Globalite

Welcome the forum @Globalite . Enjoy your stay. Thanks. 1.What will you be doing with the computer other than gaming? Video editing? Animation? Rendering? Nothing much really, just watch movies/gaming and possibly stream in the future but probably not going to happen. 2.Are you aware of the fact that you can't really buy it in the US? (Unless you want to pay loads of shipping fees and taxes.) I'll probably be purchasing the parts off more local sites though, I'm just using partpicker to get an idea of what I'm getting and what the price range roughly is going to be. 3.Where are you located? In the Netherlands. I'll probably be purchasing the parts off more local sites though, I'm just using partpicker to get an idea of what I'm getting and what the price range roughly is going to be. 4.At what resolution while you be gaming at? Not sure yet, I'll be getting a new screen after I build my computer. An i7 usually increases your performance in a very minor way since most applications use a maximum of 4 cores. In applications that use more than 4 cores hyperthreading increases the perfromance by a good 25%. (The hyperthreading on an i7 would be helpful for streaming) Also don't listen to @Cokeman there is no reason to get a PSU that can supply so much wattage unless you want to Crossfire/SLI. Also the R9 290 obviously delivers value for the money but the 780ti is the pinnacle of Single GPU cards. So do what you want with that information. Ah yeah, I've already made up my mind and I'll most likely be getting an i5, might upgrade the power supply by a little bit but I'm not sure yet. there's currently alot of room for potentional upgrades but i'd rather stay away from the unneccesary upgrades.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.98 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($130.99 @ Amazon) Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ NCIX US) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.49 @ OutletPC) Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($392.98 @ Newegg) Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Micro Center) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg) Total: $1259.39 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-21 13:53 EDT-0400 Hi, this computer will be mostly used for high-end gaming/streaming and I'd like to run most games on atleast very high/ultra if possible. I have a €1.1K budget but anything below that is fine aswell. Anyhow, after posting to /r/buildapc I ended up with this one and I'm liking it so far but I'm not sure if I should get a Radeon R9 290 or go for a gtx 780ti and why is an i7 exactly overkill? doesn't it increase my performance? Any feedback/comments would be highly appreciated.