Thoughts on my pc?

[Teemo4Life]

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/sW7gNG

How much fps and what settings it can run on today's games.

[Jerakl]

P nice build.

 

IDK about the monitor, but other then that it looks pretty solid to me.

[Teemo4Life]

P nice build.

IDK about the monitor, but other then that it looks pretty solid to me.

Thx

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

case isn't my favorite aesthetically. the bump on the side is weird IMO

the monitor seems small, I like 24-27 inch myself, but at the price it's pretty good.

future upgrades could include a SSD. that 1TB blue is great  as a second drive, but not too slow to make it unusable as a boot drive.

 

beyond that it's a marvelously balanced build. the power supply looks solid, which is where many people go wrong.

[Teemo4Life]

case isn't my favorite aesthetically. the bump on the side is weird IMO

the monitor seems small, I like 24-27 inch myself, but at the price it's pretty good.

future upgrades could include a SSD. that 1TB blue is great as a second drive, but not too slow to make it unusable as a boot drive.

beyond that it's a marvelously balanced build. the power supply looks solid, which is where many people go wrong.

I think 21.5 is perfect and over 24 there starts to be response lag Linus said. Maybe I'll go for 22 or something cause my Mac moniter has a black background which makes it look bigger. I'm looking at it and it's kinda small. Thanks for the feedback anyway

[Teemo4Life]

case isn't my favorite aesthetically. the bump on the side is weird IMO

the monitor seems small, I like 24-27 inch myself, but at the price it's pretty good.

future upgrades could include a SSD. that 1TB blue is great as a second drive, but not too slow to make it unusable as a boot drive.

beyond that it's a marvelously balanced build. the power supply looks solid, which is where many people go wrong.

Ppl say cheap psu can burn your house down so I'm kinda worried if my PSu will blow up

[Guest]

Does it cost more? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.00 @ Umart) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($45.00 @ CPL Online) 

Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.00 @ CPL Online) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($91.00 @ IJK) 

Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($103.00 @ CPL Online) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($320.00 @ Centre Com) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($85.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.00 @ IJK) 

Monitor: Samsung S22D300HY 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($135.00 @ Centre Com) 

Total: $1231.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

I think 21.5 is perfect and over 24 there starts to be response lag Linus said. Maybe I'll go for 22 or something cause my Mac moniter has a black background which makes it look bigger. I'm looking at it and it's kinda small. Thanks for the feedback anyway

size has nothing to do with input lag. I have three 27 inch monitors of various types connected to computers of varying horsepower and none of them have significant noticable input lag.

the laptop does struggle driving the 1440p monitor. funny the machines with the horsepower are the machines only pushing 1080p(and one of them is a HTPC at 768p)

[Guest]

This PC is so much less in the states... even through conversion. Inflation is a bitch.

[Teemo4Life]

Does it cost more? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.00 @ Umart)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($45.00 @ CPL Online)

Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($78.00 @ CPL Online)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($91.00 @ IJK)

Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($103.00 @ CPL Online)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($320.00 @ Centre Com)

Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.00 @ CPL Online)

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.00 @ IJK)

Monitor: Samsung S22D300HY 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($135.00 @ Centre Com)

Total: $1231.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Nice build. Probably tweak it a little. What's the difference between a corsair spec 01 and 02. The 02 is more expensive so I might change it to spec 1

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

Ppl say cheap psu can burn your house down so I'm kinda worried if my PSu will blow up

I wouldn't be too worried about burning down your house, but I had an crappy antec unit(supposedly they've gotten their act together) take an ATI X800 XL with it. that was quite the expensive card in it's time.

[Teemo4Life]

Does it cost more? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.00 @ Umart)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($45.00 @ CPL Online)

Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($78.00 @ CPL Online)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($91.00 @ IJK)

Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($103.00 @ CPL Online)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($320.00 @ Centre Com)

Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.00 @ CPL Online)

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.00 @ IJK)

Monitor: Samsung S22D300HY 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($135.00 @ Centre Com)

Total: $1231.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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The r9 280 is more better than gtx 960

[Guest]

Maybe like a window or something. I have no idea to be real with you . Also I used to have a 960 and it was a great card for 1080p.

[Teemo4Life]

Maybe like a window or something. I have no idea to be real with you . Also I used to have a 960 and it was a great card for 1080p.

Why do u have a 780 now?

[Guest]

The r9 280 is more better than gtx 960

Skip ahead a little to see what my performance was. 280 is not better, 280x is. 

[Guest]

Why do u have a 780 now?

I had problems with my 960 (just the MSI features, not the chip) so the Vice President of GeForce sent me a GTX 780 with a ton of other items.

[Teemo4Life]

Skip ahead a little to see what my performance was. 280 is not better, 280x is.

Is this your vid? So a 280X is better than a 960

[Guest]

Is this your vid? So a 280X is better than a 960

Yes, this is mine. A 280x is better than a 960 by a fair amount. A 960 will be on par with the 280.

[Fluxx]

Yes, this is mine. A 280x is better than a 960 by a fair amount. A 960 will be on par with the 280.

Why not replace the 960 with a 280x? Last time I checked they were almost the same price.

[Octavialicious]

Micro ATX motherboard with Mid-ATX case

 

it will look extremely akward

[Guest]

Why not replace the 960 with a 280x? Last time I checked they were almost the same price.

Oh I wasn't aware of that.

[Guest]

Micro ATX motherboard with Mid-ATX case

 

it will look extremely akward

Yep. Been there done that.

[Wiflare]

 

Does it cost more? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.00 @ Umart) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($45.00 @ CPL Online) 

Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.00 @ CPL Online) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($91.00 @ IJK) 

Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($103.00 @ CPL Online) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($320.00 @ Centre Com) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($85.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.00 @ IJK) 

Monitor: Samsung S22D300HY 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($135.00 @ Centre Com) 

Total: $1231.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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shaved off about $50, better/same parts

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.00 @ Umart) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler  ($42.00 @ IJK) 

Motherboard: Asus H81M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($60.00 @ Centre Com) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($91.00 @ IJK) 

Storage: Seagate  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($99.00 @ Storm Computers) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($325.00 @ Umart) 

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.00 @ IJK) 

Monitor: Samsung S22D300HY 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($135.00 @ Centre Com) 

Total: $1185.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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[Teemo4Life]

Yes, this is mine. A 280x is better than a 960 by a fair amount. A 960 will be on par with the 280.

What do u mean par?

[Teemo4Life]

shaved off about $50, better/same parts

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.00 @ Umart)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($42.00 @ IJK)

Motherboard: Asus H81M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($60.00 @ Centre Com)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($91.00 @ IJK)

Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($99.00 @ Storm Computers)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($325.00 @ Umart)

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.00 @ IJK)

Monitor: Samsung S22D300HY 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($135.00 @ Centre Com)

Total: $1185.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Corsair spec 01 is a must. I think I'll get a corsair spec 02 as it's worth the price