Hello, I'm trying to compile a gaming/work PC around 1000$ (1100$max). It has to endure long hours of gaming and some work with Photoshop CC or Cinema 4D. I prefer Nvidia GPU (due to better drivers) and an i5 CPU, also 16Gb RAM is a must. I don't know if a simple cooler is enough or i need water cooling for CPU. I've come up with such a build:
PARTPICKER LINK
Here's some of my thoughts on the parts i picked:
CPU - I wanted to choose i5-3350p but 3470 has an Integrated graphic card and it was just a few $ more (3350p was 178$).
CPU COOLER - Don't know about the cooler but i though it will have a heavy load and needs a better cooling and I've heard water cooling excels at this.
MOTHERBOARD - Picked based on the rating on Newegg, don't know about MB's but this one looked like a legit pick due to price.
RAM - well 16GB ram is a must, don't know if there's a big difference between 1333Mhz and 1600Mhz (but as usual moar tends to be better), i read somewhere that RAM's also need to have a heat sink and have to be 1.5V. Hoping someone can enlighten me on this one.
STORAGE - i want to have a SDD hard and Kingston hyperX 3K seems to have a very good price compared to transfer rates and capacity. And about the HDD i wanted it to have 7200rpm and 750GB+, so this WD caviar blue seemed like a good choice.
GPU - I think it's the most important part in my PC, i didn't want to go cheap but that's all i can afford at this moment.. After viewing the high-end graphic card benchmarks Nvidia gtx760 benchmarks seemed like a very good choice considering it's price. And what about a better GPU cooling ? I've heard something about a PCI fan? Do they really work ?
CASE - Corsair 400R seemed like it has a very good air-flow at a fair price.
POWER SUPPLY - This is like a dark forest to me.. Only think i found out that i has to be atleast Bronze certified and have enough voltage to sustain the PC.
I'll be using the DELL S2240L or S2240M Monitor.. Can't decide.. maybe someone can help me on this, or suggest alternatives. It has to have IPS type screen.
So guys, if there's anyone who can help me decide on the parts or offer some advice or alternative builds at the same price range, I would really appreciate it.
P.S. I'm not a native English speaker, so I'd like to apologize for the mistakes I made.
PARTPICKER LINK
CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($54.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($255.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Raidmax 730W Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Here's some of my thoughts on the parts i picked:
CPU - I wanted to choose i5-3350p but 3470 has an Integrated graphic card and it was just a few $ more (3350p was 178$).
CPU COOLER - Don't know about the cooler but i though it will have a heavy load and needs a better cooling and I've heard water cooling excels at this.
MOTHERBOARD - Picked based on the rating on Newegg, don't know about MB's but this one looked like a legit pick due to price.
RAM - well 16GB ram is a must, don't know if there's a big difference between 1333Mhz and 1600Mhz (but as usual moar tends to be better), i read somewhere that RAM's also need to have a heat sink and have to be 1.5V. Hoping someone can enlighten me on this one.
STORAGE - i want to have a SDD hard and Kingston hyperX 3K seems to have a very good price compared to transfer rates and capacity. And about the HDD i wanted it to have 7200rpm and 750GB+, so this WD caviar blue seemed like a good choice.
GPU - I think it's the most important part in my PC, i didn't want to go cheap but that's all i can afford at this moment.. After viewing the high-end graphic card benchmarks Nvidia gtx760 benchmarks seemed like a very good choice considering it's price. And what about a better GPU cooling ? I've heard something about a PCI fan? Do they really work ?
CASE - Corsair 400R seemed like it has a very good air-flow at a fair price.
POWER SUPPLY - This is like a dark forest to me.. Only think i found out that i has to be atleast Bronze certified and have enough voltage to sustain the PC.
I'll be using the DELL S2240L or S2240M Monitor.. Can't decide.. maybe someone can help me on this, or suggest alternatives. It has to have IPS type screen.
So guys, if there's anyone who can help me decide on the parts or offer some advice or alternative builds at the same price range, I would really appreciate it.
P.S. I'm not a native English speaker, so I'd like to apologize for the mistakes I made.
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