Help: Power source for Gaming Desktop

[sunburn0000]

Hi guys, I'm thinking of going to SLS and have a shop build a new gaming desktop for me. Budget est 2000.

I live in my garndma's place and the house is old, and I think the power may be weak.. Anyone knows how I can check if the power is suitable for my new build?

I picked one from the stickies which I intend to build.
Intel Core i7 3770K & ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 ~ $820
or AMD Phenom II X6 1100T & ASUS Crosshair V Formula ~ $603
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3-1600MHz 8GB (2X4GB) ~ $136
PowerColor HD 7970 ~ $545 or Palit GTX 670 ~ $529
Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB or OCZ Vector 256GB
HDD 2TB for Storage ~ $128
HP dvd1270i SATA 24X DVD Rewriter ~ $37
FSP Aurum AU-600W ~ $135
Cooler Master CM690 ~ $129
Total ~ $2XXX

Any comments also on this build? I want to play Simcity, Diablo 3, SC 2 and LoL

 

[nippp0n]

Hi guys, I'm thinking of going to SLS and have a shop build a new gaming desktop for me. Budget est 2000.

I live in my garndma's place and the house is old, and I think the power may be weak.. Anyone knows how I can check if the power is suitable for my new build?

I picked one from the stickies which I intend to build.
Intel Core i7 3770K & ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 ~ $820
or AMD Phenom II X6 1100T & ASUS Crosshair V Formula ~ $603
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3-1600MHz 8GB (2X4GB) ~ $136
PowerColor HD 7970 ~ $545 or Palit GTX 670 ~ $529
Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB or OCZ Vector 256GB
HDD 2TB for Storage ~ $128
HP dvd1270i SATA 24X DVD Rewriter ~ $37
FSP Aurum AU-600W ~ $135
Cooler Master CM690 ~ $129
Total ~ $2XXX

Any comments also on this build? I want to play Simcity, Diablo 3, SC 2 and LoL

You don't need such a powerful rig to play your games.

CPU & Mobo: i5-3470 & Asrock B75 Pro 3M @ $334
For gaming, there is no significant difference between i5 and i7. If you do not intend to overclock, go for non K cpu and B75/H77 motherboard.
Ram: Kingstong 1600mhz value ram 8GB @ ~$70
ODD: HP DVD RW @ $25
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 2TB @ ~$116
SSD: Plextor M5P 256GB @ $265
Performance marvell-SSD with decent read/write speed and comes with 5 years warranty.
GPU: Powercolor 7970 3GB @ $496
For your games, 7850 should be enable you to play at max settings. However, since your intention is to have a gaming desktop, I think you might want to try out other graphic demanding games with your new rig, so I recommend you to go for 7970. IIRC, Powercolor 7970 comes with 2 free games voucher, Crysis 3 and Bioshock Infinite.
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 @ $154
PSU: FSP Platinum 550W @ $125
OS: Windows 7 Home 64 bit OEM @ $110

Total: $1695
Buy and build at Tradepac.

Always be more alert and detailed when you are dealing with them. Be there to see them assemble your rig and stay firm with your rig components. Do not be swayed to pay more and upgrade to something which you don't really require unless the items u want are OOS.

 

[c1steady]

what is the difference between B75 nad H75 ?

 

[tigerwoods]

Tradepac cable management is bad, PC Themes is good based on my exp.