Looking for a budget nVidia Card for 1920x1090 Gaming Machine

[blastingcap]

Grab an Asrock Z87 extreme 3 and save a few bucks that way. It's only $20 more than the GB B85 board you are looking at.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157372

I have one and it's solid as a rock.

You could also go with 4gb of RAM since that's currently more than enough for gaming. Save $40 bucks right there.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231427

That mobo looks good. But I can't agree on the 4GB RAM, as you really want 8GB+ if the PC is to last 2+ years because next-gen consoles have 8GB of unified RAM, and also because you may have background programs open sometimes like a bunch of browser windows. It's better to buy a matched pair right from the get go rather than a single 4GB stick. And dual 2GB sticks like those you posted leave pretty bad upgrading options for the future... many manufacturers won't even make those anymore so the price per GB will likely be bad.

 

[DooKey]

How about a carrying strap like this:

http://www.amazon.com/GearGrip-108-0...ref=pd_cp_pc_0

A CM case like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119279

That will save some bucks and be nice and portable.

 

[nwo]

How about a carrying strap like this:

http://www.amazon.com/GearGrip-108-0...ref=pd_cp_pc_0

A CM case like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119274

That will save some bucks and be nice and portable.

It's not a mid tower though... And he might as well spend $30 more on a legit case with a handle rather than $70 on a budget mATX case and a ghetto handle.

 

[DooKey]

It's not a mid tower though... And he might as well spend $30 more on a legit case with a handle rather than $70 on a budget mATX case and a ghetto handle.

My bad. Didn't mean to link the mini-tower case.

Mid tower:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119279

The N300 is a nice case. I owned one myself.

 

[GamingDaemon]

Grab an Asrock Z87 extreme 3 and save a few bucks that way. It's only $20 more than the GB B85 board you are looking at.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157372

I have one and it's solid as a rock.

You could also go with 4gb of RAM since that's currently more than enough for gaming. Save $40 bucks right there.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231427

I like that mobo, so I decided to go with that. I also upped my PSU to a 500W modular version of the 430W PSU. And the video card I was working with is out of stock, so I went with an MSI 660. I think I have the final build now...

• CM Storm Scout 2 Advanced - Gaming Mid Tower
• ASRock Z87 Extreme3 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 Changed
• Intel Core i5-4570 Haswell 3.2GHz
• MSI N660-2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 2GB Changed
• CORSAIR CXM series CX500M 500W Changed
• Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB Changed
• Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB
• G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB
• TRENDnet TEW-726EC N600 Wireless Dual Band Adapter

 

[Keysplayr]

Looks like that will be a nice rig.
I think your nephew is a lucky man.

 

[Yuriman]

Looks fantastic. For portability you might consider going with mini-ITX, though the above build is pretty solid. Mini-ITX builds don't really have any compromises other than limiting you to a single video card, and they're much smaller/lighter than full sized ATX systems.

I like the Cooler Master Elite 130 but you could go with something a bit larger like this if you feel you absolutely need handles.

And then pair it with something like this board:

ASRock Z87E-ITX

You could go with a cheaper board such as ASRocks's B85 but the Z87 board has fantastic integrated WiFi which would allow you to drop the $40 card.

 

[blastingcap]

Mini-ITX builds don't really have any compromises other than limiting you to a single video card

*cough* cooling performance, noise *cough*
*cough* expandability in terms of ports and RAM, PCI/PCIE slots, and number of USB ports *cough*
*cough* typically limited to less robust CPU wattages *cough*