New Rig for Heavy Gaming

[Meteor84]

Hi guys, planning to retire my 4 year old rig for a brand new one. I will not be OC-ing and gonna use it for heavy gaming with latest graphic intensive fps games like BF4 and upcoming COD series. Budget of 2k. I did some research and came up with this incomplete list. I do not need monitor, keyboard or mouse. Feel free to comment thanks!

CPU & MOBO: MSI B85-G43 Gaming + Intel Core i5 4570 ~ $417
RAM: G.Skill DDR3-1600MHz 8GB (2X4GB) ~ $98
GPU: Gigabyte R9 290 3x Windforce~ $619
HDD: Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256GB ~ $299
PSU: Superflower HX 600M ~ $125
CASE: Fractal Design Arc MIDI R2 Case ~ $139

** Price taken from PC Themes

 

[jiaweiii]

Mobo msi b85 g43 gaming
Case corsair air 540
Cpu if not oc i5 4570 will be enough

 

[souler87]

$2K with no monitor actually can get 290/x alr.

Casing If got ample space for it can consider corsair air 540.

 

[royfrosty]

2k can do more

Msi b85m g43 + i5 - 4570 ~ $ 347
Gskills ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $ 110
Wd blue 1tb ~ $ 77
Crucial m500 240gb ~ $ 235 or amazon $180sgd convert.
Gigabyte r9 290 3x windforce edition ~ $ 619
Superflower hx600 600w 80 + gold efficiency ~ $ 109
Fractal design arc midi ~ $ 129
Samsung ODD ~ $21


Total ~ $1646 buy at tradepac. Diy.

Can even top up for a r9 290x. Lol

 

[Meteor84]

thanks bros for your fast replies. after reading up further and taking your comments, i modified my setup (read my first post) i been researching on benchmarks.. 290 and 290x like not much difference.. hard to justify the additional $300. feel free to correct me if i am wrong. i will be getting this setup on monday. open to more suggestions oh.. and corsair air 540 is too damn big

 

[Meteor84]

2k can do more

Msi b85m g43 + i5 - 4570 ~ $ 347
Gskills ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $ 110
Wd blue 1tb ~ $ 77
Crucial m500 240gb ~ $ 235 or amazon $180sgd convert.
Gigabyte r9 290 3x windforce edition ~ $ 619
Superflower hx600 600w 80 + gold efficiency ~ $ 109
Fractal design arc midi ~ $ 129
Samsung ODD ~ $21


Total ~ $1646 buy at tradepac. Diy.

Can even top up for a r9 290x. Lol

hi bro, may i know what is this samsung ODD?

 

[catzilla123]

Thks for sharing. Looking for info too

 

[xRenol]

hi bro, may i know what is this samsung ODD?

Samsung 24X DVDRW SATA.

 

[twasken]

hi bro, may i know what is this samsung ODD?

ODD = Optical Disc Drive.