New gaming PC build help.

mr-reiper

1. What is your budget? ~€900.

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming - latest releases primarily.

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? No.

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No.

5. Do you need a monitor? Yes (but can be taken care of at a later date)

5a. If yes, what size do you need. 22'.

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? N/A

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No.

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Yes

8. How can you pay? Any.

9. When are you purchasing? Before October preferably.

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? I won't need help.



Building a PC is new to me, and while I have a rough idea of what I want, I'm having trouble choosing a graphics card, power supply and fan. Right now, I'm looking at:

BitFenix Shinobi
Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Motherboard
Intel Core i7-2700K, LGA 1155
Seagate Barracuda 7200 2TB, SATA 6Gb/s (Alternatively here, I could go for an external and a smaller internal.)
Corsair Vengeance memory - 8 GB - DIMM 240-pin - DDR3 (two of these)


This totals €709.15. I don't need a disk drive, as a friend has an array of them. I'm willing to change anything there if you think it can be improved performance/cost wise. Ideally, this PC will last me a while, and I can upgrade bits of it occasionally to keep it up to date. Any help would be really appreciated.

Eboggles

I'm on my phone so can't do much, but here goes:

Don't get an i7, get an i5 2500k instead.
Get an AsRock Z77 Pro3 Motherboard instead.
Don't get that RAM, get cheap G.Skill stuff.

Also: try and fit in an SSD. Look at the Crucial M4 line, or even better, look at the Samsung 830s.

mr-reiper

Eboggles wrote: »

I'm on my phone so can't do much, but here goes:

Don't get an i7, get an i5 2500k instead.
Get an AsRock Z77 Pro3 Motherboard instead.
Don't get that RAM, get cheap G.Skill stuff.

Also: try and fit in an SSD. Look at the Crucial M4 line, or even better, look at the Samsung 830s.

Thanks for the reply! Faster than I expected.

I completely forgot to mention the SSD. My bad. That brings me to about 590. What makes the i7 to i5 change good, besides price? Not a huge performance difference?

Eboggles

mr-reiper wrote: »

Thanks for the reply! Faster than I expected.

I completely forgot to mention the SSD. My bad. That brings me to about 590. What makes the i7 to i5 change good, besides price? Not a huge performance difference?

No performance difference .

mr-reiper

Eboggles wrote: »

No performance difference .

Wonderful! I still need a graphics card and power source. I really don't know where to start with the graphics card.

Eboggles

mr-reiper wrote: »

Wonderful! I still need a graphics card and power source. I really don't know where to start with the graphics card.

I'd change the motherboard, too. I'd get an AsRock Z77 Pro3 or Z68 pro3 Gen3.

For the graphics card, I'd get a 7850/7870/GTX 670, depending on budget.

mr-reiper

Eboggles wrote: »

I'd change the motherboard, too. I'd get an AsRock Z77 Pro3 or Z68 pro3 Gen3.

For the graphics card, I'd get a 7850/7870/GTX 670, depending on budget.

Yeah you mentioned the motherboard. I've already changed for your one. I think I have everything I need now. Thanks a lot, you really helped me out here.

Eboggles

mr-reiper wrote: »

Yeah you mentioned the motherboard. I've already changed for your one. I think I have everything I need now. Thanks a lot, you really helped me out here.

Forgot that I had mentioned the motherboard .

mr-reiper

Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W

How does this look? I'm not entirely sure, but the EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW is saying that I need "Two available 6-pin PCI-E power dongles". I'm not sure if this has that.

Eboggles

mr-reiper wrote: »

Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W

How does this look? I'm not entirely sure, but the EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW is saying that I need "Two available 6-pin PCI-E power dongles". I'm not sure if this has that.

Yeah, it has one 6 pin and one 6+2 pin. You'll be fine.

daz801

Item|Price
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€215.07
Samsung SSD 830 128GB SATA 6GB's Paper Box|€100.79
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€36.71
BitFenix Shinobi Midi-Tower USB 3.0 black, ohne Netzteil|€55.82
Thermalright HR-02 Macho|€34.72
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€90.77
XFX RADEON HD 6950 830M 2GB DDR5 DUAL DP HDMI DUAL DVI|€188.59
SEAGATE Barracuda Green 1TB 5900.3 SATA II|€75.18
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W|€56.11
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€872.75

mr-reiper

Thanks lads, I think I have all I need now. Going to go ahead and get a few pieces of it now. Thanks for the help!