- Feb 4, 2014
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Ive been plotting to build a PC for the longest, and now is the time.
My original build was this:
Corsair 500R
Core i5 4670k
8 Gigs DDR3 2400mhz(Gskill trident x)
Asus Maximus VI HERO
Samsung 840 EVO, 250GB
Corsair H75
EVGA Supernova 650G PSU
Windows 7
This comes out to a whopping 989.87$(add +50$ for windows 7)
I would still need to buy a GPU, Storage drive later, and keyboard/mouse.
While looking around, I wondered what about build that runs a cheap mobo/core i3 4340, but a very reliable PSU and strong GPU? so i went to do some looking around. I realized that with this build, I would be putting most of the load on the GPU, so I didnt necessary need a very powerful CPU or an unlocked one.
So I came up wit
Case:350D (with window)
Core i3 4330
Corsair H75
8 GB Vengeance pro
Msi z87mGaming
2x GTX 660s
1 TB SSHD
NZXT Hale 650W
This amounts to 1013$.. Pre bargain shopping.I can maybe shave off a hundredor two.
The second build, I feel can get me further than the first. I know its an i3, but honestly all im going to be doing is watching netflix, gaming, and facebook. No intensive tasks or number crunching.
I looked at a few i3 4340 benchmarks, and it was actually keeping up, and leaving behind several AMD processors. The gpu was a 290x, and it pretty much kept pace with i5s, and i7s, where as the amd processors could not use it to its full potential. if thats the case this is all I will need.
The games im looking forward to playing are Just MMOs, Guildwars 2, Eldercrolls online, Rift..etc.
However, how would it work with sli?
Any suggestions?
My original build was this:
Corsair 500R
Core i5 4670k
8 Gigs DDR3 2400mhz(Gskill trident x)
Asus Maximus VI HERO
Samsung 840 EVO, 250GB
Corsair H75
EVGA Supernova 650G PSU
Windows 7
This comes out to a whopping 989.87$(add +50$ for windows 7)
I would still need to buy a GPU, Storage drive later, and keyboard/mouse.
While looking around, I wondered what about build that runs a cheap mobo/core i3 4340, but a very reliable PSU and strong GPU? so i went to do some looking around. I realized that with this build, I would be putting most of the load on the GPU, so I didnt necessary need a very powerful CPU or an unlocked one.
So I came up wit
Case:350D (with window)
Core i3 4330
Corsair H75
8 GB Vengeance pro
Msi z87mGaming
2x GTX 660s
1 TB SSHD
NZXT Hale 650W
This amounts to 1013$.. Pre bargain shopping.I can maybe shave off a hundredor two.
The second build, I feel can get me further than the first. I know its an i3, but honestly all im going to be doing is watching netflix, gaming, and facebook. No intensive tasks or number crunching.
I looked at a few i3 4340 benchmarks, and it was actually keeping up, and leaving behind several AMD processors. The gpu was a 290x, and it pretty much kept pace with i5s, and i7s, where as the amd processors could not use it to its full potential. if thats the case this is all I will need.
The games im looking forward to playing are Just MMOs, Guildwars 2, Eldercrolls online, Rift..etc.
However, how would it work with sli?
Any suggestions?
You underestimate how insane MMOs can be on CPUs, Lion's Arch in Wintersday is hellish.
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