After 7 years with my current PC, I am now at the point of building a completely new rig and giving my current one to the kiddos. Just so you know, I only use my computer for Internet, Email and PC Gaming, particularly MMOs. I plan to keep my new PC for 5+ years. Just so you know, I currently have a 400GB HD that I have only used $200GB of. Still have 172GB free.
I put together my wish list below, however, I will admit that I haven't kept up to speed on the newer tech throughout the years. So I was hoping if you pro's could look at the items below that I plan on building my rig with and verify if all of the components are compatible (chip/MB/Video/etc.) as well as the quality of the parts for the price. My price point is $1000 (give or take a few $).
Intel Core i5-4670K (Amazon $219.99)
Asus Z87-A (New Egg $139)
Team Vulcan 8GB 2133 (x2) (New Egg $147.98)
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB MZ-7TE250BW (Amazon $134.99)
WD Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM WD10EZEX (Amazon $58.24)
Random DVD/RW
Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (New Egg $49.99)
EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB ACX Video Card (New Egg 309.99)
Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 Red LED Black ATX Mid Tower (New Egg $49.99)
Total $1,110.17
Also, my brother is trying to talk me into a cheaper alternative that he says is better. Talks about AMD vs Intel for gaming and Radeon vs Nvidia. What do you guys think? He is building a new rig with the parts below:
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ Motherboard ($89.96)
AMD FD8320FRHKBOX FX-8320 Eight COre 3.5ghz Processor ($159.99)
Cooler Master HAF 922M ATX Mid-Tower Case ($99.99)
Cooler Master Hyper T4 Heatpipe CPU Cooler ($24.99)
XFX Radeon R7 250x Graphic Card 1GB ($119.99)
Patriot PSD38G16002H Signature Desktop Memory Module 8GB ($79.99)
I put together my wish list below, however, I will admit that I haven't kept up to speed on the newer tech throughout the years. So I was hoping if you pro's could look at the items below that I plan on building my rig with and verify if all of the components are compatible (chip/MB/Video/etc.) as well as the quality of the parts for the price. My price point is $1000 (give or take a few $).
Intel Core i5-4670K (Amazon $219.99)
Asus Z87-A (New Egg $139)
Team Vulcan 8GB 2133 (x2) (New Egg $147.98)
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB MZ-7TE250BW (Amazon $134.99)
WD Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM WD10EZEX (Amazon $58.24)
Random DVD/RW
Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (New Egg $49.99)
EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB ACX Video Card (New Egg 309.99)
Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 Red LED Black ATX Mid Tower (New Egg $49.99)
Total $1,110.17
Also, my brother is trying to talk me into a cheaper alternative that he says is better. Talks about AMD vs Intel for gaming and Radeon vs Nvidia. What do you guys think? He is building a new rig with the parts below:
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ Motherboard ($89.96)
AMD FD8320FRHKBOX FX-8320 Eight COre 3.5ghz Processor ($159.99)
Cooler Master HAF 922M ATX Mid-Tower Case ($99.99)
Cooler Master Hyper T4 Heatpipe CPU Cooler ($24.99)
XFX Radeon R7 250x Graphic Card 1GB ($119.99)
Patriot PSD38G16002H Signature Desktop Memory Module 8GB ($79.99)