Gaming rig recommendation.

[nyquist88]

Hi,

I will be buying a rig for my brother. My ideal budget will be $1600 more or less.
Mainly for gaming, movie usage and occasionally photoshop.

No overclocking .Casing shall be nzxt phantom 410 case. I do not need any other peripherals. I just need the system with Windows 7 OS.

Please recommend me a system within my budget.

Thanks.

 

[nippp0n]

CPU & Mobo: i5-3450 & Asrock B75 Pro 3M @ $328
Ram: Kingston 1600mhz value ram 8GB @ ~$72
ODD: Samsung DVD RW @ $22
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 2TB @ ~$116
SSD: Plextor M5P 128GB @ $150
GPU: Powercolor 7970 V3 @ $496
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 @ $155
PSU: FSP Platinm 550W @ $125
OS: Windows 7 Home 64bit OEM @ $110

Total: $1574
Buy and build at Tradepac.

Some things to take note when dealing with Tradepac:

• Be firm with your decision when buying from Tradepac. Don't be swayed by their sales assistant to upgrade and buy more expensive components which you don't require.
• Check all the components you plan to purchase are correct before you make payment.
• Stay at the shop and supervise them as they assemble your rig and make sure they return all spare chassis parts. You might want to take note that Tradepac cable management skills may not be up to your satisfactory level.

 

[nyquist88]

Are there any noticeable difference between i5-3450, 3470 and 3570?

 

[dinosau4]

yes. the price =x

In another note, the difference boils down to whether u are using CPU intensive programs. If you're only using photoshop occasionally, 3450 is more than capable to handle small-medium scale projects. In terms of gaming, the difference is vastly insignificant as mostly using GPU instead of CPU.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Hi,

I will be buying a rig for my brother. My ideal budget will be $1600 more or less.
Mainly for gaming, movie usage and occasionally photoshop.

No overclocking .Casing shall be nzxt phantom 410 case. I do not need any other peripherals. I just need the system with Windows 7 OS.

Please recommend me a system within my budget.

Thanks.

CPU+MB: Intel Core i5-3470 + ASRock B75M-DGS @ $302
RAM: ADATA Premier DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB @ $63*
GPU: PowerColor HD 7970 3GB @ $499*
SSD: Plextor M5S 256GB @ $232*
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 2TB @ $114*
ODD: Samsung 24X CD/DVD Writer [OEM] @ $21
PSU: FSP Raider 650W [80 Plus Bronze] @ $95
CASE: NZXT Phantom 410 @ $155
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit [OEM] @ $110

Total: $1591

Buy + Build at Best Buy Computers, #05-21.

*System bundle discounts

P.S: Next gen Intel Haswell featuring new CPU socket LGA1150 will be arriving in 2 months' time.

 

[jonnieboy]

CPU+MB: Intel Core i5-3470 + ASRock B75M-DGS @ $302
RAM: ADATA Premier DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB @ $63*
GPU: PowerColor HD 7970 3GB @ $499*
SSD: Plextor M5S 256GB @ $232*
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 2TB @ $114*
ODD: Samsung 24X CD/DVD Writer [OEM] @ $21
PSU: FSP Raider 650W [80 Plus Bronze] @ $95
CASE: NZXT Phantom 410 @ $155
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit [OEM] @ $110

Total: $1591

Buy + Build at Best Buy Computers, #05-21.

*System bundle discounts

P.S: Next gen Intel Haswell featuring new CPU socket LGA1150 will be arriving in 2 months' time.

hi bro. just curious why SSD is M5S instead of M5P? Gonna get a similar build soon.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

hi bro. just curious why SSD is M5S instead of M5P? Gonna get a similar build soon.

There's a price hike due to rising NAND price.

 

[nyquist88]

Thanks Bros for the recommendation.
This is my final specs. Is it good to go ?

CPU+MB: Intel Core i5-3470 + ASROCK B75 PRO3-M
RAM: Kingston 1600mhz value ram 8GB/ADATA Premier DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB
GPU: PowerColor HD 7970 3GB
SSD: Plextor M5P 128GB
HDD: W DIGITAL 1TB BLUE
ODD: Samsung 24X CD/DVD Writer [OEM]
PSU: FSP Platinm 550W
CASE: Fractal Define R4
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit [OEM]

 

[nippp0n]

Thanks Bros for the recommendation.
This is my final specs. Is it good to go ?

CPU+MB: Intel Core i5-3470 + ASROCK B75 PRO3-M
RAM: Kingston 1600mhz value ram 8GB/ADATA Premier DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB
GPU: PowerColor HD 7970 3GB
SSD: Plextor M5P 128GB
HDD: W DIGITAL 1TB BLUE
ODD: Samsung 24X CD/DVD Writer [OEM]
PSU: FSP Platinm 550W
CASE: Fractal Define R4
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit [OEM]

Looks great. I thought you want P410 for your case?