So here it is, price is in EUROS:

Processor: 289e- Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5Ghz Box Socket 1155

Power supply: 59e- Thermaltake LitePower 700W Black

Optical drive: 17e- LG GH24NS95 Writer DVD 24x Black

HDD: 78e- Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB SATA3 64MB Recertified

SSD: 100e- AData XPG SX900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk

Mem RAM: 55e- Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 8GB 2X4GB CL9

Video Card: 363e- Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB GDDR5

Mother Board: 154e- MSI Z77A-GD65

Cooler: 70e- Cooler CPU EverCool (LGA1366 / LGA775 / AMD K8 / AM2)

Case: 43e- NOX Coolbay SX Devil USB 3.0

Wi-Fi: 25e- Asus Adaptor PCI-E WiFi 11n 300Mbps

System: 85e- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits OEM Service Pack 1

Mouse: 61e- Razer Taipan 8200 DPI +5e shipping

Keyboard: 69e- Razer Lycosa +shipping(5e already from mouse)

Monitor: 105e- Philips 226V3LSB25 V-line 21.5" LED DVI (About monitor Idk if this is good for PC but I need minimum with 1680x1050 or 1920x1080 resolution and I preffer something good)

Total: =1578e

I'm planning to work this summer, and in 2 months of working I will be able to get it!!!! yeah!!!! :D

I know maybe I can replace my processor to i5-3570K 3,4Ghz or AMD FX Series FX-8350 4.0Ghz, but I need a PC that will remain good for at least 5 years, so preferer newer stuff, that is also better. So what are your opinions? what do you like and don't like here? And PLEASE don't disscus about Logitech mouse is better than Razer, because this will extend a lot and is not the case Xd and maybe I will prefer Logitech after too, I will see.

So I finally can play Super Mario at ultra maximum settings!!!!!!!and kill princess Beetch to save Bowser

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Youve already decided, you just want validation for your rather expensive purchase plan. No point in anyone "helping" you to be honest.

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I was choosing parts, I already replaced some parts like motherboard, RAM and more to make it less expensive, and I will buy it only on summer so thign will change, but maybe you are right I already decided, but for example the case is one of cheaps, but have USB 3, idk if is good or not.

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"Processor: 289e- Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5Ghz Box Socket 1155"

Overpaying a bit, unless you want to do engineering or video/photo editing. I would go with the i5-3570k, which has the same gaming performance. You said don't mention that, but the funny thing is, there are no newer features on that particular processor, that would help you, so newer is not better. If you went with say, the LGA 2011 chips, like the top end i7s, then you would be a lot more future proofed. You are no better off with your selection.

"Power supply: 59e- Thermaltake LitePower 700W Black"

There are better companies than Thermaltake, such as Corsair and Seasonic, just to name a couple. Since power supplies drop down in price, non stop, I would price a good one at time of sale. I would go maybe 850W as well, in case you decide to drop a second card in later.

"Optical drive: 17e- LG GH24NS95 Writer DVD 24x Negra"

Not the best you can get, but who cares most of the time. I say price at time of sale.

"HDD: 78e- Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB SATA3 64MB Recertified"

Not awful. Be careful with recertified, as it can mean different things with different people doing it. You can only bring things back so far and do so much to them. I would probably go new on a harddrive.

"SSD: 100e- A-Data XPG SX900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk"

SSDs have so much trouble if you don't get the right company and newer ones from them, I would probably avoid just throwing money at one to throw it. I like Samsung 830s and 840s more than other ones, right now. Plextor and Crucial are examples of other good companies. A lot of money per gig, so spend it wisely.

"Mem RAM: 55e- Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 8GB 2X4GB CL9"

Nothing wrong with Kingston ram. I would look into Corsair, G.Skill, and Mushkin options as well, not to mention Samsung Green if you plan to overclock. Pricing at the time of sale can be alright for this.

"Video Card: 363e- Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB GDDR5"

Good choice. Probably voltage locked, but you shouldn't be playing with that anyway. MSI, Asus, and Sapphire are among other companies that have good choices. Price at the time of sale, but I like where you are going. Make sure you get the two free games.

"Mother Board: 154e- MSI Z77A-GD65"

MSI makes maybe the 3rd or 4th best motherboards. I would go Asus or Gigabyte.

"Cooler: 70e- Cooler CPU EverCool (LGA1366 / LGA775 / AMD K8 / AM2)"

I have no idea where you are going here. You will want to make sure it fits your socket. I would get the Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo if I wanted to be cheap, the Noctua DH-N14 if I didn't, but still wanted to be on air. The Corsair H series stuff is good for closed loop water cooling. I would look into this more. You will want to read more into performance.

"Case: 43e- NOX Coolbay SX Devil USB 3.0"

There are a billion different ways to go here, I would personally go Cooler Master, as they offer the best price for the quality. I have the Storm Trooper, myself. I looked at many different companies, like Corsair, Nzxt, and Xigmatek, among others.

"Wi-Fi: 25e- Asus Adaptor PCI-E WiFi 11n 300Mbps"

I would price a popular one at the time of sale. Make sure to look for those that match your needs. Like if you need dual band, get a dual band one. Match it to your router and future router choice.

"System: 85e- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits OEM Service Pack 1"

I would price either 7 or 8 at the time of sale and get the cheapest. With a metro remover/start adder like Start8, Classic Shell, or StartIsBack, is basically the same as 7.

"Mouse: 61e- Razer Taipan 8200 DPI +5e shipping"

Well you said you know what you are getting into, so good luck. I looked at every mouse on the market back in November and picked the G700. To each their own.

"Keyboard: 69e- Razer Lycosa +shipping(5e already from mouse)"

New corsair K95 looks like it will be a beast. I have the K90.

"Monitor: 105e- Philips 226V3LSB25 V-line 21.5" LED DVI (About monitor Idk if this is good for PC but I need minimum with 1680x1050 or 1920x1080 resolution and I preffer something good)"

That video card for 21.5? Come on. 24 would be more fitting. I like Asus, Dell, Samsung, BenQ, and ViewSonic, among a few others. I would price a good one at the time of sale. Make sure to look at the features and compare. You will notice many models for each level, so you want the ones that have the better features, as the rest may be too bargain bin"ish". Usually you will find random ones priced down that are quite nice.

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I building a PC at first time, so don't know a lot about XD. Thank you for reviewing :D

EDIT: seeing the other ppl posts, I think your is only one that say all I need XD.

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So glad my internet cut out and didn't save what I had typed, ^ this, ^^THIS, ^^^THIS!!!.

edit: Hey AllRoCol, I had a question for you that I posted in your optimization guide(mostly about the registry), if you don't mind checking that out that'd be cool.

1 decade ago
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I agree with this guy.
Anyway, I will repeat what I said in a similar thread about a week ago: check out the "Falcon Guide" in Google images, it is very useful.

1 decade ago
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I see he is right, for example for i5 3570K, the i7-3770K is only a little better, but more expensive too, and for other thing I see I have to think what to change too Xd.

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I give it 3 out of 5. I'd ditch the 3770k for a 3570k as they'll both hit the same clocks. With that money you can get a 24" 1920x1200 monitor. Anything smaller than that is going to be pointless for an HD7970. The recertified Seagate scares me so I'd go with a WD Black Edition even though it's going to cost a bit more. To me the 5yr warranty is worth it. You might also want a second matching SSD so you have a 256GB boot drive in RAID0. That's at your discretion as budget allows. I'd also wire into your switch/router at gigabit instead of 300 megabit wireless for latency reasons.

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By the time you get the money, the new CPUs well be out. It is kind of pointless to plan a PC build so many months before buying.

1 decade ago
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for future get haswell intel core i5-4570k with compadible motherboard and AMD HD 8970. I rate your current build 7 out of 10. Switch to intel i5-3570k, Dell IPS monitor, Western Digital HD since cheap seagates are faulty, and don't know why you would want wifi when a direct connection is faster

1 decade ago
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Because direct conection is cables that I need to install into my room, also my brother, mom and dad are using PCs too, but I will see.

1 decade ago
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Get the WiFi. I never use Ethernet wires, just because I don't want to be drilling holes everywhere and buying a long enough wire to pin around the house.

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If you end up with a cluster of connections needed, you can use Client Bridged mode or something. Basically one router sends to another router, then that router passes through the connection to wired devices. It can be great for entertainment centers or anywhere else that you need a lot of connections, but don't feel like paying for wireless setups. I set one up once, for another part of the house. It ran great, with the router being really stable and being able to handle everything that was going on.

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I have one extra router with which I supposely have to have the same conection, but was always only doing wifi more slowly, now I use it with an cable( I disabled wifi), so my mom can have internet in her PC. I have 4 PC on my house, all run same internet, and my internet speed supposely is 8Mb, but really is working for 6-7 always, here telephonic companies suck a lot, always something is working bad and breaking and have ultra bad service, their service is ppl from Latin America that speak with accent, and also since they're in another country( I have to mention that beetwen Spain and Latin America is an Ocean) they have a little idea about your problems. So you call soembody from another country to resolve your problems that you have in house, thousands of kilometers away, just lol.

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We have that in America, too. We call India for our problems.

I wouldn't really bother listening to their advice, most of the time. Basically, take your modem and bridge it (More or less pass the connection straight through, you would have to look up your specific modem online). Then, you can take one router and use to handle the connection and distribute it around the house. I like that router to have the full control over the network. You can make other routers pass that network around or even create their own.

A little complicated, but it can pay off if you do it right for your setup. Each setup has different requirements. It is also made easier by custom firmware, for certain routers (If supported). DD-WRT, OpenWRT, Tomato (And The Mods), and Gargoyle are good examples, pretty much in that order.

Too complicated to just jump into, yes, but totally worth it if you ever find a need for a different setup or a stronger one. This wiki page, for DD-WRT, shows you a bunch of different ways you can configure routers to do your bidding.

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I'd rather get a good power supply with 80+ gold certificate with 500W which is far more than you'll need and will be much better because much more efficient in the end.

1 decade ago
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Friends said me the same, is why I choose 750W, but 500W......only video card need 550W :X

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Provided that game developers don't get the hold of some badass 3D alien technology, you should be good for years to come, on that beast. If you want to be totally future proof, you should make sure that your mobo and psu could handle a Crossfire of those two cards, then if you felt that some games start pushing your single card, you could simply throw in another one.

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you need more juice... increase your power supply

1 decade ago
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You're not going to buy this for 2 months...get the money first before pricing up a build. Prices change a lot for components in a 2 month period.

You also say you want it to last 5 years. No PC you build today will run games at Ultra/High in 5 years if they're graphic intensive games. I set 2/3 years as a much more realistic goal.

1 decade ago
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Get the money, then it will be good.

1 decade ago
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Don0t break my dreams D: Xd I will get them in summer.

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Pick a Nvidia Graphiccard and change the 700w to a 1000w supply... Will be good then.

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He wouldn't need 1000W, even with two 7970s. I wouldn't say pass on a sale, but that isn't necessary. 850W, yeah. If he wants two.

Also AMD cards outperform or are equal to Nvidia cards in almost everything, with a lower price as well. On top of that, you get Crysis 3 and Bioshock Infinite with the 7900 series, right now. I'm sure there will be new games when that runs out. I got Sleeping Dogs, Hitman Absolution, and Far Cry 3 with my 7970. I got a better card and a better deal.

The only real reason to get an Nvidia card, right now, is for PhysX. You can accomplish this by running a lesser, dedicated Nvidia card, with AMD cards, anyway. You can run them together and just have the Nvidia card handle PhysX.

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Err, you are wrong.

Nvidia cards, while generally more expensive, outperform AMD cards in almost every game. SLI also performs better than Crossfire. Then again if the "equal" AMD card is 100€ cheaper, go with that.

1 decade ago
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I don't know where you are getting your facts from, but tell your dealer you need to try a new product. This is almost as bad as the guy down below that recommended getting a 690.

1 decade ago
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Are you using some pre-built website? :V

1 decade ago
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Yes I know some, but there are always missing components, but anyways to use a pre build site firstly I need to choose what to pre build, like I did.

1 decade ago
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Well if you want to get all smarty pants with me then you're not really building a computer as yous stated in your topic header, you're having someone build it for you.
The things I hate about these websites is that you can buy the build cheaper, or you can buy a better build if you buy the parts yourself.

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Be careful not to be too attached to this build, things change quite a lot in 2 months. If 1600e is approximately your budget, use this as a rough guideline for what kind of parts and prices to expect, also keep an eye out for sale pricing (I'm only familiar with US pricing so I don't know whether the prices listed are good or not, they seem rather expensive to me)

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To your US prices you need to add the taxes + VAT( paying 20-21% more on all products, in Europe), so it's like 1$ = 1 Euro, kinda bad.....yes, but in Europe we can't do anything :( and also I saw these products on some other stores in my cuntry where they cost more than this about 20-30 euro, so I'm buying at place where they're cheaper.

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i7? wtf?you don't need i7 for gaming...and instead for HD Radeon 7970 get a GTX 680 or GTX 690...

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Yes I will use i5 3570K intead, but I will remaain Radeon HD 7970 because ther you mention cost a lot, GTX 680 around 450-550 euros and GTX 690 900-925 euros, so not is a "little" expensive.

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Dont get Radeon HD 7970, get 2 GTX 670 for SLI or at least get one now and another later. Forget about the GTX 680, is not really an upgrade from a GTX 670 which cost like $100 less, you only get like 5 to 10 percent increase in performance.

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Power supply sucks. Get something else, spend more. PSUs last a long time, so buy a good one now and carry it forward.

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Yes I notices this.

1 decade ago
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It is great apart for power supply(that brand is not too great and you need more watts anyway)ehh 8.5/10

EDIT: I saw the bottom of your post and removed the rest lol

1 decade ago
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Meh. SSD is suboptimal, those heatspreaders, PSU is meh, heatsink is meh, and meh non IPS monitor.

1 decade ago
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Build is pretty meh.. You can get much more for less money

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i'm just saying that Nvidia is better than Ati, couse of PhysX

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PhysX is really not that useful.

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It's AMD now (Not ATI) and PhysX adds a few more things on screen in a few games. Cool, yes. Better, no. You can add PhysX to AMD setups by adding a cheap Nvidia card running a number of steps to get the drivers to work together. You basically get the AMD power and a dedicated PhysX card. It isn't considered easy, but more or less you should be able to get a great setup. You can also get creative and get your CPU to do limited PhysX, but that doesn't seem worth the effort in most cases and not every CPU could handle it. You won't get GPU level.

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Links would help. You have wasted everyone's time with making a build and holding off on getting it. I don't know Imperial currency, but months from now, hardware prices could drop a few hundred from your updated build.
You want a 24" monitor with a native 1920X1200, not those awful black bars.
If you wait a couple more months, the Haswell is coming out and that will wreck all those processors and certainly last you for more than 5 years with overclocking.

1 decade ago
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Where did you buy this? Seems too pricey and skimpy on certain parts

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I seriously don't understand why people feel the need to get a bunch of random opinions on a computer they haven't even bought yet. All you need is one opinion, your own. If you want a technical assessment, ask a professional.

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