- May 30, 2012
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How's it going guys? I've got a potential gaming build I mocked-up here for my friend on a ~$400-$500 budget. I based most of this build around a combo deal I found on Newegg & feel like that could be settled with. I'm hoping to get some advice on performance & saving cash, as well a few questions answered about this:
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Here's the combo:
Motherboard: ASUS P8H77-M LE LGA 1155
CPU: Intel Core i3-2100
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1239870
(BBcode isn't dealing with that link ^ for some reason)
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and the separate components:
Video Card: MSI R7770-PMD1GD5 Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16
Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2
Optical: LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM
Power Supply: CORSAIR CX500M 500W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC
Case: COOLER MASTER Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1 Black Steel / Plastic
Subtotal: $560.94 ($540 w/ $20 rebate from the video card + free FarCry 3 w/ Blood Dragon expansion is cool)
So total it at $540 (hopefully that deal will be around when it's time to purchase, just missed out on 2 other rebates which ended yesterday
).
So there are 4 questions that concern me when it comes to this build:
1) First & foremost: will these components all work together? I just need to be sure.
2) It seems as though this build would handle Battlefield 3 pretty well, correct? How about any other modern games and those soon to be released? I'm hopping this build could last a year or two with decent quality from the upcoming games. I'm not expecting it to be too futureproof, but hopefully it will handle some later games on medium settings at least.
2) How does it fair against this machine?:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=83-258-020
This is the pre-built system my friend had considered before I had suggested he build it himself to save $ with better performance. Should he go ahead with the one I mocked up, or settle with the pre-built?
4) Could I possibly shave off some more cash on this build. I'd rather stick to Newegg for reliability, but maybe I could swap out a component or two for something cheaper but still efficent for this machine? Perhaps I could settle with a lower watt power supply? Any tweaks I can make to cheapen the total yet still recieve the same performance, I will take.
Thank you for your time. Any help would be appreciated.
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Here's the combo:
Motherboard: ASUS P8H77-M LE LGA 1155
CPU: Intel Core i3-2100
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1239870
(BBcode isn't dealing with that link ^ for some reason)
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and the separate components:
Video Card: MSI R7770-PMD1GD5 Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16
Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2
Optical: LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM
Power Supply: CORSAIR CX500M 500W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC
Case: COOLER MASTER Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1 Black Steel / Plastic
Subtotal: $560.94 ($540 w/ $20 rebate from the video card + free FarCry 3 w/ Blood Dragon expansion is cool)
So total it at $540 (hopefully that deal will be around when it's time to purchase, just missed out on 2 other rebates which ended yesterday
).So there are 4 questions that concern me when it comes to this build:
1) First & foremost: will these components all work together? I just need to be sure.
2) It seems as though this build would handle Battlefield 3 pretty well, correct? How about any other modern games and those soon to be released? I'm hopping this build could last a year or two with decent quality from the upcoming games. I'm not expecting it to be too futureproof, but hopefully it will handle some later games on medium settings at least.
2) How does it fair against this machine?:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=83-258-020
This is the pre-built system my friend had considered before I had suggested he build it himself to save $ with better performance. Should he go ahead with the one I mocked up, or settle with the pre-built?
4) Could I possibly shave off some more cash on this build. I'd rather stick to Newegg for reliability, but maybe I could swap out a component or two for something cheaper but still efficent for this machine? Perhaps I could settle with a lower watt power supply? Any tweaks I can make to cheapen the total yet still recieve the same performance, I will take.
Thank you for your time. Any help would be appreciated.
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