Need help in building a gaming rig

[n0thingw0w]

Hi,

I need help with building a DIY PC from scratch to play games such as Battlefield 4, Dota 2, CSGO hopefully on high settings with a budget of $1200 to $1500. Please state your preferred choice of monitor. Pardon me as I've little knowledge on computer parts. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.

 

[Jian19]

i5-4570 + Msi b85m g43 ~ $356
Kingston 8gb ddr3 value ram ~ $93
Wd blue 1tb ~ $80
Msi 280x + Superflower hx600 gold ~ $529 (mynextcom promo)
Cm n200 ~ $55
Samsung oem drive ~ $21
Win7 64 oem ~ $115
Dell 2340l ~ $209 (cee promo)

Total ~ $1458 buy and DIY @ tradepac

If u wan to squeeze a ssd in can consider

Plait gtx760 + Fsp raider 550w ~ $399
Plextor m5p 128gb ssd ~ $150

 

[royfrosty]

If you don't mind ivy bridge it is possible to squeeze in an ssd

Asrock b75m dgs + i5-3350p ~ $271
Kingston value ram 8gb 1600mhz ~ $93
WD blue 1tb ~ $78
Corsair force series LS 120gb ~ $141
MSI r9 280x 3gb twin frozr + superflower hx600 80+ gold PSU ~ $529 (Mynextcom deepavali promo)
Sharkoon ms140 ~ $52
Windows 7 home premium 64bit OEM ~ $115
Samsung odd ~ $21
Dell s2340l 23 inch IPS panel ~ $209 (cee promo)

Total $1509 buy at tradepac. Diy.

Please ask for cash discount to meet budget.

And yes this is the same performance as the haswell.

 

[n0thingw0w]

Any recommendations on a cpu cooler for the setup above? Also will it be better to get 2x 4gb ram or a single 8gb ram?

 

[royfrosty]

Any recommendations on a cpu cooler for the setup above? Also will it be better to get 2x 4gb ram or a single 8gb ram?

Dual in synthetic benchmark yes you can see the difference. But in your eyes no. You can see much.

CPU cooler is not needed if you ain't overclocking. If you want then just get a xigmatek Gaia ~ $40.