My brother has finally realized that his rig is quite outdated and wants a new one. Being the family tech support, it's up to me to design, build and maintain the thing when he eventually breaks it and blames it on me... yay.
Anyway, I'm fairly confident in the parts I'v chosen, but I'd like to see what the community thinks. Its always good to have more sets of eyes on something.
Approximate Purchase Date: This week
Budget Range: ~$1000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (DayZ, TF2, Total War type games) and General Usage (Microsoft Office, Internet browsing).
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Just the tower except HDD and optical.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: PC Case Gear only, for simplicity when purchasing.
http://www.pccasegear.com/
Location: Victoria, Australia
Parts Preferences: None.
Overclocking: No, but might tweak the base clock a wee bit to push some extra frequency out of the locked CPU.
SLI/Crossfire: :lol: No
Your Monitor Resolution: He plays on a 720p something ridiculous" TV
Additional Comments: Would like a window, that's pretty much it.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: He's playing on a LGA775 rig with a HD5670 and 4GB of RAM, with a generic PSU that smells as if its going to blow any day now. He's finally realized an upgrade might be in order.
What I'v got down so far.
https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=wish_lists&wlcId=151403&action=wish_lists
CPU: Core i5-3470
Mobo: AsRock H77 Pro4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2x4GB) 1600Mhz CL9 1.5v
PSU: Corsair CX-500
GPU: ASUS HD7850 2GB
SSD: Samsung 840 120GB
HDD: A Samsung 1TB drive I have lying around
Case: Coolermaster Storm Enforcer
OS: Windows 8 64bit OEM
Total comes to ~$980 including postage.
There will also be my old 212 EVO on the rig, because why not.
Let me know what you think, and if I should change anything and reasons why.
Anyway, I'm fairly confident in the parts I'v chosen, but I'd like to see what the community thinks. Its always good to have more sets of eyes on something.
Approximate Purchase Date: This week
Budget Range: ~$1000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (DayZ, TF2, Total War type games) and General Usage (Microsoft Office, Internet browsing).
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Just the tower except HDD and optical.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: PC Case Gear only, for simplicity when purchasing.
http://www.pccasegear.com/
Location: Victoria, Australia
Parts Preferences: None.
Overclocking: No, but might tweak the base clock a wee bit to push some extra frequency out of the locked CPU.
SLI/Crossfire: :lol: No
Your Monitor Resolution: He plays on a 720p something ridiculous" TV
Additional Comments: Would like a window, that's pretty much it.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: He's playing on a LGA775 rig with a HD5670 and 4GB of RAM, with a generic PSU that smells as if its going to blow any day now. He's finally realized an upgrade might be in order.
What I'v got down so far.
https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=wish_lists&wlcId=151403&action=wish_lists
CPU: Core i5-3470
Mobo: AsRock H77 Pro4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2x4GB) 1600Mhz CL9 1.5v
PSU: Corsair CX-500
GPU: ASUS HD7850 2GB
SSD: Samsung 840 120GB
HDD: A Samsung 1TB drive I have lying around
Case: Coolermaster Storm Enforcer
OS: Windows 8 64bit OEM
Total comes to ~$980 including postage.
There will also be my old 212 EVO on the rig, because why not.
Let me know what you think, and if I should change anything and reasons why.