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[NathanTheKid]

Any problems? Is it good for BF4, COD, ext. Thanks http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N38LmG

[The Official Czex]

Any problems? Is it good for BF4, COD, ext. Thanks http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N38LmG

 

It's good. You might not want the Z97 board since you can't OC, but if you're planning on upgrading the chip in the future it's solid.

[OAcesync]

Any problems? Is it good for BF4, COD, ext. Thanks http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N38LmG

Better PSU

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

[ThinkWithPortals]

You could ditch the Z97 board seeing as you can't OC and spend the savings on an SSD boot drive.

 

Better PSU

This might be a good idea too.

[Amazingasian]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($170.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card ($223.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($30.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($67.96 @ Amazon)

Other: Tek Republic TUC-2000 3.5" USB 2.0 CF/SDHC/SDXC/microSD/MicroSDXC/miniSD/MMC/MS/XD All-In-One Internal Card Reader ($8.99)

Other: Windows 7 Pro ($20.00)

Total: $669.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-30 16:10 EDT-0400

[NathanTheKid]

It's good. You might not want the Z97 board since you can't OC, but if you're planning on upgrading the chip in the future it's solid.

How is this? Gpu still good enough? http://pcpartpicker.com/user/NathanTheKid/saved/pP7bt6

[The Cool n00B]

Did anyone notice the "LmG" in the original url?

[don_svetlio]

Don't get CX.

[don_svetlio]

How is this? Gpu still good enough? http://pcpartpicker.com/user/NathanTheKid/saved/pP7bt6

Don't buy the damn CX

[SteveGrabowski0]

Any problems? Is it good for BF4, COD, ext. Thanks http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N38LmG

 

You can find R9 290s for the price of that 280x, and the 290 is significantly stronger.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Don't buy the damn CX

 

Yeah, CX is not the PSU to go for with a higher power system like a 4690k + 280x (though op should really look at the 290).

[NathanTheKid]

You can find R9 290s for the price of that 280x, and the 290 is significantly stronger.

Do you reccomend any specific ones?

[The Official Czex]

Any problems? Is it good for BF4, COD, ext. Thanks http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N38LmG

 

This might serve you better:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($170.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E/CSM/C/SI Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($183.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($97.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $689.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-30 16:16 EDT-0400

[NathanTheKid]

This might serve you better:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($170.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E/CSM/C/SI Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($183.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($97.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $689.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-30 16:16 EDT-0400

Can you make one with a 4690k while still maintaing a low price and high performance?

[SteveGrabowski0]

Do you reccomend any specific ones?

 

This is the last of the cheap R9 290s:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131569

 

They have been discontinued by AMD (as has the 280x), but the 290s will still get great driver support since they're pretty much 390s with lower clocked video memory and 4GB instead of 8GB. Nothing touches the 290 for around $260. The R9 290 has been untouchable bang for your buck since last October, but the market is almost dry on them now.

 

 

And being an aftermarket 290, I'd imagine the performance would end up somewhere between the 290 and 290x shown in the benchmark above, as the reference 290/290x used horrible blower coolers that caused the GPU to throttle a lot. I wouldn't expect much overclocking out of the card I'm recommending, as the PowerColor PCS+, Sapphire Tri-X, MSI Lightning are the ones designed more for that, but even at stock an aftermarket 290 like this PowerColor TurboDuo should be incredible to 1080p gaming. I only say should because AMD had a pretty high return rate on their 200 series cards (some of them up to 17% or so), but that could also be because they were heavily used at 100% load 24/7 by litecoin miners in 2014.

[don_svetlio]

This is the last of the cheap R9 290s:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131569

 

They have been discontinued by AMD (as has the 280x), but the 290s will still get great driver support since they're pretty much 390s with lower clocked video memory and 4GB instead of 8GB. Nothing touches the 290 for around $260. The R9 290 has been untouchable bang for your buck since last October, but the market is almost dry on them now.

 

 

 

And being an aftermarket 290, I'd imagine the performance would end up somewhere between the 290 and 290x shown in the benchmark above, as the reference 290/290x used horrible blower coolers that caused the GPU to throttle a lot. I wouldn't expect much overclocking out of the card I'm recommending, as the PowerColor PCS+, Sapphire Tri-X, MSI Lightning are the ones designed more for that, but even at stock an aftermarket 290 like this PowerColor TurboDuo should be incredible to 1080p gaming. I only say should because AMD had a pretty high return rate on their 200 series cards (some of them up to 17% or so), but that could also be because they were heavily used at 100% load 24/7 by litecoin miners in 2014.

yep - cryptocurrency miners abused Tahiti a lot - that was not helped by dumb 280 and 280X desings by Asus, MSI and XFX