PC Marriage gift, need approval!

[Whiptea]

Hello, I was wondering if you could help me out with building a new gaming desktop for my brother, his is pretty dated and has a lot of problems so he asked me for some help, he's getting married in October and is pretty busy, so I decided id help him with a new rig

Here's something I found as a recommended build, for $900ish

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H LGA 1155 Intel Z77
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128546

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Video Card: EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-3662-KR GeForce GTX 660 Ti
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130810

Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

Case: Cooler Master Elite 430
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119227

Power Supply: XFX Core Edition PRO650W 650W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207014


Much appreciated and If you have any suggestions that would be awesome, don't worry if it goes a little over the price range

 

[idkfa]

Hello and to OCF!

So the main purpose of that rig is gaming?

I don't know the gigabyte board, should be fine I saw a lot of people recommend the Asrock Extreme Series, it costs about the same. I didn't go through the specs, maybe you can figure out what is best (ports etc.) for the same price. Or you could save a bit with the Pro 4.

3570K is a good choice for gaming

660 Ti SC is a good choice too me thinks. You could look into a 7950, too. Should perform a little bit better with a higher OC potential. However the only one I found with a quick research for the same price, was at stock clocks, so a Super Clocked edition should win. Depending on whether you want to OC yourself or not.

RAM - why would you need that headspreaders on the RAM? Just pick the cheapest 1600er 2x4GB you can lay your hands on.

PSU - 650W is more than enough, you could look into a 500W as well.

If you don't mind exceeding the budget a bit, throw in a 64GB or 128GB SSD, the performance increase is directly noticable and I'd never would want to go back.

Would you buy this PC in october or now? If in october I think you should wait with the config. I read rumors about a 780 GTX coming in May, Haswell is coming too this year.

 

[Boulard83]

Welcome !

I pretty much agree with everything idkfa told. Good computer, add an SSD for the OS and that's about it.

 

[Conumdrum]

Don't get her this.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=mvhDcJ7rEIA&desktop_uri=/watch?v=mvhDcJ7rEIA

 

[idkfa]

on the video

But it's obvious you didn't even read the first line of the thread

 

[Conumdrum]

I did its more of advice for the groom. Just had to share I guess.