Anyone with Computer building experience? (1 Viewer)

[DefiningTheta]

So I'm ready to purchase the parts for a newly customised pc after the HSC for gaming.
So the hardware includes:

Case: NZXT Phantom Black Full Tower W/O PSU - $175
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z77 MB - $248.25
CPU: Intel I5 Quad Core Processor 3570K - $231.99
RAM: 4x4GB (16GB) Corsair Vengeance Performance W/ XMP - $93
Graphics: ASUS GF GTX 660: $264.26
Power Supply: Coolermaster Silent Pro 80+ Gold M800W - $181.90
Hard Driver: Western Digital 2TB Caviar Black 64M 7200 RPM Dual Processor - $169.90
SSD: Samsung 128 GB 830 Series - $99
Operating System: Windows 8 Professional 64 Bit - $143.00

Total:$1606.30

 

[Omnipotence]

Biggest waste of money; focus of a gaming PC is the GPU.
Drop the mobo for a cheaper Z77, CPU is fine but you'll need a better cooler for overclocking (maybe EVO 212), 16 gb RAM is overkill get 8gb (make sure its 1.5v), GPU get a 670 GTX, again don't need a black drive go for something cheaper like blue, SSD is fine and OS/case is preference.

 

[DefiningTheta]

When you said cheap Z77, which Z77?

 

[Omnipotence]

Asrock Extreme 4

 

[SnowFox]

For that much you could go to a shop on Fairfield street, Fairfield and pick up two gaming rigs.

 

[DefiningTheta]

Dw guys about this build, I changed it by a lot.

I originally thought of buying from ARC Liverpool, but I'm also looking at Cabramatta and Fairfield...

 

[soloooooo]

You are spending way too much.

 

[SnowFox]

http://www.visiontech.com.au/

This is the place, picked up my brothers and his mates rig for $1700, pretty much 850 a piece.

 

[McLovinFanboy]

You are spending way too much.

This.

For $1600 you could buy a great machine from a store. So you should change it around

 

[unLimitieDx]

800W powersupply?
Thats sorta overkill if you're not gonna SLI
I would suggest this
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_995&products_id=15350
it's just as good but 40$ cheaper.

8gb is suffice is you just plan on gaming

 

[SnowFox]

Id prefer to have a larger psu so i have the extra rails and the juice to go with it.

 

[harrisony]

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21398

buy that and be happy

 

[Tasteless]

750w should be quite comfortable for sli anyway, no?

 

[SnowFox]

Im running a 800w green tech iirc.
Need a minimum of 500w for my current rig but i needed the extra rails.
Got a 1200w sitting under my bed though

 

[ThandraCityRail]

$1600 for a gaming rig with a $250 gpu? that's a joke

get the 7870
windows 8? lol
change to caviar green (don't need black/blue because you've got an ssd anyway)
800w gold is a joke... a 650w hx corsair should be fine for sli
why the sabertooth over the extreme4? like $100+ cheaper and practically does the same thing
drop to 8gb 1600mhz ram

and should be fine

 

[ThandraCityRail]

arc liverpool are cool and they have most of the parts but make sure to ring them up before hand as unlike msy they actually answer

 

[124]

i find emailing MSY is good

 

[SnowFox]

i find emailing MSY is good

Lol try getting a warranty part out of them.

 

[harrisony]

i find emailing MSY is good

Ultimo never answers

 

[mickk794]

Lol try getting a warranty part out of them.

lol that's true