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Jeremy Zimmermann

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Just wanna check if you guys approve of my budget gaming PC aimed at somewhere around 500 euro's. Only gonna use it for lower-end games such as League of Legends, though I definitly want to be able to max that games out. (1280x1024 monitor)

Specs:
*Mainboard - Asrock B75 Pro3-M
*CPU - Intel Core i3 3220 Boxed
*GPU - Asus HD7770 2GD5
*RAM- 1 Stick of Corsair Vengeance 4 Gigs Low Profile Blue
*Hard Drive - Western Digital Blue 500GB
*Power Supply - Cooler Master GX GX 550w v2
*Optical Drive - ASUS DRW-24B5 ST
*My CPU will be cooled by the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, since I heard the stock coolers are shit. (And yes I didn't forget about the cool paste)

This all will be mounted in the Cooler Master Elite 344 Purple Edition.

I just wanna be sure everything will be durable and will fit into each other.
 
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I'd recommend a better power supply. 550W is more than plenty, but Cooler Master GX is low quality.

And you might want to give the stock cooler a try first. It should work alright with a Core i3. You can always replace it later if you're not satisfied with its performance.

You might also consider getting 2x2 GB RAM instead of 1x4 GB. Dual channel doubles bandwidth.
 
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Jeremy Zimmermann

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Allright, I'll look for a higher quality PSU, and I will give the stock cooler a try. But the memory is the hard part imo. I have a little trouble finding cooled strips of 2GB at a low budget. What would you recommend?
 
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Jeremy Zimmermann

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Allright, after some more looking around at the forums, and based on what you said, I have made a couple of changes.
First off, I switched the PSU with a be quiet! L7 530w Pure Power.
Second, I switched the Core i3 and the Mainboard with an AMD Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition, and an Asus M5A78L-M. This however, spared me some money, so I switched the ASUS HD 7770 with an XFX HD 7790.
And last but not last I switched the single 4GB stick of RAM with 2 Corsair Vengeance 4GB sticks which makes 8GB.
Will AMD's stock cooler also be no problem, or SHOULD I spend the 30 bucks in some extra overclocking potential?
 
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Looks decent. Whether you want a better CPU cooler has more to do with whether you want to overclock. And you can always replace it later on if you're not satisfied with the stock cooler. I don't think it's the most overclocking-oriented motherboard anyway.
 
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Jeremy Zimmermann

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Okay, so these parts are confirmed. And I will give the stock cooler a try. Thanks for your efforts :D
 
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Jeremy Zimmermann

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ofcourse you can, but you prob won't be able to max out assassins creed at 1920x1080
 
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motherboard: Gigabyze GA-B85M-D2V
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440
graphics card: Asus GeForce GTX650-DCT-1GD5 GDDR5
memory: Geil BlackDragon DDR3 1333MHz
HDD: Seagate 2TB (ST2000 DM001)
Power supply: Chieftec 550W (CTG-550C)


This is all you need. :3 Note: i've never EVER used anything other than stock coolers. They're fine.
 
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