Recommendation on a new gaming rig

[5adisticD3vil]

My desktop died on me again, the second time it died just after a major IT show. really KNN

I might as well upgrade and do a new rig purely for gaming.
Have not build a new rig in like 4+ years, totally out of the scene riao
So need all your sexpert's help

Budget is like 1.5k +/- abit
need to include new OS as well, XP is as good as it last
-win7 pro 64bit oem
- cheapest HDD around for installing OS nia, gaming and other stuffs are stored in other HDD which i will install later
no need keyboard, mouse,dvd drive, monitor the sort, can re use present one

i'm browsing all the price list and info on new gaming rig now and i really appreciate all your help
gam xia, xie xie, thank you

 

[royfrosty]

Go for ssd. 1.5k

Msi b85 g43 gaming + i5-4570 ~ $384
Gskills ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit Red ~ $110
WD blue 1tb ~ $76
Plextor m5s 128gb ~ $128
Msi r9 280x 3gb twin frozr ~ $469
Seasonic g650 650w 80+ gold modular psu ~ $135
Sharkoon bd28 red ~ $77
Samsung ODD ~ $21
Windiws 7 home premium 64bit oem ~ $115

Total $1515. Buy at tradepac. Diy

 

[5adisticD3vil]

ssd for installing win7 OS only ???isn't it like overkill


this setup can support dual monitor setup?
planning to get a dual monitor at the end of the year
now a bit tight on budget

 

[royfrosty]

ssd for installing win7 OS only ???isn't it like overkill


this setup can support dual monitor setup?
planning to get a dual monitor at the end of the year
now a bit tight on budget

128gb is not just for OS. And trust me if you go 128gb you will want 240/256gb SSD.

Win7 is just 20gb around there.

The rest is all for your games and other applications.

And when i mean games not all games. Games that benefit from Loading Time is BF4, MMORPG that has map loadings, Diablo 3.

Games that does not benefit loading faster, Starcraft 2 and other strategy base games.

SSD also gives you a benefit on overall responsiveness of the OS itself.

Dual monitor gaming no.

 

[summersky1986]

Really sucky having to spilt the games in hdd and sdd.. if can afford just a bit more.. why don't hoot a ssd exclusive for games?

 

[5adisticD3vil]

argh.

i try not to mix OS, games and other stuffs together in one hdd
very unpleasant exp i got before, shiat happen and lost everything

which i why i originally separate OS+misc programmes into one hdd, games into a 1tb hdd and movies+ other suffs into another 1tb hdd
now i have my gaming hdd and movies+ other stuff hdd that i can install into new rig


thanks for the quick help

 

[5adisticD3vil]

Really sucky having to spilt the games in hdd and sdd.. if can afford just a bit more.. why don't hoot a ssd exclusive for games?

my old rig is 4+ year old, no ssd at dat time
now up lorry le, take it as time to upgrade a new rig so i can **** better games at higher spec

my existing games all in normal WD hdd now
swap all to ssd, think will need 2x256gig
maybe next IT show go wack bah... another 3 month more i think

 

[shadow84]

Whack frm amazon 500gb ssd lor.... but it would b good to put movies, etc into hdd and some games intossd. I only put steam n origin games in 240gb ssd nia, still gt 110gb space free.

 

[chaoswar]

128gb is not just for OS. And trust me if you go 128gb you will want 240/256gb SSD.

Win7 is just 20gb around there.

The rest is all for your games and other applications.

And when i mean games not all games. Games that benefit from Loading Time is BF4, MMORPG that has map loadings, Diablo 3.

Games that does not benefit loading faster, Starcraft 2 and other strategy base games.

SSD also gives you a benefit on overall responsiveness of the OS itself.

Dual monitor gaming no.

Trust roy, u never want to go for hdd if u start to use ssd.
If i now use a hdd, i feel y my rig is so slow

 

[5adisticD3vil]

lol thanks thanks u all, esp roy