PC Build Help

[stack0verfl0w]

Hi all,

 

 

This is my first post so please be gentle :-) I have been a long time fan of linustechtips and I know you guys are the ones to ask about PC builds. I have a good friend who is looking to do a budget PC build with the most performance she can get and I wanted to see if we could get you guys input.

 

See specs here https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/3dj2l8/first_build_feedback/

[Comessy]

Change power supply and get a Z97 motherboard. 

[Castdeath97]

The core i7 is pointless in gaming over the i5.

Why not get z97 board.

Get the 980ti from the money you saved from going to the core i5.

[itachipirate]

Watercooling a CPU is stupid unless she plans to overclock, even then it's more cost-effective to put money into the graphics card. The 980 is in a garbage place for price-performance since a 390x will perform the same or better at $200 less. z87 is outdated now. If you want to save $100 get an i5-4690k instead, gaming performance will be EXACTLY THE SAME

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($146.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($108.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.95 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($689.97 @ B&H) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $1616.65

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-16 15:56 EDT-0400

[KingAceves]

Don't get the optical drive and put money towards an SSD as a boot drive

[Starelementpoke]

 

Watercooling a CPU is stupid unless she plans to overclock, even then it's more cost-effective to put money into the graphics card. The 980 is in a garbage place for price-performance since a 390x will perform the same or better at $200 less. z87 is outdated now. If you want to save $100 get an i5-4690k instead, gaming performance will be EXACTLY THE SAME

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($146.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($108.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.95 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($689.97 @ B&H) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $1616.65

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-16 15:56 EDT-0400

 

At that price, get the R9 295x2.

[stack0verfl0w]

Thanks for the great suggestions guys, beefier processor and ram is for graphics work.

[Starelementpoke]

Thanks for the great suggestions guys, beefier processor and ram is for graphics work.

Are you going to be overclocking? Cause if not, then the 1231v3 will work just fine. It's an I7 minus the Igpu.