DIY Gaming PC

[Jeally]

Hi all,

Another thread for DIY gaming PC
Planning to build 2 similar sets of PC for me and my wife coming month.

Mostly using PC for gaming on MMOs, and some new AAA titles. Not thinking to overclock and will be getting 1080p monitors. I lurked around and think will be getting some of the following parts.

-Intel I5-4460
-Fractal Design R5 casing
-8Gb Value Ram(?)
-Corsair 256 SSD(?)

For monitor I am thinking to get 3 sets of U2414H total for both the PCs and for keyboard probably Filco MJ2 keyboards.

Are there any upcoming promos that I should grab the items at? Lazada/Rakuten or the IT fair that is coming?
Also for GPU, should I wait for the upcoming new GPUs releases before getting them? Will they affect the current GPU prices?
Price range for single set probably around 2.5k?

What do you guys think?

Thanks

 

[royfrosty]

What's your purpose to have 3 screens per PC?

Or you mean 2 for 1 PC then the other PC only 1 screen.

 

[FlushX]

Your wife is a gamer like you? Every man's dream

 

[Jeally]

What's your purpose to have 3 screens per PC?

Or you mean 2 for 1 PC then the other PC only 1 screen.

Sorry for the confusion, 2 for 1 pc then the other one only 1 pc

 

[Jeally]

Your wife is a gamer like you? Every man's dream

It is quite nice to have your SO with same interest

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Sucha loving gaming couple. Presume you people met at LAN cafe?

$2500 is quite overkill for a great gaming PC. Are you looking at having some colour theme for these 2 machines? Like black with red? You can also afford to go compact if you wish to.

 

[royfrosty]

ASRock B85 Killer + i5-4460 ~ $342
GSkills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $114
WD Blue 1tb ~ $70
Samsung EVO 850 250gb ~ $166 (qoo10 Video pro)
MSI GTX970 4gb OC Armor Edition ~ $479 (price after mastercard monday max capped $30 discount OR use citibank card on weekends for 15% with max capped at $50 @ $459)
Superflower leadex 550w 80+ gold full modular psu ~ $129
Fractal design R5 ~ $169
LG dvd drive ~ $21
Windows 8.1 Pro ~ $30 (g2a.com)
Dell u2414H 23.8inch eIPS panel x2 ~ $670
Filco Majestouch 2 mechanical keyboard ~ $179 (cybermind, pcthemes, techdome)

Total ~ $2373. Buy at tradepac unless stated DIY.

 

[Jeally]

Sucha loving gaming couple. Presume you people met at LAN cafe?

$2500 is quite overkill for a great gaming PC. Are you looking at having some colour theme for these 2 machines? Like black with red? You can also afford to go compact if you wish to.

Aha, yeah, just that I have been waiting for quite some time to get my own pc (pci days lol 10 years ago?)
Not really thinking of any colour theme, just gona hide everything inside the casing

 

[royfrosty]

For your wife. Red white theme

ASRock B85 Killer + i5-4460 ~ $342
GSkills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $114
WD Blue 1tb ~ $70
Samsung EVO 850 250gb ~ $166 (qoo10 Video pro)
Asus GTX970 4gb Turbo ~ $558
Superflower leadex 550w 80+ gold fully modular psu ~ $129
Fractal design r5 white ~ $169
Lg dvd drive ~ $21
Windows 8.1 Pro ~ $30 (g2a.com)
Dell u2414H 23.8inch eIPS panel ~ $335
Filco Majestouch 2 mechanical keyboard ~ $179 (cybermind, pcthemes, techdome)

Total ~ $2113 buy tradepac unless stated. Diy.

 

[Jeally]

ASRock B85 Killer + i5-4460 ~ $342
GSkills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $114
WD Blue 1tb ~ $70
Samsung EVO 850 250gb ~ $166 (qoo10 Video pro)
MSI GTX970 4gb OC Armor Edition ~ $479 (price after mastercard monday max capped $30 discount OR use citibank card on weekends for 15% with max capped at $50 @ $459)
Superflower leadex 550w 80+ gold full modular psu ~ $129
Fractal design R5 ~ $169
LG dvd drive ~ $21
Windows 8.1 Pro ~ $30 (g2a.com)
Dell u2414H 23.8inch eIPS panel x2 ~ $670
Filco Majestouch 2 mechanical keyboard ~ $179 (cybermind, pcthemes, techdome)

Total ~ $2373. Buy at tradepac unless stated DIY.

Oh, I think I might need USB wifi adapter too, since I cant connect directly to cable
For optical drive thinking to just get an external one for both of us, since I think I will only use it once in a blue moon.
Thanks Roy for the nice summarising list

What about the issue with GTX970, I assume there will be no problems as long as I lower the graphical setting to not max out the VRAM? I hope I do not need to change the GPU fast because of this issue

I guess this means for you there are not much point in waiting for the June GPU releases line up?

 

[Jeally]

For your wife. Red white theme

ASRock B85 Killer + i5-4460 ~ $342
GSkills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $114
WD Blue 1tb ~ $70
Samsung EVO 850 250gb ~ $166 (qoo10 Video pro)
Asus GTX970 4gb Turbo ~ $558
Superflower leadex 550w 80+ gold fully modular psu ~ $129
Fractal design r5 white ~ $169
Lg dvd drive ~ $21
Windows 8.1 Pro ~ $30 (g2a.com)
Dell u2414H 23.8inch eIPS panel ~ $335
Filco Majestouch 2 mechanical keyboard ~ $179 (cybermind, pcthemes, techdome)

Total ~ $2113 buy tradepac unless stated. Diy.

Think wife will be too cheap to go for the $100 more GPU, I will show it to her to see what she thinks

From Roy's list seems I will be getting most of the bulky parts from SLS, wonder if I can carry them all.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Get powerline adapter.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Think wife will be too cheap to go for the $100 more GPU, I will show it to her to see what she thinks

From Roy's list seems I will be getting most of the bulky parts from SLS, wonder if I can carry them all.

Show your wife your masculine side.

 

[Jeally]

Get powerline adapter.

This is interesting, first time I actually heard of this, will have to read up on this.

Show your wife your masculine side.

No matter how masculine, still hard to carry 2 cpu cases and 3 monitors + many other parts lol

 

[royfrosty]

Vram should not be an issue as you are playing mostly 1080p. Dont crank up too much settings.

Head down to sls and buy 1 rig at a time. You are better of getting from there instead of everything try to get from lazada. Get friends to help you. Treat them kopi.

Get 1 time shot from sls to get more cash discounts over the counter. Since you are purhasing almost 5k worth of goods. Better for you to shop around. Happy shopping.

 

[Jeally]

Vram should not be an issue as you are playing mostly 1080p. Dont crank up too much settings.

Head down to sls and buy 1 rig at a time. You are better of getting from there instead of everything try to get from lazada. Get friends to help you. Treat them kopi.

Get 1 time shot from sls to get more cash discounts over the counter. Since you are purhasing almost 5k worth of goods. Better for you to shop around. Happy shopping.

Thanks Roy for suggestion and tips! Will probably be heading down to SLS next week with a trolley probably, to get the rig

 

[SongManKranji]

Try PC Themes look for Yilong or Derek, friendly service.

 

[shadow84]

Thanks Roy for suggestion and tips! Will probably be heading down to SLS next week with a trolley probably, to get the rig

Dun bring ntuc trolley ah...

 

[Jeally]

Dun bring ntuc trolley ah...

Haha, that one cant la, how to fold it into the car?