Two PC's died. Time to ReBuild.

[EvilWickedThing]

I've had two PC's blow over the past few weeks. They aren't worth repairing so a new build is in the making. I haven't built a PC for 10 years so I'm hoping someone can objectively go over my parts list and let me know where I may be able to save a buck by swapping out a part for one with equal performance trade off. I want the PC to run on a solid state drive. It will be used for normal we browsing and minor gaming. I want the ability to load up a game and have it play as intended with great visuals. Thanx in advance for your opinions.

(all parts pulled fro newegg. They've never done me wrong)

Case: $60 Corsair Carbide Series 200R Black Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Motherboard: $180 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

CPU: $175 AMD FX-8320 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8320FRHKBOX

PSU: $95 COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M2 RS620-SPM2E3-US 620W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply

RAM $135 G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9Q-16GBXL

SSD $130 Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3B/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Upgrade Bundle Kit)

GPU: $170 SAPPHIRE 100355-1GOCL Radeon HD 7850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card OC Version

OS: $99 Windows 8 OEM

CPU Cooler: $40 COOLER MASTER Hyper N 520 RR-920-N520-GP 92mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with Intel 1366/1155/775 and AMD AM3

 

[SHORYUKEN]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.49 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Sandisk 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $969.39
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-14 15:25 EDT-0400)

A couple of cents under $1k.

 

[EvilWickedThing]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.49 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Sandisk 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $969.39
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-14 15:25 EDT-0400)

A couple of cents under $1k.

Thank you for your input! The PcPartPicker website is outstanding! It's so fun to play around with and has opened new doors for me.

 

[g-unit1111]

I'd definitely go Intel over AMD on a $1K budget especially if you have gaming in mind.

This is what I would suggest for $1K:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($60.27 @ NCIX US)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($129.64 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($72.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $987.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-18 12:45 EDT-0400)

 

[EvilWickedThing]

Thanx g-unit for your input. I'm not nececarily spending 1K if I don't have to. I've always been partial to AMD because of price and I still seem to keep gravitating to them as well as ASUS mobos. I'm in no hurry at all and keep reading i5 information to see if something sparks me to go with intel. Some ASUS mobos have a statement about RAM on their certified RAM listing that states the following.

P8Z77_V Pro
* The 2600Mhz memory modules above are supported by this motherboard; however, the actual frequency support varied depending on the O.C. margin of the installed CPU
* Due to Intel® 2nd generation processors' behavior, DDR3 2200 and above/2000/1800 MHz memory module will run at DDR3 2133/1866/1600 MHz frequency as default

Got any feedback on this. Is it a deal breaker. I've always accociated ASUS with quality but am open to other alternatives like ASRock

 

[g-unit1111]

Thanx g-unit for your input. I'm not nececarily spending 1K if I don't have to. I've always been partial to AMD because of price and I still seem to keep gravitating to them as well as ASUS mobos. I'm in no hurry at all and keep reading i5 information to see if something sparks me to go with intel. Some ASUS mobos have a statement about RAM on their certified RAM listing that states the following.

P8Z77_V Pro
* The 2600Mhz memory modules above are supported by this motherboard; however, the actual frequency support varied depending on the O.C. margin of the installed CPU
* Due to Intel® 2nd generation processors' behavior, DDR3 2200 and above/2000/1800 MHz memory module will run at DDR3 2133/1866/1600 MHz frequency as default

Got any feedback on this. Is it a deal breaker. I've always accociated ASUS with quality but am open to other alternatives like ASRock

It's a really expensive board and you don't need to run RAM speeds that high. Better would be to invest in a quality GPU and SSD if you have funds left over.

 

[EvilWickedThing]

What do you think about this?

a lower grade processor and high end MOBO
or
High end processor lower grade MOBO
or
a balance between the two.

?????