Gaming PC

[xeored]

I have choosen parts for an bild with some help from the forum, and i wonderd if anyone else had anything to say about this build. This is my first build, right now I'm on a 300usd office computer that's 2 years old. I am going to develop some games with my friend whos on nvidia. If anyone has anything to say to help me get it down in price. I've based the parts on pricing and availability in sweden, there's no problem for to order from the rest of europe. For me this cost 1462usd in sweden if i could get that price down i would be thankful.

 

Intel Core i5-4690K

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO

MSI Z97 PC Mate - ATX

G.Skill Ripjaws Gaming 8GB

Seagate Barradua ST2000DM001 64MB 2TB

Gigabyta Geforce GTX 780 3GB (Reference card)

FRACTAL DESIGN DEFINE R4 BLACK WINDOW

EVGA PwerSuppler (PSU) SuperNova 750 G2 750W

[Shd0w2]

Change to a non ref 780 if you  can, not the best in alarger case like define R4. I would also maybe grab a 290x or 290 non-ref if you want, cheaper, and better in performance, the 290x atleast.

[xXButchXx]

If you're going with that high-end of a build, an SSD as your boot drive is a necessity.

[xeored]

Change to a non ref 780 if you  can, not the best in alarger case like define R4. I would also maybe grab a 290x or 290 non-ref if you want, cheaper, and better in performance, the 290x atleast.

I'd like to get an Nvidia card because my friend and i are going to dev a bit of games and it's easier if were on the same platform. And the reason I said the reference card was because it looks better But if there is major performance diffrence I'll probably change it.

[seabass9990]

Ditch the refrence card for something well, not refrence

[xeored]

If you're going with that high-end of a build, an SSD as your boot drive is a necessity.

So should i get an extra ssd and if so how big?

[xXButchXx]

So should i get an extra ssd and if so how big?

Get a 120gb or 250gb SSD for your OS boot drive and other small files and programs you want to start quickly. Then use the 2tb seagate drive you picked out to store large games, movies, pictures, and other large files.

[xeored]

Get a 120gb or 250gb SSD for your OS boot drive and other small files and programs you want to start quickly. Then use the 2tb seagate drive you picked out to store large games, movies, pictures, and other large files.

Ok thanks for the help

[failblox]

I have no idea how much RAM game developing takes up, but I think you would be safer going with 16GB of RAM.

RAM is pretty cheap these days anyways so it shouldn't cost you much more than 8GB.

[xeored]

I have no idea how much RAM game developing takes up, but I think you would be safer going with 16GB of RAM.

RAM is pretty cheap these days anyways so it shouldn't cost you much more than 8GB.

SHould i get 2 Sticks of 8GB or 1 Stick of 16GB

[failblox]

SHould i get 2 Sticks of 8GB or 1 Stick of 16GB

There are no 16GB sticks of RAM (

hasn't come out yet). 2 sticks of 8GB RAM should be good though.

[brob]

I have choosen parts for an bild with some help from the forum, and i wonderd if anyone else had anything to say about this build. This is my first build, right now I'm on a 300usd office computer that's 2 years old. I am going to develop some games with my friend whos on nvidia. If anyone has anything to say to help me get it down in price. I've based the parts on pricing and availability in sweden, there's no problem for to order from the rest of europe. For me this cost 1462usd in sweden if i could get that price down i would be thankful.

 

Intel Core i5-4690K

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO

MSI Z97 PC Mate - ATX

G.Skill Ripjaws Gaming 8GB

Seagate Barradua ST2000DM001 64MB 2TB

Gigabyta Geforce GTX 780 3GB (Reference card)

FRACTAL DESIGN DEFINE R4 BLACK WINDOW

EVGA PwerSuppler (PSU) SuperNova 750 G2 750W

 

2x4GB of DDR3-1600 CAS <= 9 memory should be more than enough for the usage you have described. 2x8GB would be a luxury.

 

An ssd will make a huge difference in performance when doing development work. At least 120GB, although 240GB would be better.

 

Drop the hdd to 1TB if you need to cut somewhere.

 

Get a less expensive case. You may want to look at an mATX motherboard and case.

 

You could get a small psu, no more than 650W.

 

If you really need to save, drop the Hyper 212 EVO. It can always be added later. Or you could give up overclocking and go with H97 and a locked (non-K) cpu.

[xeored]

There are no 16GB sticks of RAM (

hasn't come out yet). 2 sticks of 8GB RAM should be good though.

Ok I'll do that then

[xeored]

Will Corsair XMS3 Vengeance DDR3 2x4gb work fine?

[brob]

Will Corsair XMS3 Vengeance DDR3 2x4gb work fine?

 

CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 or CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 would be fine. I would not go with CMX8GX3M2A1600C11.