New PC build 800ish

[guy40120]

Hi everyone, new to this site but it looks like you guys give good advice. One of my will build a pc for me but I'm. It sure how good his build is. https://pchound.com/e3fQzu/

CPU

Intel Core i5-4460

$188.97

Motherboard

GIGABYTE GA-Z97-HD3 (rev. 2.0)

$82.98

Memory

G.SKILL 8GB Ripjaws X Series

$39.99

Video Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 04G-P4-3962-KR

$212.98

Power Supply

CORSAIR 750W CXM series CX750M

$73.98

Storage

PNY 240GB CS1100 SSD7CS1111-240-RB (CS1111)

$75.99

Case

Thermaltake CA-1B2-00M1NN-00

$40.95

CPU Cooler

CORSAIR Hydro Series H75 CW-9060015-WW

I know that the water cooler is a little over kill but I think I like that if I ever want to go for something like a 4790k in the future. Also I like starting off with ssd and adding storage later. I will really only be using this for gaming and would like to stay around the 800ish range. The biggest thing that I am insure about is the processor. I'm not sure if I should just spend the extra money now and get something better or not.

Thanks for the advice!

[pomaranc]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($51.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.29 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($309.99 @ B&H) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $798.21

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-06 08:59 EDT-0400

[ShadowCaptain]

SNIP

PCPartpicker is a better site

 

CPU is fine get a cheaper motherboard, and a cheaper PSU, get a better graphics card maybe a 970 or 380 or something

[Guest]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($37.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($38.95 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($333.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Apex Vortex 3620 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Directron) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $756.85

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-06 08:56 EDT-0400

try this, if you want a cheeper GPU solution, get the 280x-290 something like that.

[guy40120]

Wow thanks for the quick responses! I do like having 4 ram slots on the motherboard so I have some room to expand there. I'm kind of starting from scratch so I though it would be good to have a good power supply that was maybe over powered now but have me room to grow in the future. That being said though I probably won't really do much crossfire of sli.

[pomaranc]

Wow thanks for the quick responses! I do like having 4 ram slots on the motherboard so I have some room to expand there. I'm kind of starting from scratch so I though it would be good to have a good power supply that was maybe over powered now but have me room to grow in the future. That being said though I probably won't really do much crossfire of sli.

For gaming you don't need more than 8GB of ram, and you can get single dimm and get second later anyway. GPUs actually use less power than they used to (at least nvidia ones) and I don't think that you will need better PSU unless you want to SLI/crossfire for which you need more expensive MBO.

[guy40120]

Do I need after market cooling for an i5-4460?

[BigDay]

Do I need after market cooling for an i5-4460?

 

you can get a hyper 212 evo or a bequiet pure rock. if i were you, i'd get aftermarket cooling, but i wouldn't get anything crazy. the stock intel fan sucks because it's loud and doesn't cool all that well.

[BigDay]

gave you a z97 board in case you want to upgrade in the future to an unlocked cpu. also gave you a larger psu for an upgrade in the future as well.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card  ($223.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Blackout with Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $815.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-07 01:42 EDT-0400