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Intel i7-4790K core processor (4.00 out GHz Max. Turbo 4.4 GHz, LGA 1150, 8M Cache, 88Watt)

MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G, 4GB GDDR5

ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer motherboard LGA 1150 (ATX, HDMI, DVI, VGA, USB 3, SATA III, 7.1 audio)

Corsair CX Series 600Watt Modular 80 PLUS Bronze ATX / EPS power supply (CX600M)

Crucial Ballistix Sport Memory 16GB (1600MHz, 240-pin, CL9, 2x 8GB) DDR3 RAM Kit

Samsung MZ-series 840 EVO Basic internal SSD (6.3 cm (2.5 inches), 250GB, 512MB cache, SATA III) metallic silver

Western Digital 1TB WD10EZEX Blue internal hard disk (8.9 cm (3.5 inches), SATA 6Gb / s, 64MB Cache)

Zalman Z11 Plus Mid-Tower PC Case (ATX, 4x 5.25 external, internal 5x 3.5, 2x USB 3.0) black

BenQ XL2411Z 61 cm (24 inches) 3D LED Monitor 144hz

 

I live in Finland and im going to buy these pc parts from a finnish store. Im not gonna build it myself, they will do it for me for a little cost.

Anyways... i dont want that everything falls apart because of one or two bad choices.

 

I want to be able to play games in high quality and be able to stream it at the same time.

Internet speed isnt a problem, i might even upgrade from 50 downlaod & 10 upload to 100/20.

 

Thank you!

 

- Roni

 

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Do NOT buy a Z11. Please. Please. Please.

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Looks good. Are you planning to OC? If yes, maybe you can consider getting a aftermarket CPU Cooler. Even if it's air cooling, it's gonna be better than the stock cooler.

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If this is for gaming only, a better option would be to swap out the 4790k for an i5 (exactly the same performance in games), a slightly cheaper motherboard (ASRock Extreme 4 or MSI Gaming 3) and spend the change on a 980. Your gaming experience would be a lot better since a 980 will be able to max that 144Hz monitor you're buying.

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Do NOT buy a Z11. Please. Please. Please.

I dont see anything wrong with it, be more specific, im a newbie. 

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Looks good. Are you planning to OC? If yes, maybe you can consider getting a aftermarket CPU Cooler. Even if it's air cooling, it's gonna be better than the stock cooler.

Im not planning to OC, maybe in the future. thank you! :)

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I'd swap the SSD for 850 EVO or PRO of the same capacity - the 840 series had problematic firmware, the 850 should be at the same price or slightly more expensive.

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Do NOT buy a Z11. Please. Please. Please.

The case is a pathetic piece of plastic overpriced sh*t.

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I'd swap the SSD for 850 EVO or PRO of the same capacity - the 840 series had problematic firmware, the 850 should be at the same price or slightly more expensive.

hmm, 850 evo 250GB to replace 840 evo 250GB? 

what is the difference im looking at? the problematic firmware of 840?

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hmm, 850 evo 250GB to replace 840 evo 250GB? 

what is the difference im looking at? the problematic firmware of 840?

 

Yes, exactly.

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Yes, exactly.

ok thank you, i did change it to 850 evo. Only a 40€ difference.

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ok thank you, i did change it to 850 evo. Only a 40€ difference.

 

If you're okay with a 40€ difference, then get an 850 EVO or PRO for sure, but that's not a small difference for a 250 GB drive. The prices I get are around 135 EUR and 178 EUR for 250 GB 850 EVO and 850 PRO respectively. 250 GB 840 EVO is not available, but I remember that it was something like 120 EUR. It's probably that 840 EVO has a large discount at the store you shop at.

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Reviews on the Zalman case you are looking at aren't too great: Bad cable management, poor quality control, little or no cable management... 

The list goes on. 

I would recommend something like a Define R4 or NZXT S340 if it fits your budget. 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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