First time building my own pc

[MikkelHK]

Hi I 'm going to build my own computer, but I do not have much experience building a computer myself. So I just want to hear about if these parts fit together and what kind of power supply I need or if some parts can be replaced with something better.

 

Case: Zalman Z11 plus.

Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR (Black Edition).

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 Devils Canyon.

Ram:Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3-2400MHZ DC 16GB.

GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 980 Gaming 4GB.

Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 - 1TB.

System SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 SSD - 120GB

Cpu cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3.

 

PS. Im new here so place be gentle with me .

[Freaky_spider]

the 300V is kinda of an old SSD, (and as i recall has less reliable memory controllers), everything else looks good, imo id go with 2 970's instead of a 980 and go with a nice 750 W PSU

 

id switch that I7 for a 4690K; and 1866Mhz ram, its not gonna be noticable at all in games (for rendering keep the I7 and 2400Mhz ram)

[Fluxx]

Get the 850 evo instead of the v300

[Splashzed]

Get a samsung ssd and a decent 500/550w the rest is ok, awesome pc!

[Wesleydn]

the crucail mx100 250gb is the same as samsung evo 120 so go crucail for ssd

and as stated above

change 1x980 to 2x970 (if DX12 is what its supposed to be this will make your pc even better)

ram you can go to 1600mhz or 1866 but you wont see a difference for gaming

and rather go 4690k

[Johannes_Lazor]

Dont get the V300, It is slow for a SSD, Almost any other is better, Id recommend a 840 evo or a mx100

[MikkelHK]

I think im going to replace the ssd with a crucail ssd with 128 GB instead of the 256 GB bacause it is more expensive and im going to keep the 980 because ive heard that amd gpu are getting more hotter then a nvidia gpu and because it looks better imo.

But what kind of psu do I need. I can see that there have been suggested a 750w and a 500/550w psu. So im a little confused.

 

PS. thanks for that quick reply

[Johannes_Lazor]

I think im going to replace the ssd with a crucail ssd with 128 GB instead of the 256 GB bacause it is more expensive and im going to keep the 980 because ive heard that amd gpu are getting more hotter then a nvidia gpu and because it looks better imo.

But what kind of psu do I need. I can see that there have been suggested a 750w and a 500/550w psu. So im a little confused.

 

PS. thanks for that quick reply

The GPU brand is mainly personal preference, AMD doesnt have any equivalent to the GTX 980, Yet.

The R9 290 is a heater on steroids, But the aftermarket coolers get the job done(Apart from the DirectCUII)

[AStateOfTrance]

the 300V is kinda of an old SSD, (and as i recall has less reliable memory controllers), everything else looks good, imo id go with 2 970's instead of a 980 and go with a nice 750 W PSU

 

id switch that I7 for a 4690K; and 1866Mhz ram, its not gonna be noticable at all in games (for rendering keep the I7 and 2400Mhz ram)

Why?

 

To upgrade in the future he would need to buy a completely new set of cards, hes better off with 1 980 for now and getting another one in the future if he wants to upgrade.

 

There's tons of benchmark videos on this.

[MikkelHK]

I dont really want to replace the 980 with 2 290`s because it would be more expensive to buy 2 290`s then if im buying 1 980 but it may be diffrend from where we come from.

[Freaky_spider]

Why?

 

To upgrade in the future he would need to buy a completely new set of cards, hes better off with 1 980 for now and getting another one in the future if he wants to upgrade.

 

There's tons of benchmark videos on this.

1. 980's are overpriced

2. 970 in SLI are the best Price to performance atm

3. they look awesome

[AStateOfTrance]

1. 980's are overpriced

2. 970 in SLI are the best Price to performance atm

3. they look awesome

They may be "overpriced" but youre paying for performance. 

 

another 980 down the line would blow the 2 870's out of the water. 

[Freaky_spider]

They may be "overpriced" but youre paying for performance. 

 

another 980 down the line would blow the 2 870's out of the water. 

who says he event wants to invest another 600 bucks for a second 980, im just saying that for the price of a 980 he can get 2 970's and those blow that 980 out of the water

 

youre paying for performance? would we pretty pathetic if you payed more and didnt get more performance....

[AStateOfTrance]

who says he event wants to invest another 600 bucks for a second 980, im just saying that for the price of a 980 he can get 2 970's and those blow that 980 out of the water

 

youre paying for performance? would we pretty pathetic if you payed more and didnt get more performance....

It just makes more sense for the future, he started his thread saying he was getting a 980...why not let him get him a 980 and give him the option to get another 980 in the future.........?

[Freaky_spider]

It just makes more sense for the future, he started his thread saying he was getting a 980...why not let him get him a 980 and give him the option to get another 980 in the future.........?

im not gonna go to his house and force him to buy 2 970, im just saying that, if i were in his position, i would buy 2 970's, and as far as i can see, he's asking what we would do if we where him...

[MikkelHK]

But the problem here is that where im from 2 290 cost more then one 980 

[MikkelHK]

oh thanks

But I could do that because it only cost 900kr or  127.00$ extra