between these brand, msi, asus, giga, leadtek..may i know wat is the diff?..

the brand of course and i heard leadtex got more extended warranty.

AMD and Nvidia they create the technology
the brand they are manufactures that create the graphic cards. depends on their fan,service, quality, company goodwill and many more.

http://youtu.be/N5fi3ARXWKc

u can get the idea

This post has been edited by cherkie1992: Jul 24 2013, 12:06 AM

Ok, Thanks for the recommendation.
I will use this as reference as I think this is the nicest rig that I can get with the budget.

thx..doing the research now..thx very much

Yours 600W PSU already enuf for the time being..

Wanna ask, if I have enough money for a 7k ++ rig, are there any overkill in this build? Since I'll only be using single monitor at 1920 x 1080 and I personally think I don't need too much of a beast
Anything that I can do to save some budget from the graphic card?
Planning to do slight overclock as well with H100i or a custom loop

General use:
1. Gaming (Latest games and plan to get BF4 and COD: Ghost)
2. Some video editing
3. Engineering students uses (Dunno what yet)

CPU: i7 4770k
Mobo: Asus z87 Sabertooth
GPU:
Option 1: GTX 780
Option 2: HD 7970 in crossfire (Someone suggested this for me, i personally think that it is overkill)
Option 3: HD7990 (A lot of free games! Yay!)
PSU: Corsair AX860
Sound card: Asus Essence STX
SSD: Kingston HyperX 120gb
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB
Ram: Kingston hyperX Beast 16gb

The case will be bought later on

This post has been edited by adrenc94: Jul 24 2013, 08:33 AM

Pick a smaller chassis cause maybe you'd like to travel around later on as a student, but for sure will need to adjust a few things to your liking, No need for black HDD, performance ram or even that much powerful of a PSU, vid encoding will stress the CPU more than the GPU so can save some more $$$ by going with a Gtx770 instead

That looks like a beast even though you claim to not need one haha well considering you're more towards saving some $$$ then can try this spec:

Intel i7 4770K RM1029
ASUS z87 Gryphon RM729
Kingston 8gb ram x2 RM388
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB RM789
WD Blue 1Tb RM189
ASUS GTX770 dc ii oc RM2099
FSP Raider 650W RM269
Xigmatek Helios 232/231 RM109

Total RM5601

extra $$ can be used to get WC loop or upgrades later on

Sort of know that it is a beast, which is why I took my time here to ask the experts . The rig that you're suggesting goes more towards the mATX factor right? But the PC that I am using will not need to follow me for travel since I already have my laptop and I am planning to use the PC for entertainment purposes (gaming, fraps, editing and fapping )

I'll get the shipping in UK since it will be obviously too bulky to carry from here.
I think the only overkill would be my GC right? I'll do some thinking first

7k? I have that in my dream .

If i have those budget,

i7-4770k rm1039
MSI Z87-GD65 rm649
Corsair Vengeance Pro Dual Channel 2x8gb rm599
Plextor M5 Pro 120gb SSD rm429
WD Caviar Red 2tb rm355
Rosewill Tachyon 750w rm539
2x Zotac GTX770 amp! 2gb Sli rm2998
XSPC Raystorm 750 RS240 watercooling kit rm499

Total : rm7007

Or u may settle with just 1 GTX780 and Tachyon 650w that save u about 1k cash.

in the UK you've got tons of choice to get your hardware from, if you ask me, I'd just swap out the mobo and chassis to make it full ATX and that's there to it since you're not considering to bring the rig with you everywhere.. and yes a single Gtx780 will go a long way with single 1080p monitor

guys, may i know will mobo affect the rig performance? gonna use my pc for gaming. thinking whether to buy Asrock B85M Pro4 or spend more to buy better mobo like asrock z87 pro4... and also, do i need sound card for my new rig as well?

Save up and u will get there

Hmm, I don't really want to get an SLI set up and right now, I am leaning more towards the single HD7970 config.
I just add a powerful PSU incase I plan on an upgrade in the future. I guess I had Asus Sabertooth as my choice mobo because I am more a TUF series fanboy

AFAIK, mobo just provide your rig some stability if you're planning to do some overclocking. Besides that, some higher end mobo provides features like USB 3.0 (if your case has USB 3 port) and perhaps some even support greater RAM clock speed and also let you install more ram to your rig. Better mobo also has crossfire and SLI support just in case you wanna go down that path. Sound card is not necessary. But if you're using a higher impedance headphones, consider getting a sound card if you don't have an amp

Sifus, please correct me here

Haha, well my rig does serve me well, dont think will upgrade it for a year or so.

Sabertooth is sexy indeed but i like dragon more, pairing up with MSI GTX770 TF Gaming is sort of heavenly match.

Well i do think GTX770 performance better yet more power efficient.

I just like Sabertooth because of the armor.. Dang it sexy. I think I seen the Extreme 6 Formula and I would get that mobo instead if it ever comes to Malaysia! Dang it!

Sexy!!


Hmm, still in the middle of thinking since I'll only be flying off in September. So lots of time to plan a good gaming rig

hye all. can recomend me a AMD rig? budget around 1.5k. can mid-high metro last light if can.

may i know can i use xeon processor for home pc? coz my friend told me xeon is for server purpose. so, means i can only choose i5 or i7 if i want to use for home pc? and can anyone tell me how to see if the cpu is compatible with the mobo or not?

This post has been edited by bingding: Jul 24 2013, 04:51 PM

is it possible to build SLI gtx760s with budget 3000-3500 without monitor and ssd? or is it better to get a single 770 at around the same budget? for hardcore gaming purpose... i heard SLIs are generally unstable... Please advise tq ^^

A single GTX770 is the way to go, less power draw and heat reproduction. Sli setup are generally stable but suffer from microstuttering issues.