My First Gaming Build

[Thor Odinson]

Hey guys! So im new to this forum. Wanted to learn more about Computer building. Ive been watching tutorials (linustechtips) just researching in general. I have a MacBook Pro, and i realized how shit it is compared to building my own. I just wanted your 2 cents on this build

 

heres my build

 

CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

 

COOLER - Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO PURCHASED

 

MOTHERBOARD - MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

 

RAM - Kingston Fury Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

 

STORAGE - Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

                   

                    Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

 

VIDEO CARD - Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card

 

CASE - BitFenix Comrade PURCHASED

 

POWER SUPPLY - EVGA 120-G1-0650-XR PURCHASED

 

 

I just want to play any games at high settings. Is this good?

 

 

 

 

[Ian Schmid]

looks good and welcome to the forum

[strykeofdesign]

Good build, but i would recommend this ram - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J8E8YZC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

[The Pizza Thief]

Do you really need 16GB of ram? @1600. Good build!

[Thor Odinson]

Good build, but i would recommend this ram - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J8E8YZC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

ok. Whats the difference tho?

 

Do you really need 16GB of ram? @1600. Good build!

 

I dont know the difference. is 1600 bad? im going with 1866 like the user above said

[VolkA]

Hey guys! So im new to this forum. Wanted to learn more about Computer building. Ive been watching tutorials (linustechtips) just researching in general. I have a MacBook Pro, and i realized how shit it is compared to building my own. I just wanted your 2 cents on this build

 

heres my build

 

CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

 

COOLER - Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO PURCHASED

 

MOTHERBOARD - MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

 

RAM - Kingston Fury Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

 

STORAGE - Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

                   

                    Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

 

VIDEO CARD - Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card

 

CASE - BitFenix Comrade PURCHASED

 

POWER SUPPLY - EVGA 120-G1-0650-XR PURCHASED

 

 

I just want to play any games at high settings. Is this good?

Looks pretty good. Just that if you don't do any video rendering and stuff, you could pick up the i5 4690K as accordingly to 1 of the video from LTT, the performance between i7 and i5 are almost, if not the same (in terms of fps). So no point spending extra cash when you don't really see any improvement. Might as well keep the extra cash or spend it to upgrade on other thing in your PC.

[VolkA]

ok. Whats the difference tho?

 

 

I dont know the difference. is 1600 bad? im going with 1866 like the user above said

Actually, I think between 1600MHz and 1866MHz, you can only see the different on paper and not irl when it comes to gaming. At least that's what I think.

[Thor Odinson]

Looks pretty good. Just that if you don't do any video rendering and stuff, you could pick up the i5 4690K as accordingly to 1 of the video from LTT, the performance between i7 and i5 are almost, if not the same (in terms of fps). So no point spending extra cash when you don't really see any improvement. Might as well keep the extra cash or spend it to upgrade on other thing in your PC.

i do video editing here and there

[Thor Odinson]

Actually, I think between 1600MHz and 1866MHz, you can only see the different on paper and not irl when it comes to gaming. At least that's what I think.

so which one should i get?

[CoolaxGaming]

Change the CPU to a Xeon e3 1230v3.

If you can return yo PSU and get a higher watt one, get a 295x2.

IF not, cheap a bit on mobo and ram and get a 980

[VolkA]

i do video editing here and there

Ah. Then i7 it should be.

 

so which one should i get?

I remember I asked once before (not sure here or elsewhere). The answer was the best I could imagine. "just get the cheapest 1 or the one that fits to your color scheme if you had one".

[Thor Odinson]

Ah. Then i7 it should be.

 

I remember I asked once before (not sure here or elsewhere). The answer was the best I could imagine. "just get the cheapest 1 or the one that fits to your color scheme if you had one".

 

lol both the same price and both are red ill go with the 1866

[VolkA]

lol both the same price and both are red ill go with the 1866

If both are the same price then yah, either one would be fine. Remember to post some picture after you build it.

[strykeofdesign]

ok. Whats the difference tho?

I dont know the difference. is 1600 bad? im going with 1866 like the user above said

Is cheaper.

[Guest Strangerbob]

And whats for the most important part? the monitor?

 

 

also, intel dont use more than 1600mhz on ddr3; if you pay for anything higher you can consider yourself a sucker!

 

and for amd its 1866 for cpu`s and 2133 for apus