Building a gaming PC.

Seraphz

Hello! New poster on these forums so I'll try to do this right. As title says I'm buying parts for a gaming PC for my wife and she will build it herself.
Starting off with some info:

1. What is your budget? [600-650 tops euro]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Gaming (mostly MMO's like WoW)]

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? [No]

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? [1920x1080 and don't plan for an upgrade]

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? [Wireless Card]

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? [No]

8. How can you pay? [Credit Card]

9. When are you purchasing? [In 5-10 days]

Here are the parts she put together. Feel free to change/suggest something else as we aren't sure if the parts are good quality or conflicting with each other:

Item|Price
Cooler Master Silencio RC-450-KKN1 Midi-Tower - black, ohne Netzteil|€51.94
AMD FX-8150 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+|€168.91
ASRock 970 Pro3, AM3+, ATX|€64.04
WD Caviar Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€68.10
LG GH24NS bare schwarz|€19.12
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W|€54.98
8GB-Kit Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 CL9|€32.33
D-Link Wireless N 150 PCI Desktop Adapter|€23.09
SAPPHIRE HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI / DVI-I / DUAL MINI DP OC VERSION (Lite Retail)|€122.72
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€624.22

Thanks for reading!

MRTULES

From my limited knowledge I'll say this, for a similar price this case gets recommended a lot but that's not saying there is anything wrong with the one you have selected, I just dont know anything about it.
Next I'll say that the 7770 could/should be bumped up to a 7850. One like this is only + €35 which represents good value to performance I think.
These are more things I think others may point out/sugest.
Lastly I am wondering about your choice of AMD instead of intel. You obviusly know more than I do so is the 8 cores a big benifit to you? Are you going to overclock? I am thinking of compared to i3 3220 or even i5 3450 with h77 mobo which would be close in price to what you selected.
Just interested in your and others opinions.

Seraphz

Thanks for reply.
The tower is her preference so I'm leaving this as it is unless there are major issues with Silencio 450.
7850 was the other option as I've read good reviews about this card. I don't think I know more than you about Pc stuff and overclocking but AMD was picked simply because of the price and previous experience with AMD as I have it on my Pc.
Some others opinions and suggestions would be appreciated too.
Thanks!

Seraphz

Bumping this as I need a bit of help to pick the right components for this build. Should I go with it or change some of the parts and I'd like to know if the parts aren't conflicitng with eachother etc. Thanks!

Oh the graphics card we are considering is Radeon 7850 http://lb.hardwareversand.de/1024+MB/59766/Club+3D+Radeon+HD+7850+royalQueen%2C+1GB+GDDR5.article

-( i )- Wicker

I'd reconsider the motherboard/processor. Just view the benchmarks of that AMD vs a similarly priced i5:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/434?vs=702

Seraphz

I'll definitely consider all this because it indeed seems that CPU you mentioned has better performance and almost the same price as AMD. Thank you for pointing this out.

Monotype

You'd be mad to get an 8150. Better off to get an 8320. Far better CPU and actually capable of competing against the i5s.

Seraphz

Thanks everyone for the replies. I came up with this build with upgraded CPU/Mobo and GPU, considering your suggestions and tips:


Item|Price
Cooler Master Silencio RC-450-KKN1 Midi-Tower - black, ohne Netzteil|€51.94
Intel Core i5-3470 Box, LGA1155|€173.12
ASRock B75 Pro3-M, Sockel 1155, mATX|€61.94
WD Caviar Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€67.19
LG GH24NS bare schwarz|€19.70
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W|€54.03
8GB-Kit Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 CL9|€32.62
D-Link Wireless N 150 PCI Desktop Adapter|€23.09
Club 3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen, 1GB GDDR5|€158.96
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€661.58

I'm thinking to go with this build at this point but if there is anything I should consider or change, please let me know.