Review my Gaming PC

caspar11

Honorable
Nov 11, 2013
3
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10,510
MOBO: Asus p8z77-i deluxe mini itx

PSU: Corsair CX500 Builders Series

Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech MK120

GPU: EVGA GTX 660 3GB

CPU: Intel Core i3 3240 Ivy bridge 3.4GHz

Case: Bitfenix Prodigy Midnight Black

RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x 4gb)

Fans: Cooler master (4 fan combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103052

SSD: Sandisk Ultra PLus 64gb sata III (used as boot drive)

HDD: Western Digital Scorpio Black 320gb ( Media Storage )

Fan Controller: BitFenix Recon Black

Monitor: LG Flatron EB2242T

total cost: Around 900
 
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Oh you can do better than that for $900. No reason to pay that much and get old hardware. I'd leave the SSD off - 64GB will barely hold an OS installation. Get something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($85.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($259.95 @ Amazon)...
Oh you can do better than that for $900. No reason to pay that much and get old hardware. I'd leave the SSD off - 64GB will barely hold an OS installation. Get something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($85.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($259.95 @ Amazon)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($71.30 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $832.18
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-11 22:44 EST-0500)
 
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