New Possible PC?

[AFlyingBuffalo]

What do people think of this PC: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/2J8ft6as an upgrade from my current one: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Yq3rhM

I'm wanting a better processor for streaming and recording, as well as a better graphics card for gaming, and I need more storage seeing as my current 1TB WD blue is almost filled up and the SSHD is faster.

ON the first link I kinda wanted everything to be color coordinated but I just couldn't resist the orange case.

I have the OS already so that doesn't matter. I might upgrade the i3 to an i5 in the future but for now I'll probably stick to this.

I do want this to stay around 800-900 CAD.

[IP man]

i would go for a cheaper mobo and an i5 4660/4690k

 

1600MHZ ram

 

And swap the 960 out for an 280x

[Imakuni]

i would go for a cheaper mobo and an i5 4660/4690k

 

1600MHZ ram

 

And swap the 960 out for an 280x

^This

[AFlyingBuffalo]

i would go for a cheaper mobo and an i5 4660/4690k

 

1600MHZ ram

 

And swap the 960 out for an 280x

What about this motherboard: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97e

Also I'm wanting to switch to Nvidia and see how well that goes for me.

But I wanted the colors to match with GPU, MOBO, and RAM, so. yeah.

Also would a 450W power supply run this setup? or would I need to upgrade?

[IP man]

What about this motherboard: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97e

Also I'm wanting to switch to Nvidia and see how well that goes for me.

But I wanted the colors to match with GPU, MOBO, and RAM, so. yeah.

Also would a 450W power supply run this setup? or would I need to upgrade?

Yeah sure that would work. thats a high end board, you could go for lower, if you wanted to spare some money towards a better gpu, but youre choice dunno prices in your country.

 

I am an nvidia fanboy myself, but you would get more bang for the buck with the 280x

[IP man]

@AFlyingBuffalo 450w thats okay if your not going to do some heavy OCing.

[Imakuni]

@AFlyingBuffalo 450w thats okay if your not going to do some heavy OCing.

*Correction: it's okay, so long as it is any 9xx GPU. No matter if OCing hard or not.

[RazerZ]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($223.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ NCIX) 

Memory: GeIL EVO Leggara Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ NCIX) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($88.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($279.99 @ NCIX) 

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Total: $872.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-15 16:47 EDT-0400

 

What I would go with for the same price (left some breathing room for changes).

- Higher quality PSU

- More powerful GPU

- More powerful CPU

[AFlyingBuffalo]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($223.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ NCIX) 

Memory: GeIL EVO Leggara Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ NCIX) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($88.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($279.99 @ NCIX) 

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Total: $872.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-15 16:47 EDT-0400

 

What I would go with for the same price (left some breathing room for changes).

- Higher quality PSU

- More powerful GPU

- More powerful CPU

 

I actually have an extra power supply that I'll be keeping (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cs450m), and I'll probably get an SSHD or something. Also I really liked the orange case I had selected before so I'd probably buy that instead, but I do like the rest of the build you've shown. (well, maybe not the GPU but meh)

[AFlyingBuffalo]

*Correction: it's okay, so long as it is any 9xx GPU. No matter if OCing hard or not.

So if I get a GTX 960 I should be fine?

[Imakuni]

So if I get a GTX 960 I should be fine?

Yes. Even if you were to get a 980, you would be fine.

 

In fact, you could even slip away with SLI 960, had your motherboard supported it.

[AFlyingBuffalo]

What do people think about this build instead? http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/g6sc7PI already have a power supply (modular) that will be enough for this build.

Any changes would be welcome! Thanks!