Need suggestions on this built

[wjidea]

Hi

I plan to build a desktop recently, I am not pretty sure about my built, could you give me some suggestions? Thanks,

Here is my Built:

Monitor Asus VS228H-P
Case NZXT GAMMA
Power supply TT black widow 850W
Memo Crucial 2*4 gb
HD WD Green 1tb
Graphics HD 7870 XFX
CPU i5 3570k
MOBO AsRock z77 Extreme4

Budget <= $1k

I also want to get some suggestions for the brand of the video card.

Thanks,

J

 

[marshallbradley]

Looks like a decent build. I would go for a smaller (600w) Seasonic/Corsair/Antec power supply, as I've heard mixed reviews about ThermalTake's supplies. 600w will be plenty for any single card build.

Memory, motherboard and CPU is all strong.

As far as graphics is concerned, I don't rate XFX cards very highly. They look very nice agreed, but the latest one I had was very, very noisy and had mediocre thermal performance. If it's possible, a 7870 with either a Windforce 3x cooler or an ASUS DirectCU II model would be a much stronger choice.

Consider adding an SSD for a much more responsive feeling PC. Samsung 830 series is good.

Best of luck,

M

 

[Outlander_04]

The NZXT gamma is a really badly designed and made case .

Never heard of the TT blackwidow power supply
You need a 500 watt unit . 80+ bronze or better rated

XFX cards have the reference cooler . There are other solutions using 2 or even 3 fans . The Gigabyte windforce 7870 is overclocked and still runs cooler than every other 7870

 

[wjidea]

what do you guys think about 7950 and 7870? which one do you prefer??

 

[marshallbradley]

At 1080p? I've had both a 7950 and a 7850 (now using a 670 since the 7950 was an XFX version with horribly noisy fans). Honestly I didn't notice as much of a difference as I expected, at least in the vast majority of games. Both were very capable cards. I think the 7870 is the 'sweet spot' so to speak.

Just to note I have nothing against ATI cards, it was only the bad cooling design of the XFX that tainted my opinion of the 7950. I only switched as I wanted to see what life on the other side of the fence was like, and I chose the 670, since the 660 Ti just seems like a bad card to me given its price positioning.

M

 

[truprecht]

Lian-Li Case $100 -$20 promo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811112389

Asus Monitor $135 -$10 rebate:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236176

Seagate 1TB 7200 RPM HDD $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

MSI 7870 GPU $240 -$15 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127722

Corsair CX600 Bronze PSU $70 -$10 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028

GSkill 1600 CAS 9 RAM $56
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231546

ASRock Pro3 Z77 MB $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157297

3570K CPU $230 -$15 promo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Samsung 840 128GB SSD $95
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147188

Shipping: $17.29

Price with SSD: $1078.20
Price without SSD: $983.21

 

[truprecht]

I've purchased $240 MB's and $90 MB's and frankly, once everything's plugged in and it works, there's not much practical difference. OOSOOM. It really depends on how much you plan mess around with your machine. Is it a built-and-forget, or hack-and-tweak?

The case, on the other hand, you see and live with every day, so you don't want some cheesy Darth Vadery hunk of plastic.

 

[cutebeans]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($76.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($49.30 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Rosewill Green 530W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: LG E2211T-BN 22.0" Monitor ($119.38 @ Compuvest)
Total: $871.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-04 20:05 EST-0500)

If you really want a z77 motherboard, getting a Pro3 or Extreme4 would be nice.

You can save a lot of money on this build.