cooler and a monitor. (prefered 23 inches)
Idk but i kinda like to have a liquid cpu cooler like the corsair h series and white LED lighting in the pc.
Any recomendation?

 

[shadow84]

For monitor, try dell s2340L. If gt budget, get dell u2414h.

No such need for AIO to cool non-k cpu. but if u wan, go get CM seidon 120V or Thermaltake 3.0 performer.

 

[Aryvan]

For monitor, try dell s2340L. If gt budget, get dell u2414h.

No such need for AIO to cool non-k cpu. but if u wan, go get CM seidon 120V or Thermaltake 3.0 performer.

How much would the monitors cost? tradepac price list dont list them.
Okay, if i would to take a normal cpu cooler which one would be good?
I mean i saw the coolermaster v series they look beastly esp the v8 and v10 hahahah.

 

[shadow84]

How much would the monitors cost? tradepac price list dont list them.
Okay, if i would to take a normal cpu cooler which one would be good?
I mean i saw the coolermaster v series they look beastly esp the v8 and v10 hahahah.

$198 for s2340l and $359 for u2414h.

For v8/v10 price, might as well get aio. U can consider deepcool gammaxx 200/30, shld b within $40.

 

[Aryvan]

$198 for s2340l and $359 for u2414h.

For v8/v10 price, might as well get aio. U can consider deepcool gammaxx 200/30, shld b within $40.

Ok i think i know what to get already thanks so much!!!

 

[Jian19]

Nzxt h440 ~ $190
Coolermaster hyper 212x ~ $57