- Feb 22, 2014
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Hello,
I'm new to this forum. It has been very insightful with regards to information. First off, I am not a computer enthusiast by any means but am looking to build a nice gaming/multi media computer. I really only need the build for web browsing, gaming, torrenting, movies and music. I'm not really big into OCing my computers as well. I game on a 60 hertz 1080p 28-30" (can't quite remember) Viewsonic, but due to the new Gsync enabled graphics cards I may upgrade my monitor in the future to take advantage of this option, hence why I'm going with the 780.
Some things I have in mind thus far:
Card: GTX 780 (non OC'd)
PSU: 850 Watt Corsair Haswell sli and xfire ready
16 GB Mem: 2x 8 GB 240 pin, ddr3 mem moduels, min of 1866 mhz
HD:1 TB 7200 RPM (possible Seagate Barracuda) - I'm not sure if I'm going to go with a SSD due to not caring about load/boot times so much, I have external HDs for movies/music. 1 TB should be enough.
CPU Haswell i7 4770, probably the standard version since I'm not planning on doing any OCing
Other:
Probably some kind of after market heatsink for the CPU
Motherboard: Here is where the question comes into play, I was thinking a MSI z87 G45, good price @ 150$. I'm not sure if I need any of the features on a MB like the Sabertooth z87, Max Formula ect, or some of the higher end MBs within the 200$+ range.
Any recommendations?
Thanks,
-Mal
I'm new to this forum. It has been very insightful with regards to information. First off, I am not a computer enthusiast by any means but am looking to build a nice gaming/multi media computer. I really only need the build for web browsing, gaming, torrenting, movies and music. I'm not really big into OCing my computers as well. I game on a 60 hertz 1080p 28-30" (can't quite remember) Viewsonic, but due to the new Gsync enabled graphics cards I may upgrade my monitor in the future to take advantage of this option, hence why I'm going with the 780.
Some things I have in mind thus far:
Card: GTX 780 (non OC'd)
PSU: 850 Watt Corsair Haswell sli and xfire ready
16 GB Mem: 2x 8 GB 240 pin, ddr3 mem moduels, min of 1866 mhz
HD:1 TB 7200 RPM (possible Seagate Barracuda) - I'm not sure if I'm going to go with a SSD due to not caring about load/boot times so much, I have external HDs for movies/music. 1 TB should be enough.
CPU Haswell i7 4770, probably the standard version since I'm not planning on doing any OCing
Other:
Probably some kind of after market heatsink for the CPU
Motherboard: Here is where the question comes into play, I was thinking a MSI z87 G45, good price @ 150$. I'm not sure if I need any of the features on a MB like the Sabertooth z87, Max Formula ect, or some of the higher end MBs within the 200$+ range.
Any recommendations?
Thanks,
-Mal
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