A rising Vanguard (Asus Vanguard B85 build)

[Daniel91]

I used this board once before on a very standard build with a i5 4690, it turned out pretty well, so when I'm planning to make a build on this board. I was wodering if you guys could advice if this would be a stable build for a friend switching from console to PC gaming.

 

The Vanguard

 

Case: CORSAIR Carbide Spec-03 - $83.00

CPU: i5 4460

Motherboard: ASUS Vanguard B85 (5 year warranty)

CPU + Motherboard Bundle $409.00

 

CPU Cooler: Xigmatek Dark Knight SD1283 Night Hawk

Ram: AVEXIR Core 1600C9 (8G=2x4G) - Green LED $119.00

Storage:SiliconPower S60 120GB $89.00

Storage: WD 1TB Blue /64MB/EZEX/7200 $72.00

Optical Drive: Samsung 24X DVD-R $24.00

GPU: MSI GTX970 Gaming 4GB $519.00

PSU: Seasonic 550W S12G $109.00

Fans: Silverstone Green LED (AP121-GL) $32.00 each

 

 

Questions

 

1. will the 4460 and the GTX 970 bottleneck in triple A games?

example:

battlefield 3/4

Torque

Titansfall

Shadow of mordor

world of Tanks

COD series

Dirt series

 

2. should I get a corsair H80 or will the dark knight do the job? since you can't oc

3. I saw a Leadtek GTX 780 at $500.00 should I ge the 780 or stick with the MSI 970

4. should I go with windows 7 or 8.1  since it's his first gaming pc?

 

[timmysquires]

I see you are spending most of your money on the graphics, maybe go for a cheaper option, get a 780 and use the extra money for a better cpu! Just my suggestion

 

Windows 8 benefits APU builds more so maybe go for Windows 7.

 

The Dark Knight should be fine