How would You change this build

[Ramontes]

Okay so this build is for gaming, and some light editing and more rendering. I dont want a better CPU as this will be my mobile build for when i move around.  Games would very likely be played 720p most ofthe time as when I move thats the monitor I will have available to me. Games wont be too demanding and I'll be editing with it around 30% of the time. So how would you modify this build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LhPWsY

[Guest]

Looks solid! But to play at 1080p you don't need an i5 and a 970...

However, I love the green colour scheme! 

[Zefues]

Looks awesome to me.

[Zhuocheng]

why not get 2 sticks of 8gb?

[Zefues]

And awesome green

[dizmo]

You can get much cheaper 8GBx2 kits for the RAM. Dual 8GB sticks are generally better.

I think the AMD 390 is currently regarded as a much better card for the money right now.

Get a different power supply. G2, something like that.

Why Windows 7?

No wireless AC?

Do you really need a DVD drive?

[RyanMacRocks]

why not get 2 sticks of 8gb?

If you want to upgrade later on, you might want to get 2 8 GB sticks, but you most likely won'y need to upgrade for many years, as most PC's only have 8 GB now.

[Ramontes]

why not get 2 sticks of 8gb?

Well might sound dumb, but the ram there is green couldnt find others w/ cool heatsink that are green and all i found by these corsair ones wer 4gb each

[Ramontes]

If you want to upgrade later on, you might want to get 2 8 GB sticks, but you most likely won'y need to upgrade for many years, as most PC's only have 8 GB now.

again its for some light editing and rendering as well

[theereal]

Okay so this build is for gaming, and some light editing and more rendering. I dont want a better CPU as this will be my mobile build for when i move around.  Games would very likely be played 720p most ofthe time as when I move thats the monitor I will have available to me. Games wont be too demanding and I'll be editing with it around 30% of the time. So how would you modify this build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LhPWsY

You wont benefit from a 970, get something like a 760

[DarkBlade2117]

Only thing I'd do is change the cou cooler to a BeQuiet! Pure rock,mother than that great build

[Ramontes]

You can get much cheaper 8GBx2 kits for the RAM. Dual 8GB sticks are generally better.

I think the AMD 390 is currently regarded as a much better card for the money right now.

Get a different power supply. G2, something like that.

Why Windows 7?

No wireless AC?

Do you really need a DVD drive?

Ill search for another psu then and i reaaaaaaaally hate windows 8/8.1 and this build needs to be wireless compatible and i do need a dvd drive

[Ramontes]

Ill search for another psu then and i reaaaaaaaally hate windows 8/8.1 and this build needs to be wireless compatible and i do need a dvd drive

 

You can get much cheaper 8GBx2 kits for the RAM. Dual 8GB sticks are generally better.

I think the AMD 390 is currently regarded as a much better card for the money right now.

Get a different power supply. G2, something like that.

Why Windows 7?

No wireless AC?

Do you really need a DVD drive?

about the 390, im not sure how the amd route goes about for editiing and it is a better value for the 8gb vram in comparison but i think ill take the less power consumption as i wont be playing games that exceed 3gb vram

 

[Ramontes]

Only thing I'd do is change the cou cooler to a BeQuiet! Pure rock,mother than that great build

I was going to but then I switched it out for the coolermaster so i can switch the fans there, im not 100% sure but i think if i switch the fans on the BeQuiet heatsink, that the fans i chose would be significantly louder the originals which ruins the point of a be quiet cooler and mobo had what i needed four 3.0 ports and 4 ram slots

[DarkBlade2117]

I was going to but then I switched it out for the coolermaster so i can switch the fans there, im not 100% sure but i think if i switch the fans on the BeQuiet heatsink, that the fans i chose would be significantly louder the originals which ruins the point of a be quiet cooler and mobo had what i needed four 3.0 ports and 4 ram slots

Alright if you are switching the fans makes sense. I wouldn't personally use the stock fans on the 212 eov

[Ramontes]

Might sound like I refuse to accept anyones opinions but believe me I'm taking it all into consideration before I make any purchase

[Ramontes]

Alright if you are switching the fans makes sense. I wouldn't personally use the stock fans on the 212 eov

neither would I, but i guess finding some cheap green LED fans didnt help either

[BigDay]

1. if you want to make the most out of an overclock, you need a better cpu cooling solution. i suggest the corsair h60, noctua nh-u12s, or the nh-d14

the gigabyte motherboard won't allow you to set adaptive mode for your cache ratio and vring when you overclock. i would get an msi, asus or asrock instead, although you may not like the color options. i will never overclock on another gigabyte board ever again

the green build is cool, but it's going to limit your options

the 390 performs better than the 970 fyi

the gs psu is good

if you can just upgrade to windows 10, i would do that to save money

[Ramontes]

 

1. if you want to make the most out of an overclock, you need a better cpu cooling solution. i suggest the corsair h60, noctua nh-u12s, or the nh-d14
2. the gigabyte motherboard won't allow you to set adaptive mode for your cache ratio and vring when you overclock. i would get an msi, asus or asrock instead, although you may not like the color options. i will never overclock on another gigabyte board ever again
3. the green build is cool, but it's going to limit your options
4. the 390 performs better than the 970 fyi
5. the gs psu is good
6. if you can just upgrade to windows 10, i would do that to save money

 

well originally i was planning on taking the 4460 and take a h97 but then i saw the Gigabyte z97, and thank you I will definitely make the change in the Motherboard if i do decide to get a good OC, but now that you pointed that out i might as well just take the 4460 tbh, im really not looking to expand this system as it is just a simple take the pc wherever i go type build so im fine with the color scheme and i know that the 390 flat out bests the 970 in gaming but as i mentioned before im not entirely sure how GPU's factor into editing so i went nvidia and also the smaller power consumption, and i dont have windows on any ssd to upgrade there so ill just go buy another copy

[Prysin]

hmm a Corsair 380T would be more mobile then the Bitfenix, but to get one green, you'd have to spray paint it yourself.

[Caloon]

well originally i was planning on taking the 4460 and take a h97 but then i saw the Gigabyte z97, and thank you I will definitely make the change in the Motherboard if i do decide to get a good OC, but now that you pointed that out i might as well just take the 4460 tbh, im really not looking to expand this system as it is just a simple take the pc wherever i go type build so im fine with the color scheme and i know that the 390 flat out bests the 970 in gaming but as i mentioned before im not entirely sure how GPU's factor into editing so i went nvidia and also the smaller power consumption, and i dont have windows on any ssd to upgrade there so ill just go buy another copy

Well for rendering if you're using sony vegas i'm pretty sure that you won't be able to use CUDA from your GTX970 GPU. In that case take the 390 you can benefit from OpenGL. But if you're using Adobe Premiere/After Effects or other programmes that will benefit from CUDA cores, go with 970. everything looks cool to me.

[Prysin]

 

1. if you want to make the most out of an overclock, you need a better cpu cooling solution. i suggest the corsair h60, noctua nh-u12s, or the nh-d14
2. the gigabyte motherboard won't allow you to set adaptive mode for your cache ratio and vring when you overclock. i would get an msi, asus or asrock instead, although you may not like the color options. i will never overclock on another gigabyte board ever again
3. the green build is cool, but it's going to limit your options
4. the 390 performs better than the 970 fyi
5. the gs psu is good
6. if you can just upgrade to windows 10, i would do that to save money

 

actually, just a fun fact, but the CM Nepton and Seidon AIOs apparently has better efficiency and noise levels (silencio fans ftw) then Corsair... usually they are cheaper too, depending on the time of purchase and stuff like that.

 

http://anandtech.com/show/6916/cooler-master-seidon-240m-and-12-more-coolers-the-retest-and-megaroundup/8

 

Its a bit of an eye opener, but after i saw that article and a few others, i was sort of baffled. Cuz i always though CMs options were too cheap to be good. Apparently they are cheap, yet still good. Got a Nepton 240mm rad on sale two days ago... gonna see how it performs compared to my NZXT Kraken X60 later on... i hope its as good as reviews claims it to be.

 

EDIT:

@Ramontes

 

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/workstation/help-me-choose

and

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/workstation/certified

 

 

Refer to this guide to see if AMD can support GPU acceleration of your desired program.

 

In order to clarify:

Firepro cards are workstation cards, but they are just super binned desktop gaming cards.

Firepro W7100 is the R9 280X, FirePro W8100 is the R9 290, Firepro W9100 is the 290X. Its the same GPU inside of firepro and radeon gaming cards. You can even flash one of the dual bioses on a R9 290 to get firepro + R9 290 bios on the same card. They mostly use the same drivers give or take a few crucial additions to the firepro side of things...flashing and changing bioses is a hassle though.

 

Anyway, in terms of performance for workstation cards, until Nvidia launces a maxwell based quadro product, AMD is currently smashing the kepler based Quadro cards in performance and costs half as much. So if you think CUDA will be a "be all, end all" solution, then think again. AMD can offer you great performance, IF, the program(s) you are using supports OpenGL and OpenCL rendering.

[Ramontes]

Well for rendering if you're using sony vegas i'm pretty sure that you won't be able to use CUDA from your GTX970 GPU. In that case take the 390 you can benefit from OpenGL. But if you're using Adobe Premiere/After Effects or other programmes that will benefit from CUDA cores, go with 970. everything looks cool to me.

great an answer to all my problems thank you so much, I really had no idea of the differences between nVidia's CUDA and whatever it was that AMD GPU's had. I really had no real problem between both companies  besides power consumption and which one works better with what program as I know both platforms can game well.

[Ramontes]

actually, just a fun fact, but the CM Nepton and Seidon AIOs apparently has better efficiency and noise levels (silencio fans ftw) then Corsair... usually they are cheaper too, depending on the time of purchase and stuff like that.

 

http://anandtech.com/show/6916/cooler-master-seidon-240m-and-12-more-coolers-the-retest-and-megaroundup/8

 

Its a bit of an eye opener, but after i saw that article and a few others, i was sort of baffled. Cuz i always though CMs options were too cheap to be good. Apparently they are cheap, yet still good. Got a Nepton 240mm rad on sale two days ago... gonna see how it performs compared to my NZXT Kraken X60 later on... i hope its as good as reviews claims it to be.

 

EDIT:

@Ramontes

 

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/workstation/help-me-choose

and

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/workstation/certified

 

 

Refer to this guide to see if AMD can support GPU acceleration of your desired program.

 

In order to clarify:

Firepro cards are workstation cards, but they are just super binned desktop gaming cards.

Firepro W7100 is the R9 280X, FirePro W8100 is the R9 290, Firepro W9100 is the 290X. Its the same GPU inside of firepro and radeon gaming cards. You can even flash one of the dual bioses on a R9 290 to get firepro + R9 290 bios on the same card. They mostly use the same drivers give or take a few crucial additions to the firepro side of things...flashing and changing bioses is a hassle though.

 

Anyway, in terms of performance for workstation cards, until Nvidia launces a maxwell based quadro product, AMD is currently smashing the kepler based Quadro cards in performance and costs half as much. So if you think CUDA will be a "be all, end all" solution, then think again. AMD can offer you great performance, IF, the program(s) you are using supports OpenGL and OpenCL rendering.

thank you as well for a more in depth clarification

[Ramontes]

hmm a Corsair 380T would be more mobile then the Bitfenix, but to get one green, you'd have to spray paint it yourself.

I considered that as well but thats a mini itx, i need at least 3 pci slots, GPU, WIFI Card(not going for USB), and likely a sound card  to have more audio inputs