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kingsleym98

kingsleym98

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Approximate Purchase Date: Sometime this week

This is going to be a first build for a friend of mine and me and another friend are going to working with him for this build, we've been teaching him all about PC's and it's going to be great welcoming him into the PC building/gaming scene!

Budget Range: $1000-$1400

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, casual internet surfing, light video editing and other daily uses

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Windows 8 64bit OEM
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_i...

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: http://www.pccasegear.com/

Location: Victoria, Australia.

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

CPU: Intel Core i5 4440 $205.00
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_i...

GPU: Galaxy GeForce GTX 770 GC 2GB $389.00
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_i...

Motherboard: ASRock H87 Performance Motherboard $129.00
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_i...

HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB 7200RPM $99.00
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_i...

Optical Drive: One being provided by friend.

RAM: Corsair Vengeance CML8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 $115.00 http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_i...

Case: Thermaltake Chaser A31 Black Tower $99.00
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_i...

PSU: Enermax NAXN 650W Modular 82Plus Bronze Power Supply $95.00 http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_i...

Sub-Total: $1246.00

Additional Comments: Just wanting feedback, tips and suggestions and would like to save money where ever possible, while keeping similar gaming performance.

Also wondering whether I should get an aftermarket cooler or not and whether or not the CPU will be a bottleneck for the GPU.


Cheers!
 
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Yeah this seems like a pretty good build although there is a few things that i will point out:
Firstly if your looking to get more bang for your buck its probably better off going with a AMD gpu, unless your a die hard nvidia fan. You could grab a R9 280x for $10 less than the GTX 770 on pc case gear. The R9 280x is quite a bit more powerful as well as having more vram (which is always handy).
Also one thing I would change is that psu, no way I would be game enough to put a Enermax psu in my system. Grab a corsair or seasonic, they would be much more reliable and also will probably have a much longer life span. Have a look at the Corsair TX-650M Modular Power Supply, its only around $30 more on pccasegear.

Edit** As for your...
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Yeah this seems like a pretty good build although there is a few things that i will point out:
Firstly if your looking to get more bang for your buck its probably better off going with a AMD gpu, unless your a die hard nvidia fan. You could grab a R9 280x for $10 less than the GTX 770 on pc case gear. The R9 280x is quite a bit more powerful as well as having more vram (which is always handy).
Also one thing I would change is that psu, no way I would be game enough to put a Enermax psu in my system. Grab a corsair or seasonic, they would be much more reliable and also will probably have a much longer life span. Have a look at the Corsair TX-650M Modular Power Supply, its only around $30 more on pccasegear.

Edit** As for your questions you shouldn't need an aftermarket cpu cooler the stock intel one is suffice.
And the gpu definitely wont bottleneck, you only need to worry about that with older generation or very low end cpu's.
 
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Cheers mate, I got all the answers I wanted, definitely gonna switch out the PSU, my main worries were bottlenecking, aftermarket PSU and any things I may have overlooked, you've gotten any worries off my back!


 
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