Budget Power User Build Suggestions

[caddi daddi]

a superclocked 770 and not for gaming??? it surly is not for cad work.

 

[pcgamer4life]

a superclocked 770 and not for gaming??? it surly is not for cad work.

The OP is buying the 770 for himself.

 

[caddi daddi]

ok, then lets get a 780 and get with THAT program!!!!!

 

[NeonCancerCandy]

The OP is buying the 770 for himself.

herself*

ok, then lets get a 780 and get with THAT program!!!!!

an extra $100 for a 780 is out of my price range

 

[caddi daddi]

from what Ive seen in benches and heard and read from others i might save for a while.
last month in the overclocktagon i was a little closer to the lowset 780 with my sli 760's than would make me comfy.

 

[NeonCancerCandy]

i could manage this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487033

my mobo doesn't support SLI so i have to have 1 good card.
take into consideration i play 1080p BUT i also regularly play heavily modded Skyrim and 660ti isn't cutting it at max settings even overclocked 94mhz core and 496 mhz memory.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

i could manage this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487033

my mobo doesn't support SLI so i have to have 1 good card.
take into consideration i play 1080p BUT i also regularly play heavily modded Skyrim and 660ti isn't cutting it at max settings even overclocked 94mhz core and 496 mhz memory.

I like that option, 1 year warranty still as well.

 

[caddi daddi]

I'm with atminside on that. the 780 will take you a bit further down the road than a 770 will.

 

[Theocnoob]

Given the 1 year warranty on the 780 (refurb) I don't think it's a bad buy. If it's going to fail it'll fail in that first year. Especially if you push it regularly.EVGA's RMA and customer support have high reputations.

 

[NeonCancerCandy]

Update!!!

He decided to spend more money. He wanted a better case, water cooling, and a better power supply.

This is what we settled on:

Case: Rosewill PATRIOT ATX Mid Tower
CPU: AMD FX-6300
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P
CPU Fan: Cooler Master Seidon 120V AIO
Ram: 8GB 1600 DDR3 9-9-9-24 T2 Corsair Vengence
GPU: EVGA 2GB 660ti Superclocked
PSU: EVGA 500B 500w
Storage: WD Black 500GB HDD
Disk Drive: LG DVD-RW+
Other: Rosewill RNX-N150PCe Wireless PCIe card
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Monitor: 21.5" Acer LED V226HQLAbd
Keyboard: Orange Ergonomic
Mouse: HP Laser
Speakers: Cyber Acoustics CA-2016wb


Free Items Include:
Ram, GPU, Mouse, OS

Total Money Spent on him:
$619.89 Shipped


Other:
$439.99 Spent on Reman. EVGA 780 3GB FTW


Total price Spent by him:
$1058.89

Total price spent by me:
$0.00

I bulid him the PC, give him my left over mouse, 8gb of my ram, and my old 660ti.
I get a free 780

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Both of you got a great deal there!
Hope he enjoys it

I already know you'll enjoy your 780

 

[NeonCancerCandy]

yeah i've been really annoyed with the performance of the 660ti lately. it was pretty decent when i first got it like a year and a half ago, but it can't run most games on max settings anymore. i mean duh, it's older mid-range, but still annoying. It didn't like Sniper Elite 2 on max very well. averaging 30-40 fps with some slower hiccups thrown in.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

yeah i've been really annoyed with the performance of the 660ti lately. it was pretty decent when i first got it like a year and a half ago, but it can't run most games on max settings anymore. i mean duh, it's older mid-range, but still annoying. It didn't like Sniper Elite 2 on max very well. averaging 30-40 fps with some slower hiccups thrown in.

Heh, you won't have a problem maxing games out now
I'm very happy with my 780 for 5760x1080. Running it for 1920x1080 is smooth as silk!

 

[Theocnoob]

You don't want a WD Green drive for desktop use. Especially as an OS drive. That's more of a server drive. It's very pokey.

 

[NeonCancerCandy]

you mean my person HDD? the wd green doesn't matter, it's my back up drive, anything i need to be fast goes on the SSD.

if you mean his computer (and you meant WB blue) it also doesn't matter, he wants to upgrade to a SSD eventually. and it was cheap. important.
i don't see how it would be slower though it's a 7200 rpm 6.0gbs sata drive

 

[kladenecz]

If you are getting SSDs I would like to suggest the Corsair Neutron line. I've had a very good experience with them.