Bang for Buck sub 700€ Gaming Rig

[wotevajjjj]

Here you are: http://www.caseking.de/cart_load/b122d3e429935b87df11b25211da51dc
If you want you could change psu to a corsair cx600 (€63). The gpu is 10 more than yesterday 600 or 730W should be enough to OC the 8120 to about 4.5 and add a second 7870.
hope this helps

 

[domsch1988]

Anything i need to know about 1155 Chipsets? Any minimum i should go for? What are the differences, and which should i choose?

 

[domsch1988]

Bulldozer? The Reviews i read weren't that good...

 

[wotevajjjj]

Anything i need to know about 1155 Chipsets? Any minimum i should go for? What are the differences, and which should i choose?

P67 or Z68/Z77, or you cant oc, ivy isn't worth bothering with imo

 

[Master&Puppet]

Here you are: http://www.caseking.de/cart_load/b122d3e429935b87df11b25211da51dc
If you want you could change psu to a corsair cx600 (€63). The gpu is 10 more than yesterday 600 or 730W should be enough to OC the 8120 to about 4.5 and add a second 7870.
hope this helps

No point getting the 8150 - it is more expensive than the 3570k and not as good!

 

[wotevajjjj]

Bulldozer? The Reviews i read weren't that good...

That was €50 ago.. fx8120 is as good as a 3570k at the same clock speeds except single threaded. Only bad thing is energy and heat but people go with giant coolers anyway

 

[Master&Puppet]

Bulldozer? The Reviews i read weren't that good...

They weren't what people expected. They still have their place in budget builds because they are cheaper than intel.

 

[PetrolHead247]

Anything i need to know about 1155 Chipsets? Any minimum i should go for? What are the differences, and which should i choose?

If you go with a locked chip (i.e. a non K chip) then go for H77.

As for the Bulldozer thing, the only Bulldozer CPU's worth buying are the quad core one's because they're cheap and are great for gaming. The 6 & 8 core CPU's are just crap and Intel's i5's and i7's are a much better choice than them

 

[Master&Puppet]

That was €50 ago.. fx8120 is as good as a 3570k at the same clock speeds except single threaded. Only bad thing is energy and heat but people go with giant coolers anyway

That's exactly the point - most games use 2-4 cores so most of the 8120s power is not used. Over 4 thread performance the 3570k will kick it's ass and is therefore better for games.

If he were wanting to render videos then the 8120 is a good choice for the same price because it will use all its cores.

 

[seumasbeathan]

Here is my offering, 3570k, HD 7950, 8gb Corsair Vengeance and a Corsair CX600.

 

[Master&Puppet]

Here is my offering, 3570k, HD 7950, 8gb Corsair Vengeance and a Corsair CX600.

Perfect

 

[domsch1988]

Current idea: i3 2100 + 580/7870 and rest as above (decent PSU ofc). Whats the best value for Money? 580/7870/7950/570?

 

[seumasbeathan]

Didnt notice I picked an matx mobo, I would swap that for this - http://www.mindfactory.de/product_i...Z77-So-1155-Dual-Channel-DDR3-ATX-Retail.html

Current idea: i3 2100 + 580/7870 and rest as above (decent PSU ofc). Whats the best value for Money? 580/7870/7950/570?

Did you just see the one I posted, its a 3570k which is far better than an i3 2100 and a 7950 which is better than an 7870

 

[domsch1988]

looks really well. I think i have to sell my XBox 360 then ;-) no need for it then so it will sell on ebay and give me the extra money i need for your build...
Better decent now then frustrated for one year. Still if there are better ideas i will appreciate them.

 

[wotevajjjj]

I'd go 7870, or seumus' build but with low heatsink ram

 

[seumasbeathan]

I'd go 7870, or seumus' build but with low heatsink ram

The 7950 is only 30 more than the 7870 so I thought it would be worth it

 

[wotevajjjj]

7950 is a great card, but isn't there one with a better cooler?
Edit: the gigabyte one is 20 more

 

[seumasbeathan]

7950 is a great card, but isn't there one with a better cooler?

Yeah but that would cost a bit more, also the xfx one has a pretty decent cooler

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_i...Core-Edition-Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--Retail-.html

 

[wotevajjjj]

The dual fan one is pretty good, havent tried that one yet :-(
Btw, ordered yet ?

 

[Master&Puppet]

Unless you want to overclock the reference cards are pretty quiet (well mine are anyway). You can always get an aftermarket cooler which cost about the same difference as a 3rd party card anyway:

http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/502/accelero-xtreme-7970.html?c=2182