Hello OCN Members,
I am planning for a gaming PC build. Following will provide more information about it :
- This PC will be used in USA till July 2013. After that, I plan to take most of the parts with me to India except Case and Monitor (which I hope I would be able to sell here).
- Max budget will be $1500.
- No OC for at least one year.
- Main use : Gaming, Browsing.
- Planning to build by mid May.
Following is the configuration I have come up with after researching for a day :
1. CPU -- Intel i5 2500k -- $219
2. Memory -- Corsair Vengence 2X4GB -- $53
3. Motherboard -- AsRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3-- $122
4. GPU -- Sapphire Radeon 7950 HD -- $389
5. PSU -- Corsair TX750 v2 -- $105
6. CPU Cooler -- Cooler Master V8 -- $59
7. Internal HDD -- WD Caviar Blue 250 GB -- $70
8. Internal SSD -- OCZ 60GB -- $74
9. Optical Drive -- LG DVD Burner -- $17
10.Case -- HAF 932 Advanced -- $130
11.Monitor -- Acer 21.5 LED -- $130
All coming to ~$1370.
Already bought Corsair K90 keyboard and M60 mouse!
My questions are :
- What do you think about the build? All suggestions/criticism are welcome.
- Can PSUs rated at 110V/60Hz be used in India (220V/50Hz AC) ?
- Can the motherboard support future processors and GPUs using PCIe 3.0 ?
- Can the system sustain the rigors of adding another 7950 AMD gpu without bottle-necking itself ?
- Can the current PSU withstand another 7950 AMD card if I am upgrading my PC next year?
- Some suggestion needed for Monitor as for now I have simply put Acer. It should be 1080p, <= 24 inch, LED.
This is my first post here but I am an avid reader of the forum articles here since 2 years
. I am sure I will get all the expert advice. Sorry for the long post!!
I have already built a gaming PC before in 2010 end in India with following specs which my brother is using -
Intel i5 760
MSI P55-GD65
Corsair 4GB
WD 500GB Green
XFX 6870
Corsair GS600
DELL ST2220M LED
CM 690 II Advanced
CM Hyper 212+
Edited by proxycon - 5/15/12 at 10:21pm
I am planning for a gaming PC build. Following will provide more information about it :
- This PC will be used in USA till July 2013. After that, I plan to take most of the parts with me to India except Case and Monitor (which I hope I would be able to sell here).
- Max budget will be $1500.
- No OC for at least one year.
- Main use : Gaming, Browsing.
- Planning to build by mid May.
Following is the configuration I have come up with after researching for a day :
1. CPU -- Intel i5 2500k -- $219
2. Memory -- Corsair Vengence 2X4GB -- $53
3. Motherboard -- AsRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3-- $122
4. GPU -- Sapphire Radeon 7950 HD -- $389
5. PSU -- Corsair TX750 v2 -- $105
6. CPU Cooler -- Cooler Master V8 -- $59
7. Internal HDD -- WD Caviar Blue 250 GB -- $70
8. Internal SSD -- OCZ 60GB -- $74
9. Optical Drive -- LG DVD Burner -- $17
10.Case -- HAF 932 Advanced -- $130
11.Monitor -- Acer 21.5 LED -- $130
All coming to ~$1370.
Already bought Corsair K90 keyboard and M60 mouse!
My questions are :
- What do you think about the build? All suggestions/criticism are welcome.
- Can PSUs rated at 110V/60Hz be used in India (220V/50Hz AC) ?
- Can the motherboard support future processors and GPUs using PCIe 3.0 ?
- Can the system sustain the rigors of adding another 7950 AMD gpu without bottle-necking itself ?
- Can the current PSU withstand another 7950 AMD card if I am upgrading my PC next year?
- Some suggestion needed for Monitor as for now I have simply put Acer. It should be 1080p, <= 24 inch, LED.
This is my first post here but I am an avid reader of the forum articles here since 2 years
. I am sure I will get all the expert advice. Sorry for the long post!!I have already built a gaming PC before in 2010 end in India with following specs which my brother is using -
Intel i5 760
MSI P55-GD65
Corsair 4GB
WD 500GB Green
XFX 6870
Corsair GS600
DELL ST2220M LED
CM 690 II Advanced
CM Hyper 212+
Edited by proxycon - 5/15/12 at 10:21pm



















