PC Help

Shadskular · December 17, 2014

Hey, this is my first time building a PC, which I want to use for gaming. I plan on having a budget of 1100 USD or less.

The games I plan on using are things like TF2, BF4, Garry's Mod (a lot of screwing around with that), Need for Speed, and other things I can get my hands on.

I don't need to get extra monitors, because I already have two I plan on using in my house.

For peripherals, I have a stupid Bluetooth office keyboard and mouse. I might plan on getting a cheap wired keyboard.

The reason I am upgrading is because I am tired of this laptop that can't run games for jack. Link here for those who are interested.

Anyway, I have gathered a build on PartPicker, but I was hoping for some feedback before I continued.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/msfM6h

Thanks,

Shadskular

Speedyv · December 17, 2014

You can build around this:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LdRNWZ

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LdRNWZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.75 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.98 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.85 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($359.94 @ OutletPC)

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $1016.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-16 22:12 EST-0500

Change the cooler and case if you like.

brob · December 17, 2014

An mATX build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.99 @ Directron)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.28 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($334.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $1065.20
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-16 23:47 EST-0500

Spewky · December 17, 2014

@Shadskular, if you are willing to pay a tiny bit more, you can get Corsair Vengeance 2x4 GB DDR3-1866 which I believe is better than DDR3-1600 memory. Not much more.

As for the motherboard... I'm not sure what to say... In my opinion, it's poop. It's not future proof as it doesn't have CrossFire support or SLI support meaning if you were to gain more money in the future and wanted to expand, you couldn't really. You should probably go with a different one like the MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard or like @Speedyv suggested, the Asus Z97 but I haven't heard too much about that and I'm not sure if it's amazing like other mobos are...

When it comes to the GPU, I think we discussed and settled that the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 Windforce is better than the Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X. I'm pretty sure it just is from statistics.

For the case... The 450D is a.. pretty good choice though it's a tiny bit expensive for a mid tower as you can get full towers for around the same price, maybe 20 USD more.

Also, for HDD, the Seagate Barracuda 2TB is around $79 which is more expensive than your (planned) WD Blue drive but, for double the storage and double the cache... I'd think is a better deal (link below).

Links:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm001

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97g45gaming

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97a

Good luck!