Gaming Comp with future-proofing in mind (under 1500)

[youngie]

long story short, I've been debating, checking prices, reading reviews and living on THW forums etc, so far, this is what I have come up with:

CPU................Intel i5-4670K.............................269
MOBO.............Asus Z87-Plus.............................228
Cooling...........Corsair CWCH H90.......................108
RAM...............G.Skill Trident-X 8GB KIT (2400).....99
Graphics.........Asus GTX660-DC2O-2G................233
HDD...............Corsair Neutron GTX SSD 120G.....149
HDD...............WD Green EZRX SATA3 1TB............69
Media Drive.....ASUS SATA DVD RW ......................22
PSU................Aerocool True Power 750W..............89
Case...............Aerocool Strike-X ADVANCE (black)..89
Software .........Win8 (64bit)................................105
TOTAL............................................................1460


Couple of reasons I've settled for this thus far;

- I figured when the price drops I can just pick up another GTX660, saves forking out now for a high ender right now, hence the 750w PSU now,

- I've never had problems with ASUS before, as a matter of fact, I play BF3 comfortably on a ASUS A73S lappy, thou I doubt it'll hold up to BF4 standards,

- truth be told I know nothing about SSD's hence why I did so much background checking, found this specific brand/series to be "acceptable" by THW so figured why not,

- I'm assuming that this board, CPU combo will last a while, when I update next I kinda want to only have to OC and convert to SLi and stick in some more ram possibly,

- Case I am not fussed on,

- Need something at least half decent for BF4 launch

any thoughts would be greatly appreciated

(also note, Australian prices, all taken from MSY.com.au, haven't shopped around yet as I'm still debating on possible alterations)

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

You can get a much better build for the same price complete with SSD, i5 4670K, Nvidia 770 (Equivalent to 680 = 2 times powerful than the 660) and an awesome motherboard with some pretty good overclocking capability. So you should definitely go for this build. It is good one. I am sure that this would be good for you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.00 @ PCCaseGear)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($165.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Memory: Avexir Standard Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.25 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($479.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Antec One Hundred ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($139.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($105.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Total: $1513.25
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-16 04:11 EST+1000)

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