Strike Freedom - Seeking Advice & Feedback

Sev · April 28, 2015

So uhm, I've been following LTT for a while now ever since I started thinking about planning on a PC Build.

So I went through much failure, disappointment and death migraines (Those annoying migraines that won't leave) in an effort to create the perfect PC for myself.

The PC is mainly going to be used for Gaming.

I changed it a lot due to technological advances through time and an ever tightening budget.

I've asked a lot of friends and extreme PC builders on tips & tricks and yet I still doubt.

So I came to this PC Haven and I ask you, the inhabitants, for advice and feedback.

Without further ado, I present the Strike Freedom: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wfQ9Q7

It's a little on the weak side due to recent budget tightening, but I'm looking at around US$2000 to spend on a PC. (Shipping and Peripheral prices excluded.)

Thank you for the time spent on this and Feedback and Advice are much appreciated.

Edited April 28, 2015 by Sev

No Nrg · April 28, 2015

You can actually get a solid machine for much less, I'll be back with a revised list

Kinda Bottlenecked · April 28, 2015

I'm sensing a Gundam fan

On topic: What is the purpose of your build? Are you going to be gaming? Or doing heavy content creation, video editing and rendering?

If you're only mainly gaming you can toss the 5820k, X99 mobo and DDR4 RAM and go with a i5 4690K + Z97 mobo + ddr3 ram. You can even grab a

980 with the amount you've saved.

Sev · April 28, 2015

Whoops I forgot to mention that. My apologies.

And yes, Huge gundam fan :v.

Thanks for the tip

No Nrg · April 28, 2015

So uhm, I've been following LTT for a while now ever since I started thinking about planning on a PC Build.

So I went through much failure, disappointment and death migraines (Those annoying migraines that won't leave) in an effort to create the perfect PC for myself.

The PC is mainly going to be used for Gaming.

I changed it a lot due to technological advances through time and an ever tightening budget.

I've asked a lot of friends and extreme PC builders on tips & tricks and yet I still doubt.

So I came to this PC Haven and I ask you, the inhabitants, for advice and feedback.

Without further ado, I present the Strike Freedom: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wfQ9Q7

It's a little on the weak side due to recent budget tightening, but I'm looking at around US$2000 to spend on a PC. (Shipping and Peripheral prices excluded.)

Thank you for the time spent on this and Feedback and Advice are much appreciated.

I changed you to z97 and Haswell refresh chipset. You won't gain anything with the x99 and DDR4 build and it's more expensive. With the savings you could bump to a GTX 980. Also switched you to a 144Hz monitor (also could go 1440p 60Hz with this build if you wish as well). This should perform better than your original build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($316.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($119.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Toshiba 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($139.99 @ Micro Center)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($539.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: Corsair CSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)

Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($44.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($4.99 @ Newegg)