Looking for suggestions.

[TabbyMonster]

Hello everyone! I am new to the forums, but have been a long time subscriber/watcher of the channel.

Today I decided to make a forums account because I am in the process of selling my current PC and am working on a new build and thought that a group of well-versed people would be able to give some decent input.

First off, this is my current pc that I will be selling soon.

FX- 8350 CPU
XFX - DD 7970 GHZ
16 GB Ripjaw 1600 mhz memory

Decent Biostar mobo * not really too important*

Coolermaster HAF-x
120 HB SSD~2TB HDD
some off brand 1100 watt PSU

Now, I have used AMD CPU's for the last few builds I have done and have been fairly happy, but this time around I want to give intel CPU's a shot but to be honest I’m overwhelmed with the 500 different sockets and seemingly unstructured names/numbers attached to them.

 

This is what I have come up with so far:
Case:
Bitfenix Colossus Mini ATX
Reason: Coming from the huge HAF x the smaller case just seems much nicer for me.

GPU:
XFX R9 290x DD
Reason: I have had excellent experiences with XFX and the warranty cannot be beat in my eyes. As for the actual GPU, arguments could be made that a R9 290 would be better in price to $ ratios. But at the moment the 290x is 4xx on average.

Mobo:

ASUS Rampage IV Gene (1150 or 2011 depending on the CPU I end up with)
Reason: From what i have seen there really isn’t a lot of competition for good Micro ATX mobos.

CPU Here is where I more or less am at a loss for the most part. So far from my research it seems to come down to ivy bridge 4930k vs haswell 4770k~4790k.
*I apologize for any kind of mistakes or misinformation* Dx

PSU :
Corsair AXi Series 760i
Reason: The 80+ platinum rating is very attractive to me.

I would like to hear your suggestions for different things! I’m open to any opinions or recommendations.

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Well, first off. Welcome to the forum!

 

 

Now, what are you going to be using the build for? What's your location and what's your budget? 

 

Do you need an OS, keyboard, mouse, monitor etc?

[Guest]

Welcome fellow Linustech newbie 

 

Also do you plan on going crossfire in the future ?

 

The cpu you will be looking at is the 4670K or the upcoming 4690K which are both Socket 1150.

 

You dont need to spend on a Platinum rated psu. A Gold Rated one will be sufficient.

 

Also where are you located ? As this will help people when speccing.