My first build

[tbirch337]

Hi guys, in a month or two I will be building my first pc, and I can't wait.

I've been planning it all for a few months and here are the parts I've come up with.

Cpu - i5 4690k with Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo cpu fan

Motherboard - MSI 797 gaming board

RAM - 2 x 4gb g skill ripjaw x series

SSD - Samsung 850 Evo series 250Gb

HDD - Seagate Barracuda 2Tb

GPU - EVGA gtx 980

Case - corsair 750d

PSU - EVGA supernova 650 w gold certified

Monitor - asus vg248qe

The reason I went with 1080p over 1440p or 4k is I wanted to be able to play current and future games at high settings with a decent frame rate. Games I have in mind for the future are fallout 4 and the new battlefront

If anyone has any tips or suggestions for it, i would be grateful

Cheers

[Prysin]

swap the 980 with a R9 Fury. Battlefront is a AMD title so better get AMD for best performance right off the bat.

Fury is smack inbetween 980 and 980Ti

 

EDit: get a IPS monitor. What little input lag you get is NOT worth losing that image quality over. i played FPS games on a lower end IPS monitor for years. The experience of a good IPS monitor can rival that of a full fledged TV in picture quality.

[Starelementpoke]

Hi guys, in a month or two I will be building my first pc, and I can't wait.

I've been planning it all for a few months and here are the parts I've come up with.

Cpu - i5 4690k with Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo cpu fan

Motherboard - MSI 797 gaming board

RAM - 2 x 4gb g skill ripjaw x series

SSD - Samsung 850 Evo series 250Gb

HDD - Seagate Barracuda 2Tb

GPU - EVGA gtx 980

Case - corsair 750d

PSU - EVGA supernova 650 w gold certified

Monitor - asus vg248qe

The reason I went with 1080p over 1440p or 4k is I wanted to be able to play current and future games at high settings with a decent frame rate. Games I have in mind for the future are fallout 4 and the new battlefront

If anyone has any tips or suggestions for it, i would be grateful

Cheers

Get the R9 390x instead. With thxtra 4gb of vram, you'll be set for a while. Also, better performance than the 980. Also, make a pcpartpicker list of this please.

[pomaranc]

Looks good to me, but if you can get 390x for at least the same price as 980 get it instead

[DarkBlade2117]

If you can get the money a r9 fury is better then the 980 is every way nearly. Also hat EVGA PSU is it exactly? G2 or GS I'm assuming.

For the CPU cooler I'd get a BeQuiet! Pure Rock,mill get better temps and allow for higher overclocks.

[DarkBlade2117]

Looks good to me, but if you can get 390x for at least the same price as 980 get it instead

390x's are cheaper then 980s

[pomaranc]

390x's are cheaper then 980s

Well where I live the prices are all over the place

[Notree]

 

 

EDit: get a IPS monitor. What little input lag you get is NOT worth losing that image quality over. i played FPS games on a lower end IPS monitor for years. The experience of a good IPS monitor can rival that of a full fledged TV in picture quality.

I'd totally disagree as a competitive fps player. It's called motion blur. Id never play a game on a 60hz monitor again. You can keep you "better colors".What does it matter if your screen is a blur when fast paced stuff is going on. IPS are finally coming with 144hz refresh rates.But there just to expensive for the average gamer.

[tbirch337]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/JVmPkL

There's a link to my pc part picker list

[pokechat8978]

Switch PSU for this:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650snlb9

 

Or if you want 80+ Gold:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650gts3x

[tbirch337]

I'd totally disagree as a competitive fps player. It's called motion blur. Id never play a game on a 60hz monitor again. You can keep you "better colors".What does it matter if your screen is a blur when fast paced stuff is going on. IPS are finally coming with 144hz refresh rates.But there just to expensive for the average gamer.

I've gone over it in my head so many times whether to go with ips or not. I wouldn't consider myself a hardcore fps guy. Mostly I enjoy rpg and rts with the occasional fps thrown in.

The thing that sold me on this monitor was the 144hz refresh rate and a decent price

[tbirch337]

Switch PSU for this:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650snlb9

Or if you want 80+ Gold:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650gts3x

Sweet thanks. What's better about this one?

[pokechat8978]

Switch PSU for this:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650snlb9

Or if you want 80+ Gold:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650gts3x

Sweet thanks. What's better about this one?

They are Seasonic rebrands.

EVGA NEX 650w fails 80+ Gold at 50%-100% load on the PSU.

[tbirch337]

Thanks for your help. I'm also gonna switch out the 980 for a 390x and save myself about 100 quid and get the same sort of performance

[Starelementpoke]

Thanks for your help. I'm also gonna switch out the 980 for a 390x and save myself about 100 quid and get the same sort of performance

For the record. You'll get better performance.

[BigDay]

the r9 390x does not beat the gtx 980. i don't know where people are coming up with this...

 

[BigDay]

really good build overall. the evga card has a nice 1.27 core boost on it. the only thing i would change would be the cpu cooler. if you're going to do any substantial overclocking on the cpu, you want an h60. that monitor is great too. hitachi drives are more reliable than seagate, but i don't think you'll run into any issues.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£167.79 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£58.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£99.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£43.94 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£71.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£406.76 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£25.73 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£225.89 @ Scan.co.uk)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£72.89 @ Amazon UK)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse  (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Pro Headset  (£49.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1525.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-20 21:07 BST+0100

[tbirch337]

I will still be able to play games at the highest settings in 1080p though, and the saving in price seems worth it to me at this stage. If I need a performance boost further down the line, I can stick another one in

[tbirch337]

the r9 390x does not beat the gtx 980. i don't know where people are coming up with this...

Would you recommend sticking with the 980 then?

[Starelementpoke]

the r9 390x does not beat the gtx 980. i don't know where people are coming up with this...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzBMkrAbHlQ

Just like life, everything says something different. You can't base everything just on one video. Besides, the 390x is near $100 cheaper than the 980.

[BigDay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzBMkrAbHlQ

Just like life, everything says something different. You can't base everything just on one video. Besides, the 390x is near $100 cheaper than the 980.

 

the 980 wins 2 out of 3 times in that video. the first one i didn't count because it was close. 0.1 increment close.

[Starelementpoke]

the 980 wins 2 out of 3 times in that video. the first one i didn't count because it was close. 0.1 increment close.

Here's another then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=led-IV558C4