$1500 AUD Build

[Zero Gravity]

Hey LTT!

 

Well, a friend wants a sorta high-end gaming PC, and his budget is $1500 AUD.

 

Some notes, this build will be purely for gaming, current gen as well as next gen.

 

He REALLY likes the H440, so if we can fit it into the budget, that would be awesome

 

He also wants to OC, so a "k" series CPU and a Z87 is always welcome.

 

Here is the Aussie PCPartPicker - 

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/

 

Thanks for any insight!

[Phage]

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3rZPL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3rZPL/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3rZPL/benchmarks/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($269.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($149.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z87 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($179.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($129.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($105.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($369.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($158.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply 

Total: $1427.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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Jfc XFX is so cheap, wish i baught a XFX Video card instead ._.

[SAV1OUR]

peripherals

os

 

use the quote button if you want me to get back to you

[AminWinsGaming]

Hey LTT!

 

Well, a friend wants a sorta high-end gaming PC, and his budget is $1500 AUD.

 

Some notes, this build will be purely for gaming, current gen as well as next gen.

 

He REALLY likes the H440, so if we can fit it into the budget, that would be awesome

 

He also wants to OC, so a "k" series CPU and a Z87 is always welcome.

 

Here is the Aussie PCPartPicker - 

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/

 

Thanks for any insight!

You Know In Australia You Can Buy From NewEgg And Its CHEAPER

[JLCitadel]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($269.00 @ CPL Online) 

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

Motherboard:  ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($149.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Memory:  GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($89.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($65.00 @ CPL Online) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($139.00 @ CPL Online) 

Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  ($429.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Case:  NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($158.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply:  Cooler Master VSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $1476.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-15 15:22 EST+1000)

[Faceman]

Hey LTT!

 

Well, a friend wants a sorta high-end gaming PC, and his budget is $1500 AUD.

 

Some notes, this build will be purely for gaming, current gen as well as next gen.

 

He REALLY likes the H440, so if we can fit it into the budget, that would be awesome

 

He also wants to OC, so a "k" series CPU and a Z87 is always welcome.

 

Here is the Aussie PCPartPicker - 

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/

 

Thanks for any insight!

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3rZUe

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3rZUe/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3rZUe/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($269.00 @ CPL Online)

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

Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($149.00 @ PLE Computers)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($98.99 @ Mwave Australia)

Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($89.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ PLE Computers)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($579.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($158.00 @ CPL Online)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($105.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Total: $1555.99

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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I don't think it is going to happen with the H440.  Let him know that case doesn't impact performance, so there is no benefit to spending more on a nice case other than aesthetics.

 

     If he can find a case that he likes that isn't more than $100, he will make it happen at $1500.  The alternate way of thinking about this is that a case can be reused over and over again in all future builds.  So splurging and buying a case that he really likes is more of an investment because it is reusable.

[JLCitadel]

750w is for SLI / OC when he decides to do it, otherwise, you can spend a little over 1500 and get a lower wattage and get a 780

 

like he posted ^

[Zero Gravity]

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3rZPL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3rZPL/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3rZPL/benchmarks/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($269.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($149.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z87 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($179.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($129.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($105.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($369.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($158.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply 

Total: $1427.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-15 15:17 EST+1000)

 

Jfc XFX is so cheap, wish i baught a XFX Video card instead ._.

 

 

How come you went for an mATX board with an ATX case?

 

peripherals

os

 

use the quote button if you want me to get back to you

 

Got peripherals and also got a copy of Win7, so just the tower

 

You Know In Australia You Can Buy From NewEgg And Its CHEAPER

 

I know, but Newegg only ships certain stuff, not stuff that I would want,

 

http://www.newegg.com/Newegg-Global/Store

[JLCitadel]

How come you went for an mATX board with an ATX case?

 

 

Got peripherals and also got a copy of Win7, so just the tower

 

 

I know, but Newegg only ships certain stuff, not stuff that I would want,

 

http://www.newegg.com/Newegg-Global/Store

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($269.00 @ CPL Online) 

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

Motherboard:  ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($149.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Memory:  GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($89.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($65.00 @ CPL Online) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($139.00 @ CPL Online) 

Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  ($429.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Case:  NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($158.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply:  Cooler Master VSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $1476.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-15 15:22 EST+1000)

 

Cheaper PSU can upgrade you to 780, but it'll be 40$ over budget, and you won't be able to SLI down the road.

 

Also if he's not interested in OC, you could run locked processor, and upgrade to a 780

[Phage]

How come you went for an mATX board with an ATX case?

 

Thats a good question, why did i do that >.<

[Zero Gravity]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($269.00 @ CPL Online) 

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

Motherboard:  ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($149.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Memory:  GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($89.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($65.00 @ CPL Online) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($139.00 @ CPL Online) 

Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  ($429.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Case:  NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($158.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply:  Cooler Master VSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $1476.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-15 15:22 EST+1000)

 

Cheaper PSU can upgrade you to 780, but it'll be 40$ over budget, and you won't be able to SLI down the road.

 

Also if he's not interested in OC, you could run locked processor, and upgrade to a 780

 

 

Would something like a 4570 and a H87 Board impact the Performance much? Just for gaming?

[Zero Gravity]

Question, does OC'ing have a major effect in gameplay, becuase as I said, this PC is purely for gaming.

 

Would something like a 4570 and a H87 board have a performance impact in gaming? 

 

@Jerakl @Phage @SAV1OUR @Luclocke

[JLCitadel]

Would something like a 4570 and a H87 Board impact the Performance much? Just for gaming?

 

I wouldn't go last gen, but probably not.

[JLCitadel]

Question, does OC'ing have a major effect in gameplay, becuase as I said, this PC is purely for gaming.

 

Would something like a 4570 and a H87 board have a performance impact in gaming? 

 

@Jerakl @Phage @SAV1OUR @Luclocke

 

No, ocing doesn't. (1-6 frame increase is the most ive heard of )

 

Ocing is for epeen.

[Faceman]

Question, does OC'ing have a major effect in gameplay, becuase as I said, this PC is purely for gaming.

 

Would something like a 4570 and a H87 board have a performance impact in gaming? 

 

@Jerakl @Phage @SAV1OUR @Luclocke

Yes, OCing does have an impact on performance, particularly in CPU intensive games, such as BF4.

[Zero Gravity]

I wouldn't go last gen, but probably not.

 

Last gen? What do you mean?

[Zero Gravity]

Yes, OCing does have an impact on performance, particularly in CPU intensive games, such as BF4.

 

But what if the price difference between being able to OC and not being able to OC make the difference for him to be able to get the next tier GPU up?

[JLCitadel]

Last gen? What do you mean?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

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

Motherboard:  ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Memory:  GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($89.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($65.00 @ CPL Online) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($139.00 @ CPL Online) 

Video Card:  Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($579.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Case:  NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($158.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply:  Cooler Master VSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $1526.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-15 15:48 EST+1000)

 

Well it's not the newest Haswell (not last gen though)

[Jerakl]

Question, does OC'ing have a major effect in gameplay, becuase as I said, this PC is purely for gaming.

Would something like a 4570 and a H87 board have a performance impact in gaming?

@Jerakl @Phage @SAV1OUR @Luclocke

You said your friend wants to overclock. So.....being overclockable would make it last longer though, because when next gen come around or it starts to slow down you can just

ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ Raise The Clock Speeds ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ

[Faceman]

But what if the price difference between being able to OC and not being able to OC make the difference for him to be able to get the next tier GPU up?

GTX 780 already is the best GPU he can get.  The build I created is your best bet.  It is overclockable, as well as upgrade-ready, and he could even go SLI in a couple years if he thinks his PC is not keeping up with the times, but a single 780 will last him for many, many years. 

 

Get him the overclock ready build, if he doesn't want to OC from day one, at least he has the option to do it down the road and it should make his PC last longer.

[Zero Gravity]

You said your friend wants to overclock. So.....being overclockable would make it last longer though, because when next gen come around or it starts to slow down you can just

ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ Raise The Clock Speeds ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ

 

How does this look?

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3s0Gm

[Zero Gravity]

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

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

Motherboard:  ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Memory:  GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($89.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($65.00 @ CPL Online) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($139.00 @ CPL Online) 

Video Card:  Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($579.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Case:  NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($158.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply:  Cooler Master VSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $1526.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-15 15:48 EST+1000)

 

Well it's not the newest Haswell (not last gen though)

 

 

How does this look?

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3s0Gm

[Jerakl]

How does this look?

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3s0Gm

Looks aight.

I'm assuming he is transferring other drives from his other PC?

[JLCitadel]

How does this look?

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3s0Gm

 

Well you won't be able to crossfire with that PSU , ( didnt check Mobo) and you have no HDD. but sure it's fine.

[Faceman]

How does this look?

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3s0Gm

Don't get an R9, they run insanely hot and are very loud.  Especially if you are in Australia, I would be concerned about heat.

 

Here is the build you want, assuming that your friend has an old HDD that he can use.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3s0jY

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3s0jY/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3s0jY/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($269.00 @ PCCaseGear)

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

Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($149.00 @ CPL Online)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($98.99 @ Mwave Australia)

Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($89.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($579.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($158.00 @ CPL Online)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($105.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Total: $1486.99

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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