Request a professional helping hand on my rig (Advice) FIXED*

SaucyPersian

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Jun 14, 2013
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I need help with selecting components for my rig
Im going to use this for occasional gaming and study
My budget is $1600 NZD which is $1,237 USD
Components are expensive here so i have to budget what i buy
Please leave feedback!

Specs

Case: COOLER MASTER K380

Cpu: Intel Latest processor Haswell Core i5-4570 3.2GHz

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 Socket 1150,Intel Z87

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz (PC3 12800) High Performance Desktop Memory 240-Pin Model

Hard drive: Seagate 1TB Barracuda 7200.12 SATA3 HDD 64M CACHE 7200RPM NCQ

Cd drive: LG GH24NS95 24X SATA INTERNAL SATA DVD WRITER Black colour , OEM package

PSU: Corsair VS650 650W ATX Power Supply

SSD : 120GB 840 series Samsung SSD drive

Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler

Video Card: Asus GTX 660 DirectCU II Overclocked 2GB GDDR5



 

rokz81

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Jun 14, 2013
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It appears from your Specs that you know what CPU, VID and SSD you want but those 3 items ate up all your budget and you skimped on all the other other components. What's your budget so we can offer alternatives.

You have several components that IMO should be better if this is a "gaming rig."

Did you consider going with the new Haswell chips + Z87 mobo?

Are you planning on overclocking CPU?