First Gaming Computer

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Todaytheday19

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Building my first gaming computer but I need some help with it :P
Seeing that it's my first I thought I'd get some conformation on whether or not you guys think it'll run correctly or not and whether or not it's worth the money. If you can think of anything that's better than what's listed and is lower than the price I'm getting it for feel free to let me know and I'll definitely consider it!

Processer: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
+ Intel HD Graphics 3000

Motherboard: Biostar T277XE3 LGA 1155 Intel 277 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFIBIOS

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF912 RC-KKN1 Black SECC/ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer

Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2X4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model

Graphic Card: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card ( 11202-00-20G)

Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Power Supply: Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7,i5"
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I found all of this on Newegg.com
 
no no no.

Processor: Outdated tech. Look at the i5-3570k.

MOtherboard: That is low quality POS board there. MSI, Gigabyte, and Asus are the only ones to look at. The Gigabyte UD3H is the board to look at in that price range.

Case: Opinion, but if you are going to put out $59+ on a case, at least get a quality unit. Coolermaster is not that at all. In the same price range and better value would be: Rosewill Challanger, NZXT Tempest 410, NZXT Source 210, NZXT Gamma Classic, Corsair Carbide 200r.

RAM: that is fine, but for a few dollars more you can get 1866/2133 and have better performance.

GPU: You really want the 7770GHz or above if you can afford it.

PSU: You can get better. Look at Corsair CX600 for example.
 
Thanks! That helped a lot and the price actually dropped a bit! I wasn't sure about just a 600w just in case I upgrade though so here's the new list.

Computer UPDATE

RAM x2
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL

Processor
Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K

Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

GPU
HIS iCooler H777F1G2M Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

PSU
Gaming Series™ GS700 — 80 PLUS® Certified Power Supply

Case
Rosewill Challanger

What do you think?
 
WHats the budget total? I don't agree with everything wolfe is saying here. How much are we talking about. Wolfes first post would at a guess raise the budget by 20% to achieve. What is the budget?

The 2500K will stomp a 3570K at 4.7GHz in gaming I wouldve thought. It performs as good as a 2600K in games and 2600K is still the fastest CPU out there for gaming (assuming you call the 2700K a 2600K which it is).

Also, the original rosewill psu looks to me like a reasonable quality one. Its only powering a 7750 on a budget board. A 450W quality psu would be loads. 32A on 12V rail is my recommendation.

Please just post your budget, what hardware you already have (e.g. monitors and keyboard), what games you want to play (e.g. BF4 or Crysis3), what resolution your monitor will be when playing (e.g. 1080p).
 
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This is getting real old quickly. You are basing arguments on CPUs as SB OCd vs IB stock. The 3570k is the faster CPU clock for clock. Both at the same clocks, the 2500k is beat. Hands down. both at 4.7 or 5GHz, it does not matter. And equal price.

If you plan to argue the fact, Then please show us a bench with the 2500k and 3570k at the same clocks and the 2500k being stronger. I really want to see that bench. (as it does not exist)

PSU, the green series is generally not that great of quality, but either way. The Corsair is $10 more. OPs call.
 
And the only thing I already have is my Diablo 3 mouse. Ill mostly be playing WoW, Diablo 3, Left for Dead 2, and maybe Starcraft later on. And 1080p for sure.
If you could also recommend a cheap gaming keyboard of decent quality, that'd be nice as well.
 
$715 with Windows 7, $750 with a HDD that you will probably need too. Either way, this bad boy below packs a GTX670, 2500K, 8GB of fast ram, powered by a quality Seasonic that can deliver over 444W on the 12V rail alone. The case is the classic Antec 300, which is budget, but solid. Smaller sized case that suits this build well.

$40 H61 Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135343
$59.99 RAM (8GB) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820576011
$363 GTX670 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127675
$64 Antec 300 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
$88 PSU - Seasonic 37A 12V Rail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151124
$615

Edit, go the 3570K, it really wont make that much difference.
 
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That all looks pretty good, but I might change the case later:P Also I'm thinking about going for an AMD FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6100WMGUSBX. If I overclock it ill get a different cooler though.
 
If you go for an AMD processor, you'll need a different motherboard. Don't get the FX-6100, again, it's old, get the FX-6300 - much better.

Looks to me as if you were looking at i5s before - I'd personally get the 3570K over the 2500K now (simply because the 3570K is newer) and I'd also take a 3570K over any AMD processor out there at the moment.
 
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