Gaming pc rig

[Driryos]

Hey guys,
Im thinking of building a gaming Pc with the following components, and id like youre opinion

Motherboard MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
Graphic Card Gtx 770 Sli 2-way
CPU Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz
Memoria 2x4GB Corsair
Hard Drives Samsung SSD 250GB, Western Digital 1 TB 7200rpm.
I think this is the best bang for your buck i can possibly go for, based on all sort of benchmarks around the internet,
How big of a power supply will i need? is 600W ok? Im not thinking of OCing the system.
Finaly, how do i decide how to buy a good monitor? Im thinking of going for a 24, cause i think a 27 will be to big and give me headaches xD
Thanks for the repply




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KeithTalent

 

[Jaydip]

1.A good quality 600W will do but personally I will go for a 750W for peace of mind and if you intend to oc later down the road.

2.Get a 27 , you will not regret that one bit 🙂

 

[norseamd]

this is software so this might want to go under hardware. probably general hardware

 

[Stringjam]

27" was one of the best gaming decisions I ever made.

I wouldn't ever want to go smaller than that again.

 

[Driryos]

you-re right i didnt realise, ive posted this on general hardware thanks

 

[mmntech]

27" was one of the best gaming decisions I ever made.

I wouldn't ever want to go smaller than that again.

Yep, once you've tasted all 27 inches, you can never go back. ^_^

You can get a 27'' 1080p IPS display for around $200 these days. The Dell I have is quite nice. AOCs are supposedly quite good considering it's a cheap Korean brand. IPS sacrifices a bit of response time for better colour reproduction and viewing angles. Worth it IMO.

The rest of that rig looks solid. Wish I had the money for something like that. Are you going to stick with Windows 7 or go with Windows 8.1?

 

[BurnItDwn]

I have 3 1080p displays in eyefinity. They are just 21 inch monitors because they were dirt cheap (a lot cheaper than a single big monitor.)

You may want to consider a 3 monitor setup. I believe Nvidia's got a similar tech and SLI 770 should be enough to power 3x1080p pixels I'd think.

 

[Super56K]

Yep, once you've tasted all 27 inches, you can never go back. ^_^

You can get a 27'' 1080p IPS display for around $200 these days. The Dell I have is quite nice. AOCs are supposedly quite good considering it's a cheap Korean brand. IPS sacrifices a bit of response time for better colour reproduction and viewing angles. Worth it IMO.

The rest of that rig looks solid. Wish I had the money for something like that. Are you going to stick with Windows 7 or go with Windows 8.1?

I would personally not buy a monitor larger than 24" below 2560x1440 resolution. IMO you're sitting so close that it's worth the extra money. It won't make as profound a difference in gaming, but for everything else it's way more usable. 1920x1080 at that size is way too much like 1366x768 on 15" laptop screens. It's simply too low a resolution for a screen that size. 21-23" at 1920x1080 is a good sweet spot both in general use and price.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

If i were you i'd get 16 GB ram and a 27" monitor.

 

[row]

i own a 27" asus pb278q 2560x1440@85hz, a 27" samsung s27c750p 1920x1080@60hz, and a 24" samsung LT24B350ND/ZA 1920x1080@60hz.

having had the experience, i would stay away from a 27" 1080p, the screen acreage to too large for the resolution produced by 1920@1080. for this reason the 24" samsung i have has a better picture than my 27" samsung.

however, if you're able to step up to a 1440p, then by all means a 27" is the perfect size for the resolution. you will be amazed by the difference 😉

there's an off shore brand 27" 2560x1440 that is very popular, Qnix, the pixel perfect model goes for around $330, which is not bad!

whatever you decide, enjoy yourself!

 

[DigDog]

Z87 is haswell, ergo 1150. not 1155. also, get the G43 gaming, same as G45, cheaper.
770 sli seems like overkill .. given that a single 770 is overkill already on just about anything.

 

[FalseChristian]

If you're going to got with a 24" 1920x1080 LED/LCD than save some money and grab 2 GTX 760 2GB SLI. The GTX 760 2GB is made for 1080p gaming whereas the GTX 770 is meant for 2600x1440 gaming.

 

[mfenn]

Hey guys,
Im thinking of building a gaming Pc with the following components, and id like youre opinion

Motherboard MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
Graphic Card Gtx 770 Sli 2-way
CPU Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz
Memoria 2x4GB Corsair
Hard Drives Samsung SSD 250GB, Western Digital 1 TB 7200rpm.
I think this is the best bang for your buck i can possibly go for, based on all sort of benchmarks around the internet,
How big of a power supply will i need? is 600W ok? Im not thinking of OCing the system.
Finaly, how do i decide how to buy a good monitor? Im thinking of going for a 24, cause i think a 27 will be to big and give me headaches xD
Thanks for the repply




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KeithTalent

Can you answer these questions, especially budget and location. Generally speaking, SLI anything doesn't fall into the "bang for the buck" category.

 

[nwo]

Your CPU and motherboard are not compatible with each other. You need to preferably get a z77 chipset for a 3770k.

Also, I wouldn't trust many 600W PSUs with any high end SLI combo, especially if you plan on overclocking. I would get at least 750W PSU.