I want to build a PC system (for Gaming) for my cousin and one for my friend for about 1000$ .
I want to have the best Price/Performance parts, even when it will rise the price a little bit (10%). I have already built all my systems and I know what's good and bad but I'm wondering what you'll but in a 1000$ build.
I don't care about brands. I always used Nvidia GPU and Asus Motherboards. My PC build rocks a Intel i7 2600 and is fine for me. Now I have an other Pc that has a AMD FX6300 and I don't think my Intel is faster. They don't want to overclock so and I don't think they are going to upgrade anything more then a new GPU or the RAM, so no CPU upgrade. As the System is for gaming and some Office work, I think I don't need a High-power CPU. Better spend the money on the GPU as gaming on Ultra is important.
I only need the components, the rest is already bought and not in the budget.
This shouldn't be a bad place to start: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/f8L3Hx
I decided to go with the Xeon simply because they won't be overclocking, and there isn't a very big price difference between it and an i5. Of course, that could be changed to save a few bucks. Also, I went with a 750w power supply so there is the option to throw in another 280x at some point for Crossfire. Also, if you'd rather go with nVidia, you could just replace the 280x with a GTX 770.
What is it with you and "old cpu's" ? You're such a poser. Like i said in the previous thread and i'll repeat it ONE last time for slow people such as yourself. Caviar greens are my personal favourite, because they run a bit more quieter and they are extremely efficient. Their power-saving mechanism is extremely handy for gamers in my opinion. Never heard of an overheating issue with the green's. EVER. I speak from experience having myself actually own this part (unlike yourself). The "crappy" coolmax is a budget PSU with an 80+ efficiency rating. Something that's cheap and won't melt your system. Lastly, "unnecessary thermal paste" ? Are you really that cheap ? :P
I have an i5-3570k, and it is still a good CPU. However, the Haswells have a different design which is supposed to make them superior to the previous generation chips(don't know the full technicalities; hopefully vmN can pop in with his long explanations).
Alright. I've had over 10 hard drives, Including brands like Western Digital, Samsung, Seagate, and Hitachi. It is well known that WD Greens have a higher failure rate. I've had two WD Greens, both of which have died around 2-3 years. The problem with the Greens is that since they try to be "green" and save on power, the drive has to constantly spin up and spin down; moreso than drives like the WD Blue and WD Blacks. WD Greens are indeed more efficient, but considering a regular drive takes up around 5-8 watts of power, there really isn't much saving when going with Greens.
80+ isn't the whole story. There's a lot more to it than just efficiency. Coolmax's power supplies have terrible ripple characteristics, and provide rough power to your various components. They often do not even supply their rated wattage, and consist of crappy soldering and cheap chinese capacitors. If you can find me a good TECHNICAL review of a Coolmax power supply, then I will begin to take my words back.
As for the thermal paste, the Arctic Cooler should come with its own. There is no real need to purchase thermal compound by itself since the cooler is a relatively budget cooler. Temps won't differ enough to be worth the extra couple bucks for the thermal compound.
I honestly never tried the Coolmax PSU's. But if you're on a budget then you really don't get to be picky. You get what you pay for. Most PSU's at that price range consist of either Chinese or American capacitors. The Japanese are the high end ones. But that doesn't make the low end ones "crappy". I have a TR2 600w PSU from Thermaltake in one of my systems. Doesn't even have an 80+ rating. Believe it or not, it's really good. I VERY RARELY (can't stress that enough) put my pc on hibernate, log off or even shut down. It's on 24/7. It runs super-cool with 2 120mm fans and that TR2 PSU is cool and ready to go always. So don't give me that none-sense about PSU's, it's the same logic that applies to anything "if you don't fuck with it, it won't fuck with you" meaning if you don't take good care of your components and "abuse" your system day and night chances are the hard drives, motherboard, psu, etc will fail on you. As for the caviar greens you claim "there really isn't much powersaving" i disagree, simply because i have a 2.5 TB green in my system that runs for ages with no rest, bear in mind i built this system in early 2012 and we're approaching 2015 so that's 2 and a half years of durability and excellent performance. The greens go superbly well with lower end PSU's simply because they don't generate much power (they actually save it) and work exceptionally well with pretty much anything you're using whether it's video editing, graphic design, gaming or even phishing. But like any other hard drive, it certainly does have it's ups and downs. I'm not saying it's perfect but it sure as hell lives up to it's name. I know most people think it's just an eco friendly drive but it's a bit more than that.
What ?? You're either blind or you're trolling. Pick one. Cos i'm not gonna sit here and take anymore of this bullshit. You have something nice to say ? By all means say it ! You don't ? Then shut the hell up and get out ! Plain simple, buddy :D
@Some Tech noob: Can you please make me a pc on Pcpartpicker.
@artiseven: Is there a way to incloude a SSD or a faster HD in your build, I have nothing against a WD Green but it's not the fastest HD there is for the price.