Opinions on my ~1000€ Gaming Rig Upgrade?

[FragQuenz]

Hey there,

 

I want to upgrade my gaming Pc this year.

There are several parts I would like to continue to use from my current Pc:

 

- OCZ 600W PSU

 

- 2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1333

 

- 250GB sata Harddrive

 

 

The following parts are the ones i consider to buy:

 

- Intel i5-4690k OR Intel i7-4790   (depends on the total rig price) 

 

- ASUS Z87-C 

 

- Gigabyte GTX 760 WindForce x3   (or wait for GTX 960)

 

- WD Black 1TB 6Gb/s 

 

- Intel SSD 120GB

 

- NZXT H440 white w/ window

 

- BeQuiet! ShadowRock 2

 

 

This would make about 800€ in total which is about the maximum of my budget considering some Software i want to buy and an external DVD-drive (~30€)

 

 

My questions are following:

 

1st.: Is this the best setup I can get for this budget considering current performance-price ratio and upgradeability in the future?

 

2nd.: Does it make sense to wait for the new GTX 960 (around october/november this year)?

 

3rd.: Should i stay with my current 8GB-1333 RAM and maybe add another set for a total of 16GB or should i upgrade to 8GB with higher Mhz speed?

 

 

Thanks for the answers in advance!

 

 

If you have any questions, let me know. (& sorry for my poor english)

[Mateyyy]

@FragQuenz Welcome to the forum!

 

I will try to put some parts for 800 euros on PCPartPicker, and I'll post the link here.

 

What you chose looks good, but you should have chosen a Z97 board, just because it's going to be much easier to get a Haswell Refresh CPU on a Z97 board, because, if you have a Z87 board, you will have to update the BIOS, which can be a bit overwhelming for some people.

[Megazero]

Hey there,

 

I want to upgrade my gaming Pc this year.

There are several parts I would like to continue to use from my current Pc:

 

- OCZ 600W PSU

 

- 2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1333

 

- 250GB sata Harddrive

 

 

The following parts are the ones i consider to buy:

 

- Intel i5-4690k OR Intel i7-4790   (depends on the total rig price) 

 

- ASUS Z87-C 

 

- Gigabyte GTX 760 WindForce x3   (or wait for GTX 960)

 

- WD Black 1TB 6Gb/s 

 

- Intel SSD 120GB

 

- NZXT H440 white w/ window

 

- BeQuiet! ShadowRock 2

 

 

This would make about 800€ in total which is about the maximum of my budget considering some Software i want to buy and an external DVD-drive (~30€)

 

 

My questions are following:

 

1st.: Is this the best setup I can get for this budget considering current performance-price ratio and upgradeability in the future?

 

2nd.: Does it make sense to wait for the new GTX 960 (around october/november this year)?

 

3rd.: Should i stay with my current 8GB-1333 RAM and maybe add another set for a total of 16GB or should i upgrade to 8GB with higher Mhz speed?

 

 

Thanks for the answers in advance!

 

 

If you have any questions, let me know. (& sorry for my poor english)

For your question:

1st: First of all, you mean Windforce 3X right? not x3 right? Either way I think I can do much better

2nd: I wouldnt suggest getting a GTX 760 or 960, get a 770 or 970 instead

3rd: Your current Ram is fine, you wont notice much different with ram speed unless you use programs that need those kind of thing

How about this?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (€214.47 @ Amazon Deutschland)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€32.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€125.16 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€66.90 @ Caseking)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€50.42 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (€361.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (€83.48 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €934.33

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 14:05 CEST+0200

(I choose a random case, you can choose whichever one you like more)

Or this if you want to stick with Nvidia?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (€214.47 @ Amazon Deutschland)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€32.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€125.16 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€66.90 @ Caseking)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€50.42 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB DirectCU II Video Card (€445.83 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (€83.48 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €1019.16

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 14:06 CEST+0200

[Mateyyy]

Here it is, it's 870$ so it's less than 800 euros (didn't find where to change the currency in pcpartpicker ._.) and I think that is a little bit better!

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TJ8PvK

[FragQuenz]

Thanks for the fast replies!

 

@Mateyyy I agree with you that the Z97 is a better choice. I wasnt fully looking into Motherboards so far. Thanks!

 

@Megazero I would like to stick with Nvidia but a Video Card for 445€ is a little bit too expensive for my budget. Thinking about the GTX 770 (maximum). The rest of the system looks very good. Thanks! 

 

One question thought. Why i5-4690k over the i7-4790? I know 8 threats dont bring a big advantage gaming wise but its never a bad thing right?

[Megazero]

Thanks for the fast replies!

 

@Mateyyy I agree with you that the Z97 is a better choice. I wasnt fully looking into Motherboards so far. Thanks!

 

@Megazero I would like to stick with Nvidia but a Video Card for 445€ is a little bit too expensive for my budget. Thinking about the GTX 770 (maximum). The rest of the system looks very good. Thanks! 

 

One question thought. Why i5-4690k over the i7-4790? I know 8 threats dont bring a big advantage gaming wise but its never a bad thing right?

If it dont bring any advantage to you/your work then why waste money on it Either way those 2 gonna perform similarly on most of the normal task, and wont be outdated for a very long time. Once it's outdated the 4790 probably will too anyway, so there's no point wasting 100$ more if you dont use it. Also if you are going with 4690/4790 you have to use Z97 board anyway, not all Z87 board support Haswell Refresh.

If so then get a 770, or wait for ther 970 next month :3? if the 980 rumor about it being just a tiny bit better than 780 is true then 970 should also just a tiny bit better than 770.

[FragQuenz]

PcPartPicker seems to be quite a nice page

 

This is what i picked for now: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Hh2jX

 

But most likely with the GTX960 or GTX970 next month.

 

 

Do you think that my 600W PSU is enough for that build?

[Megazero]

PcPartPicker seems to be quite a nice page

 

This is what i picked for now: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Hh2jX

 

But most likely with the GTX960 or GTX970 next month.

 

 

Do you think that my 600W PSU is enough for that build?

Yes. 1 GPU system usually need around 500W, so 600W is enough to power it + some mild overclocking.

[FragQuenz]

Okay great, thanks for your help.