AUD$2000

[cyper_dog]

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Cq7l

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Cq7l/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Cq7l/benchmarks/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($348.00) 

Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.00) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($99.00) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($95.00) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($95.00) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($575.00) 

Case: BitFenix Ghost (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.00) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($155.00) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($45.00) 

Other: Samsung SATA Black Internal DVD RW Drive ($22.00)

Other: Samsung LS24C300H 23.6",1920 *1080, 5ms HDMI Tilt, LED, DSUB ($171.00)

Other: Samsung LS24C300H 23.6",1920 *1080, 5ms HDMI Tilt, LED, DSUB ($171.00)

Total: $2014.00

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-02 18:21 EST+1000)

 

1. Budget & Location
Approximately AUD$2000. AUD being Australia

2. Aim
Mostly gaming, occasional 3D rendering and BROWSING THE INTERWEBS!

3. Monitors
Mostly one screen for gaming. One for other.

4. Peripherals
I have a mouse, keyboard and a windows 7 key. I included 2 monitors in the partslist.

5. Why are you upgrading?
To get off my old laptop.

 

 

 

Im not planing to overclock as you can see. If you have a better build or opinions please share them. Thank you!

[Pokahontas]

get Xeon 1230v3 if you dont OC

much cheaper, but doesnt have integrated graphics

 

btw haswell refresh xeon spotted in the wild

if you want a bit power boost ( not much, maybe 100mhz on each core ) and potentially cooler cpu ( better TIM ) you might want to wait. i can dig out some info if you want, but i doubt we will find when they will release it

 

http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2014/2014031902_Xeon_E3-1200_v3_Haswell_refresh_CPUs_spotted.html

 

EDIT: Found on german site 11. May is release for H.R., but dont know what processors.

[cyper_dog]

get Xeon 1230v3 if you dont OC

much cheaper, but doesnt have integrated graphics

 

btw haswell refresh xeon spotted in the wild

if you want a bit power boost ( not much, maybe 100mhz on each core ) and potentially cooler cpu ( better TIM ) you might want to wait. i can dig out some info if you want, but i doubt we will find when they will release it

 

http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2014/2014031902_Xeon_E3-1200_v3_Haswell_refresh_CPUs_spotted.html

 

EDIT: Found on german site 11. May is release for H.R., but dont know what processors.

 

Thanks for the response. I don't know a lot about Xeon processors, all I know is that they are used for workstations. Does the i7's integrated graphics affect performance with a 780?

[Pokahontas]

Thanks for the response. I don't know a lot about Xeon processors, all I know is that they are used for workstations. Does the i7's integrated graphics affect performance with a 780?

Xeons are meant for workstations yes, so they have some other stuff but no IGPU.

Xeon 1230v3 has hyperthreading, so its equivalent to i7 and also cheapest one that have hyperthreading.

 

Integrated graphics is not affecting performance at all. The only scenario that it could be used is in distant future when games *could* use integrated graphics for calculating physics or something.

At least AMD is looking for that on their APU lineup.

 

But 780 and nvidia physx take care of this so there is no need to get i7. Unless your 780 dies, or if you temporarily not have gpu in system, the integrated gpu will not be used.

[Phllips]

Just a quick thought. This ram is sexy and comes in alot of colours and is the same price but at 1866 mhz http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=186_774 the top few on the list (hyper x fury)

[cyper_dog]

Just a quick thought. This ram is sexy and comes in alot of colours and is the same price but at 1866 mhz http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=186_774 the top few on the list (hyper x fury)

Yea they are sexy, they are Kingstons newest ram

[WoodenMarker]

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