HowickDota: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/J8crLk This is what I believe to be the best bang for buck at the $1500ish price point. Cheapest quad-core i5, will perform better in games than the AMD chip, cheaper H81 mobo you won't need z97 since you won't be overclocking a non K cpu anyway. An ssd was thrown in as well as choosing a cheaper case and a much more powerful GPU.
HowickDota: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/J8crLk This is what I believe to be the best bang for buck at the $1500ish price point. Cheapest quad-core i5, will perform better in games than the AMD chip, cheaper H81 mobo you won't need z97 since you won't be overclocking a non K cpu anyway. An ssd was thrown in as well as choosing a cheaper case and a much more powerful GPU.
Thanks alot man.
That is a pretty good build!
Personally, I would go for at least an H97 motherboard - about another $50. I just don't like 2 RAM slot motherboards:).
The next step up from that GPU would be a Nvidia GTX970.
With the non-k (locked) core i5's.. There isn't that much difference between them. e.g. a 4430 is pretty much same as 4460.
HowickDota: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/J8crLk This is what I believe to be the best bang for buck at the $1500ish price point. Cheapest quad-core i5, will perform better in games than the AMD chip, cheaper H81 mobo you won't need z97 since you won't be overclocking a non K cpu anyway. An ssd was thrown in as well as choosing a cheaper case and a much more powerful GPU.
Thanks alot man.
That is a pretty good build!
Personally, I would go for at least an H97 motherboard - about another $50. I just don't like 2 RAM slot motherboards:).
The next step up from that GPU would be a Nvidia GTX970.
With the non-k (locked) core i5's.. There isn't that much difference between them. e.g. a 4430 is pretty much same as 4460.
I would go with the 4430, but it's not on pcpartpicker or in stock at any reputable stores. Also I think 2 RAM slots is fine as long as you're buying a single 8GB stick which will allow room to upgrade to 16GB which should be more than enough.
I always use a Auckland outfit called Computer Lounge. They have an extremely good reputation. If you contact them via email or phone and tell them the purpose and cost they will prepare you a spec.
Unless you're overclocking you don't need the K processor and the Z97, and if you are you probably want a non-stock CPU cooler. One stick of RAM means no dual-channel but the benefits from that are marginal really and this means it is easy to upgrade to 16GB if you want it alter down the line.
GTX970 is at a great price-performance point right now, though prices here are much more than in the US so I'm not too sure if that holds true here
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