$600 build

[Chief7285]

So I am building a new computer some time soon and I was wondering if this build seems good for games and streaming

i5 3450 $195

MSI b75m $60

G skill 16gb ram 1333 $60

I already have video card (powercolor 7750) from previous upgrade

CM haf 912 $60

Corsair builder 600w $70

dvd rw drive (recycle)

1tb WD drive $80



I don't plan to Overclock at all, and I don't plan to upgrade video card soon because I just bought it 2 months ago for an older machine and I plan to reuse it and it works fine for my needs

The two questions I want to ask is: will this be good for games, streaming, fraps gameplay etc....?

And I want to ask is would it be worth it to ditch the HDD and buy a 120g ssd for OS and games and recycle a 300gb hard drive for storage?

Advice to be appreciated

 

[o1die]

Yes. Looks good. Re-use the 300 gb if it's enough storage space for most of your games. Wait for the 120 gb ssd to drop to around $70. You can get that later if you don't find a good deal the week you order.

 

[Michael31]

This is the same price of your power suply but its 850Watts, SLI ready, Modular

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153106

This is on sale and I would recommend getting it

 

[eshepard]

definetley get an SSD, they are awesome, and second Michael's comment about the SLI ready modular power supply

always be forward thinking, you can add a second gpu for cheap down the line and run sli, big performance bump, little money

 

[Michael31]

definetley get an SSD, they are awesome, and second Michael's comment about the SLI ready modular power supply

always be forward thinking, you can add a second gpu for cheap down the line and run sli, big performance bump, little money

That power supply is too good to pass up, The SLI ready is what got me to buy mine, ordered one, Im planing to go SLI in the future so thats a big help!

 

[Deemo13]

I tend to not trust Thermaltake unless its a Toughpower.

You might as well recycle the 300GB for game storage, and if not, use it anyway.

 

[eshepard]

on that same note of thinking forward, consider a 3570k

even if you have no interest in overclocking now, think about the future, you could use the stock cooler now and in a year or two you can buy a second gpu, a nice cooler, overclock and get an additional upgrade that way.

 

[bigshootr8]

move your ram from 16 to 8 and get 1600 ram. For gaming you wont need more then 8.
If you can move up to the tx series from corsair that would be better on the power supply side. For example a tx650 just a higher grade of quality over the CX series.
Fraps is highly CPU intensive so the 3450 should be fine. Also your hard drive speed is important. SATA III if you can although SATA II is sufficient. Although I do agree get a SSD and reuse the drive the SSD will take care of the lower speed of the standard HDD use it as a boot drive and maybe a program or 2.

 

[Michael31]

I have used a Thermal Take before and everything has ran well, but some people have some trouble with there PSU's