PC for 2013 Help Please

[Eric4753]

Hello, ok my complete budget for all the parts is $1400 (MAX)

Case: NZXT SWITCH 810 BLACK Full Tower Chassis with USB 3.0 - $160.00

Power Supply: SilverStone Strider Essential series St60F-ES 600W ATX12V/ EPS12V SLI ready CrossFire Ready 80 Plus Certfied Active PFC Power supply - $68.99

Ram: GSkill G Gkill Ripjaws Series 16gb 4 x 4gb 240 pin ddr3 sdram ddr3 1600 pc3 12800 desktop memory model - $50 - $70

Internal Hard Drive: Seagate St200DM001 Barracuda 7200 RPM 1 Tb Sata 6GB/s NCQ 64 Mb Cache 3.5 inch internal bare drive - $120

Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX570 HD 2560MB GDDR5 SLI Ready Graphics Card (025-P3-1579-AR) - $339

Processor: Intel i7 3770k 8mb L3 Cache, 77w - $320

Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 lGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6gb/s Usb 3.0 Micro ATX Intel motherboard - $179

**Am i missing anything?**

Is there any other brand you recommend or anything?

Thanks in advance,
Eric

 

[spirit]

It looks good to me, but personally I'd spend less on the CPU and get an i5 3570K and spend more on the GPU and get a Radeon HD 7950 or 7970. The GTX 570 is an older card now (just over 2 years old I believe) and the 1.25GB of RAM on it is a bit of a limitation. The Radeons have 2 or 3GB of RAM which is much more future-proof.

If this is for gaming, then the i7 is a bit overkill, an i5 3570K will be fine and offer the same performance in games as the i7.

 

[Eric4753]

Well I'm hoping to make my pc last so in my book overkill is good ,but yes this is for gaming.

Also which motherboard would you recommend?
So the Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB GDDR5 DVI-I/HDMI/2x Mini-Displayport PCI-E 3.0 Graphics Card GV-R797OC-3GD - 441.51 right?

 

[spirit]

Yeah the 7950 you've found there looks good. I'd definitely get something newer and with more memory than a 570 though.

I think the i5 3570K will set you up for a while, so I don't see the need to spend more on the i7.

The board I'd recommend would probably be the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H or the GA-Z77X-UD3H or the ASUS P8Z77-V PRO. Any of those would be good.

 

[wolfeking]

Getting an i7 for gaming in hopes that it will last longer is pointless. 5 years from now it will not make a difference that you have HT on your processor, as the processor will still be too weak for maxxing games. That is, no more than a Pentium IV HT can game now. It can, but not well.

Motherboard you choose is good. Just grab the ATX version, not the mATX.

Graphics card, that one is good, but I would go for a MSI Twin Frozr design over it. Well, actually I would buy a reference design, but the twin frozr is better at cooling.

Everything else is good.

 

[byteninja2]

Like they said, the i7 is just stupid for gaming. Not overkill, just stupid (and overkill). Also, get a HD 7950.And a i5 3570k.

 

[Eric4753]

i like the 3770k because it will let me upgrade in the future,but if you want me to downgrade i can...to the i5 since i don't need hyper threading and its only a little faster

also here is the motherboard is this good?:GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard 189.99 or should i go with this for my i7: ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE LGA 1155 Intel Z77 - 260.00

and the graphics card I could not find it... could i have a link please?

Thanks for the help guys

 

[wolfeking]

Do you want AMD or Nvidia graphics?

Personally, I would go for the UP5 or UP7 over the UD5. The asus board there is good too. You will just have to choose one that you are happy with.

anyway, graphics.

HD7970 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127677
GTX 680 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127672

Either is a great card. Just have to choose which you want. DO not go for any XFX card, they are loud and voltage locked. You can go for the reference design too, it is good enough.

 

[Benny Boy]

Some ideas.
3570K
GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP4
Antec HCG-620M
G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB 1866
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 128GB SATA
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM
SAMSUNG DVD Burner SATA Model SH-224BB/RSBS
NZXT SWITCH 810 Black
2 promos (1 in ebalst for 10 off the ssd), + gc = $40 If you use the free shipping trial, take another $24 off for a Net of $861
Leaves $439 for 7970.

 

[Eric4753]

well idk I've never used Radeon ,but I'm open to new ideas and stuff... also benny boy how much would this cost? also could you label the stuff like 3570k - $200

Thanks again

 

[Eric4753]

so here is the updated list Thanks again

Case: NZXT SWITCH 810 BLACK Full Tower Chassis with USB 3.0 - $160.00

Power Supply: SilverStone Strider Essential series St60F-ES 600W ATX12V/ EPS12V SLI ready CrossFire Ready 80 Plus Certfied Active PFC Power supply - $68.99

Ram: GSkill G Gkill Ripjaws Series 16gb 4 x 4gb 240 pin ddr3 sdram ddr3 1600 pc3 12800 desktop memory model - $50 - $70

Internal Hard Drive: Seagate St200DM001 Barracuda 7200 RPM 1 Tb Sata 6GB/s NCQ 64 Mb Cache 3.5 inch internal bare drive - $120

Graphics Card: Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB GDDR5 DVI-I/HDMI/2x Mini-Display port PCI-E 3.0 Graphics Card GV-R797OC-3GD - $441.51

Processor: Intel i5 22 nm Ivy Bridge 77W 6MB L3 Cache 4 x 256KB L2 Cache Intel HD Graphics 4000 - $219

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - $189.99

 

[EvanK]

Looks nice to me, but I'd swap out the 4x4GB for 2x8GB. No need to fill up your RAM slots since Z77 doesn't support quad channel. Also, you'll probably want to add an SSD boot drive as well. The Samsung 840 series, Intel 520 or Crucial M4 are all great drives.

 

[Benny Boy]

You have 1400 for this build? That Silverstone ps is a good unit. NP w/that combo there. But. If your budget is 1400 take a look at this. If you want it to be less, how much less?

2GB 670 costs a bit less than 7970 if thats what you want.
If you dont want Thunderbolt, this board or the Asus equivalent.
This ps is much better than that Silverstone or that Antec and fits the budget.

1383. shipped if you use the eblast $10 code on the ssd.

7970 + 1600 CL8
If its gaming and general computing, 8GB memory is plenty. More won't make it faster and adding more later on as an upgrade, is simple.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=29489368

 

[Eric4753]

2x8 sticks of ram what brand would you recommend?

Also for the graphics card is the radeon 7970 good? (because down the road when this pc isn't that fast anymore i was going to buy another one to speed it back up.)

If so should I buy the Silver-stone brand or the MSI or this: XFX Double D FX797GTDFC Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - 449 ($30 off after rebate)

Thanks again

P.S Is that intel 4000 graphics card that comes with the intel i5 3570 any good?

 

[wolfeking]

2x8 sticks of ram what brand would you recommend?

Also for the graphics card is the radeon 7970 good? (because down the road when this pc isn't that fast anymore i was going to buy another one to speed it back up.)

Overclock it to around 1200MHz (a vast majority do this easily) and you will beat a 680 at 670 prices.

If so should I buy the Silver-stone brand or the MSI or this: XFX Double D FX797GTDFC Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - 449 ($30 off after rebate)

Do not get an XFX graphics card. The build quality is horrible, and the cooler is louder than the reference design cooler.

 

[Eric4753]

so what do you recommend msi or silverstone then? also is there any brand of ram that you recommend?

Thanks again

 

[Jiniix]

If you buy a 3570K or a 3770K, it will have an integrated graphics controller.
It's rubbish compared to a 7970, but it helps if your GPU should die, then you can just connect your monitors to your motherboard, and your PC still lives.
And as the others said: 3570K = gaming, 3770K = video rendering etc.
Personally I can recommend the Windforce 3x cooler, it's dead quiet and keeps a 670 @ 63C load.

I always use Kingston HyperX memory. In my experience it's the most reliable RAM, and it's relatively cheap compared to other brands.

 

[EvanK]

Really almost any brand will work for RAM. I went for the Cordair Vengenge LP because they were shorter and fit under my heatsink, but any brand or type will do just fine. Kingston, Corsair, G.SKILL, are all great brands to name a few.

 

[wolfeking]

so what do you recommend msi or silverstone then? also is there any brand of ram that you recommend?

Thanks again

Wait, What silverstone?
MSI is good on graphics cards, as is gigabyte and any reference design.

RAM, I prefer Kingston, Patriot, or Samsung. There are other good brands too, but these are what I use.

 

[Eric4753]

sorry for the confusion i meant silver-stone or msi brand on graphics card (which do you recommend) ok and so i should go with 2x8 gb Kingston ram sticks.

Will i need a cooling system or can i add a bunch of fans and stuff? (if so what brand do you recommend?) Thanks again

Ram: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR3 1066 Server Memory QR, x8 w/Therm - $114.00 is that a goos set?