Is this PC good for its price?

[Izaibo]

This is my first build and I just want some suggestions on what I should change. I'm trying go with a red theme but that can be easily changed hopefully! Also, I'll be using this for max setting gaming and a slight bitof editing! Thanks for any help provided!

 

CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

 

CPU COOLER - Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

 

MOTHERBOARD - MSI Z97A GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

 

MEMORY - Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory

 

STORAGE -

SSD- Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

HDD- Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

 

VIDEO CARD - MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card

 

CASE - NZXT H440 Mid Tower Silent Case (Black/Red)

 

POWER SUPPLY - Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply

 

OS - Windows 8.1 

 

 

[AlanTheEmu]

This is my first build and I just want some suggestions on what I should change. I'm trying go with a red theme but that can be easily changed hopefully! Also, I'll be using this for max setting gaming and a slight bitof editing! Thanks for any help provided!

 

CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

 

CPU COOLER - Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

 

MOTHERBOARD - MSI Z97A GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

 

MEMORY - Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory

 

STORAGE -

SSD- Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

HDD- Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

 

VIDEO CARD - MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card

 

CASE - NZXT H440 Mid Tower Silent Case (Black/Red)

 

POWER SUPPLY - Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply

 

OS - Windows 8.1 

You have chosen good quality components it's probably fine as it is, only thing I would change is the PSU for an ATX instead of SFX.

[AlexWalters08]

If you ever plan on SLI in the future, I would consider getting a bigger PSU, like a 650w

[Rampiks]

if you want more PC for your money, then go with one gtx 970, it has just 10% worse performens the 980 at a MUCH better price. And wap the i7 out with a I5 4690K if you dont do heavy video editing, the I5 performs as well in game applications. and if you are going for silence swap the H100i out with a Nepton 240m (the pump on the 240m is quieter)

[Hunter259]

if you want more PC for your money, then go with one gtx 970, it has just 10% worse performens the 980 at a MUCH better price. And wap the i7 out with a I5 4690K if you dont do heavy video editing, the I5 performs as well in game applications. and if you are going for silence swap the H100i out with a Nepton 240m (the pump on the 240m i quieter)

Actually some of these newer games do a good job of using multiple cores. I have noticed a good bit of performance improvement over my i5 650.

[asquirrel]

@Izaibo My one suggestion would be to pick up a 3TB hard drive (caviar green, or whatever isn't seagate and is cheap) for backups. If you ever delete a file, get a corrupt game save, etc, you'll have yesterday's...assuming you can be bothered to click about 10 buttons in Windows 8's Backup and Restore settings. You don't need backup software, the Windows 8 software for it is plenty good! Other than that, solid build as far as I can tell.

[mathijs727]

Get a normal ATX PSU instead of a SFX PSU.

The rest of the build seems fine

[Rampiks]

Actually some of these newer games do a good job of using multiple cores. I have noticed a good bit of performance improvement over my i5 650.

the have the exact same number of cores, while the 4690k has 4 threads and the 4790k 8 threads (hyper threading basically splits the cores if necessary) there is about 5-10% performance difference between 4690k and 4790k   

And your old i5 i dual core... the 4690k is Quad

[Hunter259]

the have the exact same number of cores, while the 4690k has 4 threads and the 4790k 8 threads (hyper threading basically splits the cores if necessary) there is about 5-10% performance difference between 4690k and 4790k   

And your old i5 i dual core... the 4690k is Quad

Yes I understand that. But if you are wishing to stream it is much better having those hyper threaded cores. 

[Rampiks]

Yes I understand that. But if you are wishing to stream it is much better having those hyper threaded cores. 

OP didn't state that he wanted to stream, but he want pc for his money. so for his needs the 4690k i Superior 

[Mew]

You might want to add this to complete your red and black theme 8)

[arnavvr]

This does not belong in Member Reviews.

[Captain_WD]

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Hey Izaibo and welcome to the community

 

The build is pretty good and it should handle pretty much anything you throw at it. If you plan on adding another GPU, you would need a bigger PSU (maybe about 600W). Other than that it looks like a great build that should last you a long time.

I really like the storage solution. Good job!

 

Captain_WD.

[Izaibo]

@captain_WD Thanks man!