My First Custom Built PC

[Techemitor]

I'm building my first PC in April (gaming focused) and would like your opinions on this build I came up with: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/xfBBWZ

[Johannes_Lazor]

Get a K series CPU so you can overclock, A Z97 and a 212 Evo is overkill if you cant overclock.

[Suika]

That's not a bad build tbh, I'd water down the motherboard and CPU cooler considering the CPU is locked, but good otherwise.

 

Do you have any plans for a hard drive?

[The Toaster]

Get a K series CPU so you can overclock, A Z97 and a 212 Evo is overkill if you cant overclock.

Some people like z97 so they can OC their gpu, and get a regular cpu and simply oc it by four bits. To save money.

(Before you ask, I didn't do this. )

[Techemitor]

I already have a 2TB one on standby for mass game storage from a friends PC

[Techemitor]

Just to clear this up guys, Intel CPUs with a 'k' after them are unlocked am I right? Sorry for the noon question!

[Johannes_Lazor]

Just to clear this up guys, Intel CPUs with a 'k' after them are unlocked am I right? Sorry for the noon question!

K - Overclockable

Non K - Not Overcockable.

[Johannes_Lazor]

Some people like z97 so they can OC their gpu, and get a regular cpu and simply oc it by four bits. To save money.

(Before you ask, I didn't do this. )

The motherboard doesnt affect the GPU overclock, The 960 has external power via a 8pin connector.

[The Toaster]

K - Overclockable

Non K - Not Overcockable.

You can still get a very small overclock on non K series i5s and i7s.

[Johannes_Lazor]

You can still get a very small overclock on non K series i5s and i7s.

Yes, But pretty much any motherboard and CPU cooler would be able to handle it.

[Techemitor]

Guys what are the 'S' line? I could spot that they only have two cores any other downsides?

[Guest]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£181.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.70 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.98 @ Dabs) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£52.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.98 @ Ebuyer) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£175.54 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case  (£45.80 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£45.49 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £666.48

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-18 20:35 GMT+0000

[The Toaster]

Yes, But pretty much any motherboard and CPU cooler would be able to handle it.

Yes and no. I will feel iffy about using a stock cooler for that, might work though. Also, locked boards can't over clock. Period. They do not have the software support.