First Build HELP!

[Piplup]

hi, I'm from New Zealand and I'm going to build my first PC soon but I'm not sure about what parts. I want to be able to play battlefield 4 1080p mid settings i don't mind to much, need for speed and racing simulator. I need quite a lot of storage because i have lots of music/movies and i want to start doing YouTube game play videos. I have about $850 Us dollars not including mouse, keyboard etc etc.

 

I already have a bitfenix shinobi case and a Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H which i don't really like either but I'm going to use it just because i have a small budget.

 

what do you think of this build

 

CPU: i5-4440

Ram: 16 GB (overkill?)

GPU: GTX 760

HD: WD Blue 1 TB

SSD: Adata 128 GB

PSU: ???

 

Any Suggestions?

Do I need an optical drive or not?

 

I said I live in New Zealand so a lot of stuff isn't available here I dont think MSI is unless i order it from overseas or something.

 

Cheers.

[KPZ211997]

Ram is overkill, go for 8 (2x4) GB

 

For the PSU, I suggest brands like Seasonic, Corsair

[RyanShep97]

CPU - Good

RAM -8GB is plenty

Graphics Card - Good

HD - WD Green 2TB would be better

SSD - Good

PSU - 500W, There are plenty to choose from

Optical Drive - I got mine for £13 so you may as well pick one up

[RyanShep97]

CPU - Good

RAM -8GB is plenty

Graphics Card - Good

HD - WD Green 2TB would be better

SSD - Good

PSU - 500W, There are plenty to choose from

Optical Drive - I got mine for £13 so you may as well pick one up

I also reccomend watching this LinusTechTips video on PSU Efficiency 

[Piplup]

Ram is overkill, go for 8 (2x4) GB

 

For the PSU, I suggest brands like Seasonic, Corsair

 Okay i will do 8 gb

is the 760 okay for 2 screens and battlefield 4 and new games coming out

[KPZ211997]

 Okay i will do 8 gb

is the 760 okay for 2 screens and battlefield 4 and new games coming out

I don't know about 2 screens, but my 760, with a little bit of oc, does a very well done on near-max setting at 1080p pretty much everything

[Piplup]

I don't know about 2 screens, but my 760, with a little bit of oc, does a very well done on near-max setting at 1080p pretty much everything

Thanks there is a 4 gb 760 available would that do 2 screens

[ForsakenLive]

If you are a heavy multitasker 8GB is not enough, until I dropped another 2x4gb on my system I was actually running low of memory plenty of times.

With the memory my advice is get 8GB and later, if you see it's not enough, get another 8GB

[peggieL_WD]

Hi Piplup, understand that you're trying to build a gaming PC with budget wise. But it would be great that if you can provide the breakdown price for each part so that we can look into your balance from the budget and suggest for better part. Here's my suggestion for you. I would recommend you to swap the WD Blue with WD Black because, it's built with technology whereby it provides bigger storage and performance in gaming experience which you need. As compared to WD Blue, it's built for everyday computer/storage, and WD Green is a power saving drive which mainly used for second storage. Hope this helps.