New Rig - Configuration need advise

[khorlin]

Sifu,

Will need your help to advise if this Rig is OK?
Overclock OK?
Power consumption is ok?
Am i missing anything?
PC shop is ok to give altenative as well... i will be buying this week.

Building for wife.

New Desktop -

i) Coolmaster Elite 241 Minitower / Antec One USB 3.0 Gaming Casing
ia) FSP Hexa Series HE 500w

ii) Gigabytes Z77M-D3H + 3570(i5)

iii) Samsung DVDRW 24X

iv) SSD Kingston V300 120GB

v) 4TB HDD Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM

vi) Leadtek GTX650 boost DDR5 2GB

vii) Creative Audigy FX5.1 PCI-e SB1570

viii)G-Skill RipJaw X1600 CL9

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Sifu,

Will need your help to advise if this Rig is OK?
Overclock OK?
Power consumption is ok?
Am i missing anything?
PC shop is ok to give altenative as well... i will be buying this week.

Building for wife.

New Desktop -

i) Coolmaster Elite 241 Minitower / Antec One USB 3.0 Gaming Casing
ia) FSP Hexa Series HE 500w

ii) Gigabytes Z77M-D3H + 3570(i5)

iii) Samsung DVDRW 24X

iv) SSD Kingston V300 120GB

v) 4TB HDD Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM

vi) Leadtek GTX650 boost DDR5 2GB

vii) Creative Audigy FX5.1 PCI-e SB1570

viii)G-Skill RipJaw X1600 CL9

Non-K CPU not OK

HDD only 2 years warranty not OK either

GTX 650 Ti Boost price not competitive not OK

Sound card only necessary when used in conjunction with great speakers

G.Skill RipJaws-X overkill not OK


Any budget?

No need Windows?

 

[Entry Level PC]

Sifu,

Will need your help to advise if this Rig is OK?
Overclock OK?
Power consumption is ok?
Am i missing anything?
PC shop is ok to give altenative as well... i will be buying this week.

Building for wife.

New Desktop -

i) Coolmaster Elite 241 Minitower / Antec One USB 3.0 Gaming Casing
ia) FSP Hexa Series HE 500w

ii) Gigabytes Z77M-D3H + 3570(i5)

iii) Samsung DVDRW 24X

iv) SSD Kingston V300 120GB

v) 4TB HDD Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM

vi) Leadtek GTX650 boost DDR5 2GB

vii) Creative Audigy FX5.1 PCI-e SB1570

viii)G-Skill RipJaw X1600 CL9

Non K CPU can barely OC.
And want to OC should get a better CPU Heatsink.
GTX650 not enough juice for gaming.
Creative Audigy FX5.1 PCI-e SB1570 <---u using 5.1 Speakers boh?
G-Skill RipJaw X1600 CL9 <---Normal Value RAM good enough already.

Your wife using it for simi usage?

 

[khorlin]

All Sifu,

Thank you for your comment. Really appreciate.

My budget is 1.2K ~

Yes i have a 5.1 speaker from Alter Lansing. so i need that sound card.

 

[Jian19]

For wife no need OC...

 

[khorlin]

Jian19,

Err.. If possible can as i want to play games on this... eg., Diablo 3, Need for Speed etc.

Entry Level PC,

No need Windows will used the old Win 7.

MoneyFace,
Any recommendation based on 1.2K ~?. I love your name...haha

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Jian19,

Err.. If possible can as i want to play games on this... eg., Diablo 3, Need for Speed etc.

Entry Level PC,

No need Windows will used the old Win 7.

MoneyFace,
Any recommendation based on 1.2K ~?. I love your name...haha

To wife, with love.

CPU+MB: Intel Core i5-3350P + ASRock P75 Pro3 @ $289
RAM: ADATA Premier DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB @ $85
GPU: Powercolor R9-270 2GB @ $245
SC: ASUS Xonar DGX [5.1] @ $75 (PC Themes)
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB @ $115
HDD: Western Digital Green 4TB @ $218
ODD: Samsung 24X CD/DVD Writer [OEM] @ $21
PSU: FSP Aurum S 500W [80 Plus Gold] @ $85
CASE: NZXT H230 [White] @ $89
White elegance....

Total: $1222

Buy others and Build from Tradepac, #05-18.

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[N3wXTyp3]

TS... can you tell what...

What does your wife commonly use for....

Specs is 1 thing... the other is ....

 

[Jian19]

Jian19,

Err.. If possible can as i want to play games on this... eg., Diablo 3, Need for Speed etc.

Entry Level PC,

No need Windows will used the old Win 7.

MoneyFace,
Any recommendation based on 1.2K ~?. I love your name...haha

Play game u need a good gpu

A overclock CPU does not help much in gaming

 

[royfrosty]

What i scared ar, your wife accidentally go and set oc in bios by accident or in utilites then lagi more problem. Haha.

Okok jokes aside.

What i really think is that can go for small setup with a red color cute chassis. She should be in love with the color red.

MSI B85m G43 + i5-4430 ~ $331
Crucial 8gb 1600mhz ~ $89
WD Green 2tb ~ $106 (all your Movie needs 2tb is more than enough)
Plextor m5s 128gb ~ $128
Powercolor r9 270 2gb ~ $245
Jonsbo U3R Red ~ $129
FSP Hexa 500w 80+ ~ $58
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX ~ $59 (sg.creative.com)

I recommend Audigy FX is because of the software suites

Sound Blaster Audigy Fx Control Panel
Creative ALchemy
Creative Software AutoUpdate
Creative Host Open AL / EAX5.0 HD
Creative Diagnostics

Giving you more control of both your gaming needs and also movie sound setup. Worth every penny paid for this card.

Total ~ $1145. Buy at tradepac. DIY

 

[khorlin]

Moneyface,

What is the nearest processor that can Overclock please together with matching Motherboard.

 

[royfrosty]

Moneyface,

What is the nearest processor that can Overclock please together with matching Motherboard.

If you really wanna just overclock then

MSI Z87 G41 PC MATE + i5-4670k ~ $415.

It is quite redundant to OC. And is almost pointless to do so. And furthermore you will need to buy a cooler to tame the heat which will cost you even more.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Moneyface,

What is the nearest processor that can Overclock please together with matching Motherboard.

No point... Cost of doing so (~$200+) easily outweigh the meagre benefit it brings. Intel CPUs are very fast these days...