Gaming Build final checking

[Kryptos]

I'm starting to watch prices/sales on the following parts for my Gaming PC build, and have ordered the "Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler" so far. I've been told by a number of my friends that this is a great build but I just want to double check things, so let me know if anything seems weird to you thanks.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YDcJZL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YDcJZL/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  ($83.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($113.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($108.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Crucial MX200 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.36 @ Mwave) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($91.95 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($113.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($72.24 @ Amazon) 

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($86.88 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($25.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($149.99 @ Best Buy) 

Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($149.99 @ Best Buy) 

Total: $1781.21

[Guest]

The BX100 SSD is slightly cheaper and is very good.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct250bx100ssd1

 

Here is a better power supply which is cheaper after rebate.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220gs0650v1

 

Are you just gaming on one monitor ?

 

@Kryptos

[elan2468]

That is good. unless you need the 3tb hdd for something specific i would suggest forgoing it and get a 1tb drive to save some money, same with the optical drive. the monitors you could probably find cheaper and the ram is your pref ofc, if you think you need it ram never hurts. The 4790k is another thing not necessary, assuming on all of this ofc if you are only gaming. anything more would be silly and overkill, if you fix all that up you can add another 970 or put in a 980 ill start fixing it up for you right now as a matter of fact. 

[elan2468]

Here is the option with the sli 970s

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9JRcrH

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9JRcrH/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($83.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($113.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($47.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial MX200 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.36 @ Mwave) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($113.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($86.88 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($25.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: LG 22MP57HQ 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: LG 22MP57HQ 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1809.12

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-17 20:02 EDT-0400

[elan2468]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FssT7P

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FssT7P/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($83.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($113.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($47.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial MX200 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.36 @ Mwave) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked Video Card  ($534.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($113.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($86.88 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($25.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: LG 22MP57HQ 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: LG 22MP57HQ 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1664.12

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-17 20:03 EDT-0400

This is the one that I highly suggest as it is cheaper and has extremely high performance plus the single 980 will perform bettter in many of the games that are not good with sli, and you can always add another in the future

[elan2468]

Oops forgot to add the 1tb drive let me fix that real fast

[elan2468]

Again I suggest this first one.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rPYsf7

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rPYsf7/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($83.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($113.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($47.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial MX200 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.36 @ Mwave) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked Video Card  ($534.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($113.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($86.88 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($25.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: LG 22MP57HQ 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: LG 22MP57HQ 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1714.11

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-17 20:05 EDT-0400

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kmWknQ

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kmWknQ/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($83.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($113.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($47.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial MX200 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.36 @ Mwave) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($113.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($86.88 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($25.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: LG 22MP57HQ 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: LG 22MP57HQ 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1859.11

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-17 20:06 EDT-0400

[Sam Z Man]

Reconsider you storage and monitor solution, and you won't benefit from the 4790k go 4690k, the GPU is more expensive and worse than a good 290X, and for the love of Gaben color matching your PC can be done with 5$ in plasti dip you don't need to spend an extra 100$ on color matching components.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rM69Lk

[Kryptos]

Thanks you for the SSD suggestion as well as the PowerSupply @lee32uk, for gaming I do plan on using only one monitor, I just find myself always needing a 2nd monitor during work, because I do quite a bit of multitasking.

 

@elan2468 The 3TB hardrive and optical drive is for school, and the 4790k will help with render times on projects and stuff.

[Guest]

It needs to be determined whether the op is doing any other things such as rendering/editing etc before switching down to an i5.

 

The EVGA NEX power supply isn't that good. The GS I suggested is better. 

[Guest]

Thanks you for the SSD suggestion as well as the PowerSupply @lee32uk, for gaming I do plan on using only one monitor, I just find myself always needing a 2nd monitor during work, because I do quite a bit of multitasking.

 

@elan2468 The 3TB hardrive and optical drive is for school, and the 4790k will help with render times on projects and stuff.

Stick with the i7 then. 

[Kryptos]

Reconsider you storage and monitor solution, and you won't benefit from the 4790k go 4690k, the GPU is more expensive and worse than a good 290X, and for the love of Gaben color matching your PC can be done with 5$ in plasti dip you don't need to spend an extra 100$ on color matching components.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rM69Lk

 

I haven't "tried" to color match my pc in the least, most of it is by accident. Red isn't my color it's either blue or green, and I don't like Radeon.

[Kryptos]

Stick with the i7 then. 

 

Thanks you for the two other suggestions.

[Sam Z Man]

I haven't "tried" to color match my pc in the least, most of it is by accident. Red isn't my color it's either blue or green, and I don't like Radeon.

Sorry didn't know that you were going to be doing rendering as well in that case go with the 970 and the 4790k and that is a very nice coincidence to have everything match like that. Have fun and happy building.