Need help building my first computer.

[super high rank]

Hey guys, I am currently building my first pc for gaming and finding out there is a lot more to then I thought. I want to build a Mid Tower computer for gaming at 1080p and able to handle a high refresh rate. I play Mobas competitively, and would like to play other games that might need a little more kick like BF4 and AC Unity and I would prefer if I could use two monitors. For awhile I was going to get a i7-4790k paired with a GTX 980, but now I think that might be overkill and I'm just not sure. What do you think I should use to run the games I play?

[super high rank]

Oops! Sorry I didn't even mention that I'm trying to spend about two thousand on the whole build so keep that in mind.

[LiamApex]

Hey guys, I am currently building my first pc for gaming and finding out there is a lot more to then I thought. I want to build a Mid Tower computer for gaming at 1080p and able to handle a high refresh rate. I play Mobas competitively, and would like to play other games that might need a little more kick like BF4 and AC Unity and I would prefer if I could use two monitors. For awhile I was going to get a i7-4790k paired with a GTX 980, but now I think that might be overkill and I'm just not sure. What do you think I should use to run the games I play?

how about i5 4690k and a r9 280/290 

 

 

EDIT 

 

for two grand u could put two r9290 and a i5 in there

[Vavetti]

4690k with a gtx 970 should be enough, not for ac unity though, no one can run that game properly. 

[thekeemo]

one moment 

[thekeemo]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($324.98 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($182.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Corsair Force LX Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($90.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($77.90 @ Directron) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (3-Way CrossFire)  ($282.98 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (3-Way CrossFire)  ($282.98 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (3-Way CrossFire)  ($282.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($145.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $2016.72

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-13 15:38 EST-0500

[Guest]

If you have a large budget and you want to spend it, go for the 980 with the 4790K, otherwise go with like a 4690K and a 970/290X.

[sage78]

For Mobas you don't really need a impressive PC to get a decent framerate.

LoL for example: runs at stable 60fps in 5 year old toasters. Dota 2 is a bit more demanding.

I don't really know what you are aiming for, but an R9 280X or GTX770 should be enough to play BF4 on ultra at 60fps.

Just make sure that you get a good CPU such as FX series by AMD or i7 by intel. Also, don't be scared of mixing AMD CPU with nVidia GPU or intel CPU with AMD GPU.

There's no real downside to it and some combinations even get better performancE!

 

If you still have doubts about this, you can check a pretty cool Price / Performance calculation for CPU and graphic cards or you can just look on youtube how the game runs on the hardware you want

[super high rank]

Ok there are so many good options here. I'm going to need a while to look at them. Thanks for the enthusiasm!

[super high rank]

Ok so I just threw this together but take a look and tell me what you think. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9Y8sxr

[sage78]

Ok so I just threw this together but take a look and tell me what you think. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9Y8sxr

If this is your first build I would change this:

1.- No "gaming" keyboard

2.- No sound card - Motherboards come with this integrated.. waste of money and space unless your job is producing music

3.- Cheaper case - having the words "Razer" in the name makes stuff expensive somehow ;P

4.- No custom cooler - unless yo uare in a very hot enviroment or plan on doing some heavy overclocking this is kinda pointless, specially for your first build.

 

Also, make sure to NEVER  defrag your SSD

Otherwise, this is a decent build and I hope you save some money from those "luxuries" i pointed out