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RE: Your $900 rig - seankingman - 05-15-2014
It's simply matter.
RE: Your $900 rig - Cutlassw30 - 06-28-2014
Case: Corsair 550d mid tower ATX
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3
CPU: Pentium G3258 + cooler master hyper 212 EVO cooler
RAM: Kingston blu 4gb (2x2gb)
GPU: EVGA gtx 760 reference 2gb
Storage: Intel 520 series SSD 120gb + WD blue 7200RPM 750gb HDD
PSU: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ gold semi modular
Grand total: 851$ or 499£
Rational:
Case: Good, clean looking, case. Has noise isolation rubber mounts for fan mounting holes and a sound damping foam built into the case.
129$
Motherboard: Gigabyte boards have always been reliable for me and trades the fancy "oc master race genny" this and "uber fan mode controller thingy" that for reliable SATA controllers, good voltage regulators and a very good price.
109$
CPU: When most people hear pentium they think slow, However the new pentium G3258 haswell when overclocked (which it does very well and only has a 54w TDP (cough AMD cough)) can beat out the likes of the FX 8350 in most games such as BF4 (which is supposed to take advantage of more cores). and paired with a hyper 212 evo that temp is going to stay way low and so will noise level.
60$
RAM: Kingston is a rock solid brand name and is very reliable. 1333 Mhz is fine for gaming and no game will use all of that 4gb, plus its in dual channel mode 2x2gb.
54$
Storage: Intel SSDs are generally the most reliable and don't change speeds over time. While not being the fastest kid on the block its the most consistent. The WD caviar blue is a fast enough hard drive when you have a SSD, and its 750gb so its big enough for most people.
162$
GPU: Look people there is nothing wrong with reference designs, they are not that loud at all (not as loud as a stock intel cooler) and can infact overclock quite nicely. They are also extreamly reliably and don't have non of that fancy "look at me and this plastic that makes me look like a 5 year olds toy" (looking at you MSI with your GPU reactor bullshit). Also if you're overclocking so much that the stock cooler is not doing well, then buy a aftermarket one which will do 2 times better than some MSI or gigabyte shit
240$
PSU: Corsair power supply is nice and solid and semi modular, and 80 plus gold certified. Plenty of power
80$