Need advice to build pc

[fortyseven]

Hi all

Planning to build a new pc with a budget of $1.5k. Planning to get within this week. Hopefully will be cheaper as there is comex show.

Do not need speakers, monitor, OS, keyboard and mouse, storage hdd.

Need to play dota, starcraft and diablo at max setting and hopefully able to do so too for upcoming dragon age game.

Need to play bluray as well.

Cooling and silent system is preferred.

Thanks guys!

 

[fortyseven]

Will be using photoshop with set up too.

 

[Alternative X]

CPU+ Mobo: MSI B85-G41 PC MATE+ i7 4790 (514)
RAM: 2X CRUCIAL PC 12800/1600MHZ DDR3 VALUE RAM (8GB) (202)
GPU: POWER COLOR R9 280 3GB TURBODUO (339)
SSD: SAMSUNG EVO 250GB SSD (189)
Blu-Ray: LITEON BLU-RAY INTERNAL OEM (89)
PSU: SUPERFLOWER HX 600M GOLD MODULAR (109)
Case: DEEP COOL TESSERACT (65)

Total cost: $1507

Buy at PC Themes, #04-15, and ask for discounts. DIY yourself. If you can't into DIY, go to PC Care & Solution at #02-32 and ask Nigel to help you assemble for a fee.

Notes:

1) Noise is subjective among different people and completely silent operation is not guaranted with this build.

2)As Dragon Age: Inquisition is not out yet, system requirements for this game are not out. Hence, this build may be unable to play this game smoothly at max settings.

3) The latest version of Photoshop supports OpenCL and OpenGL acceleration. Get the latest version of photoshop so that you can make use of the GPU to help boost your rendering speed.

 

[fortyseven]

thank you so much.

 

[Felfirez]

Hmm. Why go for i7? Photoshop difference in it is neglectable either. i5 is more cost saving and upgrade the GPU to 280x.

 

[fortyseven]

Hi felfirez do you have any recommendation then? Would like to hear from you if the i7 is not required. Thanks

 

[Alternative X]

Hmm. Why go for i7? Photoshop difference in it is neglectable either. i5 is more cost saving and upgrade the GPU to 280x.

Isn't Photoshop a multithreaded application? If it is, the hyperthreading function on Intel's i7 will help improve performance.

 

[Felfirez]

Isn't Photoshop a multithreaded application? If it is, the hyperthreading function on Intel's i7 will help improve performance.

Yes it does but the improvements are negligible, and not worth the upgrade.

Intel Core i7 4770K / Core i5 4670K / Core i5 4430 review: Haswell test - Benchmarks (iGPU): Adobe Photoshop CS6 | Hardware.Info United States

 

[Alternative X]

Yes it does but the improvements are negligible, and not worth the upgrade.

Intel Core i7 4770K / Core i5 4670K / Core i5 4430 review: Haswell test - Benchmarks (iGPU): Adobe Photoshop CS6 | Hardware.Info United States

OK, readjusted rig:

CPU+ Mobo: MSI B85-G41 PC MATE+ i5 4690 (397)
RAM: 2X CRUCIAL PC 12800/1600MHZ DDR3 VALUE RAM (8GB) (202)
GPU: POWER COLOR R9 280X 3GB TURBODUO (418)
SSD: SAMSUNG EVO 250GB SSD (189)
Blu-Ray: LITEON BLU-RAY INTERNAL OEM (89)
PSU: SUPERFLOWER HX 600M GOLD MODULAR (109)
Case:CORSAIR 200R WINDOW EDITION (85)

Total cost: $1489

Buy at PC Themes, #04-15, and ask for discounts. DIY yourself. If you can't into DIY, go to PC Care & Solution at #02-32 and ask Nigel to help you assemble for a fee.

 

[fortyseven]

Thanks both good nite

 

[fortyseven]

one more qn, is haswell e coming soon? will the price drop further for my mobo and cpu? haha more than one question

 

[Alternative X]

one more qn, is haswell e coming soon? will the price drop further for my mobo and cpu? haha more than one question

It's already here but please don't buy it as currently the CPU+ mobo combo costs $1079-$1933 depending on processor. To make things worse, DDR4 RAM is still not avaliable in Singapore and is ungodly expensive at something like USD 202.99 for 16GB.

Check em out.

Newegg.com - Computer Hardware, Memory, Desktop Memory, 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM

 

[fortyseven]

what i mean is haswell cpu price drop

 

[Felfirez]

what i mean is haswell cpu price drop

Nope. Won't affect the pricing for normal i-core series.

 

[fortyseven]

Noted, thanks. Hope nigel will be in shop today