Hi guys,
Looking for a sub-$1500 build, maybe around $1300, but with $1500 max.
It will be used for just about everything, like rendering and office, but mostly gaming.
An SSD would also be nice, if possible at this price point.
Also, could you give recomendations for a good keyboard and mouse for gaming?
Thanks
This build. And, the Logitech G400 is a very good mouse at a low price, so is the Microsoft Sidewinder x4 if we're talking keyboards.
http://www.kbmod.com/2012/10/01/pc-build-guide-october-2012/
look at this but you can always change some parts to suite your own preference.
This is what I would get:
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128544
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501
RAM: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB @1600mhz 7-8-8-24 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231628
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202008
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148448
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533
PSU: SeaSonic M12II 650 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151106
Case: Cooler Master HAF XM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119257
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709011
Explanation
The board, CPU, and CPU cooler will allow you to overclock very significantly. The i7 will already help with rendering, and the overclock will give it even more of a boost.
The GPU will be amazing for gaming, and I would suggest you overclock it as well with MSI Afterburner to get the core clock up to at least 1000mhz, but I would push it even higher than that in order to get the most performance possible out of it.
Use the SSD as a boot drive and the HDD for storage. If you wanted to though, you might actually be able to create a 64GB partition on the SSD and use that as a cache for the hard drive. Then you could use your hard drive and that partition as a boot drive, so that your most used programs utilize that part of the SSD. Then you could use the rest of the space on the SSD to install whatever you want to run faster. It would probably just be better to manually install the programs you think you will use the most on the SSD though. Either way the choice is up to you.
The power supply has enough power and cables to hook up another 7970 later down the road if you ever wanted to. Not to mention it's modular and has a single 12V rail, which will make it extremely easy to work with.
The case is a very nice mid tower modeled after the HAF X. It will have great cable management and airflow. You can always get a different case if you don't like it.
RAM is cheap, so why not get 16GB?
you could get and am3+ board with an 8320 for far less, and pair it up with an h100 and [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835610003]better fans[/url] for much higher ocand still be at or under the price of your choices, with same or better performance. also, from what I have seen just looking around the interwebz, the general consensus is that paying more for lower cas ram just really isn't worth it. get the g.skill ripjaws x, same capacit, speed, just cas 8 or 9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231489
beyind those comments, looks like good picks
Except for where AMD CPUs are inferior in every single way, especially when compared to an i7. Not to mention that the Phanteks cooler performs at about the same level as the H100 and it's cheaper. Why skimp on RAM if you don't have to?
Also, if you're going to spend the money on an H100, then it would be much better to get an XSPC Rasa RS240 kit instead anyway.
Another KBMOD bro! Hello sir!
Is the 3770k any better than the i7 2600k? They are both quad core and 1155 only difference 3770k comes bit overclocked out of the box?
The H100 is only $105 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181017 ) $90 with the mail in rebate, making it $10 cheaper than the Phantek.
Huh, they used to be around $120.
128 gb SSD is not cool if your gonna use steam and install games on it you could move the steam installs to your HDD but then you don't get the loading speed benefits so i'd say either get 2 128's and raid 0 them or just a get a bigger single SSD