lets see what YOU think

[kinkywink]

hey guys, just wanting to see your opinions on the setup Im wanting to build any opinions are great.
bare in mind, Im in New Zealand and my budget will be about 2000 NZD or about 1600 USD.

any input is appreciated.

note: ill mainly be using it for gaming as well as a little bit of photo shop.

 

For the cpu i was thinking of the i5-4670k the main reason for this is i want this computer to last more then just a couple of years without needing to upgrade anything major. the i7 products were a bit out of my price range as well. @ $330

 

to accompany the cpu i picked the H100i cooler, thought i may as well get the best performance out of the i5 4670k and overclock it a lil (probably around 4.2-4.4ghz) @ 209

 

for the motherboard, Asus z87-C atx, at the time of looking it was the best one for the price. $215

 

ram - 4 gb of corsair 1866mhz x2 @ $160

 

storage - crucial m4 128gb will slowly upgrade to 2 ssds and 2 hdds but for now this is all i need. @ $140

 

GPU - sapphire radeon hd 7790 1gb gddr5 best for the price that i could find. better then some of the nvidia cards around this price. @ $229

 

case - corsair 650D this thing is massive. what else needs to be said? @ 274

 

psu - raidmax 850W 80+ gold. by far not the best psu i could go with but hey? its cheap? its 850W and its 80+ gold. @ 174

 

last but not least the windows 7 o/s 64bit. will use a usb drive to install it. comes in at  @ 174

 

i have a mouse and a crappy keyboard at home already, so when i get more money ill upgrade those & i have a small ass monitor (doesnt even support hdmi) that ill be using as well until i get another $200

lets hear your guys opinions and see what i could upgrade

 

total cost comes in about $1891.00

[WoodenMarker]

You should be pouring less money onto the cpu and more onto the gpu.

Stay away from raidmax psus. 850w is also very much overkill. 

 

Where are you shopping?

[megadarkwood]

Please use pcpartpicker.com!

[CoolBeans]

4GB of RAM for 160$ definitely not

[Str_Mape]

Please use pcpartpicker.com!

pcpartpicker is pretty terrible for New Zealand at this point.

[WoodenMarker]

pcpartpicker is pretty terrible for New Zealand at this point.

Yeah, but it's still good for composing links--especially with custom parts.

[Str_Mape]

Yeah, but it's still good for composing links--especially with custom parts.

True enough.

[kinkywink]

4GB of RAM for 160$ definitely not

4gb x 2 at 1866 mhz* total of 8 gb

 

and my pc part picker list i was going off is... http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/1CQmU

[CoolBeans]

4gb x 2 at 1866 mhz* total of 8 gb

 

and my pc part picker list i was going off is... http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/1CQmU

http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/1D38r

[kinkywink]

ive got an h100i for cpu cooling, the case comes with a 200mm fan in the front and a fan or two in the back, plus i can get a couple of af/sp corsair fans if needed. granted that i wont be overclocking as soon as the build is together

[kinkywink]

i can change the gpu for a sapphire radeon 7870 2gb gddr5 for 340 - IF i change from water cooled to air cooled

[WoodenMarker]

4gb x 2 at 1866 mhz* total of 8 gb

and my pc part picker list i was going off is... http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/1CQmU

ive got an h100i for cpu cooling, the case comes with a 200mm fan in the front and a fan or two in the back, plus i can get a couple of af/sp corsair fans if needed. granted that i wont be overclocking as soon as the build is together

No point getting 1866 ram--CL9 1600 will do.

I wouldn't go with a 650D as it's older and uses a ghetto usb 3.0 passthrough from the back of the case for the front usb 3.0. 

 

Fyi, you need you quote a post or tag a member or else they won't get a notification you replied to them.

 

Edits: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/1D3o5

Crossfire ready., Replace the Evo's fan with the F12, rear case fan with the F12, and front with the 140mm.

[kinkywink]

No point getting 1866 ram--CL9 1600 will do.

I wouldn't go with a 650D as it's older and uses a ghetto usb 3.0 passthrough from the back of the case for the front usb 3.0. 

 

Fyi, you need you quote a post or tag a member or else they won't get a notification you replied to them.

 

Edits: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/1D3o5

Crossfire ready., Replace the Evo's fan with the F12, rear case fan with the F12, and front with the 140mm.

why go all out on a beefy $500+ graphics card?

also, how good is that cpu cooler while overclocking?, it seems awfully on the cheap side of thing imho

the reason i picked the i5-4670k is that is newer then the 8320 (to my knowledge)

its only 84 watts compared to 125 watts and i dont need to overclock it to much for the overall performance to equal/smash the best of the fx chips - by the research ive semi conducted for myself, to me it seems like amd is just grabbing chips and upping there frequency just to stay in the game -

[WoodenMarker]

why go all out on a beefy $500+ graphics card?

also, how good is that cpu cooler while overclocking?, it seems awfully on the cheap side of thing imho

the reason i picked the i5-4670k is that is newer then the 8320 (to my knowledge)

its only 84 watts compared to 125 watts and i dont need to overclock it to much for the overall performance to equal/smash the best of the fx chips - by the research ive semi conducted for myself, to me it seems like amd is just grabbing chips and upping there frequency just to stay in the game -

Because gaming is more reliant on the gpu than the cpu.

The Evo is a decent cooler--one of the best value coolers if not the best.

Newer does not mean better. Both are fine for gaming. 

The 9590's and such are just gimmicks. Rumors are they're coming out with new chips more focused on APUs instead of going for extreme processing to compete with Intel.

[kinkywink]

Because gaming is more reliant on the gpu than the cpu.

The Evo is a decent cooler--one of the best value coolers if not the best.

Newer does not mean better. Both are fine for gaming. 

The 9590's and such are just gimmicks. Rumors are they're coming out with new chips more focused on APUs instead of going for extreme processing to compete with Intel.

fair enough fair enough..

im just trying to get an idea of what people think are best these days..

have you heard anything good of the coolermaster v8? http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rruv8xbu1gp link to refer too

[WoodenMarker]

fair enough fair enough..

im just trying to get an idea of what people think are best these days..

have you heard anything good of the coolermaster v8? http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rruv8xbu1gp link to refer too

It's okay and good for looks.

[kinkywink]

 

I wouldn't go with a 650D as it's older and uses a ghetto usb 3.0 passthrough from the back of the case for the front usb 3.0. 

 

other then the cable managament and the air flow of the case, the hot swap bay at the top of the case i think will help me alot in my future endeavors as im wanting to become a computer hardware engineer (diagnosing faulty hardware, building computers for all types of people, list goes on).

for the future, i think the case will be a better investment even with that ghetto usb pass through, yeah its older but if i was going to go with anything else itd probably be a full tower case which i really dont have the money for..

[kinkywink]

It's okay and good for looks.

sweet. might have to look up some reviews on that v8 cooler when i get home(currently at school). see if itd be worth the 100 dollars.. if not its either the 212 evo or the h100i..

[WoodenMarker]

other then the cable managament and the air flow of the case, the hot swap bay at the top of the case i think will help me alot in my future endeavors as im wanting to become a computer hardware engineer (diagnosing faulty hardware, building computers for all types of people, list goes on).

for the future, i think the case will be a better investment even with that ghetto usb pass through, yeah its older but if i was going to go with anything else itd probably be a full tower case which i really dont have the money for..

Well the case is subjective and up to you.

sweet. might have to look up some reviews on that v8 cooler when i get home(currently at school). see if itd be worth the 100 dollars.. if not its either the 212 evo or the h100i..

Stick with the Evo. Great value cooler and very quiet when the fans are spinning slowly.

[kinkywink]

 

Stick with the Evo. Great value cooler and very quiet when the fans are spinning slowly.

oh okay, well with that being said.. is it possible to stick better higher quality fans on it, that look better as well?

[WoodenMarker]

oh okay, well with that being said.. is it possible to stick better higher quality fans on it, that look better as well?

Yeah, sure. 

Don't get them right away though.

See how the stock fans work first. 

[kinkywink]

Yeah, sure. 

Don't get them right away though.

See how the stock fans work first. 

sweet. and power supply? im suspiciously looking at a semi modular as the fully modular are quite expensive.. and well.. if its semi, most of the non semi cables ill be using anyway.. got any good ideas for a semi modular?

[WoodenMarker]

sweet. and power supply? im suspiciously looking at a semi modular as the fully modular are quite expensive.. and well.. if its semi, most of the non semi cables ill be using anyway.. got any good ideas for a semi modular?

http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ss750am

[kinkywink]

http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ss750am

sweet thanks for your help ill post my edited pc part picker list in a sec

[kinkywink]

http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ss750am

this is what i have changed so far, and yes i will be choosing different fans, maybe the corsair AF 120s

http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/user/kinkywink/saved/2nOU