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surehit123
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Hello everyone,

 

First of all I want to say I'm fresh and new to building a PC. So I want to thank you in advance for the help.

 

I want to build a rig containing a GTX970. The catch is that I want to know what's the cheapest build I go can go for and not bottleneck my GPU. I'm still thinking whether I should go for an i5 4690k.. About the motherboard and the rest of the build, I have no idea what to get. 

 

BUdget will probably be 900$... 

 

Thanks again... Sorry for being such a noob, lol

 

Anyway, hoping to get some help from this awesome place! 

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Welcome to the forum @surehit123! Don't forget to use the quote button when replying to a post so the other person gets a notification when you reply, and follow your own posts at the top right of the page.

 

Do you have access to a copy of Windows, and do you have a monitor, mouse and keyboard that you can use? If not, will we need to include this in your budget?

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Welcome to the forum @surehit123! Don't forget to use the quote button when replying to a post so the other person gets a notification when you reply, and follow your own posts at the top right of the page.

 

Do you have access to a copy of Windows, and do you have a monitor, mouse and keyboard that you can use? If not, will we need to include this in your budget?

 

Yes, I have a copy of windows, a mouse, monitor and a keyboard. I even have the kraken 7.1. Right now im gaming on my laptop which only has a gt630M lol... I can play farcry 3 and bf3 but on low settings only and though the gameplay is still amazing, i dont get that satisfaction you get when everything is maxed out.  

 

Thank you for the tips! :D Really appreciate the fast reply! 

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Yes, I have a copy of windows, a mouse, monitor and a keyboard. I even have the kraken 7.1. Right now im gaming on my laptop which only has a gt630M lol... I can play farcry 3 and bf3 but on low settings only and though the gameplay is still amazing, i dont get that satisfaction you get when everything is maxed out.  

 

Thank you for the tips! :D Really appreciate the fast reply! 

 

No worries :) Here is a build that I've come up with for you. I tried to keep colours consistent as well. It is slightly over budget, but the GTX 970 is a highly priced card. Do you need an nvidia card for a particular reason? I only say this becasue AMD's R9 290X and 290 have got huge price drops recently making them very competitive with nvidia cards. The 290X is about $30 cheaper than the 970 and performs slightly better than it too :) Just something to think about!

 

 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($88.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($328.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $940.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-25 12:15 EST-0500

| My first build: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/117400-my-very-first-build/ | Build for my friend's 18th: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/168660-pc-for-my-friends-18th-with-pictures-complete/ |


ATH-M50X Review: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/165934-review-audio-technica-ath-m50-x/ | Nintendo 3DS XL Review: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/179711-nintendo-3ds-xl-review/ | Game Capture Guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/186547-ultimate-guide-to-recording-your-gameplay/


Case: Corsair 200R CPU: i5 4670K @ 3.4GHz RAM: Corsair 8GB 1600MHz C9 Mobo: GIGABYTE Z87-HD3 GPU: MSI R9 290 Cooler: Hyper 212 EVO PSU: EVGA 750W Storage: 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD Display: Dell U2212HM OS: Windows 8

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SLI ready build

 

 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($88.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($62.14 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($334.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($13.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1007.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-25 12:17 EST-0500
 
 
If you live near a Microcenter you can get the i5 4690K cpu for $179.99
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No worries :) Here is a build that I've come up with for you. I tried to keep colours consistent as well. It is slightly over budget, but the GTX 970 is a highly priced card. Do you need an nvidia card for a particular reason? I only say this becasue AMD's R9 290X and 290 have got huge price drops recently making them very competitive with nvidia cards. The 290X is about $30 cheaper than the 970 and performs slightly better than it too :) Just something to think about!

 

 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($88.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($328.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $940.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-25 12:15 EST-0500

 

Wow! Thanks mate! This is really a big help. The reason im choosing the970 over AMD cards is ebcause of the Gsync as well as the relativity of the card. Thinking about future proofing, I admit though that I am a little lenient on the Nvidia side of things. Maybe even a tad biased towards them lol. I enver owned an amd rig so Iw ouldnt know. This is a great help! 

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SLI ready build

 

 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($88.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($62.14 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($334.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($13.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1007.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-25 12:17 EST-0500
 
 
If you live near a Microcenter you can get the i5 4690K cpu for $179.99

 

Thanks man! thank you for the trouble of coming up with this build for me. this helps me a lot! Really appreciate it! 

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Wow! Thanks mate! This is really a big help. The reason im choosing the970 over AMD cards is ebcause of the Gsync as well as the relativity of the card. Thinking about future proofing, I admit though that I am a little lenient on the Nvidia side of things. Maybe even a tad biased towards them lol. I enver owned an amd rig so Iw ouldnt know. This is a great help! 

 

That's a fair enough point. You'll need to buy a G-sync capable monitor though if you want to take advantage of that feature. You can always do that later though if you need to! AMD GPUs are perfectly fine - they do consume a bit more power and are slightly warmer, but they are amazing for OpenGL compute and have brilliant price to performance. Driver support isn't quite as top notch as nvidia's but they still do well :)

| My first build: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/117400-my-very-first-build/ | Build for my friend's 18th: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/168660-pc-for-my-friends-18th-with-pictures-complete/ |


ATH-M50X Review: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/165934-review-audio-technica-ath-m50-x/ | Nintendo 3DS XL Review: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/179711-nintendo-3ds-xl-review/ | Game Capture Guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/186547-ultimate-guide-to-recording-your-gameplay/


Case: Corsair 200R CPU: i5 4670K @ 3.4GHz RAM: Corsair 8GB 1600MHz C9 Mobo: GIGABYTE Z87-HD3 GPU: MSI R9 290 Cooler: Hyper 212 EVO PSU: EVGA 750W Storage: 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD Display: Dell U2212HM OS: Windows 8

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No need for an unlocked cpu. An i5-4590 is more than enough cpu for a GTX 970.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($180.94 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.94 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($62.14 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($328.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($60.39 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $845.86
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-25 12:39 EST-0500

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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That's a fair enough point. You'll need to buy a G-sync capable monitor though if you want to take advantage of that feature. You can always do that later though if you need to! AMD GPUs are perfectly fine - they do consume a bit more power and are slightly warmer, but they are amazing for OpenGL compute and have brilliant price to performance. Driver support isn't quite as top notch as nvidia's but they still do well :)

Will take not on that, alos what about this case NZXT Phantom 410 mid tower.. What do you think? will it support everything here? 

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Will take not on that, alos what about this case NZXT Phantom 410 mid tower.. What do you think? will it support everything here? 

Everything should be fine but the graphics card might be a bit too long to fit in the case. You might need to remove a hard drive cage to fit it in. You can try one of the cases the other users on this thread posted as well - those ones might be long enough :)

| My first build: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/117400-my-very-first-build/ | Build for my friend's 18th: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/168660-pc-for-my-friends-18th-with-pictures-complete/ |


ATH-M50X Review: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/165934-review-audio-technica-ath-m50-x/ | Nintendo 3DS XL Review: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/179711-nintendo-3ds-xl-review/ | Game Capture Guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/186547-ultimate-guide-to-recording-your-gameplay/


Case: Corsair 200R CPU: i5 4670K @ 3.4GHz RAM: Corsair 8GB 1600MHz C9 Mobo: GIGABYTE Z87-HD3 GPU: MSI R9 290 Cooler: Hyper 212 EVO PSU: EVGA 750W Storage: 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD Display: Dell U2212HM OS: Windows 8

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Everything should be fine but the graphics card might be a bit too long to fit in the case. You might need to remove a hard drive cage to fit it in. You can try one of the cases the other users on this thread posted as well - those ones might be long enough :)

Well thank you very much! I really apprecaite th fast and helpful reply. Not just from you but from everybody. Now I have an idea what items to get. thanks again! 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($208.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.92 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($334.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $939.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-25 13:55 EST-0500

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That's a fair enough point. You'll need to buy a G-sync capable monitor though if you want to take advantage of that feature. You can always do that later though if you need to! AMD GPUs are perfectly fine - they do consume a bit more power and are slightly warmer, but they are amazing for OpenGL compute and have brilliant price to performance. Driver support isn't quite as top notch as nvidia's but they still do well :)

Hey, follow up question... Can you recommend a monitor that's around 200-250$? 

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