I guess you could mount a Corsair Quiet Series 120x120x25mm fan with Ball Bearing Technology on the back side. NZXT H Series Tower ATX case, black, no power supply included. I guess the Zalman CNPS10X OPTIMA CPU cooler is worth looking at. Maybe. It looks like we're looking at a Seagate Barracuda, a 500GB hard drive spinning at 7200rpm. Maybe that'll do the trick. I guess there's the Transcend DDR3 8GB 1333MHz module to consider—specifically the JM1333KLH-8G model with its CL9 latency. Maybe it’ll do the job. ASUS Motherboard ASUS Motherboard paired with an Intel Core i7.
Price: $1005 Amazon.com
ASRock B85M - Intel Core i5 System It looks like we're looking at an Intel Core i5 System featuring an Intel Core i5 CPU. The Corsair Quiet Series 120x120x25mm case fan uses Ball Bearing Technology. NZXT H Series tower case, black, no power supply included. Seagate Barracuda, 500GB HDD, 7200rpm. Transcend DDR3 8GB 1333MHz RAM (JM1333KLH-8G), CL9 latency.
Total amount: $1014 amazon.com
EDIT: Graphics cards 🤦
Then you just grab 4GB of RAM: I guess there might be some interesting stuff on this page if you're looking through the catalog. Maybe worth a quick look.
1 x LC POWER LC-CC-97, socket 775/1155/1156/AMD 1 x Crucial Module 8GB, 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-12800, CL=11, Buffered, NON-ECC 1 x Procesor AMD FX X6 6300 3.5Ghz (4.1GHz) box 1 x GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P, AM3+ 1 x Fortron Hexa+ 400W, 80+, active, 12 cm 1 x MS PHOENIX case without power supply 1 x Xilence case cooler 80×80×25mm, black (3-pin Molex + 4-pin)
Total: $833 Futura-IT - free shipping. I could probably put this whole thing together for you, then you’d just have to pop in an SSD and a GPU, assuming you let me know 😉
1 x LC POWER LC-CC-97, socket 775/1155/1156/AMD 1 x MSI R7 260 OC, 1GB GDDR5, VGA, DVI, HDMI 1 x Adata DDR3 4GB 1333MHz Memory
Total: $369 Futura-IT
With this new cooler, you might be able to squeeze a little more overclocking out of your processor. I guess since World of Tanks really thrives on high clock speeds and single-core efficiency, it’s pretty straightforward on an AM3 platform... you just jump into the BIOS, bump the FSB from 200MHz up to 230MHz, leave the CPU Voltage at stock (that grayed-out value, should be around 1.3V), and save your settings.
Alright, that’s the total system draw. But yeah, 205W plus the CPU puts you right around 300W, which I guess this power supply is going to struggle with.
Adam Moore3 said:Wait, there's no way it can handle a 450 or a 5770. I mean, that power supply only puts out 16A on the 12V rail, and those cards can easily pull over 150W. 😲 Maybe a 6570 would work, though personally, I wouldn't dream of upgrading anything until the PSU is swapped out. If money is tight, maybe just grab the Hex for $100 and put the other $300 toward a 450 or a 5770 if you really have to $200!
Both of them pull about 110W, but I guess I'd play it safe and grab the Hex plus one of those GPUs you mentioned.
1 x Intel Core i3-4130, Black Edition Edition (3.7GHz,4MB,95W,FCM2+) box 1 x MSI A78M-E35 (Sck. FM2+,DDR3,SATA III,USB3.0) mATX 1 x Crucial 4GB DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL11 1 x Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB 3.5" 1 x Fortron Hexa+ 400W, 80+, active, 12 cm 1 x MS PHOENIX case without PSU 1 x LC POWER LC-CC-97, socket 775/1155/1156/AMD 1 x MSI R7 265 2GD5 OC, 2GB DDR5, DVI-I, DVI, DP, HDMI
Total: $1123 Best Buy (includes free shipping and assembly)
I’d probably suggest going with the Radeon R9 270 instead. It’s a bit cheaper, draws less power, and is basically just a downclocked Radeon R9 270x anyway. Plus, it only uses a single 6-pin connector rather than the 270x setup, so you shouldn't need any adapters.