- Jul 3, 2014
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OK, so I decided I desperately need a new gaming PC. I've been stuck with my Pentium D LGA775 CPU and 2GB of DDR2-667 RAM and a GT 210 for a few years now, and it's driving me nuts to not be able to get 30+ FPS with Low settings. I did research for a while, and came up with this:
CPU: i5 4460
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3-1600
MOBO: ???? (Possibly MSI H97M-G43)
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
CASE: ???? (Corsair 200R?)
PSU: Corsair CX430M
GPU: Gigabyte Windforce GTX 750 Ti
I know most people would suggest some compromise on the CPU in favor of a better GPU, but I play mostly CPU-intensive games, and that GPU is fine for most of my games. I might think of upping it to a 760, but only if I get really much suggestions of doing so.
I prefer NVidia and Intel, as my parents would probably freak out on how much power my PC uses if I go with AMD. Also, I prefer not to have a heater in my room, it gets hot enough in the summer
I have still not decided about the motherboard and case entirely, so I desperately need suggestions. I will not be OC'ing, so no Z-series is necessary. Price is a deciding factor for me, as I work for my PC and don't have shit tons of money to spend. I have looked at some other motherboards, including:
MSI H97-Gaming 3 (strongly considering this one)
MSI H97 PC MATE (don't like this one)
MSI H97 Guard Pro
ASUS H97 PLUS (heard good things about ASUS)
Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H
Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H (that colour scheme...
)
Gigabyte H97 Gaming 3 (looks like a good replacement for the MSI version, though a bit more expensive in my country)
When it comes to cases I also looked around quite a bit before settling on the Corsair 200R, some cases that I considered:
BitFenix Comrade
BitFenix Neos
Corsair SPEC-01
Corsair 100R (if I can wait until it comes out)
In general, please tell me what you think of the parts, and also what motherboard/case I should consider, I would be very grateful as this is my first real build.
PiesangSkil
CPU: i5 4460
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3-1600
MOBO: ???? (Possibly MSI H97M-G43)
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
CASE: ???? (Corsair 200R?)
PSU: Corsair CX430M
GPU: Gigabyte Windforce GTX 750 Ti
I know most people would suggest some compromise on the CPU in favor of a better GPU, but I play mostly CPU-intensive games, and that GPU is fine for most of my games. I might think of upping it to a 760, but only if I get really much suggestions of doing so.
I prefer NVidia and Intel, as my parents would probably freak out on how much power my PC uses if I go with AMD. Also, I prefer not to have a heater in my room, it gets hot enough in the summer
I have still not decided about the motherboard and case entirely, so I desperately need suggestions. I will not be OC'ing, so no Z-series is necessary. Price is a deciding factor for me, as I work for my PC and don't have shit tons of money to spend. I have looked at some other motherboards, including:
MSI H97-Gaming 3 (strongly considering this one)
MSI H97 PC MATE (don't like this one)
MSI H97 Guard Pro
ASUS H97 PLUS (heard good things about ASUS)
Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H
Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H (that colour scheme...
)Gigabyte H97 Gaming 3 (looks like a good replacement for the MSI version, though a bit more expensive in my country)
When it comes to cases I also looked around quite a bit before settling on the Corsair 200R, some cases that I considered:
BitFenix Comrade
BitFenix Neos
Corsair SPEC-01
Corsair 100R (if I can wait until it comes out)
In general, please tell me what you think of the parts, and also what motherboard/case I should consider, I would be very grateful as this is my first real build.
PiesangSkil
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