$1300 Gaming build [Australia]

Alphabetacarrot

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May 17, 2014
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Hi,

How is this for gaming?

Should I go with a GTX 770? Is this PSU good?


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.00 @ CPL Online)
Thermal Compound: Zalman ZM-STG2 3.5g Thermal Paste ($8.03 @ Mwave Australia)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($99.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($329.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($49.00)
Power Supply: Enermax TRIATHLOR 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.00)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($21.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($79.88)
Monitor: ViewSonic VA2249S 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($138.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1298.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-20 17:49 EST+1000)


Thanks.
 

Icaraeus

Honorable
Personally it's better to get everything from one place as shipping tax adds up among the different stores. The PSU is good, though you should go with Corsair, Antec or Seasonic as they make the most reliable PSUs. You should get the R9 280 which is cheaper and apparently 99% of them overclock to or past the R9 280X. Unless you really want Windows 7 you should go with Windows 8. It's much faster, uses less of the system resources (meaning you could do more) and will be supported for longer. Then if you upgrade to Windows 8.1 you'll be fine for the next decade or so.

Everything else looks great though you should go with G Skill RAM just because ;)