Hi,
I started organizing and seeking advice for my build here, http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/373376-31-help-prioritizing-gaming-build
Thanks to the help of those that commented on my original thread I have finalized my build, and am hoping the community will give my setup the once over and provide feedback on my chosen hardware.
My focus was value for money, with the build being optimized for gaming whilst coming in at or below $1500. The build life cycle is 5 years. Will be Overclocking the cpu and will possibly pick up another GTX 670 for SLI gaming in the future.
CASE: Fractal Design Define R4 ($149)
PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 750W ST75F-P ($145)
MOTHERBOARD: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ($135)
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K ($229)
CPU FAN: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO ($35)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4) ($46)
VIDEO CARD: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Overclocked 2GB ($425)
SSD: Samsung 830 256gb ($205)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB ST2000DM001 ($99)
DVD: Samsung SH-224BB/BEBS SATA DVDRW Drive OEM ($19)
THERMAL COMPOUND: Noctua NT-H1 ($9)
Total: $1496 (All prices were take from Pc case gear, an Australian online store)
The Case and SSD are the obvious luxuries. Seeing on how much direct use the case will see I decide to allow a little indulgence. As for the SSD size, I would like to store a small collection of "currently playing" games as well as my os and the 256gb will give me space to grow in the builds 5 year life cycle.
Thanks for reading/rating.
I started organizing and seeking advice for my build here, http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/373376-31-help-prioritizing-gaming-build
Thanks to the help of those that commented on my original thread I have finalized my build, and am hoping the community will give my setup the once over and provide feedback on my chosen hardware.
My focus was value for money, with the build being optimized for gaming whilst coming in at or below $1500. The build life cycle is 5 years. Will be Overclocking the cpu and will possibly pick up another GTX 670 for SLI gaming in the future.
CASE: Fractal Design Define R4 ($149)
PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 750W ST75F-P ($145)
MOTHERBOARD: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ($135)
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K ($229)
CPU FAN: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO ($35)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4) ($46)
VIDEO CARD: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Overclocked 2GB ($425)
SSD: Samsung 830 256gb ($205)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB ST2000DM001 ($99)
DVD: Samsung SH-224BB/BEBS SATA DVDRW Drive OEM ($19)
THERMAL COMPOUND: Noctua NT-H1 ($9)
Total: $1496 (All prices were take from Pc case gear, an Australian online store)
The Case and SSD are the obvious luxuries. Seeing on how much direct use the case will see I decide to allow a little indulgence. As for the SSD size, I would like to store a small collection of "currently playing" games as well as my os and the 256gb will give me space to grow in the builds 5 year life cycle.
Thanks for reading/rating.