tarekelkhaledi wroteA-Are you facing a dilemma between “K Chips” or “None-K’s” here is the answer, do not ever pick a “None-K Chip” unless for “Business / HTPC / Home Server Unit purposes since there is no need for “K Chips” unlike “Gaming”. “Today’s Games” had dramatically changed “Users Thoughts” yet even forced them to revalue their “Hardware Needs” and “Gaming” is “OC Related” more than any time therefore, having a “K Chip” inside your “Rig” is not to empty your pockets in fact it is more towards “Justifying” your whole purpose of purchase. Why you want to pay 256$ T.T.C on something that you will never be able to “HAVE FUN WITH” and on the other side adding extra “FPS” to get yourself a “Joyful Experience” like a pro gamer. Conclusion if a certain place does not have a particular item, which is a common thing in here thus, other places might have it. Just a side note, nowadays overclocking is so easy that a grandma can achieve 4.7GHz on a “SB or IVB Platform”. Not saying this in a “Hurtful Way” instead, I am encouraging you to get the “K”, start missing around, and believe me you might be afraid at first but when you get used to it you will never use any other chip.
Since when were K chips necessary for gaming ? Avolio will not overclock or play with bells and whistles of stuff like that. He just wants a PC that can run BF3 online smoothly and nothing more (He said so himself)
Furthermore, a K series processor and a non-K series processor are
identical. One is not better than the other, they are completely identical. The
only difference is that the K series have an unlocked memory multiplier, which makes you adjust the FSB Clockk speed to overclock your CPU. Meaning, when you're not going to OC, you don't need to spend the extra 40$ (Or 100$ in Lebanon's case) Because that will just be a waste of money.
tarekelkhaledi wroteB-Tt V4 Chassis, Mate what are you kidding me? Ok, I can understand there is a “Certain Budget Limit” but if you get the “Gigabyte Sumo” that would be a far better option. Do you want me to believe with the lack of “Airflow” that if there is “Airflow” it will not raise your temperatures after 2 or 3 months? That is certainly a bad choice.
The V3/V4 or any other case that have the same bare-bone chassis are all about air flow. They have 2x12CM fan holes at the top, one at the back,front and bottom and plus another one on the side for graphics cards and may I say you can still add another 12CM there which makes a total of 6x12CM Fans in such a case. The Gigabyte Sumo α is almost twice the price and has just 2 fan holes. How does that mean more airflow ?
tarekelkhaledi wroteC-No SSD but Extra 2TB Storage, Mate again why? You could buy a 1TB HDD, with a low storage SSD and surely get an “External HDD” to save all your data and other things. One thing for sure “SSD’s” are a must in every “Gaming Rig” no need to “Raid Them” but for sure your experience would have changed with the inclusion of an “SSD” which is in fact cheaper from the “HDD’s” and gamers worldwide are purchasing SSD’s instead of HDD’s nowadays.
Avolio doesn't need an SSD for two reasons:
1- He's not going to see any performance increase in games (Except for loading times)
2- He won't be using any video rendering and other software which might need such speed.
So for 200$ extra he's just going to have faster boot ups and faster load times, which is just not worth it.
Although I'm with you on the 1TB storage thing. I tried to explain why he doesn't need a 2TB HDD and why it's overkill but he insisted on getting the 2TB drive to make it future proof, because the games will already use quite alot of storage, not to mention he has alot of personal data.
tarekelkhaledi wroteD-Inno3D GTX 680, I am 100% it is not i-Chill Model that means it is the “Vanilla Edition” thus, you could get an “EVGA SC” for 780$ T.T.C. and save 30$ for a better chassis. All you had to do is to check mate since prices are been updated without a notice.
Again, he is not willing to overclock anything and having that option does not make it better. But you are correct about the EVGA card, but it will be a hassle for him because he wants to buy all the parts at once from one place for personal reasons.
tarekelkhaledi wroteE-The 700W is fair enough for now thus, if you take into consideration and a fact that the “Rig Power Consumption” will definitely change after 1-year of usage. What I mean is when “Hardware” gets old power consumption raises therefore, a fatter “PSU” is always better to keep feeding your rig with the right amount of power for several years.
The rig which he's getting can be powered with a 500W PSU (Recommended by Nvidia themselves) That's why he chose the 700W PSU to make it have lots of headroom.
Me and Avolio researched and thought about each part he chose for 2 months and these parts that he chose seemed to be the best he could get for the money.
Please don't take anything I written personally, I'm just sharing thoughts.
Cheers!