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Naveei

H, im thinking about buying a new computer for gaming, I found one with this specs:

  • Intel® Core™ i5-3570K Processor

  • ASUS P8Z77-V LX Motherboard

  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB

  • Liquid CPU Cooling System

  • 4 GB DDR3-1600 Memory Module

  • 1 TB 7200rpm SATA-II Hard Drive

  • 24X Dual Format DVD±R/RW Combo

  • Windows 8

  • AZZA Armour Gaming Case Blue

  • Do you think it's enough to play today's games (AC3, FC3, etc...)

  • What price do you think build it will cost?

  • What should improve?

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Brotbaum

No liquid cooling, more RAM and a better graphics card.
Else it looks fine.

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Naveei

what graphics card would you suggest?

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Brotbaum

A GTX 660 TI would be good when you want to run games at high settings.

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Valkassium

Fairly certain you mean a GTX 660 TI, but yeah that'd work for now.

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Leorin13

ATI 7850 HD 2gb

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Valkassium

This. Liquid cooling that would be a total waste.

Get 8GB of RAM and upgrade the card. Hard to say what to without you providing a budget though.

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IRONSYT

Exactly, get at least a 660ti or a 7870.

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Maawdawg

+1

those are both within $50 and offer a good performance boost over the 650Ti.

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Naveei

what would be the total price of the build?

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Valkassium

It's easier if you provide a budget, and people find you a build to suit that budget.

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Naveei

i have a bugdet of about 600.000 Chilean Pesos(about 1200 USD)

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Valkassium

Alright, time to look about :)

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Maawdawg

These are the US prices on newegg, without coupons and combos.

CPU from above 210
mobo from above 125
GPU 250 ($40 less if you go with a 7870 instead of a 660Ti)
RAM 45
Western Digital Caviar Black HD 105
DVD drive 15
Case 60 (the AZZA case in the OP is rated pretty poorly, in the same price range you can get some nice Antec Cases, like a 300 Illusion. I have done a couple builds with those and they are great for the price and come with 4 nice fans already installed.)
Windows 100

Also, you don't have a PSU listed in the OP. Before the PSU you are looking at about $910 for those parts if you built yourself, less whatever you can do in coupons and combos. When I build a PC I can save $100 or more on combos and coupons normally. If you piece those parts out through someone like CyberpowerPC and get a prebuilt shipped to you expect to spend a couple hundred more.

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Maawdawg

I don't know that liquid cooling will be necessary in it, if it is an added cost just drop it, a few decent fans and a good CPU cooler (even the stock one if you aren't planning on overclocking) and you should be fine. Also, RAM is pretty cheap so you may just want to bump right up to 8GB rather than waste 2 slots on a pair of 2GB sticks.

EDIT: basically, what Brotbaum said, he beat me by a minute.

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SpankyPie

That is great! You can try for a GTX 660 Ti or a GTX 680 and a higher RAM, though.

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einfachGaer

I would get a SSD and wont use windows8. 8GB ram, no watercooling, and slightly better graphicscard. Then its fine.

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Valkassium

SSD isn't really necessary unless the budget permits. I'd certainly spend more money on a better graphics card here, before getting an SSD.

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einfachGaer

Well, I got a SSD 64GB for 39€ and I don't want to miss ever again. The speed increase in windows is worth it.

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Valkassium

See I prefer a larger SSD to allow me to have some games on it as well as my OS.

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Hanneman213

Definitely, you need more RAM. Actually, with 2x4GB you will have them working in dual channel, which is a lil better.

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Maawdawg

It could be dual channel 2GB sticks already, which is more likely than a prebuilt PC with a single 4GB stick in it. Either way going up to dual channel 8GB total is smart and won't cost much to upgrade.

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Dowis

Get Windows 7, not 8. You could also get a different CPU if you don't want to overclock it.

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Valkassium

The difference between an i5 3570 and an i5 3570k is literally £10 and it's worth it for the option in my opinion.

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Valkassium

$1200 Build!

There you go, equates to pretty much dead on $1200 and has 8GB of RAM and a much better graphics card. Depending on the price of the parts where you are, you can easily drop the graphics card to a 670 instead to save a little money and still have awesome performance.

The case is obviously down to personal preference, but as someone said below the case you listed has some fairly poor reviews.

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Maawdawg

That is a good build. Personally, I would probably get 8GB of 1600 Ripjaw RAM (in combo with a motherboard) and the Antec 300 Illusion through newegg for the same prices to keep from having to order from so many different places. The Antec also has an active promo code and rebate on it at the moment.

Any way you look at it that thing will play high end games for a good long time.

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Valkassium

Yeah I didn't put a massive amount of time into it and so if that combo works out as good/better and that case suits OP's tastes more then that works too.

Either way, agreed it'll be fine for a while.

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vidmavidma

Windows 8. FAIL.

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Gaybr1el

Don´t know but i wouldn´t get windows 8!

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Closed 11 years ago by Naveei.