First Gaming PC

[poker1059]

Hey, I'm Poker1059. You can call me Allen.  I'm building a PC from scratch for the first time, and I feel like I've chosen good parts and everything my budget is about $950 USD. 

 

PC PartPicker List ~ http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dJR6zy

 

~~Now I plan on using this for gaming with games not so intense like Minecraft, as well as some more high spec games like GTA V, maybe Far Cry and Crisis, stuff like that, oh and Guns Of Icarus Definitely Guns Of Icarus. I also plan on recording gameplay too and doing basic video editing with it but like 75% gaming.

- My current "gaming" pc is from like '07 it has a GeForce 8800 Gtx lol.

Anyway give me some feed back, I don't really plan on changing my parts list unless you give me a very legitimate reason as to why I should.

So finally, remember, I'm 14 I'm not made of money.. I still have to earn the money to get this so yeah, leave a comment and thanks for reading!

[Amazingasian]

Hey, I'm Poker1059. You can call me Allen.  I'm building a PC from scratch for the first time, and I feel like I've chosen good parts and everything my budget is about $950 USD. 

 

PC PartPicker List ~ http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dJR6zy

 

~~Now I plan on using this for gaming with games not so intense like Minecraft, as well as some more high spec games like GTA V, maybe Far Cry and Crisis, stuff like that, oh and Guns Of Icarus Definitely Guns Of Icarus. I also plan on recording gameplay too and doing basic video editing with it but like 75% gaming.

- My current "gaming" pc is from like '07 it has a GeForce 8800 Gtx lol.

Anyway give me some feed back, I don't really plan on changing my parts list unless you give me a very legitimate reason as to why I should.

So finally, remember, I'm 14 I'm not made of money.. I still have to earn the money to get this so yeah, leave a comment and thanks for reading!

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ Micro Center) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($91.55 @ B&H) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($43.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.49 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($357.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $946.85

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-17 23:17 EDT-0400

[shypin]

well uh you said you dont plan on changing stuff

 

but if i were you i wouldnt get the extra two fans because 1) the extra airflow isnt going to help that much 2) the noise is a lot more noticeable when you mount fans on the top (have the same case sitting next to me as i speak)

i also would change the power supply since corsair cx ones are not very good (had one before, failed after a year, now i use an evga one)

[poker1059]

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ Micro Center) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($91.55 @ B&H) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($43.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.49 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($357.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $946.85

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-17 23:17 EDT-0400

 

No ye are fired! lol jk, good list just not my theme 

[RYANNOSAURAS]

I'd simply recommend that you save for a better gpu, because I've used more thatn 2GB memory in Insurgency... You may not be made of money, but surely you have a job? 

[masked106]

nice build. AMD Cpus are not that good. if you can stretch it just a little bit more? go for an i5 cpu. and maybe only get 8Gb RAM. you don't really need 16. don't get an SSD. get an HDD so you can fit more games on it

[Inception9269]

 

 

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ Micro Center) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($91.55 @ B&H) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($43.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.49 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($357.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $946.85

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-17 23:17 EDT-0400

 

 

This build is better. Most i5's will outperform an fx cpu in most tasks

[poker1059]

well uh you said you dont plan on changing stuff

 

but if i were you i wouldnt get the extra two fans because 1) the extra airflow isnt going to help that much 2) the noise is a lot more noticeable when you mount fans on the top (have the same case sitting next to me as i speak)

i also would change the power supply since corsair cx ones are not very good (had one before, failed after a year, now i use an evga one)

Ok, I'll upgrade the PSU 53 weeks after using... and I'm honestly not too worried about noise since I can throw some headphones on and block that out

[AlwaysFSX]

Changes made, look at this guide for reasoning.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($176.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($82.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($239.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 White ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec Green 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series White 2 pack 52.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($20.49 @ OutletPC)
Other: Razer Abyssus ($49.99)
Other: Razer DeathStalker Essential  ($49.99)
Other: Razer Goliath Control Edition - Medium ($19.99)
Total: $929.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-17 23:22 EDT-0400

[masked106]

I would get this instead of a 290x

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx970gaming4g

[poker1059]

I'd simply recommend that you save for a better gpu, because I've used more thatn 2GB memory in Insurgency... You may not be made of money, but surely you have a job? 

I'm 14 I can't get a legal job, and I live in mostly a poor town, but I'm moving to a different state so hopefully there'll be more opportunity for jobs  

[Clyne]

Way better off with Intel unless you got a very good reason going to FX.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($251.98 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock Slim 67.8 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($42.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($43.75 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Patriot Blaze 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($262.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.00 @ NCIX US) 

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($26.00 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $936.55

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-17 23:22 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ NCIX US) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus Z87-Pro (V Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($94.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($36.11 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Patriot Blaze 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.00 @ NCIX US) 

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($26.00 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $946.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-17 23:21 EDT-0400

BTW getting Corsair AF fans is a bad idea as they are noisy AF. I'm using AF120 PE fans and so loud. Go for some Rosewill Hyperboreas instead.

BTW what's your reason for 16GB of RAM......

[Amazingasian]

No ye are fired! lol jk, good list just not my theme 

 

What's your "theme"?

[BigDay]

i'd never go amd

[poker1059]

What's your "theme"?

red black and a bit of white

[poker1059]

I'd simply recommend that you save for a better gpu, because I've used more thatn 2GB memory in Insurgency... You may not be made of money, but surely you have a job? 

There's a 4gb version of the 960 should I get that instead

[Amazingasian]

red black and a bit of white

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ Micro Center) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Mwave) 

Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.49 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($357.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Directron) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $946.29

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-17 23:38 EDT-0400

[RYANNOSAURAS]

Just give us a price limit and we can get things done. W/O a price limit, I don't know at what point I should say "ok, that's the best build for x dollars"

[Thunder Down Under]

I made a list for you. The 8320 is cheaper but it is the same processor as the 8350. The motherboard is the newest AMD chipset so you shouldn't have to go through the hassle of updating the Bios. The ram matches and is faster for only $2 more so why not. You get your SSD for your OS and programs and a 1TB storage drive. You get a much better GPU and PSU. Lastly some red led fan, the 92mm fan is to add to the back of your CPU cooler for better performance with push pull and of corse some red led 120mm to add to the case and for the best cooling I recommend putting one of the corsair fans that is on the list in the top front mount the other in the back and putting the fan thats included in the case in the bottom front mount.  P.S. Having a overall balanced system is more important than trying to go Intel and don't listen to anyone who tries to tell you anything different. If you have to cut corners just to get a Intel processor it's not worth it and from what i've seen most people who say AMD processor's are crap have never even used one and are just repeating things they heard or saw other people say.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DtCXQ7