Need recommendations, will be used for gaming but nothing too hardcore. Eyeing the Acer Predator series atm. Budget is around SGD1.5k
Code: Motherboard Asus P8Z77-M-Pro $129.00 CPU Intel Intel i7-3770 $299.00 RAM G.Skill Ripjaws-X 2133 8GB Kit $62.00 HDD Seagate SATA3 2TB $106.00 Graphics Card ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB $310.00 Case & PSU Antec Sonata IV $175.00 Total $1,081.00 I've had this in mind for myself, just copied and pasted it from a spreadsheet I have set up. Those prices are in AUD but $1,081 AUD is about $1,380 SGD. Doesn't include a disc drive or monitor as as I was just planning to keep my current ones. Would be a pretty boss rig for the price, and if you wanted faster r/w speeds you could just add in a SSD for an extra $100-200.
@Bradford, I'd consider getting a different PSU as ones that are included with the case aren't generally the best. And SSDs are worth it imo. Even if you just get a 120GB one like I have.
Generally they aren't any good but the Antec Sonatas usually come with pretty decent PSUs I believe. It'd be more than capable of handling the load.
http://www.antec.com/product.php?id=705173&fid=5022038 It comes with that. It's not anything awesome but I'm pretty sure it's more than capable of handling the load.
Cheers. I'm looking at this - i7-3770 processor NVIDIA GeForce GT630 8GB RAM 1TB HDD 23" LED Monitor for $1,499 SGD which is about $1,172 AUD
A 630 won't be able to do a whole heap but if you're not planning on playing graphics intensive games it should do alright.
GTX 630 isn't gonna give you good graphics performance. You're better off downgrading the CPU to an i5 and going with a better graphics card.
Even choosing your own parts then going to a computer store and getting them to build it may be cheaper
I see. What's a decent Graphics card if I'm just going to be playing stuff like Dota2 and Skyrim for example (in the foreseeable future).
Yea the i5-3570k or the i5-3450 if you're not overclocking would be good enough and you could potentially get a 660Ti
