[DIY PC] Help?

[wiccawizzards]

Planning to build an PC with the following specs.

1. What would be a good power supply to use for the setup?

2. Very keen on just Asus mother boards

3. Any further improvements?


Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2 -$319
Processor: Intel Core i5 4460 3.2Ghz - $289
OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit - $149
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz CL9 8GB - $122
HDD: Western Digital Blue 7200RPM 1TB - $72
Graphics: Asus GeForce GTX750Ti 2GB DDR5 - $279

Chassis: CoolerMaster 690 III - $139

 

[shadow84]

Why pair Z97 with locked cpu? There is no 4660, its either 4570 or 4690.. 4570 would do fine.

Shld try put in SSD.

GPU sibei low end but mobo sibei high end... What games u play.

Best is to give a budget and let the pros give u a better value worth recommendation.

 

[wiccawizzards]

I'm looking at a PC for watching my tv series and gaming for games like league of legends or DOTA 2, and diablo 3.

PS it should be 4560

Budget is like $1000-$1300.

Heh heh...

 

[shadow84]

Getting a lower mobo may help u get a better gpu like r9 280..

 

[wiccawizzards]

Are Powercolor or Leadtek GPUs any good? Never used them before

 

[shadow84]

Are Powercolor or Leadtek GPUs any good? Never used them before

Powercolour does AMD and Leadtek does Nvidia... Hard to compare... Leadtek is the cheapest Nvidia vendor and Powercolour is decent for AMD.

 

[wiccawizzards]

Powercolour does AMD and Leadtek does Nvidia... Hard to compare... Leadtek is the cheapest Nvidia vendor and Powercolour is decent for AMD.

Powercolor has so many R9 cards

Will any lower priced mobo work with a high end card like that?

 

[Goodshot]

No overclocking and play normal game , is no need for buying a $300 motherboard. a $99 h81 board can do the job already . Power supply how much power depending what gfx card u gonna buy and how many card gonna install , if just 1 a 650w very fine

 

[NoLogicLah]

As long as got pci e slot can work with high end card. Unless u want sli/X fire then diff story

 

[wiccawizzards]

Thank you everyone for the recommendations, keep them coming.

Even looking at systems with budgets like:
$1400-$1800 and
$1900-$2200.

I don't mind waiting saving for a better system, of course.

 

[Alternative X]

CPU+ Mobo: Asus B85 Plus + i5 4460 (352)
RAM: Corsair Vengenance 1600MHZ ( 4GBx2pcs ) CL9 (112)
GPU: Powercolor R7 260X 2GB TURBODUO (179)*
SSD: Crucial MX100 256GB (154)
HDD: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM (67)
DVD-RW: Samsung 24X DVD-RW SATA OEM (21)
PSU: Superflower HX 600M (108)
Case: CM 690 III (123)*
OS: Windows 7 Home Prem (120)*

Total cost: $1236

*As the prices of these items are listed as ASK/OFFER in Tradepac's pricelist, these are the approximate prices of these items and you may not get these prices at Tradepac.

Buy at Tradepac, #05-18, and ask for discounts. DIY yourself. If you can't into DIY, go to PC Care & Solutions, #02-32, SLS, and ask Nigel to assemble for you for a fee.

Notes:

1) LOL, DOTA 2 and Diablo III are not very demanding games to run. A R7 260X is more than enough to allow you to play these games at a steady 60 FPS.

2) Got Mastercard? Consider buying the SSD and PSU from lazada.com on a Monday and get 10% discounts when you pay with a Mastercard.

3) Please do not actually wait too long for your future purchases. If you wait too long, AMD may have released their R9/7 3XX GPUs and Intel may have already released Broadwell/Skylake CPUs by the time you are buying your rig and this build list is very likely to be inaccurate and not bang for buck by then.

 

[wiccawizzards]

CPU+ Mobo: Asus B85 Plus + i5 4460 (352)
RAM: Corsair Vengenance 1600MHZ ( 4GBx2pcs ) CL9 (112)
GPU: Powercolor R7 260X 2GB TURBODUO (179)*
SSD: Crucial MX100 256GB (154)
HDD: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM (67)
DVD-RW: Samsung 24X DVD-RW SATA OEM (21)
PSU: Superflower HX 600M (108)
Case: CM 690 III (123)*
OS: Windows 7 Home Prem (120)*

Total cost: $1236

*As the prices of these items are listed as ASK/OFFER in Tradepac's pricelist, these are the approximate prices of these items and you may not get these prices at Tradepac.

Buy at Tradepac, #05-18, and ask for discounts. DIY yourself. If you can't into DIY, go to PC Care & Solutions, #02-32, SLS, and ask Nigel to assemble for you for a fee.

Notes:

1) LOL, DOTA 2 and Diablo III are not very demanding games to run. A R7 260X is more than enough to allow you to play these games at a steady 60 FPS.

2) Got Mastercard? Consider buying the SSD and PSU from lazada.com on a Monday and get 10% discounts when you pay with a Mastercard.

3) Please do not actually wait too long for your future purchases. If you wait too long, AMD may have released their R9/7 3XX GPUs and Intel may have already released Broadwell/Skylake CPUs by the time you are buying your rig and this build list is very likely to be inaccurate and not bang for buck by then.

What would be a high end rig these days? And how long should I wait for the new release from AMD and Intel?
I do not have to get this immediately, just need to see how much I need to out away, so if a basic one costs approx. $1240, I'd like to explore more options.

 

[Alternative X]

What would be a high end rig these days? And how long should I wait for the new release from AMD and Intel?
I do not have to get this immediately, just need to see how much I need to out away, so if a basic one costs approx. $1240, I'd like to explore more options.

1) Swap the GPU for at least a GTX 770/R9 280X and there is your high end rig. Can play most games at max settings in 1080p.

2) Somewhere in the first quarter (maybe second quarter) of 2015.

 

[Jian19]

Matx

i5-4460 + Msi b85m g43 ~ $355
G.skill 8gb ddr3 ~ $100
Crucial mx100 256gb ssd ~ $160
Wd blue 1tb ~ $72
Zotac gtx750ti ~ $219
Xigmatek tauro 500w ~ $75
Lg dvd rom ~ $21
Corsair 350D ~ $139 / Fractal design arc mini r2 ~ $130
Win7 64 oem ~ $120

$1261 buy and assemble @ pctheme ask for discount. If wish to play more demanding games can consider gtx970 , price ranging from $448 (Zotac) to $579 (Msi gaming)

If u not overclocking or sli , no point getting those high end board since u not using their features.

 

[wiccawizzards]

Matx

i5-4460 + Msi b85m g43 ~ $355
G.skill 8gb ddr3 ~ $100
Crucial mx100 256gb ssd ~ $160
Wd blue 1tb ~ $72
Zotac gtx750ti ~ $219
Xigmatek tauro 500w ~ $75
Lg dvd rom ~ $21
Corsair 350D ~ $139 / Fractal design arc mini r2 ~ $130
Win7 64 oem ~ $120

$1261 buy and assemble @ pctheme ask for discount. If wish to play more demanding games can consider gtx970 , price ranging from $448 (Zotac) to $579 (Msi gaming)

If u not overclocking or sli , no point getting those high end board since u not using their features.

Is there such a thing as auto overclocking on a high end mobo?
If so, what would be a good recommendation? Just strictly using Asus mobos.

 

[zenniz]

No such things.

Intel has a technology call intel turbo boost. It " auto overclock " your cpu when demand is high. This technology works in all of intel's mobo that supports i3, i5 and i7 cpu regardless of how expensive or cheap they are.

 

[Alternative X]

No such things.

Intel has a technology call intel turbo boost. It " auto overclock " your cpu when demand is high. This technology works in all of intel's mobo that supports i3, i5 and i7 cpu regardless of how expensive or cheap they are.

Erm... I believe that he is referring to one of those automated OC software that is bundled with aftermarket Intel Z mobos and AMD mobos.

This software works by having you specify the level of OC that you want and the software then changes the BIOS settings for you and help you to get an OC.

However, the OC settings used by automated OC software tends to be conservative as mobo manufacturers do not wish for their customers to complain of burnt mobos when using the automated OC software.

Thus, OC results from automated OC software will always lose out to an OC obtained by manual means as OC settings obtained by manual means tends to be more aggressive than the max settings provided by automated OC software.