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SuperGeek94 · May 22, 2013

Hey guys, I've been looking into building a pc for a little while and I wanted your guy's opinion on the specs. I'd like to keep my budget around $800 not including a monitor, keyboard/mouse. This rig will be used primarily for surfing the web and gaming. The only games I really plan on playing on it are LoL, sports games such as Madden and NBA 2K, and possibly Arma 3. So here it is:

Case: Bitfenix Prodigy
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345017

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128567

CPU: Intel i5 3740
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115234

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148544

Video Card: Radeon 7770 Ghz Edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121642

Storage: Seagate Solid State Hybrid
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178340

PSU: Antec Bp550 plus 550W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016

One of the main questions that I had was that if the graphics card is good enough, or too good for the games that I'd most likely be playing? Could I get something a little cheaper and still have great results on those games? Also are these Hybrid drives worth the money or should I just go ahead and get a regular HDD and save a couple dollars? Any and all help with this is greatly appreciated!!

Transmaniacon · May 22, 2013

I would drop that hybrid HDD, get a 1 TB Barracuda. Change the PSU to a XFX 550 watt, and with the savings get a GTX 660.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard ($99.24 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Video Card ($276.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (White) Mini ITX Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $818.16
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-22 12:50 EDT-0400)

Actually you can get a 660 Ti in there if you want.

firo40 · May 22, 2013

I wouldnt suggest playing arma 3 on a 7770 but other then that seems fine. If you really do wish to play arma 3 upgrade your gpu down the road when the 700 series of nvidia cards come out the 600 series ill go down and possibly the 7000 series of amd. Which means a cheaper 7970 or a cheaper 680 which will play arma 3 great

SuperGeek94 · May 22, 2013

Ok so with either of the 660 Ti or the 680, what settings do you think i'd be able to play the game on? Are we talking like high or ultra or just regular settings lol?

firo40 · May 22, 2013

660ti medium high more on the high side 680 high ultra more on the ultra side

Transmaniacon · May 22, 2013

Are you gaming at 1080P? If its a lower resolution than that, the 660 Ti becomes a very good choice.

SuperGeek94 · May 22, 2013

Ok that sounds pretty good then, and I actually don't know as of now what monitor I'll be getting but what i'd be using till I get an actual monitor would be my 720p TV in my room. But whatever monitor I do get will more than likely be 1080p.

Transmaniacon · May 22, 2013

Well the 660 Ti will work very well at 720P for now, and will still be pretty good at 1080P (Arma III is a demanding game so it's not indicative of all games).

SuperGeek94 · May 22, 2013

Ya I'm starting to realize that maybe playing arma 3 will have to be put on hold when some of these parts come down in price lol, but thanks very much for your help guys

Transmaniacon · May 22, 2013

You should be fine in ARMAIII if you get the 660Ti; http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2306250

firo40 · May 22, 2013

Those benchmarks are using a 3970x at 4.9ghz you cant use that as a refrence to how the 650ti will play arma 3. Arma 3 is extremely cpu dependant

Transmaniacon · May 22, 2013

Right but the relative differences are the same, I am just showing that there is a significant difference between the two and it is worth the upgrade.

firo40 · May 22, 2013

Hell be cpu bottlenecked so the frame rate is irrelivant at that point

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