Building a new pc.

[Gezina]

Hello there, in the last 2 weeks I have come to the conclusion to build a new pc, the old one is going to a family member (yay! more spending money for the new one),

But i need a bit of help from a professional to see if i am doing anything stupid before i decide to buy all the parts. Took me 3 days to compile this list and i am slightly over budget, so if the total  price can go down that be great.

 

1. Budget & Location
I am getting sponsored for 600 Euro's with an own investment up to another 600 making a total valeu of 1200,- euro's but the goal originally was to be done for 1000,- euro's. I live in the Netherlands so I am mostly tied to local suppliers.

 

2. Aim
High end gaming for the next 3-5 years, I want this pc to be the ground work for some high end gaming for when a title comes out that I am interested in that I can enjoy it in its full glory. I do not mind upgrading some parts over time.

3. Monitors
LG E2250V 21,5  LED >5000000:1 >2ms> HDMI This is my currently used monitor but i am planning in the future to run 2 monitors one for gaming with a second one for things like yoututbe, forums, twitch and other things for multitasking.

4. Peripherals
I will need an operating system, and I am very familiar with windows 7 home premium (not a fan at all of windows 8), I got a razer black widow keybord a pair of boxes and a razer naga mmo mouse. so i just need a pc with a OS.

5. Why are you upgrading?

The old system is getting dated noticeably, I will list below the current pc, and a list of parts which i found for a potential new pc. )little head sup, I am not a pc genius but I want to build the pc myself since this will be a good learning opportunity, also overclocking i know nothing about and will prolly screw up)

 

Old pc:

CPU: I7-860

Motherboard: P55m-UD2

RAM: 3* 2gig at 1337hrtz

GPU: AMD radeon HD 5770

Case: Gaint coolmaster case that looks cool,

Power supplie: ?? massive overkill

CPU cooler: Artic Freeze 7 Pro Aluminium

 

New pc:

part product pieces indicated price OS Microsoft Windows 10 Home NL 64bit OEM 1 107,50

Security McAfee Total Protection 1 17,95

HD WD Blue WD5000LPVX, 500GB 1 47,95

Case Corsair Carbide 300R 1 79,80

CPU Cooler Scythe Mugen 4 PCGH Edition 1 39,99

Motherboard Asus Z97-K 1 109,90

Processor Intel Core i7-4790 Tray 1 317,95

SSD Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 1 104,90

GPU MSI GeForce GTX 960 GAMING 2G 1 218,75

Supplie Cooler Master GM G750M 1 81,95

RAM Kingston HyperX Fury red HX316C10FRK2/8 1 50,90

disk drive Samsung SH-224DB Zwart 1 17,95

Cabels to connect SSD,HD,Disk drive to mother Board Digitus SATA aansluitkabel, L-type, bus recht op bus recht 0,5 m 3 8,97      

Toal price: 1204,46

 

 

If anyone could take a look at potential problems or stupidly overpriced items in this list that have cheaper alternatives that would be greatly appreciated, Thanks for the help!

 

If anything is still in dutch i can translate if if you need to translation

Edited August 9, 2015 by Gezina

[OAcesync]

Lose the i7 for a i5 and a 390

You could get a better case for the price the 300R is a bit overpriced when you could get a S340(don't worry you can still install OS off of a external drive)

I would get a cheaper Z97 or H81 if you're not overclocking

You could get a better PSU from EVGA,XFX,Seasonic

[Deletive]

Somethings i would improve

1. Get a 1tb for like 5$ more

2.Drop down to a h97 
3. Get an i5 4460
4. drop the cooler

5. unless you use the disk drive a lot, just don't bother, 

6. drop cables as they'll come when you build the computer

why?

7. Get a R9 390/970 instead of a 960. 

[Gezina]

Somethings i would improve

1. Get a 1tb for like 5$ more

2.Drop down to a h97 

3. Get an i5 4460

4. drop the cooler

5. unless you use the disk drive a lot, just don't bother, 

6. drop cables as they'll come when you build the computer

why?

7. Get a R9 390/970 instead of a 960. 

 

Your number 7 mark is not clear to me, I am not good with shorter titles for parts as i am as noobish. All the other marks seem clear to me cept for 5 why do i need to drop the cooler? the boxed cooler good enough? What will i sac in preformance from switching to the cheaper i5? (will this impact my gaming or wont I make intensive enough use out of my cpu to notice a massive difference?)

 

Lose the i7 for a i5 and a 390

You could get a better case for the price the 300R is a bit overpriced when you could get a S340(don't worry you can still install OS off of a external drive)

I would get a cheaper Z97 or H81 if you're not overclocking

You could get a better PSU from EVGA,XFX,Seasonic

Same as the above "Lose the i7 for a i5 and a 390" What is a 390? is the mentioned i5 a good alternative? in your opinion? 

 

I'd like to thank both of you for your quick replies and thanks for helping me out with some tips for my first pc build.

[OAcesync]

Don't worry dropping a i7 for a i5 won't make a difference for gaming a i7 is kind of pointless if you're just gaming. The R9 390 is a AMD GPU which is better than the 960 and would be a better choice

[Gezina]

Don't worry dropping a i7 for a i5 won't make a difference for gaming a i7 is kind of pointless if you're just gaming. The R9 390 is a AMD GPU which is better than the 960 and would be a better choice

Thanks for the reply, the MSI GeForce GTX 960 GAMING 2G I can buy i can buy for around 220 euro's where as the 390 which you mentioned I get 25 result on my comparison website (http://tweakers.net/) All of which are at a higher price mark. almost to the point where I could buy a 970 for the same price. should i invest the money i would save on the processor invest into that better gpu?

[Gezina]

On a different note where do all the XXXXK or the XXXXH etc stand for could anyone elaborate? same for motherboards Z97 or H97 some items are a lot more expensive but i ca not find a clear indicate what the difference is between em.

 

(edit, grammar)

[OAcesync]

Thanks for the reply, the MSI GeForce GTX 960 GAMING 2G I can buy i can buy for around 220 euro's where as the 390 which you mentioned I get 25 result on my comparison website (http://tweakers.net/) All of which are at a higher price mark. almost to the point where I could buy a 970 for the same price. should i invest the money i would save on the processor invest into that better gpu?

Yes you should invest into more GPU, a GPU should always be the most expensive thing in a gaming build.