Hi there,
I just made my account here on Overclock dot net. I hail from New Zealand (which unfortunately means I can't use Newegg without insane 3rd party shipping costs
)
Also sorry in advance if this post is in the wrong section.
Anyway, I've been looking at an abundance of computer parts for some time now, lurking through old posts, videos etc trying to find the best 'bang for my buck'. I can't find exactly what I need, so I'll ask here myself.
Basically, I'm sick of my awfully slow computer and I want to finally upgrade to an 1155/AM3+ platform. The rig will be primarily for videogames - Battlefield 3, WarZ, stuff like that. No video rendering or massive multiple threaded applications. I'll be going to university in a year and a bit, so future proofing isn't a big deal at all.
Right now, I'm leaning towards the following:
i3-2120 $135 NZD (holy crap best deal ever)
GTX 460 (I already have this.)
Probably an H61 or H67 mobo. Need suggestions please - do want 6GB/s SATA3, USB3.0, SLI capable etc. GA-B75M-D3H $118 NZD
8GB of 1600MHz G.Skill Ripjaws RAM $89 NZD 4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz $35 NZD
BitFenix Shinobi Mid-Tower Case $115 NZD
CoolerMaster Hyper212 CPU cooler $59 NZD Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Plus $10 NZD
Crucial M4 128GB/Samsung 830 128GB $150 NZD
Cheapest 1TB+ 7200RPM drive I can find. Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB $95 NZD
Before I was looking at an AMD build, with a Phenom II X4 965 on a GA-990FX-UD3 mobo. Is this a better idea? If so, why? In what situations? In New Zealand this will probably be more expensive than the i3 build.
Please help me decide, Overclock dot net!
All suggestions are welcome, at this stage the only thing I have is the graphics card so an entire revamp of my build idea is definitely possible.
If you look at my sigrig, you'll see how badly I need the upgrade....
Cheers in advance,
Narwal
Edited by TheLastNarwal - 11/19/12 at 3:30pm
I just made my account here on Overclock dot net. I hail from New Zealand (which unfortunately means I can't use Newegg without insane 3rd party shipping costs
)Also sorry in advance if this post is in the wrong section.
Anyway, I've been looking at an abundance of computer parts for some time now, lurking through old posts, videos etc trying to find the best 'bang for my buck'. I can't find exactly what I need, so I'll ask here myself.
Basically, I'm sick of my awfully slow computer and I want to finally upgrade to an 1155/AM3+ platform. The rig will be primarily for videogames - Battlefield 3, WarZ, stuff like that. No video rendering or massive multiple threaded applications. I'll be going to university in a year and a bit, so future proofing isn't a big deal at all.
Right now, I'm leaning towards the following:
i3-2120 $135 NZD (holy crap best deal ever)
GTX 460 (I already have this.)
Probably an H61 or H67 mobo. Need suggestions please - do want 6GB/s SATA3, USB3.0, SLI capable etc. GA-B75M-D3H $118 NZD
8GB of 1600MHz G.Skill Ripjaws RAM $89 NZD 4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz $35 NZD
BitFenix Shinobi Mid-Tower Case $115 NZD
CoolerMaster Hyper212 CPU cooler $59 NZD Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Plus $10 NZD
Crucial M4 128GB/Samsung 830 128GB $150 NZD
Cheapest 1TB+ 7200RPM drive I can find. Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB $95 NZD
Before I was looking at an AMD build, with a Phenom II X4 965 on a GA-990FX-UD3 mobo. Is this a better idea? If so, why? In what situations? In New Zealand this will probably be more expensive than the i3 build.
Please help me decide, Overclock dot net!
All suggestions are welcome, at this stage the only thing I have is the graphics card so an entire revamp of my build idea is definitely possible.
If you look at my sigrig, you'll see how badly I need the upgrade....
Cheers in advance,
Narwal
Edited by TheLastNarwal - 11/19/12 at 3:30pm
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