I Need Help With CPU, GPU And Build.

[FLAMMABLEGAS17481]

OK i Want to redo my build....

Can someone Make Me the Best Build Possible with a $600 Budget Not including Case...
It needs to be optimized for gaming and Multitasking.... Heavy Multitasking, and a little bit of video editing and rendering!

I already Have A graphics Card "Sapphire HD 7950 3gb Vapor-X With Boost ($160 @ Ebay Australia)"

And Lets not think of the case.... Or OS.

 

Can the PSU Be Modular?

By the Way I'm from Australia and It dosnt matter from were you get the items....

 

Thanks....

 

[Faceman]

What kind of games do you play?

[FLAMMABLEGAS17481]

Lets Say,,,,, DayZ, Garrys Mod (Most Gametypes), TitanFall, Assassins Creed (I dont care if i have to play on Low or medium Graphics, As Long As No Lag Whatsoever) But Most Important Of these All I want to Run Emulators Such As Xbox 360 And Ps3 And PS2 Emulators.... (And no i am not pirating... I have Disks)

[Faceman]

Lets Say,,,,, DayZ, Garrys Mod (Most Gametypes), TitanFall, Assassins Creed (I dont care if i have to play on Low or medium Graphics, As Long As No Lag Whatsoever) But Most Important Of these All I want to Run Emulators Such As Xbox 360 And Ps3 And PS2 Emulators.... (And no i am not pirating... I have Disks)

Make sure to "quote" or @ when talking to someone so that they know you have responded.

 

Ok, we are going to run into an issue with budget.  Because of the games you want to play you have to buy an Intel processor, this is non-negotiable.  Especially Emulator Games, you can forget about running them if you have an FX processor regardless of how high you overclock. It just won't happen because of their poor single core performance.

 

I tried doing a build on both AMD and Intel before knowing the games you plan to play, and both builds are going over budget, even the less expensive AMD option which has to be tossed out the window.

 

Here is my proposition:  You start off your build with a Pentium G3258 and overclock it.  This is going to perform very well in the games you mentioned, including emulators, but it will not perform well at all for video editing and rendering.  It can be done, but it is going to take a looong time.  Once you have enough money, it is as simple as buying an i5 or i7 and dropping it in.  The i5 is all you need for gaming, and it will perform very well in video editing and rendering.  The i7 is more for video editing and rendering as it will not perform better than the i5 in terms of gaming.  The motherboard I selected is a good one, if you ever wanted to, you could add a 2nd 7950 for Crossfire, the only thing you would have to do is buy a higher wattage PSU.

 

This is my proposed initial build:

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/KqvgrH

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/KqvgrH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($79.00 @ CPL Online)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($145.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($102.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($73.00 @ Centre Com)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.00 @ Centre Com)

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($98.00 @ CPL Online)

Total: $598.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-01 20:59 EST+1000

[FLAMMABLEGAS17481]

Make sure to "quote" or @ when talking to someone so that they know you have responded.

 

Ok, we are going to run into an issue with budget.  Because of the games you want to play you have to buy an Intel processor, this is non-negotiable.  Especially Emulator Games, you can forget about running them if you have an FX processor regardless of how high you overclock. It just won't happen because of their poor single core performance.

 

I tried doing a build on both AMD and Intel before knowing the games you plan to play, and both builds are going over budget, even the less expensive AMD option which has to be tossed out the window.

 

Here is my proposition:  You start off your build with a Pentium G3258 and overclock it.  This is going to perform very well in the games you mentioned, including emulators, but it will not perform well at all for video editing and rendering.  It can be done, but it is going to take a looong time.  Once you have enough money, it is as simple as buying an i5 or i7 and dropping it in.  The i5 is all you need for gaming, and it will perform very well in video editing and rendering.  The i7 is more for video editing and rendering as it will not perform better than the i5 in terms of gaming.

 

This is my proposed initial build:

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/KqvgrH

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/KqvgrH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($79.00 @ CPL Online)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($145.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($102.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($73.00 @ Centre Com)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.00 @ Centre Com)

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($98.00 @ CPL Online)

Total: $598.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-01 20:59 EST+1000

Ok We Can Go Over Budget But I already Have A CPU COOLER....

What about a I3 or Whats the Best we can get....

[FLAMMABLEGAS17481]

@Faceman  DO you really Think i Need A SSD.... If it Just Faster Boot Times and Loading In Games than we can use that Money for The Processor..

[Faceman]

Ok We Can Go Over Budget But I already Have A CPU COOLER....

What about a I3 or Whats the Best we can get....

In that case, I would skip the i3 and go straight for the i5:

 

Updated build including i5, and without CPU Cooler and Case.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/nKjfxr

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/nKjfxr/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($266.00 @ CPL Online)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($145.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($102.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($73.00 @ Centre Com)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.00 @ Centre Com)

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($98.00 @ CPL Online)

Total: $746.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-01 21:06 EST+1000

[Faceman]

@Faceman  DO you really Think i Need A SSD.... If it Just Faster Boot Times and Loading In Games than we can use that Money for The Processor..

If you are willing to make that sacrifice it is up to you.

 

I personally cannot go back to the old way after experiencing an SSD.  This is 2014, almost 2015.  Nothing, and I mean nothing is going to give you that "new computer, money well spent" feeling like an SSD.  Your computer boots and shuts down so much quicker as well as being much more snappy and responsive.  It is also a lot more reliable too.  Plus, it sounds like you will be using some professional level programs that will benefit from being run off of an SSD. 

 

An SSD is likely something that you would end up adding at a later point anyways, which can be done, but it is a hassle and not always guaranteed to work when you have to close your OS and files from your HDD to new SSD.  Bite the bullet and start with an SSD in your system is my recommendation.

 

In the updated build with the i5, you are ~$150 over budget with the SSD.  If you did remove the SSD, you would only be $75 over budget, which is a lot easier to stomach so I can understand your hesitation into buying an SSD.  I just view it as a necessity in this day and age.

[FLAMMABLEGAS17481]

what about getting a smaller SSD? @Faceman

[Faceman]

what about getting a smaller SSD? @Faceman

You could, but 60GB is really not cost effective. It will only bring the price down by $15.  $15 for double the capacity is hard to pass up.

 

I'll do a 3rd revision to cut some corners and bring the price down.

[FLAMMABLEGAS17481]

@Faceman Ill Just Use A Solid State Hybrid Drive.... And Its only $100

[Faceman]

@Krockendra

 

I went with a different motherboard, it has less features which may or may not really matter.  This also changes your build to a blue color instead of red.

I went with a different RAM, it is not as good as the original which will not make a difference in gaming, but for video editing and rendering it will.

I also went with a less expensive PSU.  If you are willing to go with a non-modular PSU, we could probably shave another $10-15 off the price.

 

One other thing that you can do:  Because PcP is so limited and not updated as frequently for non-American regions, you could look around for a retailer that is trying to unload old i5-4670ks.  Hopefully you can buy one of those for $20 less than the i5-4690k and enjoy the same performance for less.  Also see if these online stores have a better range of PSUs to offer, PcP has a limited selection.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/cjTsVn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/cjTsVn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($266.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($130.00 @ Centre Com)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($95.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($73.00 @ Centre Com)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.00 @ Centre Com)
Power Supply: Enermax 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($85.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $711.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-01 21:35 EST+1000

[Faceman]

@Faceman Ill Just Use A Solid State Hybrid Drive.... And Its only $100

No no no no no, stay far away from hybrid SSHDs.  They have terrible reliability and the amount of real SSD space on them is very small.  Its a bad product.

[FLAMMABLEGAS17481]

faceman   OOOHH!  0_0   I didnt know that..... And  I Sure will.. I bet i will fin some...

[Faa]

@Krockendra I agree with Faceman - SSHD's are freaking useless.

Also I'd take this Seasonic 450W gold instead, its just the best quality psu you can get for that price. http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr450rm

[FLAMMABLEGAS17481]

@Faceman @Faa    Ok Thanks for the Help Guys..... Probaly The Best Ive Gotten Yet...

[FLAMMABLEGAS17481]

Corsair Carbide SPEC-03 Mid Tower Gaming Case

 

@Faceman @Faa    Is this a good enough case... Will it fit them,

[Faceman]

Corsair Carbide SPEC-03 Mid Tower Gaming Case

 

@Faceman @Faa    Is this a good enough case... Will it fit them,

Yup, it will fit everything just fine.

[FLAMMABLEGAS17481]

One Again Thanks ALOTT!!!  @Faceman @Faa

[FLAMMABLEGAS17481]

Gosh Darn it... How Many Watts Will This use..... @Faa @Faceman

[Faceman]

Gosh Darn it... How Many Watts Will This use..... @Faa @Faceman

With both the CPU and GPU overclocked?  I'd say like 350.

 

Watch these two videos:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiWThqgFfI4#t=401 <-- This one first.