"Budget" gaming PC build help

[Snuifie]

Hi, I'm kind of new to this so please excuse...

I'm currently considering building a next gen gaming PC (moving away from expensive laptop gaming), but within a reasonable budget.

These are the components I have been able to come up with after a bit of forum/review surfing:

CPU: intel i5 4570 (3.2ghz)
MOBO: msi B85-G43 Gaming
Ram: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2x4GB) (1600mhz) - red
GPU: msi Geforce GTX 760 TF OC 2GB
PSU: Seasonic G-series (650W)
HDD: WD 1TB caviar black 7200rpm (64mb)
OS: Win 7 Professional (64 bit).

I don't have much experience with OC yet, so I'm not sure if I should go with the K-version cpu and Z87 msi board rather, though both add quite a bit to the overall price. The PSU is also more expensive I guess, but I figured it would be better to invest in a decent one for starters.

Any advice or help would be appreciated greatly.

Regards,

Snuif

 

[IRONBATMAN]

Where do you live and what is your budget ? Intel or AMD ? I could help you find some parts.

 

[NormH]

im guessing around $800 for that build correct? here is my 800 build i think you will do better with it

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/266wM

 

[Snuifie]

South Africa. Budget is around R10000-R12000 (which translates to about $900-1200).

I've managed to locate these parts on the following local vendors' sites : www.rebeltech.co.za and www.titan-ice.co.za.

Is this a good component combination, or do you have any suggestions of other components to rather match?

And I'm more into Intel, since I was 4 haha.

Thanks for quick response though

 

[Snuifie]

im guessing around $800 for that build correct? here is my 800 build i think you will do better with it

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/266wM

Thanks NormH, will check that out now.

 

[Snuifie]

Where do you live and what is your budget ? Intel or AMD ? I could help you find some parts.

Well any help would be appreciated (forgot to reply directly on your post earlier haha...see above)

 

[IRONBATMAN]

CPU

i5-3340
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=11097
< R 2245 >

Motherboard

Asus H61M-A/USB3
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=10625
< R 812 >

GPU

HD 7950
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=10832
< R 3886 >

RAM

G.SKILL RIPJAWSX 2x4GB
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=5344
< R 1001 >

Storage

WD Blue 1TB
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=26&products_id=1282
< R 776 >

PSU

CX500M
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=30&products_id=8964
< R 823 >

Case

Coolermaster elite 311
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=29&products_id=7399
< R 412 >

Case Fan

Coolermaster SickleFlow Blue
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=12_31&products_id=9592
< R 75 >
OS

Windows 7 Home Premium
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=38&products_id=2349
< R 1274 >

optical Drive

Random Asus one XD Unless you're watching BLU-Ray Movies, this should be fine
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28&products_id=1429
< R 193 >

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Total= R 11497

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Need me to recommend the peripherals ?

 

[Snuifie]

I see a few people are still recommending 3rd Gen Cpu's vs 4th Gen, is there any specific reason for this or just out of preference? And the i5 4570 is clocked higher at base (and with turbo boost) vs the i5 3340, for almost the same price.

And thanks IRONBATMAN, the components are a bit more expensive over here in SA I've noticed meh...

Regarding the HD 7950, I mainly play Call of Duty and a few other online FPS multiplayers, so I've been doing quite some comparisons and still feel the GTX 760 would be a better option (especially since most newer games are optimised for Nvidia by the sound of things). Is it worth it to spend a little more for a slightly faster card (HD 7950), but lower performance?

Other threads:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1846717/gtx-760-2gb-radeon-7950-3gb.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1777368/msi-gtx-760-gaming-2gb-sapphire-hd7950-3gb-boost.html

And reviews:
http://www.hwcompare.com/14813/geforce-gtx-760-vs-radeon-hd-7950/

http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-hd-7950-w-boost-versus-nvidia-geforce-gtx-760_2227/13

I plan on only using one monitor @ 1080p..

Thanks for the answers so far, appreciate it.

 

[IRONBATMAN]

The main difference between the 3rd Gen Ivy-Bridge and the 4th Gen Haswell CPUs is power consumption . the Haswell chips consume less power. If the i5-4570 is similarly priced as the i5-3340 then go for it.

Call of duty isn't a very graphically intensive game. They don't use PhysX.

GTX 760 vs hd 7950

They both are similar, but if the GTX 760 is cheaper, go for it.

 

[Snuifie]

The main difference between the 3rd Gen Ivy-Bridge and the 4th Gen Haswell CPUs is power consumption . the Haswell chips consume less power. If the i5-4570 is similarly priced as the i5-3340 then go for it.

Call of duty isn't a very graphically intensive game. They don't use PhysX.

GTX 760 vs hd 7950

They both are similar, but if the GTX 760 is cheaper, go for it.

Thanks, yeah I think I'll rather go with the haswell and gtx 760 then.

Regards, Snuif