A little help, new builder

[Ampicilina]

Hi, I've never built a computer, not even changed the memory of the ones I bought. There is no much variety in brands in online shopping, not to mention buying locally. My question is if this is a decent build? is there something wrong?

 

- Intel Core i5-4440 Processor

- Asus Z97-PRO GAMER Motherboard

- Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III

- Kingston HyperX 16gb (2x8gb) PC3 1600MHz DDR3

- Asus AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB 256-bit GDDR5, PCI Express 3.0

- Cooler Master V650 Semi-Modular

[Delusional Phil]

Whats your budget , location ? Also , fit a GTX 970 or R9 290 in there and you'll be fine .

[Guest]

More importantly what do you want to do with it? Don't go throwing in high end graphics cards if you don't need them

[Santa_Dwarf]

Could you tell us :

Do you have a monitor, if so, what resolution?

What games do you play/ plan on playing?

What is your budget?

What do you do on your pc when you're not killing scrubs?

[Ampicilina]

Could you tell us :

Do you have a monitor, if so, what resolution?

What games do you play/ plan on playing?

What is your budget?

What do you do on your pc when you're not killing scrubs?

 

 

yes, I have a monitor (LCD 2560x1440), this build will be for gaming (Rome II Total War, FallOut, Skyrim, Battlefield, Crysis, etc). My budget is around US$850. I´ll proceed to buy the stuff on monday , thanks in advance

[Ampicilina]

Whats your budget , location ? Also , fit a GTX 970 or R9 290 in there and you'll be fine .

 

Around 850 US, if I buy a GTX 970 I´ll have to buy a cheaper model of the others (which one?). I´m living on the far side of Mexico

[Megazero]

Around 850 US, if I buy a GTX 970 I´ll have to buy a cheaper model of the others (which one?). I´m living on the far side of Mexico

 

It's kinda weird to see a PC at this budget running a 1440p monitor though... either way any 970 should be ok, you dont have to worry about model that much since 970 is pretty cool so even stock cooler is good enough for it.

[Ampicilina]

It's kinda weird to see a PC at this budget running a 1440p monitor though... either way any 970 should be ok, you dont have to worry about model that much since 970 is pretty cool so even stock cooler is good enough for it.

Ok, I'll wait and save a little more for the 970. Thanks

[Santa_Dwarf]

yes, I have a monitor (LCD 2560x1440), this build will be for gaming (Rome II Total War, FallOut, Skyrim, Battlefield, Crysis, etc). My budget is around US$850. I´ll proceed to buy the stuff on monday , thanks in advance

Running 1440p games on a 270 will not be a pleasant experience.

 

If you believe you'll have enough money soon to buy hardware for running games 1440p at higher settings (970 or 980), definitely go for it, but a 970 will be perfect for 1080p gaming, cranking up all settings. 

You could sell the monitor, and get a 1080p one, but tbh, that's kinda lame.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/t8RyRB

[Ampicilina]

Running 1440p games on a 270 will not be a pleasant experience.

 

If you believe you'll have enough money soon to buy hardware for running games 1440p at higher settings (970 or 980), definitely go for it, but a 970 will be perfect for 1080p gaming, cranking up all settings. 

You could sell the monitor, and get a 1080p one, but tbh, that's kinda lame.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/t8RyRB

 

You´re right, its lame. I´ll keep the monitor. Purchasing a 970 in here cost around 480US + shipping. I´ll buy only 8 gb of RAM, and save for a better GPU. Thanks!