A friend has tasked me with building him a new gaming rig. It's been about 3 years since I've built mine so I am a bit out of the loop. I was able to come up with this build after about an 90 minutes of research and feel that it looks pretty solid. I'm just dropping it here in hopes of some feedback or criticism.
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Mostly gaming.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
Aiming for as close to $1000 as possible.
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
US. More specifically, I would like to get all of my parts from newegg.com
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
I've always used nVidia cards and Intel processors but do not really have a preference here as I won't be using this system
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
Nothing being re-used, building this system from scratch. Monitor and peripherals will be picked up locally and are not included here.
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
I have, however the majority of parts in these builds are either sold out, currently unavailable for in a different price bracket.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Default speeds for now, potential overclocking in a year or 2 as well as picking up an additional video card if the system begins to lag behind.
8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.
Unknown as the monitor hasn't been decided on yet. I will be pushing for a native resolution of 1920x1080.
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Last week, parts are going to be ordered today.
Below is the rig that I've come up with. I wouldn't mind dropping the price by $100-200 if at all possible while keeping a SLI/CF upgrade path opened up. I'm also unsure if I will be using SSD caching in this build or just drop the OS and a couple games onto the SSD for better consistency.
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Case:
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - 49.99
PSU:
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V - 94.99
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX - 179.99
Processor:
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core - 219.99
Memory:
G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 - 44.99
Storage:
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive - 114.99
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" - 59.99
Video:
XFX HD-687A-ZDFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 - 196.99
Burner:
LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA - 109.99
Total: $1,071.91 (Factor in $55 worth of mail-in rebates and promotion code use to drop it to $1016.91 before shipping)
Anyone have any insight about potential compatibility issues or just a more affordable route to take without sacrificing too much performance?
Thanks in advance!
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Mostly gaming.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
Aiming for as close to $1000 as possible.
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
US. More specifically, I would like to get all of my parts from newegg.com
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
I've always used nVidia cards and Intel processors but do not really have a preference here as I won't be using this system
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
Nothing being re-used, building this system from scratch. Monitor and peripherals will be picked up locally and are not included here.
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
I have, however the majority of parts in these builds are either sold out, currently unavailable for in a different price bracket.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Default speeds for now, potential overclocking in a year or 2 as well as picking up an additional video card if the system begins to lag behind.
8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.
Unknown as the monitor hasn't been decided on yet. I will be pushing for a native resolution of 1920x1080.
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Last week, parts are going to be ordered today.
Below is the rig that I've come up with. I wouldn't mind dropping the price by $100-200 if at all possible while keeping a SLI/CF upgrade path opened up. I'm also unsure if I will be using SSD caching in this build or just drop the OS and a couple games onto the SSD for better consistency.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Case:
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - 49.99
PSU:
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V - 94.99
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX - 179.99
Processor:
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core - 219.99
Memory:
G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 - 44.99
Storage:
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive - 114.99
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" - 59.99
Video:
XFX HD-687A-ZDFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 - 196.99
Burner:
LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA - 109.99
Total: $1,071.91 (Factor in $55 worth of mail-in rebates and promotion code use to drop it to $1016.91 before shipping)
Anyone have any insight about potential compatibility issues or just a more affordable route to take without sacrificing too much performance?
Thanks in advance!
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