lokelyokel Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I made a thread about this a month or two ago, but now... I've been searching around, trying to find my new perfect PC. I believe I've found it! I want to know what everyone thinks, to see if it really is the perfect PC. I should be getting the PC quite soon, in about two, to three weeks. So worrying about the price in the future is not exactly on my list anymore. Here's a direct link to the PC - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/T6pxkL The Specs AMD FX 6300 3.5 GHz (Six Cores) R9 270x HIS IceQ x2 (2GB Dedicated, I think 1100MHz Clock) ASRock 960GM/U3S3 Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory Western Digital 750GB 7200RPM Hard Drive Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer HP C9V73AA#ABA 60Hz 20.'' Monitor Gigabyte KM5300 Wire Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse Windows 8.1 64 Bit Games I intend to run on it? Saints Row IV Left 4 Dead 2 Team Fortress 2 Mirror's Edge PAYDAY 2 Borderlands 2 Grand Theft Auto IV Portal 2 Saints Row 2 The Sims 3 Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Unturned Battlefield 3 Grand Theft Auto V Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Battlefield 4 Farcry 3 Farcry 4 What does everyone think? If you think I should change the PC more, send me a link to a different one that may work better for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I'd choose i3 in favor of FX. For example: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.98 @ Newegg) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC) Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($129.98 @ NCIX US) Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.98 @ OutletPC) Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC) Monitor: Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($99.99 @ NCIX US) Total: $600.76 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-18 02:56 EST-0500 Compared to the rig you posted, this one has more functional motherboard, faster memory, bigger and faster HDD, better PSU (modular, more efficient, better voltage stability), bigger monitor with digital DVI connector (the one you posted only has analog VGA connector). The GPU is slightly worse though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMcSame Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2NwDK8 Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2NwDK8/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.00 @ Amazon) Video Card: *PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg) Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.98 @ OutletPC) Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.98 @ NCIX US) Optical Drive: *Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC) Monitor: *HP C9V73AA#ABA 60Hz 20.0" Monitor ($99.99 @ Directron) Keyboard: *Gigabyte KM5300 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($7.99 @ NCIX US) Total: $631.88 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available *Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-18 04:47 EST-0500 Reasons: i3 - Games will favour the better performance per core. Mobo - same reason as yojo, it's functional. RAM - lower latency and two sticks (for dual channel use) HDD - Hitachi's drives generally have a lower failure rate compared to WD and Seagate. It also has more storage than the one you picked Video card - Didn't touch it. You could knock it down to a 660 if you want to save a bit of money but you'd lose some performance. Case - It had some decent reviews, it had a decent rating on PCPP and it's from NZXT PSU - opted to sacrifice some wattage in order to have a higher quality supply. -didn't touch the rest- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Actually, this Antec is on par with CX500. Not really better in any significant way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMcSame Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Actually, this Antec is on par with CX500. Not really better in any significant way. The CX500 is a tier 3 supply. The VP450 is a tier 2 supply. Speaks for itself really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) Depends on how you define "tiers". Both CX and VP are budget, group regulated PSUs with non-japanese caps. They both have MTBF 100k hours. Corsair is rated at 30C, while Antec is rated at 25C. Corsair has 80Plus Bronze certificate, while Antec has none (presumably it will do Standard). Corsair has also more connectors (two PCIe instead of one, five SATA instead of four, etc.). Corsair has three year warranty, while Antec's warranty lasts two years. IMHO Antec is not better in any aspect, if anything it's a tad worse. Even comparing it with Corsair VS450 there's not much reason to go for Antec. If it was Antec VPF-450 then yes, I'd definitely agree it's a higher tier PSU. Edited January 18, 2015 by yojo2 sivispacem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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