New Gaming/Streaming Build

[brookbrous]

Kind of new to building computers, wanted to get some feedback/recommendations/advice on what i have put together so far.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kshBWZ

[zappian]

What I thought.

 

-Overkill premium Motherboard.

 

-Bad GPU in terms of price/performance.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($320.98 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($118.48 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($61.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($282.98 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($282.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($129.88 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor  ($163.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor  ($163.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1991.71

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-11 14:36 EST-0500

[IP man]

If youre going with CF, throw some fans inside too, cuz that pc will cook if you dont. Imo SLI/CF makes to much heat and can cause game stability issues.

[SimpleG]

Kind of new to building computers, wanted to get some feedback/recommendations/advice on what i have put together so far.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kshBWZ

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($320.98 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Enermax ELC-LT240-HP 111.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($161.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($91.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($282.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($129.88 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: AOC q2963Pm 60Hz 29.0" Monitor  ($349.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $1868.71

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-11 14:46 EST-0500

 

 

3,666 posts m8. 

[zappian]

-snipers-

 

2spookym8.

 

I prefer another 290x to an ssd.

 

Also.

 

Offtopic:

 

[Starelementpoke]

You might want to get a liquid cooler, especially since this is a 4790k. 

Not like he's overclocking it. Some more case fans and an evo cpu cooler should suffice.

[Imakuni]

You might want to get a liquid cooler, especially since this is a 4790k. 

 

My ideas:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($320.98 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($87.75 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($110.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($149.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.49 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($324.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($324.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($129.88 @ OutletPC)

Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor ($163.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor ($163.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $2105.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-11 14:52 EST-0500

I'd exchange the CPU cooler to the Raijintek Triton. Partpicker is being dumb and not showing it for sale, but Newegg has them: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA66Z29F0630&cm_re=raijintek_triton-_-9SIA66Z29F0630-_-Product

 

I'd also reduce the RAM size to 8gbs. 16 is completely useless for his purposes.

 

Oh, and get dual Asus Strix instead. It's stronger, quieter and cooler (ty EVGA, for the crappy heatpipe design).

[Guest]

SLI 970 or CF 290X is a waste on a 60Hz 1080p Monitor. A single card is enough.