Will this work for Fallout 4?

[broken knife]

Hey there folks, I'm trying to plan my first build and I was wondering if it would be up to the task of playing Fallout 4 at 1080p.

I am trading a spare anvil for a monitor and keyboard so I can keep the budget around $900 to $1,000 including warranties.

I am not planning on doing any overclocking until I get my feet wet, so to speak.

 

 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vyhhNG

 

Any help would be very much appreciated 

[SPG]

get a 380 instead, same price point, but better performance (yes it will work just fine)

you can also save a few bucks by ditching windows and the disc drive and buying a copy on reddit, its about $20 and you can boot it to a usb, that extra money can go towards a 390 or something just as good

[Hman1250]

You're going to need a higher wattage PSU, that's for sure. But for the system I don't know tbh

[BigDay]

it'll play it, but your pc might explode from that cx psu you got there

[x Relentless Xx]

Hey there folks, I'm trying to plan my first build and I was wondering if it would be up to the task of playing Fallout 4 at 1080p.

I am trading a spare anvil for a monitor and keyboard so I can keep the budget around $900 to $1,000 including warranties.

I am not planning on doing any overclocking until I get my feet wet, so to speak.

 

 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vyhhNG

 

Any help would be very much appreciated 

Z97 mobo is a waste with that processor

[DarkBlade2117]

A ton of PC parts come with warrenties. I've seen them go up to 10 years.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.4 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($111.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($55.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($104.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($93.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $1016.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-23 00:32 EDT-0400

You can get windows from g2a or reddit for $20. You don't need a optical drive, they have USB cd readers now a days. I highly suggest running Ethernet to your PC.

[doctorraichu]

I would wait for the Min. requirements to come out.

[Atmos]

Alrighty,

 

I'd really suggest a WD or hitachi drive over a seagate. I've only ever had issues, as well as widespread failure rates.

 

Get the OS from g2a.com or reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap , it's 1/5th the price and legitimate copies.

 

Get a higher wattage powersupply,. 550W minimum.

 

everything else seems perfectly fine. A 380 would give better performance over a 960, the 960 can't even fully utilize it's 4gb vram, making it really kinda pointless for the money.

[BigDay]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.4 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($41.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($71.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card  ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  ($16.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($88.88 @ NCIX US)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($5.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $998.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-23 00:36 EDT-0400

[Guest Oakley]

it'll play it, but your pc might explode from that cx psu you got there

LMAO. True.

[vSyNd1c4t3]

Hey there folks, I'm trying to plan my first build and I was wondering if it would be up to the task of playing Fallout 4 at 1080p.

I am trading a spare anvil for a monitor and keyboard so I can keep the budget around $900 to $1,000 including warranties.

I am not planning on doing any overclocking until I get my feet wet, so to speak.

 

 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vyhhNG

 

Any help would be very much appreciated 

 

yup, it will play it.

[broken knife]

In the argument for the 380 over the 960 the 380 has a lower core clock at 990MHz vs 1241MHz and a lower effective memory clock at 5700MHz vs 7010 MHz.

Does the faster memory interface at 256 bit vs 128 bit mean that it moves the data back and forth faster with lower clock speeds?

 

I can't seem to find a video comparing the two head to head and I'm not smart enough to make a decision based off the numbers alone since I don't understand everything they mean.

 

Thanks to all of you for your swift responses though, it is very helpful and a testament to this forums users.