New gaming PC

[Joe D]

I know this gets done so many times but i was just wondering how the spec of this PC is 
I got the CPU and heat sink from a friend for free (RESULT!) so they cannot be altered

Spec:

 

Case: Be Quiet Silent Base 800

Mobo: AsRock Z77 PRO3

CPU: Intel I5 2500k
GFX: GTX 960 Gigabyte tri fan edition

PSU: EVGA 500w bronze

SSD: Samsung 850 evo 120GB

HDD: 1TB seagate barracuda 

RAM: Crucial balistixx sport 8GB

Cheers 

[Oshino Shinobu]

The GPU would be better with a R9 280x Everything else looks good. 

[ADZ_123_!"£]

I would get a 380 as it has better performance.

[Nohemi]

I know this gets done so many times but i was just wondering how the spec of this PC is 

I got the CPU and heat sink from a friend for free (RESULT!) so they cannot be altered

Spec:

 

Case: Be Quiet Silent Base 800

Mobo: AsRock Z77 PRO3

CPU: Intel I5 2500k

GFX: GTX 960 Gigabyte tri fan edition

PSU: EVGA 500w bronze

SSD: Samsung 850 evo 120GB

HDD: 1TB seagate barracuda 

RAM: Crucial balistixx sport 8GB

Cheers 

well if you want good gaming performance you will probably have to over clock meaning get a Z97 motherboard but it still might bottleneck the gpu which is very bad

[Joe D]

I think im gonna stick with the 960 because if i need more power ill just get another one and run SLI

[ADZ_123_!"£]

well if you want good gaming performance you will probably have to over clock meaning get a Z97 motherboard but it still might bottleneck the gpu which is very bad

A Z97 isn't compatible with an I5 2500K.

[Nohemi]

A Z97 isn't compatible with an I5 2500K.

true 

[ADZ_123_!"£]

I think im gonna stick with the 960 because if i need more power ill just get another one and run SLI

The 280X/380 has better performance.

[Oshino Shinobu]

well if you want good gaming performance you will probably have to over clock meaning get a Z97 motherboard but it still might bottleneck the gpu which is very bad

If he got a Z97 board, he'd have to change the motherboard. The Z77 can overclock as well. And the CPU will not bottleneck the GPU, even at stock speeds. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

I think im gonna stick with the 960 because if i need more power ill just get another one and run SLI

You'll need to change out the PSU and motherboard if you go for SLI. 

[Joe D]

Ok thanks Guys 
When he said the "B" word i s*** my pants because i have just ordered this stuff

[Joe D]

If he got a Z97 board, he'd have to change the motherboard. The Z77 can overclock as well. And the CPU will not bottleneck the GPU, even at stock speeds. 

I'm honestly not planning to OC unless the performance isn't great but you say that at stock speeds it won't bottleneck ? 

[Oshino Shinobu]

I'm honestly not planning to OC unless the performance isn't great but you say that at stock speeds it won't bottleneck ? 

No, it won't. 

[Joe D]

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-280X-vs-GeForce-GTX-960 
Just saw this with the reference 280x and 960. The Gigabyte one is superclocked tho so should bring better performance ????

[Joe D]

No, it won't. 

 

Oh thank god 

[MrSpeed]

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-280X-vs-GeForce-GTX-960 

Just saw this with the reference 280x and 960. The Gigabyte one is superclocked tho so should bring better performance ????

gpuboss is full of BS

they gave the 290 same score as a 770, while in reality 290 destroys a 770