Rate My Build

[Scarymonkeys]

Just curious as to how other people would rate my build? It works pretty well for my needs and I spent about $550 including the mouse..

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/L4XHD3

[Goussy]

It looks good! See if you can fit an r9 280x in to your build.

[Goussy]

Have you bought it? If not, switch the 960 for the 280. 280X if you can afford it.

 

I'd give it like a 7.5/10. Solid build , but we have a thread for this already in General Discussion Off Topic

well it says planning so I guess it can go in this section.

[Scarymonkeys]

Have you bought it? If not, switch the 960 for the 280. 280X if you can afford it.

I'd give it like a 7.5/10. Solid build , but we have a thread for this already in General Discussion if I'm not mistaken.

Ah, didn't see that. Yeah I bought it. I'm using Ubuntu so I gotta use Nvidia sadly. I was debating over that and a 280X when I bought the card. The 960 is on par with a 280/285 so it works for me! Also, anyone have ideas for future addons?

[MRC380]

The GTX 960 wasn't very impressive on it's release. If you can save up and go for a 970 that would really improve your gaming experience or a 280x. My favorite brands are ASUS and EVGA for Nvidia and Sapphire for AMD

[Atmos]

5/10 as an overall gaming machine as compared to others.

7/10 as a gaming pc on that budget.

 

I tend to stay away from seagate, higher failure rate in the first year of operation.

the 960 costs roughly the same, and is outperformed by the 280X.

the i3 is extremely limited in its multitasking capacity.

Monitors are an awkward size that may conflict with some games.

[Scarymonkeys]

The GTX 960 wasn't very impressive on it's release. If you can save up and go for a 970 that would really improve your gaming experience or a 280x. My favorite brands are ASUS and EVGA for Nvidia and Sapphire for AMD

I don't need a 970 personally. I don't enjoy spending more than $200 on something as I do enjoy upgrading anyways. Thanks for the advice though!

[Scarymonkeys]

5/10 as an overall gaming machine as compared to others.

7/10 as a gaming pc on that budget.

I tend to stay away from seagate, higher failure rate in the first year of operation.

the 960 costs roughly the same, and is outperformed by the 280X.

the i3 is extremely limited in its multitasking capacity.

Monitors are an awkward size that may conflict with some games.

Works for me, as said before. I already had the monitors so I used them. I3 works actually amazingly for its price for me to record videos, as I only record Minecraft. I do plan to play games such as Shadow of Mordor in the future. As said before, running Ubuntu. EDIT: I'm currently using a 160GB WD Blue drive actually. Was gonna upgrade to the Seagate in the future. Due to your advice though, I'll pick up a 1TB Blue instead. Thanks man!

[CalebTheEternal]

Ah, didn't see that. Yeah I bought it. I'm using Ubuntu so I gotta use Nvidia sadly. I was debating over that and a 280X when I bought the card. The 960 is on par with a 280/285 so it works for me! Also, anyone have ideas for future addons?

Better CPU later on.

 

Edit: You posted something about it right as I posted this... But recording can still get better with an i5. Minecraft is more CPU intensive isn't it?

[Sorfex0]

Would have taken cheaper mobo, wd blue 1tb instead seagate and saved for gtx 970. But overall good for this price.

[Vek1313]

For the price I would give it an 8

[Scarymonkeys]

Better CPU later on.

 

Edit: You posted something about it right as I posted this... But recording can still get better with an i5. Minecraft is more CPU intensive isn't it?

Yes, it's CPU intensive, but not as much as GPU. Kind of a myth to be honest. You can't pick up an i7 with integrated graphics and magically get 120 fps. I also believe it can't utilize more than 2 cores. Not quite sure on that statement.

[Atmos]

Works for me, as said before. I already had the monitors so I used them. I3 works actually amazingly for its price for me to record videos, as I only record Minecraft. I do plan to play games such as Shadow of Mordor in the future. As said before, running Ubuntu. EDIT: I'm currently using a 160GB WD Blue drive actually. Was gonna upgrade to the Seagate in the future. Due to your advice though, I'll pick up a 1TB Blue instead. Thanks man!

 

Don't get me wrong, I don't distrust seagate in anyway, I've got two 2.5tb seagate barracudas running in raid in my server. But, when im only using a single drive, i tend to lean towards WD. I.e. i have redundancy for the seagates in my server, but since i only have one hdd in my main rig it's a WD blue. 

[Scarymonkeys]

Don't get me wrong, I don't distrust seagate in anyway, I've got two 2.5tb seagate barracudas running in raid in my server. But, when im only using a single drive, i tend to lean towards WD. I.e. i have redundancy for the seagates in my server, but since i only have one hdd in my main rig it's a WD blue.

Yeah. With more WD recommendations and it being the same price I'll just go for that. Especially with my current one working fine.

[Scarymonkeys]

It's slightly worse than the 280, but nothing TOO noticeable really. Also AMD cards work just fine on Ubuntu. Open source drivers are vast now for radeon graphics.

He bought it.

Yes, but not as much performance for the price.

[Goussy]

It's slightly worse than the 280, but nothing TOO noticeable really. Also AMD cards work just fine on Ubuntu. Open source drivers are vast now for radeon graphics.

He bought it.

yeah just wrote that before he posted that he had bought the parts

[SkywardKkalox]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($114.95 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.75 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.49 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($239.70 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.96 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $581.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-13 03:50 EDT-0400

 

I would suggest this as a starting point.

[Scarymonkeys]

I already bought the parts and that's not very balanced either. Also, read my other posts for explanations on my parts.