New i7 4770K Haswell Build under $2300

bryceGerso · Jul 8, 2013

Hi guys,

I am looking at doing my first ever build and wanted to get a few opinions on my parts that I am looking at going with.

Here is my suggested build:
In AUS$

MSI Z87-GD65 Motherboard $255.00
i7 4770K LGA1150 Haswell Processor $384.00
Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler $84.00
Western Digital 1TB SATA3 (WD1002FAEX) $88.00
Samsung 256GB SSD 840BW PRO SATA3 $244.00
Sapphire ATI HD 7970 OC edition 3GB GDDR5 $409.00
GSkill TridentX 16GB DDR3 RAM F3-2666C12D-16GTXD $189.00
Antec VP-650P 650W Power Supply $255.00
CoolerMaster K350 Game Case $59.00 ***Would like other suggestions, sticking with red and black colour scheme? willing to spend roughly $140 US
$1967.00 AUS

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: this month

Budget Range: $2000 - $2300 AUS - Will be buying from MSY or UMART

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Running Virtual Machines, Programming, Website/Android Development, Gamming

Location: Australia

Overclocking: Yes - Only Minor (Will be learning)

SLI or Crossfire: No

Additional Comments: Want it to be a great all round computer that I can overclock and look to run multiple applications at once.

luckiest charm · Jul 8, 2013

This build for $2000??? That is not nice by any means.

Rather get this -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($134.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($124.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.97 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 690 4GB Video Card ($999.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1992.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-08 07:27 EDT-0400)

Most of the items should be available in Australia and prices should be slightly higher than this, but that should be in your budget.

Spending $250 on Motherboard, $85 on cooler for mild OC, $250 for SSD and $250 for PSU is not worth is and is kind of waste.

If something is not available in Australia, post it here and I will look for a similar alternative.

One more thing, this build would be an extreme gaming / rendering / programming machine compromising nowhere. I put GTX 690 there because you did not wanted to SLI.

Madn3ss795 · Jul 8, 2013

@charm that build cost over 2,5k in AUD

On-topic: how about a FX8350 from AMD? It has more cores than an i7 4770k anyway. And Haswell CPU like that 4770k are bad for overclocking ( worse OC potential than Ivy bridge CPUs ).

Zac Lloyd-Jones · Jul 8, 2013

I hate it how we get charged stupid prices for things over here but I'm sure you could shuffle a few things round.

Intel Core i7 4770K - 385
MSI Z87-G45 GAMING LGA 1150 Motherboard - 199
G.Skill Ripjaws Z F3-2133C11D-16GZL (2x8GB) 16GB DDR3 - 188.07
Antec High Current Gamer 750W Modular Power Supply - 159
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC 2GB Video Card - 519
Cooler Master CM Storm Trooper Case -169 (Black and red)
Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive/SSD - 189 (if you really need an SSD that big)
Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 3.5" 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s Hard Drive - 69
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler - 35 (Perfectly adequate for minor OCs)

Total: $1,912.07

Thats what I'd do anyway.

From Mwave.com.au

Just got my components from there for my build last week and they we easy to deal with and cheap!

Harry Turner · Jul 9, 2013

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-4770K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-3970X

if you're thinking about virtual stuff etc and dev then adding an extra 6-700 will max your budget and give you better performance

bryceGerso · Jul 11, 2013

@charm thanks so much for your build and pointers. Things that I never really put in proportion or gave much thought to . I really want to go with the msi motherboard though and that build you have suggested I wont be able to afford over here.

@madness, I want to stick with Intel and the newest socket, I have read that just because AMD has more cores it doesn't actually improve performance compared to Haswell.

@Zac Lloyd-Jones - I really like your suggested build, the only thing I will do is go for the gd-65 motherboard over the 45. How did you go with your own build was it similar to this? Thanks for your suggestion on mwave, I've checked them out but I'm going to go with MSY (there is a store just round the corner from where I work which is good).

@Harry Turner - I have been debating with a mate whether to go with lga 2011 socket (thus using the 3970X) or for the newer lga1150. I want to go for the newer one just in case intel change things up. I realise it would be an epic processor and that intel suggest it will keep using lga 2011 for these higher end cpu's but the socket is 3 years old already which makes me wonder....

Zac Lloyd-Jones · Jul 11, 2013

bryceGerso :

The build went surprisingly well in the first place actually. A lot better then my last build a couple of years ago, just because the edges of the motherboard and other things don't seem to be as sharp as they used to be

haha.

I have just found out now though that my PSU has been making a horrible noise on high load. Its an OCZ Fatal1ty 750W modular. I was unable to tell whether the sound was coming from my PSU or my graphics card. My graphics card also has coil whine when its rendering between 1000 and 7000 fps, which is in some game menus. Its easily fixed with v-sync but I don't want to have to do that with a brand new graphics card. Its a Galaxy GTX 770 GC.

The parts will be going back to Mwave and hopefully I will be able to swap it for the Gigabyte version for a bit extra. Fingers crossed. I will let you know how I get on.

bryceGerso · Jul 11, 2013

Zac Lloyd-Jones :

bryceGerso :

The build went surprisingly well in the first place actually. A lot better then my last build a couple of years ago, just because the edges of the motherboard and other things don't seem to be as sharp as they used to be

haha.

I have just found out now though that my PSU has been making a horrible noise on high load. Its an OCZ Fatal1ty 750W modular. I was unable to tell whether the sound was coming from my PSU or my graphics card. My graphics card also has coil whine when its rendering between 1000 and 7000 fps, which is in some game menus. Its easily fixed with v-sync but I don't want to have to do that with a brand new graphics card. Its a Galaxy GTX 770 GC.

The parts will be going back to Mwave and hopefully I will be able to swap it for the Gigabyte version for a bit extra. Fingers crossed. I will let you know how I get on.

Well thats good to hear about it going welll, this is going to be a big learning curve starting from scratch. I have always wanted to cutom build one but have never been confident to do so. So what parts did you use in your build?

Thats disapointing but i spose there are always lil problems along the way, nothing is ever easy. I look forward to hearing how you get on.

Zac Lloyd-Jones · Jul 11, 2013

Stupid double post

Zac Lloyd-Jones · Jul 11, 2013

bryceGerso :

Zac Lloyd-Jones :

Well thats good to hear about it going welll, this is going to be a big learning curve starting from scratch. I have always wanted to cutom build one but have never been confident to do so. So what parts did you use in your build?

Thats disapointing but i spose there are always lil problems along the way, nothing is ever easy. I look forward to hearing how you get on.

I used:

Intel i5 4670K (a light overclock at 4GHz at 1.1v)
MSI Z87-G45
Galaxy GTX 770 GC
OCZ Fatal1ty 750W Modular PSU
Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 8GB (2 x 4GB)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo (keeping it cool at no higher than 47 degrees with the OC on full load in Aida64)
Thermaltake Overseer RX-1 case
Western Digital 1TB HDD Blue
Samsung DVD RW

Asus VE248H monitor (cheap and cheerful)

Total cost for parts $1600 plus postage and debit card payment fees. Postage was about $36 up to Innisfail Far North Queensland. The postage was 60% off in a sale they had.

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