Help with gaming build for uni student.

jamiehoy

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I need help deciding on a few parts for my gaming build + interested in peoples thoughts as I'm a noob.

Factors:
  • ■I don't have much money.
    ■I like products with long warranty.
I am Australian, please dont link me to websites with US prices.

I'm pretty set on the parts listed below unless people can give reasons as to why its a bad idea. The parts I would like some help deciding would be a case and a CPU cooler.

ASUS Sabertooth 990FX Motherboard R2.0
AMD FX-8320 Processor (Already own)
G.Skill Sniper F3-1600C9D-16GSR (2x8GB) 16GB DDR3 (I generally run multiple games / multitask alot)
MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming 2GB BF4 Bundle
OCZ ZS 650W Power Supply - (Already own)
Western Digital WD Black 500GB WD5003AZEX

If it can be sourced from here http://www.pccasegear.com/ that would be great.

Case Requirements:
  • ■Front USB ports, not on top.
    ■Front of the case similar to Carbide Series® 500R Mid-Tower Case (panels that I can take out and add extra USB ports by using Coolermaster 2 x USB 3.0 Front Expansion Bay or similar.
    ■Fan intake dust filters if possible?
    ■Preferably less than $100.
    ■Don't care for flashy led lights.

CPU Cooler Requirements:
  • ■Under $100.
    ■Quiet as possible (Over hearing people they can hear a vacuum lol)
    ■Better than stock FX 8320 cooler.

Once again, I am a noob so all suggestions are welcome. I need as much feedback as possible. Also I apologise if any of this offends the Tom's Hardware community.

Thanks!


 

jamiehoy

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NH-D14 is $89. (Seems pretty big? will it interfere with case space?)
H80i is $135. (Too expensive)

I was after 16gb ram as I sometimes have multiple games running at the same time.


 

jamiehoy

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Sorry, for the messed up reply.
The 212 is discontinued and the NZXT isnt really what I want.