DIY gaming rig recommendations

[queerquirks]

Hi all,

After the advice by the bros here, decided to build a gaming cum workstation (non design nor programming, just research and ms office ). Games are mainly cs go, cod, bf.
Budget about 1.1k to 1.3?

Hope to last about 2-3 years or interchangeable between
Thanks!

 

[nippp0n]

Do you need monitor, OS, keyboard, mouse and wifi adapter?

 

[queerquirks]

Do you need monitor, OS, keyboard, mouse and wifi adapter?

WiFi adapter? A/b/g/n?
The rest no need.

 

[queerquirks]

Bump for this. Hoping to get it today.

 

[royfrosty]

ASRock b85 killer + i5-4460 ~ $355
Crucial 8gb 1600mhz Value Ram ~ $95
WD Blue 1tb ~$71
Plextor m6s 128gb ~ $119
Powercolor r9 270 2gb ~ $257
Silverstone Essential 500w 80+ PSU ~ $55
Cooler master 311 Chassis ~ $54
Samsung dvd drive ~ $21

Total ~ $1207. Buy at tradepac. Diy

Wireless adapter will depend on your house internet connections.

 

[queerquirks]

ASRock b85 killer + i5-4460 ~ $355
Crucial 8gb 1600mhz Value Ram ~ $95
WD Blue 1tb ~$71
Plextor m6s 128gb ~ $119
Powercolor r9 270 2gb ~ $257
Silverstone Essential 500w 80+ PSU ~ $55
Cooler master 311 Chassis ~ $54
Samsung dvd drive ~ $21

Total ~ $1207. Buy at tradepac. Diy

Wireless adapter will depend on your house internet connections.

Nice thanks. Is a r9 270 comparable to Nvidia gtx series?
Wifi wise, I'm using Asus n56u.so no ac yet, what's a recommended adapter?

 

[royfrosty]

Nice thanks. Is a r9 270 comparable to Nvidia gtx series?
Wifi wise, I'm using Asus n56u.so no ac yet, what's a recommended adapter?

Its comparable with the gtx660 overclocked

Comparing current standards

Gtx750ti < r9 270/x < gtx760

TPLINK WDN3200 N600 Dual band USB wireless adapter.

 

[queerquirks]

Its comparable with the gtx660 overclocked

Comparing current standards

Gtx750ti < r9 270/x < gtx760


TPLINK WDN3200 N600 Dual band USB wireless adapter.

I see. If can up budget, Cause I don't plan to upgrade for at least 2 years, should
get the 750ti, gigabyte or which brands is better?
No built in option for wireless adapter? Is wireless USB strong enough cause my router is quite far.

 

[shadow84]

DO not expect the full 300mbps from it... It depends on your environment, such as walls, interference from other 2.4ghz appliances, neighbours' routers n all...

If can get half of your plan's speed, its considered quite gd le..

 

[Lingching]

Why need?

ASRock b85 killer + i5-4460 ~ $355
Crucial 8gb 1600mhz Value Ram ~ $95
WD Blue 1tb ~$71
Plextor m6s 128gb ~ $119
Powercolor r9 270 2gb ~ $257
Silverstone Essential 500w 80+ PSU ~ $55
Cooler master 311 Chassis ~ $54
Samsung dvd drive ~ $21

Total ~ $1207. Buy at tradepac. Diy

Wireless adapter will depend on your house internet connections.

Hello May i check why do 1 need the
Crucial 8gb 1600mhz Value Ram ~ $95
&
WD Blue 1tb ~$71
I thought one storage device is enough?

-regards

 

[souler87]

Hello May i check why do 1 need the
Crucial 8gb 1600mhz Value Ram ~ $95
&
WD Blue 1tb ~$71
I thought one storage device is enough?

-regards

Ram is for the CPU memory, not storage.

 

[royfrosty]

Hello May i check why do 1 need the
Crucial 8gb 1600mhz Value Ram ~ $95
&
WD Blue 1tb ~$71
I thought one storage device is enough?

-regards

RAM is random access memory. This is what the PC needs to run applications and programs.

HDD is a hard disk drive. This is a storage for your PC to store all your stuffs.

2 different things.

 

[Lingching]

why need 2?

Ram is for the CPU memory, not storage.

Oh sorry,
I saw some other places they include
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB
&
HDD 2TB for Storage ~ $128

Both are for storage, one HDD, one SSD.
Why need two?

-regards

 

[shadow84]

Oh sorry,
I saw some other places they include
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB
&
HDD 2TB for Storage ~ $128

Both are for storage, one HDD, one SSD.
Why need two?

-regards

SSD is faster in terms of performance n speed, as compared to HDD. So, put ur impt programs in SSD and movies, music, videos into HDD.

Also, certain games may benefit from SSD, such as BF4, where you load faster than others and can kope vehicles earlier than others.

 

[royfrosty]

Oh sorry,
I saw some other places they include
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB
&
HDD 2TB for Storage ~ $128

Both are for storage, one HDD, one SSD.
Why need two?

-regards

SSD stands for solid state drive

HDD stands for Hard disk drive

This 2 are different drives but serves the same purpose. Usually SSDs are meant for Operating system and programs. There is no mechanical parts. They are faster by almost 5 times.

HDD is used mainly for storages. Good for movies, musics, photos, and other files.

SSD provides the overall stability of the OS and also the good responsiveness OS. Fast boot up and shutting down. Playing games also reduce loading time.

 

[Lingching]

SSD is faster in terms of performance n speed, as compared to HDD. So, put ur impt programs in SSD and movies, music, videos into HDD.

Also, certain games may benefit from SSD, such as BF4, where you load faster than others and can kope vehicles earlier than others.

BF4?
I only got 1 BF, don't need 4BF. lol.
Ya, i got it thanks.
Guess perhaps i just include the SSD in my list and use back my old HDD for music and video.

Lastly i saw people using
G.Skill DDR3-1600MHz 8GB (2X4GB) ~ $77 {total of 8GB}
But they use the
Windows 7 home premium 64bit oem 16GB $110
Why not use home basic 64bit??? (8GB) since only 8 GB of ram is used.

-regards

 

[shadow84]

BF4?
I only got 1 BF, don't need 4BF. lol.
Ya, i got it thanks.
Guess perhaps i just include the SSD in my list and use back my old HDD for music and video.

Lastly i saw people using
G.Skill DDR3-1600MHz 8GB (2X4GB) ~ $77 {total of 8GB}
But they use the
Windows 7 home premium 64bit oem 16GB $110
Why not use home basic 64bit??? (8GB) since only 8 GB of ram is used.

-regards

Lol, u really crack my day. What is ur meaning for BF? Boyfriend ah? U really want to put ur boyfriend inside a ssd?

Home basic may not offer what u need. Usually, home premium will cover whatever features u gonna use.

 

[Lingching]

Enough you say.

Home basic may not offer what u need. Usually, home premium will cover whatever features u gonna use.

Really. Alright lol.
Just kidding ya.

Alright, Home premium 7, 8 GB in total enough to cover what ever features you say.
Hope so. dont really toucn game other then some senseless, Dota2, L4d2 Or battle fields4 maybe.

Heard SSD really fast for movie download, game response and more.
Eager to try it for my end of the year when i plan to get it diy up.
Thanks.

 

[shadow84]

Really. Alright lol.
Just kidding ya.

Alright, Home premium 7, 8 GB in total enough to cover what ever features you say.
Hope so. dont really toucn game other then some senseless, Dota2, L4d2 Or battle fields4 maybe.

Heard SSD really fast for movie download, game response and more.
Eager to try it for my end of the year when i plan to get it diy up.
Thanks.

Fast download is dependant on ur internet, nt so on your ssd/hdd. Unless u r able to download at 1gbps in which your ssd will reach saturation point..

 

[Lingching]

Exactly.

Fast download is dependant on ur internet, nt so on your ssd/hdd. Unless u r able to download at 1gbps in which your ssd will reach saturation point..

Exactly, currently i using myrepublic PURE 1gb.
But my computer is 4-5 years ago kind, 2G Ram .
kinda affect my download/upload.

By using USb 3.0 for the SSD and other external HHD will be faster overall right.

USB 3.0 for my mouse and keyboard as well?
~Chuckle..