First PC advice?

TheOneAndOnlyIlyas · August 1, 2015

I want to build a PC soon and after hours and hours of reviews I've come down to this: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/szBBRB

I just want some advice from more veteran PC builders like yourselves. Thanks

Oberon.Smite · August 1, 2015

At that price range, I'd go for a 980 if you can. Anyways, everything else looks fine, unless you want to get a water cooler.

Mug · August 1, 2015

It's a bit extravagant for a first build but then again, I'm more of a value guy.

Motherboard is a bit much, you'd be better served with a cheap gigabyte ATX board (that does SLI etc or whatever you want)
RAM is bad value, Vengeance is better value but it's up to you
You could quite happily upgrade to a 980 with these savings
550/500 watt power supply is fine for single graphics cards and you could have gone with a better value one, RM ones are bad value (have one myself and regret)
You don't need those fans

JeffreyEagan · August 1, 2015

And for the exact same amount of money for the corsair PSU, you can get an EVGA G2 750-watt gold PSU.

bip_ · August 1, 2015

With an i7 I would defiantly recommend a 980. It will play any game you want maxed out 60 fps @ 1080p. Also, what res are planning on running? I didn't see a monitor in your build list.

eman21790 · August 1, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($505.98 @ Newegg Canada)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($256.50 @ Newegg Canada)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($224.99 @ Newegg Canada)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card ($468.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($149.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($31.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) ($179.99 @ Newegg Canada)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($22.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Total: $2110.29

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-31 20:35 EDT-0400

This build includes the new 5th gen Intel cpu, this will be able to max almost all games on 1080p just fine. You could put a 980 or maybe a 390x in there if you want to max every game on 1080p.

theereal · August 1, 2015

I want to build a PC soon and after hours and hours of reviews I've come down to this: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/szBBRB

I just want some advice from more veteran PC builders like yourselves. Thanks

What are you going to be using this PC for?