AUS Build

Kayanz · December 17, 2015

1. Budget & Location

$1500~1600 Max (Including Monitor), Located in Australia (Melbourne)

2. Aim

Web browsing, excel/power/word, gaming (League of Legends, Dota 2, XCOM, Civ 5, Diablo 3)

3. Monitors

One Monitor at 1080p

4. Peripherals

Just a monitor

5. Why are you upgrading?

Laptop is outdated & unable to play games.

Requirements/notes:

-Energy efficient & silent as possible (Prefer Nvidia graphics card)

-My room is completely carpet & gets very hot during the summers. The case will most likely be on the floor.

-Will be using WiFi as i'm unable to get an Ethernet cable connected to my room

-Will not be overclocking

Current build:

Things i'm not quiet sure about: Motherboard, Graphics card, case/case fans, & whether or not 550w is enough for this build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($275.00 @ Centre Com)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($52.00 @ IJK)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($133.00 @ Umart)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.00 @ IJK)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.00 @ Centre Com)

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

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($318.00 @ PLE Computers)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($108.50 @ CPL Online)

Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.00 @ CPL Online)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($49.00 @ CPL Online)

Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 2 61.2 CFM 140mm Fan ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Total: $1367.50

Streetguru · December 17, 2015

1. Budget & Locatio

Well don't put your PC on the floor, if anything at least do an ITX rig so you can keep it on your desk or on a shelf

Otherwise not too much reason to go with nvidia, maxwell's DX12/Vulkan support is in question, and a free-sync display will cost a good deal less than a G-sync one

also this build includes a 21:9 IPS free-sync display, if you play a lot of fps games there's also a 1080p 144hz display at the same price

and look for a fan pack like this, preferably one with MOLEX adapters of some kind

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103052

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

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($275.00 @ Centre Com)

Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($60.00 @ Centre Com)

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

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($319.00 @ PLE Computers)

Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($79.00 @ IJK)

Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($99.00 @ Centre Com)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($19.00 @ CPL Online)

Monitor: LG 29UM67 60Hz 29.0" Monitor ($449.00 @ Scorptec)

Total: $1458.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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CJChua · December 17, 2015

Recommend you to make extra stand from something like cardboard because your PSU might be suffocate. I remember I watched a video and saw a guy made cardboard stand (His situation is pretty much like yours). No SSD but you'll get some awesome performance in it

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($275.00 @ Centre Com)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($133.00 @ Umart)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($65.00 @ IJK)

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

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($519.00 @ IJK)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($108.50 @ CPL Online)

Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.00 @ Umart)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($49.00 @ CPL Online)

Monitor: BenQ GL2460HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($191.05 @ Mwave Australia)

Total: $1568.55

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available