Brothers gaming build Best under $1,750

[Infinitus Aeternum]

Help with this build. Newegg only. As low as you can go with best products / highest ratings. Windows 7 PRO. Must have ssd with storage and be high graphics capable on most if not all games.

Current Idea...

Seagate Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Water Cooler

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K

GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA SuperNOVA NEX650G 650W GOLD ATX12V/EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular PSU New 4th ...

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML16GX3M2A1600C10R

EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2662-KR GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

Idea so far... comes to $1,732.88 w/o shipping. NE deals included.

If you can think of one with more power and speed for less dough please post. Otherwise just general Conflict warnings and such welcome. TY

 

[Immaculate]

IS one of these stores within driving distance?

http://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/default.aspx

 

[Immaculate]

Also, do you need an OS? What resolution? Mouse, key, monitor?

 

[Infinitus Aeternum]

Also, do you need an OS? What resolution? Mouse, key, monitor?

OS was listed as windows 7 pro 64-bit... 4th item down. Monitor unknown, samsung 2ms 50,000:1 widescreen... he has basic mouse keyboard and decent monitor.

And no... I do not even know if there is one in 100 miles.

 

[jinayhvora]

imbalanced build
1. why only Windows 7 Pro?
2. 256GB of SSD? and 4TB of storage? really needed?
3. a GTX 660 ONLY?
4. unnecessarily expensive water cooler and mobo

this would be my build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BL 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($182.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118BB DVD/CD Drive ($21.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1774.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-09 03:09 EDT-0400)

a little over budget but much more bang-for-your-buck build

 

[Immaculate]

This is it right here. Best air cooler out there. 760w PLATINIUM. $450 GPU budget for the upcoming new AMD Radeon GPUs.
mATX

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BHoE

 

[Infinitus Aeternum]

He HATES Win 8 and something about pro allows for mor memory support and better backup and other mumbo-jumbo. He picked out water cooling. I picked 660 ($200) as it runs near same as ti and other models like 680 cost waaaay to much. Still haven't decided on 128 or 256 ssd yet but as many games have to be on OS hard drive (C folder) I thought a little extra couldn't hurt. 4tb storage because he already filled up his 2tb in previous computer (Others will be added as needed) and it will be transferred as it is old. I chose the 5H over the 3H because of the extra 3.0's and ps/2 are outdated. Leave more room in the future IMO. The Items I have chosen are up for negotiation but items he picked are must haves and non-negotiable. He also has a case picked out.


^And you went over budget^
$1834 for Immaculates on Newegg

 

[Infinitus Aeternum]

This is according to PP. (Inaccurate as usual.)

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BHWw
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BHWw/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BHWw/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($220.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($174.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($142.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($200.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill THOR V2-W ATX Full Tower Case ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($106.66 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($24.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1646.21
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-09 04:15 EDT-0400)

 

[jinayhvora]

ok...in light of ur requirements, go with 2GB 760s, but still get SLI 760s as u can get Titan performance out of them for half the price, still against the expensive water cooling, u don't spend 50$ extra on a board for 2 more USB ports, anyway the Haswell board I suggested comes with 6 + headers, so that should be enough, Windows 7 HP has a limit of 16GB and IMO u don't need more than that, u can go with his choice for the case all right
lastly i would advise u to go with Haswell for slight performance benefits, much more chipset features and future socket upgradeability

 

[Infinitus Aeternum]

Pls list your build with his requirements in newegg format for me plz. I will review it and if no better options come through I'll choose best answer. TY for your time and your response.

And everything I've read have haswells LOW when it comes to OCing vs any of the other formats.

And 3570k was Toms pick of best gaming cpu... http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-4.html

Graphics: Still unsure... But I believe its the 780 that can contend with the titan and the 680 in SLI can contend with the 780. Though I may be wrong.

 

[jinayhvora]

i have already stated my reasons for choosing Haswell, it OCs less but the architecture is inherently faster to compensate, plus u get 6 SATA/USB ports with the chipset as compared to 2 in Ivy
for Graphics, its true that dual 760s can match a Titan, dual 770s/dual 680s/690 can all beat a Titan by a good amount, a single 780 OCed can match a Titan, but to me dual 760s looks the best bang-for-the-buck at this price point
also any reason u need only NewEgg? u can get better deals off other places

 

[jinayhvora]

so this would be my final build unless u decide to relax ur NewEgg only policy

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($42.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($182.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1723.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-09 09:43 EDT-0400)

 

[Immaculate]

My haswell build recently got a new BIOS update which lowered my temperatures. I haven't tried to go for a OC after the update yet.

 

[Immaculate]

Here you go. If you can buy from Newegg. You can buy from Amazon. If you would upgrade to Win8. You could have $35-40 more onto the GPU budget and their supposed to be bringing back the start button.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BL51 Win7

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BL7S Win8

 

[Infinitus Aeternum]

Like I said... These are not my options. And I'm not looking for complete rebuilds. TY
The 4TB HDD saves 20$ vs 2 2TB HDD and its well rated, difference between it and samsungs is it's less expensive, 4 platters vs samsungs 5, and it actually uses less power and runs cooler. And because of 4 platter design still runs just as fast in speed tests.

 

[Immaculate]

According to PCPartPicker a single 4TB HDD is anywhere from $215 to $401 or $180 for a 5900RPM 4TB. Two 7200RPM 2TB HDDS would cost about $180.
Why won't you even buy from Amazon? I don't understand the Newegg obsession. There's better deals than what newegg offers. That still have free shipping and the same warranties.
You also didn't even check out the Microcenter link I gave you.

 

[Infinitus Aeternum]

The reason for newegg is he's ordered from them before and like their service and quick responses and 50/50 trash comes over amazon. and he has a newegg preferred card credit thing.

 

[Immaculate]

Also, what did you mean by, "Im not looking for complete rebuilds."

 

[Immaculate]

Not a very good reason, I've ordered plenty of stuff on Amazon and everything turns out OK , even the cheap crap.
Anyways, ALL NEWEGG!!! OS comes from Amazon though, software is software.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BTgA $338 GPU budget.

Did you even check for a Microcenter?

Switching some products to amazon allows for a bigger GPU budget.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BTq6

I know this one is over budget but if you have a Microcenter around you could save another $40. and up the GPU budget to $420.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BTuV

 

[itsnateftw]

Not a very good reason, I've ordered plenty of stuff on Amazon and everything turns out OK , even the cheap crap.
Anyways, ALL NEWEGG!!! OS comes from Amazon though, software is software.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BTgA $338 GPU budget.

Did you even check for a Microcenter?

Switching some products to amazon allows for a bigger GPU budget.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BTq6

I know this one is over budget but if you have a Microcenter around you could save another $40. and up the GPU budget to $420.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1BTuV

Hi. I have a microcenter 30 minutes from me.. what's the benefit of going there besides picking up your parts right then? and do they have all the parts I would want?

 

[Immaculate]

Well their i5-4670K is $200. Pair that CPU with any compatible motherboard in stock and they take $40 off that motherboard.

Intel: http://www.microcenter.com/site/brands/intel-processor-bundles.aspx

AMD: http://www.microcenter.com/site/products/amd_bundles.aspx