Need help with building cpu

[firstTIMER]

Hi everyone. I need some help from you guys.

I'm building a rig for the game Final Fantasy 14 and I'm very confused with what is good. And I went to SLS to do some research.

This is what I get so far. So please enlighten me on which rig is better.

Project D Computer Workshop Pte Ltd
Intel Core i5-3570 Lga1155, 22nm, 64bit GPU
3.80ghz, 6mb, 4 Core, 4 Thread, 5GT/s 64bit
Intel B75M-HD3, 20GB/s USB3, DDR3, SATA3
UD3, XHD, XFIRE, MSATA, Energy Saving
Nvidia GTX660Ti 3072mb/oc, DDR5, 192 bit,
Core Memory 1111-6008mhz, HDMI 1080P,
DVD Multi-Ram Re-writer, 1TB Sata 3.0, 64mb,
HDD, 4.00gb DDR 3 Pc3 1666mhz Memory Ram
Dolby Digital Creative Audio Sound Chipset
Fibre Optic Gigabit Network Controller
STRIKE X ARMY + 600w True Power Unit
Aero-Cool 2000rpm Cooling Fan

$1251.12

P.S: The sales guy told me that everything is from GigaByte

Sorry I literary copied everything written on the window.

Next will be
PCTheme
Intel i5 4430
MSI B85 G43
Kingston 8GB Ram
WD 1TB Blue HDD
Win 7 Home Prem 64bit
LG DvD Rewriter SATA
GTX 660 2GB VGA Card
Seasonic S12ii 520w PSU
Cooler Master 311 ATX Casing

$1175

Please help me as I got no clue about CPU stuffs.

And the Project D's sales guy told me that PCT's graphic card got no 'Ti'. So I checked the pricelist from PCT, If i add the Ti to my GTX 660, it will be $80 more and it will be $1255

Which one is better and the price is right? Please assist.

 

[wiwi]

bundle from project D is sooo last season.

 

[twasken]

I'm assuming your budget is about 1.2k with OS and without peripherals like monitor, mouse, keyboard from the quotes you got. Noticed one of your quotes don't include OS.

I'd recommend you to go for GTX760 since it's a generation ahead of the 600 series and will perform well for FFXIV in full HD.

CPU + Mobo: Intel Core i5 4570 + Asrock B85M Pro 4 @ $355
GPU + PSU: MSI GTX760 Twin Frozr 2GB + Seasonic M12II 620W @ $499*
HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB @ $81
ODD: Samsung DVD-RW @ ~$22
RAM: G.Skill 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz @ ~$82
Casing: Sharkoon T28 @ $86
OS: Windows 8 @ ~ $118
* denotes bundle pricing
Total: $1243. Prices from Tradepac. You can definitely bargain to hit your budget at 1.2k.

If you do prefer PCThemes, you can still go back to them and look for Yilong to bargain/price match Tradepac (if you do well enough, they can better the prices at TP )

Most of us here love SSDs, so if you're willing to increase your budget a little, you can get a Plextor M5S 128GB, ~ $139 to install your OS on and most used apps. You'll see boot up to Windows in like 15 seconds

 

[wuweiz]

What's your budget? And I guess you not over-clocking..

Prefer the parts u listed from PC themes though I will go with GTX 760, Seasonic M12II-620W and a Plextor M5P 128GB or Plextor M5S 128GB SSD..

But it all depends on your budget..

 

[ArcticCheetah]

64bit GPU

I stopped reading after this...
You mean what the GPU can only perform 64bit computations?

 

[royfrosty]

Project D is almost obsolete in everything.

Come for 1.2k or less and to play FF14.

Asrock B75m dgs + i5-3470 ~ $292
Kingston Value Ram 8gb ~ $81
WD Blue 1tb ~ $81
Plextor m5s 128gb ~ $139
Palit GTX760 Jetstream 2gb + FSP Aurum 550W Platinum ~ $399 (nice deal)
Sharkoon T5 ~ $68
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM ~ $115
Samsung ODD ~ $22

Total ~ $1190

This will be the best deal range already. Inclusive of a SSD for good responsive OS and a GTX 760

If you think you want the latest Haswell Processor it will be pair up of:

MSI B85m-g43 + i5-4430 ~ $335

That will bring up to $1233.

Bundle for the Palit gtx760 + FSP Aurum PSU imo is the best deal out there. Although take note that the gpu is only 2 years instead of 3years. But like ive mentioned it is bang for bucks already. Cause the gtx 760 rrp is at $369 + FSP aurum 550W is at $125 = $494 But you pay only $399 lol. Almost $100 discount.

All prices are from Tradepac. You can still ask for further discount to save you more money.

 

[twasken]

@royfrosty I was seriously thinking if the Palit 760 + FSP Platinum was too hard to believe :O

 

[royfrosty]

@royfrosty I was seriously thinking if the Palit 760 + FSP Platinum was too hard to believe :O

Yeap too hard to believe right? But guess what. When i went there and ask about that bundle. They say ok can get. That was last week lah. Who knows they can peng wei~ flip prata say no more promo.

Like the other time got one guy at the shop make so much noise that they dont want to give him the Palit gtx760 with the m12ii 620w bundle deal. He make so much noise till the sales person just shake head and say ok.