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prne10

prne10

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Hey guys. It's been a while since I've built my own system, and a friend asked for some recommendations for his gaming rig. For whatever reason, he's already purchased some of the parts as follows:

Graphics Card: XFX AMD HD 7770

Ram: Corsair Vengeance Blue PC3-12800 1600mHz DDR3 240-Pin SDRAM

DVD Drive: LG Internal Super Multi Drive 24X

Case: Rosewill Blackbone Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

He needs a CPU / Mobo combo for under $200 total so I'm thinking the following:

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 Haswell Dual-Core 3.2GHz LGA

Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H87 Performance LGA 1150 Intel H87

I think the above is a good bang for buck combo. At least a bit of research suggests that the G3258 is the best gaming CPU for under $100 right now. I think his other parts should work just fine.

EDIT:

CPU/MOBO Combo Proposed:

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130

Motherboard: Gigabyte LGA 1150 Intel B85

This proposed answer is probably better for non-OCing.

Also, I'm thinking this for a PSU (separate from $200 for CPU/MOBO):

SeaSonic M12II 620 Bronze 620W ATX12V

The above is reasonable price, gets good reviews, and is modular for easy install and clean look.

Thoughts?
 
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I think the Fatal1ty motherboard is overkill. I realize the CPU is OC'able, but does this person really want to do that? Get a mid range i3 with a B85 mobo and they will be good for quite some time.
 
You said "gaming CPU"... which games are you playing? At what resolution? With how much eye candy?

And why are you going with an HD 7770 if gaming's one of your priorities?
 
tiraides said:
You said "gaming CPU"... which games are you playing? At what resolution? With how much eye candy?

And why are you going with an HD 7770 if gaming's one of your priorities?
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My friend bought the card, I didn't. I know he wants to game on the machine.
 
artimusbill said:
I think the Fatal1ty motherboard is overkill. I realize the CPU is OC'able, but does this person really want to do that? Get a mid range i3 with a B85 mobo and they will be good for quite some time.
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Thats a good point I didn't think about. I doubt he will be really OCing this thing. So I assume something like the following would be better:

Intel Core i3-4330

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Gigabyte LGA 1150 Intel B85
 
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prne10 said:
Thats a good point I didn't think about. I doubt he will be really OCing this thing. So I assume something like the following would be better:

Intel Core i3-4330

+

Gigabyte LGA 1150 Intel B85
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Not quite. Save the $13 and go this CPU instead since you won't notice a difference between the two:
$124 - Intel Core i3-4130 CPU

Also, what PSU is he planning on using/getting?

Is it too late to return that video card? I ask because if your friend actually paid $130 for that card in the past month, he made a very big mistake. Right now, you can get the significantly faster R9 270 card for $20 more:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202090

We're literally talking about double the performance of that HD 7770 card for $20 more. DOUBLE!
 
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Dangman said:
Not quite. Save the $13 and go this CPU instead since you won't notice a difference between the two:
$124 - Intel Core i3-4130 CPU

Also, what PSU is he planning on using/getting?

Is it too late to return that video card? I ask because if your friend actually paid $130 for that card in the past month, he made a very big mistake. Right now, you can get the significantly faster R9 270 card for $20 more:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202090

We're literally talking about double the performance of that HD 7770 card for $20 more. DOUBLE!
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I don't know about PSU, I'll have to ask him.

I'll ask him, but I am guessing its probably too late. I think he's been buying things one at a time (which doesn't make any sense)...
 
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That's because they assume you're running all sorts of other power-hungry crap with heavy overclocks in the system, and that you bought a cheap PSU that couldn't handle 100% load. How the hell else do you think they could figure out what is in your system - read your mind? They make a guess with a lot of play in those numbers.

That video card uses 83w PEAK even if you overclock it:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/XFX/HD_7770_Black_Edition_Super_Overclock/24.html

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Your whole system with the Core i3 AND 7770 likely uses less than 250w DC peak. If you don't believe me, buy yourself a kill-a-watt and get informed.

That PSU I recommended can actually deliver 430w CONTINUOUS POWER:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story4&reid=214

Nothing wrong with the seasonic 620w, it's just twice what you need to spend here. If you prefer seasonic, they have similar stuff around the same price :)
 
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