Help needed for new gaming rig

[Daybreak]

Hi guys, I'm looking to buy a new rig over the weekend, and would like some advice from the experts here.

PC will be mostly to play games - mainly Guild Wars 2 / Dota 2 and single player FPSes e.g. Wolfenstein. I already have a Dell 27" monitor, so I'm hoping can play at medium/high settings at 2560 x 1440 for the next 3 years at least Also have Windows / KB / mouse already. Also don't intend to overclock and I need the non-K series Intel processors due to virtualization needs.

Budget is about $2 - 2.5K. I'm looking to get it assembled at a single place (PC Themes), and have shortlisted some components already, but need some advice on what PSU and casing is good as I'm totally lost in that area

- ASRock Z97 Extreme 4 + Intel Core i7 4790 $633
- G.SKILL PC 12800/1600 MHz DDR3 CL11 Value Ram 2x 8GB $200
- Samsung EVO 500 GB SSD $439
- Western Digital 3TB Black 64MB SATA 5 Yrs $240
- SAPPHIRE R9 290 Tri-X 4GB DDR5 $619

Would appreciate if you guys have any suggestions on the PSU and casing, or even better, any better suggestions on what to get instead, thanks!

 

[jerome1470]

Get the h97 mobo since you no need to OC.
Get CL9 RAM.
You could get cheaper hdd if you don't need the reliability since Seagate barracuda 2TB is quite reliable also but half the price and 3 year warranty.
GPU is solid.
Psu you could get superflower HX600W or Seasonic MII 620W bronze modular.

 

[shadow84]

For gpu, can try for msi 290 gaming at $529+ free gifts or adus 290 dcii at $519+ nothing...

For psu, if running single gpu, go for superflower hx600w.

For ssd, crucial mx100 512gb shld b cheaper at $399(?).

For case, can try fractal design arc midi r2 at $129.

 

[jerome1470]

For gpu, can try for msi 290 gaming at $529+ free gifts or adus 290 dcii at $519+ nothing...

For psu, if running single gpu, go for superflower hx600w.

For ssd, crucial mx100 512gb shld b cheaper at $399(?).

For case, can try fractal design arc midi r2 at $129.

Asus cooler not that good leh.

 

[nippp0n]

CPU & Mobo: i7-4770 & MSI H97 Gaming @ $554
Ram: Crucial 1600mhz value ram 2x8GB @ $192
ODD: Samsung DVD RW @ $21
HDD: WD Red 2TB @ $125
SSD: Crucial MX100 512GB @ $327
GPU: MSI R9 290 @ $529
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi @ $129
PSU: Superflower HX 600W @ $108

Total: $1985
Buy from Tradepac.

 

[Yureak]

Asus cooler not that good leh.

Asus DC2 easily as good as TF

 

[jerome1470]

Asus DC2 easily as good as TF

But the DCII wasn't made for AMD chips specifically.