My First Build: $1000 AUD Gaming Rig

[Guest]

Approximate Purchase Date: This or next week

Budget Range: $1000 and under (the lower the better)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and surfing the internet

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Don't care as long as it ships to Australia. I used http://www.msy.com.au for the parts below

Country: Australia

Parts Preferences: Don't care

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: If you can think of something to add or change please post below

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I would like to play games such as Battlefield 3 on ultra with no lag.
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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K ($246.00 AUD)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO ($34.00 AUD)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 ($105.00 AUD)
Memory: Patriot IEM Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 ($71.00 AUD)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200RPM ($67.00 AUD)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB ($395.00 AUD)
Case: Cooler Master K380 ($53.00 AUD)
Power Supply: Corsair VS650 650W ($72.00 AUD)
Optical Drive: LG SATA Black DVD RW ($18.00 AUD)
Total: $1061.00 AUD

 

[jonno208]

Approximate Purchase Date: This or next week

Budget Range: $1000 and under (the lower the better)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and surfing the internet

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Don't care as long as it ships to Australia. I used http://www.msy.com.au for the parts below

Country: Australia

Parts Preferences: Don't care

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: If you can think of something to add or change please post below

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I would like to play games such as Battlefield 3 with no lag
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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K ($246.00 AUD)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO ($34.00 AUD)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 ($105.00 AUD)
Memory: Patriot IEM Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 ($71.00 AUD)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB ($105.00 AUD)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200RPM ($67.00 AUD)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB ($308.00 AUD)
Case: Cooler Master K380 ($53.00 AUD)
Power Supply: Corsair VS650 650W ($72.00 AUD)
Optical Drive: LG SATA Black DVD RW ($18.00 AUD)
Total: $1079 AUD

That build is pretty solid and since it is already over budget I cant add anything to it and there is no need to change anything in my mind. I would say go with it.

 

[luckiest charm]

All good mate.

Mind you, you can go for Haswell if you are not going to overclock. That system is 15% faster than this one. I am talking about i5 4670K and Z87 Extreme3.

Also, if you can cut out SSD and go for HD 7970 instead, you are better off with a faster video card. You can add SSD next month when you would have more money but you can not change video card again without shedding massive amount of money.

 

[Guest]

All good mate.

Mind you, you can go for Haswell if you are not going to overclock. That system is 15% faster than this one. I am talking about i5 4670K and Z87 Extreme3.

Also, if you can cut out SSD and go for HD 7970 instead, you are better off with a faster video card. You can add SSD next month when you would have more money but you can not change video card again without shedding massive amount of money.

I am most likely going to overclock and think I'm going to stay with Ivy Bridge. But I did not think about removing the SSD and getting a better GPU. Which 7970 would be the best?

 

[Guest]

Also if I get the 7970 would I need a larger PSU?

 

[luckiest charm]

650W is more than enough for both of them.

And get Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 Vapor X.
It should be under $400 ( ~ $350 to be exact).

It is the flagship Single GPU of ATI.

It is a lot faster than HD 7950.

 

[Guest]

650W is more than enough for both of them.

And get Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 Vapor X.
It should be under $400 ( ~ $350 to be exact).

It is the flagship Single GPU of ATI.

It is a lot faster than HD 7950.

Hm ok but may I ask where you got $350 from? The cheapest I can find in Australia is at $470.00 AUD http://www.allneeds.com.au/prod1463.htm

 

[luckiest charm]

Vapor X is $500 sorry.
You can go for one of these -

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr797oc3gd
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-ax79703gbd52dhv3
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100351sr (Sapphire)

These are normal 7970s and a few are GHz edition.
Vapor X has just 6 GB VRAM and 3 GB is waste because single monitor can not utilize more than 3 GB.

 

[Guest]

Vapor X is $500 sorry.
You can go for one of these -

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr797oc3gd
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-ax79703gbd52dhv3
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100351sr (Sapphire)

These are normal 7970s and a few are GHz edition.
Vapor X has just 6 GB VRAM and 3 GB is waste because single monitor can not utilize more than 3 GB.

Ok and by the way I will have dual monitors but will only be gaming on one. Will this one be fine?: http://msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=8725

 

[luckiest charm]

Yeah that would be more than enough.
I mean heavy gaming on both the monitors require more than 3 GB.

That config is fine and your card would be fairly powerful.
Hitman Absolution would run better in your system than any of the Nvidia ones.

 

[Guest]

Yeah that would be more than enough.
I mean heavy gaming on both the monitors require more than 3 GB.

That config is fine and your card would be fairly powerful.
Hitman Absolution would run better in your system than any of the Nvidia ones.

Ok thanks for all the help I appreciate it, I finished building my computer about 5 days ago and am currently typing on it. Here's a few screenshots of it in the light and in the dark: http://i.imgur.com/4SBmEzT.jpg , http://i.imgur.com/sCr1Lfc.jpg

 

[luckiest charm]

It is looking pretty cool.

Those neon lights are making it look even better. ^^