Xeon is good.

Mobo can be cheaper. That price already close to a z87 price dy...

As always, R9 290 is the better choice. The non-reference one (RM1699) should had no noise or heat problem. If you can afford to top up that much, then even a R9 280x toxic can be better than the GTX 770.

casing i no idea

Different tier things. 780TI is compared to R9 290x.

Regarding sales, I just came across this.
http://global.pchome.com.tw/?mod=item&func...3V&ROWNO=9&tm=u

4GB DDR3 1333 RAM for only 800NTD (need to convert to USD using paypal).

The shipping is 10USD flat rate as long as under 3kg.

Yup, if you never consider to overclock, Xeon is the better choice over i5 for the 8 threads, which is more productive in some works and gaming in future.

The hot and loud issues are because they are using the reference card. Non-reference cards won't had such issues. 770 is a huge gaps from 290 in term of performance different. If you can afford a non-reference 290, then it is the best way to go.

Samsung's SSD is generally good in reliability.

That is pretty much the only non-reference 290 you can find out there.

Hmm, obamanotbad.jpg

Do they voltage lock their card this time?

Cause last time I search around, quite a lot of ppl complaining that gigabyte's 280x is voltage locked.

I will say give it a try first, don't like then put it in garage sale.

Unless you don't need a GPU, you can't get an i5 with 1.5k.

But according to the games you play, you may not need a dedicated GPU also. The built in iGPU of i5 should be enough for some light gaming.

As for mobo, it should be the cheapest 1150 socket board already...

This post has been edited by Human10: Jan 15 2014, 10:08 AM

I thought we told you countless time already?

Xeon is the best in term of bang for bucks. If you don't need that much computing power, the cheapest i5, 4440 is also fine enough for gaming.

As for mobo, a b85 is also fine enough. But if you have a little more to top up, a h87 will be even sweeter.

This post has been edited by Human10: Jan 15 2014, 10:12 AM

Yea, b85 or h87 can do.
http://ark.intel.com/compare/75010,75007,7...016,75004,75013

This post has been edited by Human10: Jan 15 2014, 11:12 AM

Pretty fine. Solid enough.

More than enough.

Just that the amount of ram depend on how heavy the task you are doing.

What is the minimum GPU requirement of your MMORPG?

Cause if really no such need, you might as well consider using the iGPU of Intel and use the extra budget for SSD.

Actually, you can try and upgrade the GPU alone first and see if the performance is bottlenecks by the CPU or not.

If not, then no need to waste money to get whole new mobo and CPU.

If yes, then is it severe? If still bare able, might as well wait till this year end or next year for the release of new CPU and DDR4.

Yar, GPU is graphic processing unit, normally known as graphic card.

It not mean whether your mobo can tahan, but whether the mobo and CPU will be able to let your new GPU show it's full power. You try to get a new GPU and install it on your current rig first and see if it's capability is limited due to the dated CPU and mobo.

Yup, the fan spin fast and loud is quite normal when under high load. Besides you also need to make sure whether the is dust coated on the fan or heat sink or whether the thermal paste is still in good shape. Since your rig is quite old already, may be you can remove the CPU heatsink to do some clean up and reapply a new layer of thermal compound too.

For the recommendation of GPU, we will recommend you a minimum of GTX 760. But of course, if you having extra few hundreds to top up, R9 280x will be a even sweeter choice, especially you are playing bf4, which amd card should had a lead over nvidia.

This post has been edited by Human10: Jan 17 2014, 05:00 PM

Yar, r9 280x is good. Pretty solid performance for its price.

Of course r9 290 will be even better but a non-reference 290 is around 50% more pricy compared to a 280x.

The most powerful 280x is the toxic version by sapphire. Beside that, all others are pretty much the same, just choose whichever that is cheaper or come with the longest warranty.

Oh sorry, I missed out on the size and psu issue.

For the psu, a seasonic 620w should be enough for the r9 280x.

As for the size, I assume your current case is those generic case and might be too small for the king 280x toxic. Better measure the dimension of the space clearance for your current case first.

As for where to get, local should be the priority in getting GPU as long as the price different is not too much off the international pricing. Cause GPU is something that may fail from time to time, so you might want to have a reliable warranty policy for it.

This post has been edited by Human10: Jan 17 2014, 06:19 PM

GTX 650TI Boost, price range from rm499 to RM559, depend on whether 1gb or 2gb.

Is it really a must to go with nvidia? Cause if within your budget, amd may have the better solution.

GTX 770 is quite pricy locally, and for similar amount of money, you can even get 280x or 290 from amd.