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After receiving a hand me down GPU, motherboard, and PSU from my brother, I accepted that it was the end of LGA775 for me. Now I have a Msi b85m e45 board. Not good or bad, just in the middle. The GPU is a Galaxy 650 ti boost 2gb (don't argue with me it WAS Galaxy at the time) and a Thermaltake tr2 600w (fine for the build.) I have a $300 budget, and just ordered an i5 4460, and I'm going to order a Fractal Design Define S within a week. Do you think this is a good build for moderate gaming? (side note: I will upgrade the GPU in a bit to probably a 970/1070 (if that's out yet))

CPU: INTEL Core i7 4790k @ 4.7Ghz - Cooling: NZXT Kraken X61 - Mobo: Gigabyte Z97X SLI - RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ares 2400mhz - GPU: AMD Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury 4G - Case: Phanteks P350X - PSU: EVGA 750GQ - Storage: WD Black 1TB - Fans: 2x Noctua NF-P14s (Push) / 2x Corsair AF140 (Pull) / 3x Corsair AF120 (Exhaust) - Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry MX Red - Mouse: Razer Deathadder Chroma

Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

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After receiving a hand me down GPU, motherboard, and PSU from my brother, I accepted that it was the end of LGA775 for me. Now I have a Msi b85m e45 board. Not good or bad, just in the middle. The GPU is a Galaxy 650 ti boost 2gb (don't argue with me it WAS Galaxy at the time) and a Thermaltake tr2 600w (fine for the build.) I have a $300 budget, and just ordered an i5 4460, and I'm going to order a Fractal Design Define S within a week. Do you think this is a good build for moderate gaming? (side note: I will upgrade the GPU in a bit to probably a 970/1070 (if that's out yet))

Game at 1024x768 and you can max out Crysis 3. Until the 970 came out I was using an i5 4440 and a Gigabyte Windforce x2 rev 2 GTX 650ti OC 2GB.

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Ya it was hard for me moving away from my Core 2 Quad, at least it is still getting used though :P Nerd problems or i'm just crazy...

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Core 4 Quad Not Extreme, only available on LGA 557 at your local Circuit City

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Game at 1024x768 and you can max out Crysis 3. Until the 970 came out I was using an i5 4440 and a Gigabyte Windforce x2 rev 2 GTX 650ti OC 2GB.

If my eyes wouldnt shoot themselves at that res, I definitely would. :P

CPU: INTEL Core i7 4790k @ 4.7Ghz - Cooling: NZXT Kraken X61 - Mobo: Gigabyte Z97X SLI - RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ares 2400mhz - GPU: AMD Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury 4G - Case: Phanteks P350X - PSU: EVGA 750GQ - Storage: WD Black 1TB - Fans: 2x Noctua NF-P14s (Push) / 2x Corsair AF140 (Pull) / 3x Corsair AF120 (Exhaust) - Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry MX Red - Mouse: Razer Deathadder Chroma

Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

---QUOTE ME OR I WILL LIKELY NOT REPLY---

 

 

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Ya it was hard for me moving away from my Core 2 Quad, at least it is still getting used though :P Nerd problems or i'm just crazy...

I'm going to miss it. I'm letting a friend borrow it for a few months, but at least I know she's in good hands

CPU: INTEL Core i7 4790k @ 4.7Ghz - Cooling: NZXT Kraken X61 - Mobo: Gigabyte Z97X SLI - RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ares 2400mhz - GPU: AMD Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury 4G - Case: Phanteks P350X - PSU: EVGA 750GQ - Storage: WD Black 1TB - Fans: 2x Noctua NF-P14s (Push) / 2x Corsair AF140 (Pull) / 3x Corsair AF120 (Exhaust) - Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry MX Red - Mouse: Razer Deathadder Chroma

Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

---QUOTE ME OR I WILL LIKELY NOT REPLY---

 

 

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