Decent-ish?

[Warthoger89]

Thank you all once again for helping me with yet another build, the reason I am building a new pc is because my mother is moving into a new house. Since space is restricted and my current computer is big and bulky i decided to build a new one and sell my old one. I will be buying all of these on newegg.ca ( because I'm Canadian ).

So by selling my current computer and saving up a bit i have about 1300$ to spend ( this does not include my OS or my peripherals ) I can go over budget by about 75$ but I wanted to keep that for fans etc. My baseline requirements are that it must be small ( preferably micro ATX but ATX is acceptable ), it needs to be able to play on the highest settings on games like BF4 60+ FPS on a single 1080p monitor, and I want there to be a window in the side of the case, I don't want liquid cooling and I would like to have the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 as my GPU in my build.

USES: I'll mainly use it for a intense gaming sessions, light to medium video editing and the occasional stream on twitch.

Here is my original parts plan:

Fractal Design Mini R2 ( Micro ATX Case )

Intel i5 4430 ( 3.0 GHz )

Arctic Freezer 11 ( CPU Cooler )

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970

Corsair Vengeance 8 Gb RAM ( 1600 MHz )

Seasonic 650w Modular PSU

ASUS Vanguard B85 ( micro ATX motherboard )

2 x 4 Gb corsair vengeance ram

[-TesseracT-]

I don't know how much this adds up but it doesn't seem like 1300$, you should go for a 4690k.

[JamiePine]

If you're just gaming that looks like a decent rig, obviously the 970 will kick ass. You should use PcPartPicker so it's easier for us.

[AlwaysFSX]

Here's my suggestion:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($248.98 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.79 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($62.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card  ($358.89 @ DirectCanada)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($99.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($63.97 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1137.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-24 06:27 EDT-0400

[Warthoger89]

I don't know how much this adds up but it doesn't seem like 1300$, you should go for a 4690k.

I don't plan on overclocking so I don't need a 4690k, I want to save as much money as possible.

[Warthoger89]

If you're just gaming that looks like a decent rig, obviously the 970 will kick ass. You should use PcPartPicker so it's easier for us.

I know, the 970 is pretty kick ass. But will an i5 4430 bottleneck it?

[JamiePine]

I know, the 970 is pretty kick ass. But will an i5 4430 bottleneck it?

I wouldn't say I'm qualified enough to give you a definite answer, but having a slower CPU could impact the performance of the graphics card. Because at the end of the day the CPU is feeding the data to the GPU to process, so there's no point having like an i3 4160 with a quadro, you can bet your money that's not going to work, so it might be worth investing just that bit more money now in your CPU to make sure your getting your moneys worth from the GTX 970.

 

I'd personally say invest a tad bit more for something like an i5-4670. Out of the box it has a much higher clock speed at 3.4 GHz... the problem with the 4430 is it's only 2.7 GHz out of the box, which will most likely bottelneck the GTX 970. Either that or save money all together and get a lower model GPU, but you want the highest settings, so I do recommend a slightly better CPU than you chose, which is easily possible in your budget.

 

I may be wrong, but I'm just suggesting what I would do! Hope it helps.

 

Edit: The 4690k is great as well, even without overclocking. 

[Warthoger89]

I wouldn't say I'm qualified enough to give you a definite answer, but having a slower CPU could impact the performance of the graphics card. Because at the end of the day the CPU is feeding the data to the GPU to process, so there's no point having like an i3 4160 with a quadro, you can bet your money that's not going to work, so it might be worth investing just that bit more money now in your CPU to make sure your getting your moneys worth from the GTX 970.

 

I'd personally say invest a tad bit more for something like an i5-4670. Out of the box it has a much higher clock speed at 3.4 GHz... the problem with the 4430 is it's only 2.7 GHz out of the box, which will most likely bottelneck the GTX 970. Either that or save money all together and get a lower model GPU, but you want the highest settings, so I do recommend a slightly better CPU than you chose, which is easily possible in your budget.

 

I may be wrong, but I'm just suggesting what I would do! Hope it helps.

 

Edit: The 4690k is great as well, even without overclocking.

Thanks, I think I'll go with the i5 4670 instead. If you think i should change anything else please feel free to do so.