Need opinions on new system.

[Hitman_ICE]

Hi guys , will be building a new system for gaming but with a budget of $1.2k

Currently this is my planned build.

Gigabyte H87-D3H , Intel i5-4440 3.1ghz
G.Skill RipJawX 1600Mhz 2x 4gb
Sapphire HD7870 XT 2GB with Boost DDR5
WD Caviar Blue 1TB Hdd
Asus / LG 24X DvD-Writer
Thermaltake Versa G2 Case
Corsair VS550W 80+
Win 7 HomePrem

//Additional DualBand Wireless.

Hope you guys can provide any opinions or feedback !

 

[Jian19]

1.2k ~

i5-4440 + Asrock h81m dgs ~ $298
Crucial 8gb ddr3 ~ $90
Kingston v300 120gb ssd ~ $115
Wd blue 1tb ~ $76
Msi 270x gaming ~ $310
Seasonic s12g 550w ~ $99
Samsung oem drive ~ $21
Sharkoon bd28 ~ $77
Win7 64 oem ~ $115

$1201 buy and DIY @ tradepac ask for discount, if not sure how to DIY can bring to gs shop ask him help u assemble @ a fee

 

[Hitman_ICE]

1.2k ~

i5-4440 + Asrock h81m dgs ~ $298
Crucial 8gb ddr3 ~ $90
Kingston v300 120gb ssd ~ $115
Wd blue 1tb ~ $76
Msi 270x gaming ~ $310
Seasonic s12g 550w ~ $99
Samsung oem drive ~ $21
Sharkoon bd28 ~ $77
Win7 64 oem ~ $115

$1201 buy and DIY @ tradepac ask for discount, if not sure how to DIY can bring to gs shop ask him help u assemble @ a fee

Thanks but based on my current planned build , any opinions ?

 

[Jian19]

Do u need the features of the mobo ?

Ram get normal value ram can le

7870 xt think no more, now is 270x

Case up to u

Psu not very good

 

[Hitman_ICE]

Ok thanks, might consider using ur build with a little minor changes here and there.

But about the asrock mobo , kinda low price uh ?

 

[Jian19]

It's a entry board with 4 Sata ports only

If ur budget allows or if u need more Sata ports can consider Msi b85m g43 , around $40 more

 

[dolphinv]

Bought with my friend from tradepac last sat:
I5 4570+ asrock h87 performance
Palit gtx 760jetstream
Seasonic m12 620w
Wd black 1tb
Sharktoon t28
Kingston hyperx low profile
Lg OEM DVD drive
(Without os, cough cough go google. And 20dollar assembly) total 1175.
At the moment your build with the case, PSU and windows seems unnecessary for performance

 

[Hitman_ICE]

Noted on all opinions.

@dolphinv

Don't get you on your last statement. Am i right to say i can save much more for better performance ?

Currently my build cost $1.1k

 

[Hailgod]

Bought with my friend from tradepac last sat:
I5 4570+ asrock h87 performance
Palit gtx 760jetstream
Seasonic m12 620w
Wd black 1tb
Sharktoon t28
Kingston hyperx low profile
Lg OEM DVD drive
(Without os, cough cough go google. And 20dollar assembly) total 1175.
At the moment your build with the case, PSU and windows seems unnecessary for performance

1.2k build without ssd?

 

[dolphinv]

Noted on all opinions.

@dolphinv

Don't get you on your last statement. Am i right to say i can save much more for better performance ?

Currently my build cost $1.1k

Sorry I meant that those items don't affect performance. But noting that your initial specs items are lower than what my friend bought should be okay. Just that modular will have better cable management. I think 760oc is also better than 7870xt or 270x also ram you could go for Kingston value ram but the HDD WD black is faster. As for mobo asrock h87 is probably cheaper and provide around the same features as the gigabyte

 

[dolphinv]

1.2k build without ssd?

WD black is very fast already. I personally prefer it compared to using the Seagate barracuda as 1)warrenty and secondly performance wise a bitter.. But to save cost one could choose a ssd with barracuda option. ATM for cost to performance ratio wise, I don't see the need for ssd just to improve boot up time by maybe 15 -30 seconds? Assuming a 120gb ssd used mainly for windows and not much of the games are going to be stored on ssd.

 

[Hitman_ICE]

I plan to change some parts here and there. My frend told me 7870xt not too bad too. Price around $200-$250/-

I might consider changing my gpu to 270x or gtx760 . Depending on budget limitations.

Have to take into considerations that i have to buy a dualband wireless card too.

 

[killerslayer92]

Sorry I meant that those items don't affect performance. But noting that your initial specs items are lower than what my friend bought should be okay. Just that modular will have better cable management. I think 760oc is also better than 7870xt or 270x also ram you could go for Kingston value ram but the HDD WD black is faster. As for mobo asrock h87 is probably cheaper and provide around the same features as the gigabyte

7870xt aka tahiti LE is a weaker 7950 which is more powerful than a 7870 which equals 270x

not sure where u manage to find one tho...

if ur basing ur build on the price list they're either all sold out or they are not gonna sell u at the price they sold out at which was ard $300

now 760 is more economical, $$ to performance

I plan to change some parts here and there. My frend told me 7870xt not too bad too. Price around $200-$250/-

I might consider changing my gpu to 270x or gtx760 . Depending on budget limitations.

Have to take into considerations that i have to buy a dualband wireless card too.

where ur friend find this lobang?

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Hi guys , will be building a new system for gaming but with a budget of $1.2k

Currently this is my planned build.

Gigabyte H87-D3H , Intel i5-4440 3.1ghz
G.Skill RipJawX 1600Mhz 2x 4gb
Sapphire HD7870 XT 2GB with Boost DDR5
WD Caviar Blue 1TB Hdd
Asus / LG 24X DvD-Writer
Thermaltake Versa G2 Case
Corsair VS550W 80+
Win 7 HomePrem

//Additional DualBand Wireless.

Hope you guys can provide any opinions or feedback !

Under $1200, with everything, and additional things, and boost in performance.

CPU+MB: Intel Core i5-3350P + ASRock B75M-DGS @ $271
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB @ $92
GPU: Zotac GTX 760 2GB @ $320 (mynextcom)
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB @ $110 (PC Themes)
HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB @ $75
ODD: Samsung 24X CD/DVD Writer [OEM] @ $21
PSU: FSP Aurum S 500W [80 Plus Gold] @ $89 (mynextcom)
CASE: Deepcool Tesseract @ $59
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit [OEM] @ $115
WIFI: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 Plus Bluetooth @ $35 (eBay)
ETC: Mini PCI-E to PCI-E Wireless Card w/ 3 Antennas @ $12 (Amazon)

Total: $1199

Buy all others from Tradepac, #05-18.

 

[Hitman_ICE]

@killerslayer92 , No idea but I am quite sure my friend got kangtao ! haha since he is the one who intro me on 7870xt

@moneyface , Will take into considerations on your build too. Just wondering why most of you guys gave opinions to use asrock mobo.

 

[hengheng220]

@killerslayer92 , No idea but I am quite sure my friend got kangtao ! haha since he is the one who intro me on 7870xt

@moneyface , Will take into considerations on your build too. Just wondering why most of you guys gave opinions to use asrock mobo.

Asrock is cheap and the build is as solid asrock

 

[Hitman_ICE]

Already decided on which parts im going to get. Thanks all for the input.

One last thing is this.
Might be doing slight oc.
Is there a need to get a aftermarket cooler ?

If so , which ones would be preferred ? < $80/-

 

[shadow84]

U cant do OC with that cpu n mobo... Need get z77 and k series cpu, which costs more.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Already decided on which parts im going to get. Thanks all for the input.

One last thing is this.
Might be doing slight oc.
Is there a need to get a aftermarket cooler ?

If so , which ones would be preferred ? < $80/-

No longer can you OC on any motherboards, only Z series chipset motherboards allows so.

No point either, the extra money you gonna dump to make it possible will far outweigh the benefit you get from OCing...

No more cheap performance boost...

 

[Hitman_ICE]

Even so , is there a need to get quieter cpu coolers ? Intel stock are noisy at full load right ?