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[lord_Monkey]

Hey ,

I'm doing a build for gaming under 1500$ but I would like to go lower if possible without losing performance (removing unnecessary stuff)

I'm living is Saudi so I may buy stuff local or order online
Here what I got at the local shops

i5 3550 200$
Asus P8Z77-V Pro 250$
2 x4GB crosier vengeance 60$
EVEA GTX 680SC 660$
120GB SSD crusial force GT 160$
1TB WD 72000 90$
Corsair 800W gaming edition 150$
LG DVD/RW 25$
Cool masters case 55$

I'm trying to reduce to around 1300 $ for the build

What do you guys think

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[aaksheytalwar]

2500k

As rock z77 extreme 4

Gtx 670

Samsung 30nm 2x4gb

Crucial m4ssd

 

[Durvelle27]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116504 i5-3570K

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157293 ASRock Z77 Extreme4

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233144 Corsair Vengeance 8GB(2x4GB) 1600

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148442 Crucial M4 128GB SSD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103099 Hyper 212+ EVO

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130782 EVGA GTX 670

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341018 OCZ ModXStream Modular 700w psu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119233 Cooler Master Haf 912

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136758 Western Digital 1TB

Total: 1,189

 

[lehtv]

You didn't mention what your gaming resolution is and whether you want to overclock.

If you don't intend to OC and you're only gaming at 1080p, you should get a B75 or H77 board and a 500W PSU, that'd be enough for i5-3550 and GTX 670.

If you intend to OC and you're only gaming at 1080p, you should get Asrock Z77 Pro3, Gigabyte Z77-D3H along with i5-2500K or i5-3570K, and a 500W PSU.

If you game at higher than 1080p resolution, then you'll want Asrock Z77 Extreme4 or Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H and a 650-750W PSU. I'd also recommend an overclockable CPU to minimize bottlenecking with SLI.

 

[lord_Monkey]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116504 i5-3570K

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157293 ASRock Z77 Extreme4

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233144 Corsair Vengeance 8GB(2x4GB) 1600

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148442 Crucial M4 128GB SSD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103099 Hyper 212+ EVO

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130782 EVGA GTX 670

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341018 OCZ ModXStream Modular 700w psu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119233 Cooler Master Haf 912

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136758 Western Digital 1TB

Total: 1,189

That looks like a great build. I I can order all of the stuff online other than the case, the PDU, and and DVD ROM due to the weight it would cost too much.

I did not fins ASRock Mobos locally which concerns me in case of issues.

My friend built one recently with the GTX 670 but I though I would be future proofing with 680.

 

[lord_Monkey]

You didn't mention what your gaming resolution is and whether you want to overclock.

If you don't intend to OC and you're only gaming at 1080p, you should get a B75 or H77 board and a 500W PSU, that'd be enough for i5-3550 and GTX 670.

If you intend to OC and you're only gaming at 1080p, you should get Asrock Z77 Pro3, Gigabyte Z77-D3H along with i5-2500K or i5-3570K, and a 500W PSU.

If you game at higher than 1080p resolution, then you'll want Asrock Z77 Extreme4 or Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H and a 650-750W PSU. I'd also recommend an overclockable CPU to minimize bottlenecking with SLI.

I'll be gaming at 1080P ill mainly game on my Big Screen TV, don't have a decent monitor at the moment. Never thought about going higher. I enlighten me if possible on the benefits. I

I don't intend to overclock ( to be honest I never thought about it)

Il

 

[lehtv]

A higher resolution monitor would cost a lot at the moment, not doable on your budget. Well, the only relatively affordable option is a factory reject Yamakasi Catleap from eBay.

Sounds to me like you'd be perfectly fine with

i5-3550
2x4GB 1333/1600 1.5V
B75/H77 motherboard
GTX 670
500 PSU (seasonic, corsair, antec, xfx, ocz zs/zt, silverstone, to name a few)

 

[krnmastersgt]

I agree with lehtv's suggestion, though at 1920x1080 I think a 7850 for roughly half the cost would do just fine. It might not be able to max out in a few titles currently (Max Payne 3, BF3) but for the most part it will be able to. Though I suppose you want to not have to worry about the GPU for a while, in which case the 670 is more than powerful enough. It's only slightly slower than the 680, so when the 670 isn't capable of running a future title sufficiently, chances are the 680 would not fair much better.

Also note this thread here as the poster had your budget in mind as well (though he needed a monitor included) as the system I posted there is very powerful. You could change down the CPU to an i5 3450 or 3550, swap the board for a cheaper B75, lose the CPU cooler entirely, and bump up the video card to the GTX 670 if you felt like it, though the 7870 is a pretty capable card for your resolution.

 

[mfenn]

My friend built one recently with the GTX 670 but I though I would be future proofing with 680.

The 10% difference between a GTX 670 and GTX 680 isn't going to make a difference in terms of "future-proofing". By the time one is slow, the other will be as well.

I'd say that any of the i5 3550 + GTX 670 builds that have been posted here are good for you since you don't want to overclock. I can definitely understand not wanting to buy a mobo from a company that doesn't have a local distribution network in case you run into problems. ASUS is pretty much everywhere, even though the P8Z77-V LX isn't as good of a value as the ASRock Z77 Pro3, it probably makes sense in your situation.

 

[lord_Monkey]

Convinced about the GTX 670.

@Mfenn

You hit the nail in the head. If ASRock was available here I would jumped all over it. Unfortunately it isn't and I would need local support of I run into problems.

I will need to go check on what's available again , I was surprised last time I went that the difference between the Z77-V and the pro was 20 dollars.


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[Ken g6]

In general, these days, one 1155 board is about as good as any other with the same chipset. Intel has moved so much onto the CPU and because Intel doesn't let anyone but themselves make chipsets anymore, there's not much left for the mobo OEMs to cheap out on. The exception being that if one has a really bad VRM it may not overclock too well.

Therefore, any Z77 board with the features (generally extra ports) you want should be good. If you're not using that SSD for a HDD cache - and you shouldn't - then any Z75s you find should be equally good.

 

[lord_Monkey]

Items purchased.

Got a good deal on Asus Sabertooth z77
I5 3570k , gtx670 combo from one shop.

Everyone has been a real help. I'm glad that about the professionalism and support available in the PC community.

I was able to slash the prices with the combo and the change in VGA card really benefited the price.




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[lehtv]

Nice, hope you enjoy your new setup :thumbsup:

 

[JasonCoder]

You didn't mention what your gaming resolution is and whether you want to overclock.

If you don't intend to OC and you're only gaming at 1080p, you should get a B75 or H77 board and a 500W PSU, that'd be enough for i5-3550 and GTX 670.

If you intend to OC and you're only gaming at 1080p, you should get Asrock Z77 Pro3, Gigabyte Z77-D3H along with i5-2500K or i5-3570K, and a 500W PSU.

If you game at higher than 1080p resolution, then you'll want Asrock Z77 Extreme4 or Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H and a 650-750W PSU. I'd also recommend an overclockable CPU to minimize bottlenecking with SLI.

Interested in why > 1080p is the line for moving to an extreme 4? The Pro3 constricts your gaming rez? And a "K" chip has less bottlenecks? I thought it just wasn't clock limited. Learn something everyday... nice.

Love your recommendations and comments btw.

 

[Ken g6]

Interested in why > 1080p is the line for moving to an extreme 4? The Pro3 constricts your gaming rez?

I think SLI is the line for moving to an extreme 4. The Pro3 constricts your ability to SLI or Crossfire. There is one PCI Express 2.0 x16@x4, but it's not set up to SLI or Crossfire with the 3.0 slot.

And a "K" chip has less bottlenecks?

I'm not even sure what you mean by that. The K chip has a better onboard GPU, but that doesn't matter here.

 

[mfenn]

Items purchased.

Got a good deal on Asus Sabertooth z77
I5 3570k , gtx670 combo from one shop.

Everyone has been a real help. I'm glad that about the professionalism and support available in the PC community.

I was able to slash the prices with the combo and the change in VGA card really benefited the price.




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Gratz! First order of business: remove the silly "thermal armor" from the Sabertooth.

 

[JasonCoder]

I think SLI is the line for moving to an extreme 4. The Pro3 constricts your ability to SLI or Crossfire. There is one PCI Express 2.0 x16@x4, but it's not set up to SLI or Crossfire with the 3.0 slot.

I'm not even sure what you mean by that. The K chip has a better onboard GPU, but that doesn't matter here.

The quote from lehtv was advice towards minimizing SLI bottlenecking by getting an overclockable CPU.

 

[lehtv]

The quote from lehtv was advice towards minimizing SLI bottlenecking by getting an overclockable CPU.

Sorry I made it unclear. I meant that a resolution higher than 1080p can really benefit from SLI/Crossfire and for that you need a SLI board like Extreme4 and a 650W PSU. And if you do go SLI/Crossfire, the CPU should be overclocked to avoid bottlenecking

 

[lord_Monkey]

OK so I'm getting a Blue Screen error 0x000000F4 CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION

At random times.
Once installing an application once running battlefield 3
And twice while it was just downloading. From steam and origin together

During installation everything was going smoothly

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[T_Yamamoto]

Looks like ram to me

 

[mfenn]

OK so I'm getting a Blue Screen error 0x000000F4 CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION

At random times.
Once installing an application once running battlefield 3
And twice while it was just downloading. From steam and origin together

During installation everything was going smoothly

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I did a little research and it does seem to be related to bad memory or storage. Try using each stick of RAM indiviually and seeing if the problem goes away. Then, try installing the game on the SSD if you were originally trying the HDD (or vis versa).

 

[JasonCoder]

OK so I'm getting a Blue Screen error 0x000000F4 CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION

At random times.
Once installing an application once running battlefield 3
And twice while it was just downloading. From steam and origin together

During installation everything was going smoothly

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If you're overclocking I've always been told you do a burn in to see if it will remain stable. It's possible your build isn't stable for some reason. Or yea, what others said about a bad stick of RAM.

 

[lord_Monkey]

Well I did a burn in test for the RAM on its own and the SSD as well.

Did not detect issues



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[lord_Monkey]

Well of dlue screened again during windows installation
At this step

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/operatingsystems/ss/windows-7-clean-install-part-2_6.htm

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[lord_Monkey]

I keeps taking it back to shop where I bought the parts ans assembled them. But it never happens there

He is telling me its my electricity or cables that are doing the issue.

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