complete noob here

[albinen]

Been using an imac for the past 5 years and i thought it's about time to upgrade. I dont have any experience picking computer parts etc but i have done some basic research and i picked out this list of stuff. I'd just like to have some people who actually know what they're doing see if there are any compatibility issues etc before i actually go ahead and buy them. Also i picked the 4GB video card cause it wasnt that much more expensive than the 2gb version, should i just get the 2gb version instead? I don't plan on doing any hardcore gaming, just Csgo, GTA5, WoW, H1z1 and maybe some new horror releases. I'd appreciate any help! Thanks in advance.

 

The list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/LvRXQ7

 

edit: I already own the motherboard and the case, my lovely friends bought them for me

[Raffy98]

I think that for that processor, that motherboard is overkill.

You can buy a cheaper motherboard and use the money you saved to buy a 970.

That's my advice!

[albinen]

I think that for that processor, that motherboard is overkill.

You can buy a cheaper motherboard and use the money you saved to buy a 970.

That's my advice!

yeah i was thinking that too but the problem is that i already have the case and the motherboard they were gifts from friends so i don't really want to try to sell them or anything. But thanks for your input!

[Raffy98]

Oh so you already have the Maximus Formula?

[JebKerman]

how about this?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.39 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£113.79 @ Dabs) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£64.14 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£51.70 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.98 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  (£264.99 @ Dabs) 

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£88.98 @ Novatech) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£72.16 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £835.13

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-17 12:31 BST+0100

 

Oh, you already have the motherboard and case, well then. Does the ~800 pound price point still hold? back in a tick.

[onVacation]

I think that for that processor, that motherboard is overkill.

You can buy a cheaper motherboard and use the money you saved to buy a 970.

That's my advice!

This. Plus: 850 PSU is too much unless you're planning an SLI upgrade. If not, 600 watts will do. 16GB RAM for gaming is also way more than you're going to need to be future proof. 8GB will be fine, unless you're into video editing and 1600mhz RAM is cheaper and you won't notice any difference.

 

 

Summary:

 

• cheaper motherboard
• GTX 970
• smaller PSU
• 8GB DDR3-1600

[CydiaDash]

yeah i was thinking that too but the problem is that i already have the case and the motherboard they were gifts from friends so i don't really want to try to sell them or anything. But thanks for your input!

GUYS HE ALREADY HAS THE MOTHERBOARD AND CASE

 

 

 

If you got your motherboard and case as gifts, edit the original post and say that, most people won't realise. Also, I'm guessing your budget is 800 quid?

[sms1202]

Your budget?

Also do you need onboard wifi ?

[Guest]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£176.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.95 @ Aria PC) [b/]

Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£83.18 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£75.52 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.98 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  (£260.37 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£76.00 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£72.16 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £782.21

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-17 12:32 BST+0100

Try this one! The board you picked was Overkill, you don't need it, You can get a board for 100 cheaper and have it preform the exact same! Just changed a bit, More powerful CPU and GPU, and changed to a more reliable PSU 

[sms1202]

Get a 4790K or 4690K

Get a CPU cooler like the hyper 212 evo and overclock it

Get a 600W PSU

Get the GTX 970 or R9 390 Nitro

[CydiaDash]

-snip-

 

The list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/LvRXQ7

Ok, so first things first. You don't need a power supply that big, I would get a good EVGA 500w one. You will only need 8gb of RAM, anymore than that should just be if you have some spare money. If you can, try to buy the 4690k CPU instead of the one you have.

[JebKerman]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£176.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (Purchased For £0.00) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£64.14 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£77.99 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£69.96 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  (£264.99 @ Dabs) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £0.00) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£72.16 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £765.23

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-17 12:37 BST+0100

[Guest]

yeah i was thinking that too but the problem is that i already have the case and the motherboard they were gifts from friends so i don't really want to try to sell them or anything. But thanks for your input!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£176.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£60.98 @ Novatech) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£33.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£51.70 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.98 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  (£395.99 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £820.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-17 12:43 BST+0100

 

I left out the Motherboard and Case since you already have them

[Zackfoo]

Been using an imac for the past 5 years and i thought it's about time to upgrade. I dont have any experience picking computer parts etc but i have done some basic research and i picked out this list of stuff. I'd just like to have some people who actually know what they're doing see if there are any compatibility issues etc before i actually go ahead and buy them. Also i picked the 4GB video card cause it wasnt that much more expensive than the 2gb version, should i just get the 2gb version instead? I don't plan on doing any hardcore gaming, just Csgo, GTA5, WoW, H1z1 and maybe some new horror releases. I'd appreciate any help! Thanks in advance.

 

The list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/LvRXQ7

 

edit: I already own the motherboard and the case, my lovely friends bought them for me

you have a super lovely friend wei my god.

[Zackfoo]

Get a 4790K or 4690K

Get a CPU cooler like the hyper 212 evo and overclock it

Get a 600W PSU

Get the GTX 970 or R9 390 Nitro

390 nitro is quite a bad overclocker and without backplate tho. 

Msi is good overclocker okay cooler. Asus has better cooler but less overclocking ability. Nitro cool even better but even less overclocking ability. Gigabyte does not let you overclock. Powercolor sounds like a bad brand name to me. 

[Zackfoo]

evga 600w psu + 4690k + msi 390 + Dark rock pro 3.

 

850 evo ssd 120gb 

WD 1tb Black.

[albinen]

 

I have looked at your suggestions and updated the list, does everything look ok?

[JebKerman]

 

I have looked at your suggestions and updated the list, does everything look ok?

It's better:

green ram on red board probabyl wouldn't look too great (just an aesthetic thing, not of major importance)

The Corsair CX series are pretty ordinary, do you have any EVGAs or Seasonics avaliable?

[albinen]

It's better:

green ram on red board probabyl wouldn't look too great (just an aesthetic thing, not of major importance)

The Corsair CX series are pretty ordinary, do you have any EVGAs or Seasonics avaliable?

Yeah its a little annoying but the only other red ram i found on the website is 16gb and 2400mhz It doesn't really bother me that much though.

 

the evga's and seasonics are like $50 more in the same wattage, is there a big difference in performance?

[JebKerman]

Yeah its a little annoying but the only other red ram i found on the website is 16gb and 2400mhz It doesn't really bother me that much though.

 

the evga's and seasonics are like $50 more in the same wattage, is there a big difference in performance?

They use much better parts, making them much more reliable (the PSU is one of the only parts that can kill a whole system). But if you go EVGA make sure it's a series that ends in a 2 (B2 or G2 most likely)

 

Other/All good options can be found here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/404921-strmfrmxmns-psu-whitelist/

[albinen]

They use much better parts, making them much more reliable (the PSU is one of the only parts that can kill a whole system). But if you go EVGA make sure it's a series that ends in a 2 (B2 or G2 most likely)

 

Other/All good options can be found here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/404921-strmfrmxmns-psu-whitelist/

 

Okay, i've replaced the power supply with one that's on that list and i think these should do

 

 

Thank you so much for the help!