My First PC Build

[lalchhuanawma]

So I’m 17 years old and with a budget of 1500, i decided to do my first PC build. This are the stuff I put together :
Case - NZXT Noctis 450 Mid-Tower Gaming Case - Black 
Motherboard - ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 X Killer Intel LGA 1150 ATX
Processor - Intel Core i5 4690 Quad Core LGA 1150 3.5GHz CPU Processor
RAM- Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR3 2133MHz Desktop Memory Red CMY16GX3M2A2133C11R
SSD ­- Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5" SATA III SSD MZ-75E500
Graphic Card - MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4GB Video Card
Power Supply – Corsair CX-500m 500w Modular Bronze Power Supply
  Please let me know if they are compatible and what i can improve on! Thank you!

[matjojo]

go to pcpartpicker.com to make it check for compatibillity itself, also,i assume you mean 1500Dollars?

[AreoHotah]

hey there. put all your parts and make a build on this site https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/it will tell you if anything isn't compatible.

nice build. pretty similar to mine

[xQubeZx]

Might be abit small with just 500Gb if you are planning to game on it. (Games takes aloot of space)

[SeanAngelo]

So I’m 17 years old and with a budget of 1500, i decided to do my first PC build. This are the stuff I put together :

Case - NZXT Noctis 450 Mid-Tower Gaming Case - Black 

Motherboard - ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 X Killer Intel LGA 1150 ATX

Processor - Intel Core i5 4690 Quad Core LGA 1150 3.5GHz CPU Processor

RAM- Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR3 2133MHz Desktop Memory Red CMY16GX3M2A2133C11R

SSD ­- Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5" SATA III SSD MZ-75E500

Graphic Card - MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4GB Video Card

Power Supply – Corsair CX-500m 500w Modular Bronze Power Supply

  Please let me know if they are compatible and what i can improve on! Thank you!

click the link on my signature.

[GeeZillion]

Might be abit small with just 500Gb if you are planning to game on it. (Games takes aloot of space)

not if you install 1 at a time  

[pomaranc]

Get 4690K if you get Z97 MBO, asuming it is for gaming got only 8GB of ram, you don't need more, also get HDD too, having only SSD is not ideal.

[toms94z71]

I might  see if I could squeeze in a 7200rpm 1 or 2 terabyte hdd for mass storage, I have one hdd that Is 3 tb I got games and movies on, I have used nearly half of it up already then I got another 1tb hdd I got all my family pictures and movies on and some music on that is about 1/4 of the way full, my ssd which is 500 gig, is just my os and some programs and it is about 1/3 of the way full.  500 gigs gets used up fast if you put games on it, heck my steam folder on my drive with games is nearly 700 gigs alone.

[MrAnonymous]

So I’m 17 years old and with a budget of 1500, i decided to do my first PC build. This are the stuff I put together :

Case - NZXT Noctis 450 Mid-Tower Gaming Case - Black

Motherboard - ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 X Killer Intel LGA 1150 ATX

Processor - Intel Core i5 4690 Quad Core LGA 1150 3.5GHz CPU Processor

RAM- Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR3 2133MHz Desktop Memory Red CMY16GX3M2A2133C11R

SSD ­- Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5" SATA III SSD MZ-75E500

Graphic Card - MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4GB Video Card

Power Supply – Corsair CX-500m 500w Modular Bronze Power Supply

Please let me know if they are compatible and what i can improve on! Thank you!

If you are going to get a Z series MoBo get a K series CPU, Z series is optimized for OC-ing. If not just go with an H97 with i5 4460. Also i would suggest to lower the SSD to 250 GB (as a boot drive) then add 1TB of HDD. Get a better PSU (i.e. Antec and Seasonic), as for ram 8 GB atm is enough you can upgrade it in the future. dont spend a lot when this will be your first time. Just go small then upgrade it. You can play 1080p @60 fps with a cheaper build. Also what kind of games are you going to play? Dont underspend but dont overkill your system and not even fully utilize the capabilities of it. It's not a trophy case (imo). Also dont forget the monitor, if you have a great system but a sub par monitor, what's the point. You wont be able to see what its fully capable of.

[Guest]

You can get better for the money.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cbRVQ7

 

please note, I have a list of trusted merchants, even if their prices run higher. What appears to me $1,500 may look like less to you.

 

(AND YOU GET A FREAKIN' 980 IN THIS SETUP)

[MrAnonymous]

You can get better for the money.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cbRVQ7

please note, I have a list of trusted merchants, even if their prices run higher. What appears to me $1,500 may look like less to you.

(AND YOU GET A FREAKIN' 980 IN THIS SETUP)

Samn, a 4TB HDD (for?) and a >$100 case. Pretty OP imo. Also for the price of that PSU you can get a "higher" quality one.

[Guest]

Samn, a 4TB HDD (for?) and a >$100 case. Pretty OP imo. Also for the price of that PSU you can get a "higher" quality one.

2TB for RAID1, and I don't like changing the case. Its what people see the most, and if he chose it, its what he gets.

[MrAnonymous]

2TB for RAID1, and I don't like changing the case. Its what people see the most, and if he chose it, its what he gets.

Why raid a mass storage? Unless he puts his rig at the living room and/or he wants a great lookibg case, i disagree. Ik he has to look at it but i dont think it's worth it (imo, i scale performance > looks that's just me tho)

[Guest]

So I’m 17 years old and with a budget of 1500, i decided to do my first PC build. This are the stuff I put together :

Case - NZXT Noctis 450 Mid-Tower Gaming Case - Black 

Motherboard - ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 X Killer Intel LGA 1150 ATX

Processor - Intel Core i5 4690 Quad Core LGA 1150 3.5GHz CPU Processor

RAM- Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR3 2133MHz Desktop Memory Red CMY16GX3M2A2133C11R

SSD ­- Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5" SATA III SSD MZ-75E500

Graphic Card - MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4GB Video Card

Power Supply – Corsair CX-500m 500w Modular Bronze Power Supply

  Please let me know if they are compatible and what i can improve on! Thank you!

 

What currency are you using ? As 1500 doesn't tell us much.

[Guest]

Why raid a mass storage? Unless he puts his rig at the living room and/or he wants a great lookibg case, i disagree. Ik he has to look at it but i dont think it's worth it (imo, i scale performance > looks that's just me tho)

Oh noes! All my games are saves & games are gone! Gosh darn it, un-reliable HDDs!

[MrAnonymous]

Oh noes! All my games are saves & games are gone! Gosh darn it, un-reliable HDDs!

raid is not the same as back up. if you want to safe-proof your games back it up on an extarnal drive or something.

[Guest]

raid is not the same as back up. if you want to safe-proof your games back it up on an extarnal drive or something.

It may not be a back up, but it is still more reliable.

[MrAnonymous]

It may not be a back up, but it is still more reliable.

you know that RAID doesn't add any kind of "reliability" to the drives right? it can actually makes some files corrupt if you don't know how to properly set it, but nowadays it's not a problem.

[Guest]

you know that RAID doesn't add any kind of "reliability" to the drives right? it can actually makes some files corrupt if you don't know how to properly set it, but nowadays it's not a problem.

I didn't say the drives, I was talking about Computers Data overall.

[MrAnonymous]

I didn't say the drives, I was talking about Computers Data overall.

 

Oh noes! All my games are saves & games are gone! Gosh darn it, un-reliable HDDs!

[BigDay]

this thread is dead.

[Nena Trinity]

I vote for a R9 390 and a CM V650S over that GPU & PSU!