My first Gaming build

[BigTex#1]

This is going to be first actual build. Apart from a failed build i tried a few months ago. I really want to use a few parts i have laying around. Such as a i7-4790k. I really want to take my 1TB(already has Win 7 installed on it) that I have in my dell and throw it in there with my 4TB WD Black. I might add a SSD in it for my high use games i play. 

 

PC Partpicker link:  http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sfLYCJ

[Castdeath97]

What's up with the beefy power supply? That's way overkill for a 960. Speaking of the 960, I would rather get a r9 280x or r9 290 at this price, they really out perform it in many games.

[DryzonDigital]

PSU is overkill. 

GRAB A 280x! 

[BigTex#1]

What's up with the beefy power supply? That's way overkill for a 960. Speaking of the 960, I would rather get a r9 280x or r9 290 at this price, they really out perform it in many games.

I might upgrade to a 970 or 980 ti

[Textosterone]

Well i did the same thing for a HDD (from an old acer) and because i had to reformat the HDD for some reason i needed the windows 7 key from the sticker on my acer. U should have one on the bottom or one of the sides. You would also need Win 7 ISO on a USB stick. Other than that u should be fine .

[BigTex#1]

PSU is overkill. 

GRAB A 280x! 

I know might upgrade to a 970/980ti or just downgrade to a 550/600 watt psu modular

[grayblizzard]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bykmhM

[Sportiva]

Why do you need 16 gigs of ram? If you are just gaming the max you'll need is 8.

 

I might upgrade to a 970 or 980 ti

 

The 970 has a TDP of 145 while the 980 ti has a TDP of 250. You don't need that much extra power.

[Castdeath97]

I might upgrade to a 970 or 980 ti

Even all these cards won't need it! Maxwell improved efficiency in these cards, you should more than fine with 600W. Speaking of which once again why the 960 when you can grab a r9 290 or r9 280x at the same price?

[BigTex#1]

Why do you need 16 gigs of ram? If you are just gaming the max you'll need is 8.

 

 

The 970 has a TDP of 145 while the 980 ti has a TDP of 250. You don't need that much extra power.

i'm going to be rendering too

[Bouzoo]

What is your budget?

[BigTex#1]

Even all these cards won't need it! Maxwell improved efficiency in these cards, you should more than fine with 600W. Speaking of which once again why the 960 when you can grab a r9 290 or r9 280x at the same price?

I already have a 960 4gb card i'm going to recycle 

[Sportiva]

I already have a 960 4gb card i'm going to recycle 

Still you don't need that much extra power to upgrade to a 970 or 980ti.

[BigTex#1]

Still you don't need that much extra power to upgrade to a 970 or 980ti.

500 watt psu

[Sportiva]

500 watt psu

I'd get a 650 watt

[BigTex#1]

Well i did the same thing for a HDD (from an old acer) and because i had to reformat the HDD for some reason i needed the windows 7 key from the sticker on my acer. U should have one on the bottom or one of the sides. You would also need Win 7 ISO on a USB stick. Other than that u should be fine .

Thx if i do this. This is going to be an interesting build.  I'm thinking about using a EVGA Stinger WiFi Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard.