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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($241.98 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T4 70.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($14.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($127.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $65.00) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $65.00) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card  ($198.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $100.00) 

Case Fan: Masscool BLD-12025V1R 60.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Masscool BLD-12025V1R 60.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Masscool BLD-12025V1R 60.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Masscool BLD-12025V1R 60.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Other:  Windows 7 Professional ($21.86)

Total: $972.33

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-13 16:17 EDT-0400

 

Thoughts...

[Stardar1]

for gaming, may be better off with a 390 and a 4460

 

EDIT: also, thats a lot of fans

[Aereldor]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($241.98 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T4 70.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($14.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($127.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $65.00) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $65.00) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card  ($198.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $100.00) 

Case Fan: Masscool BLD-12025V1R 60.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Masscool BLD-12025V1R 60.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Masscool BLD-12025V1R 60.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Masscool BLD-12025V1R 60.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Other:  Windows 7 Professional ($21.86)

Total: $972.33

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-13 16:17 EDT-0400

 

Thoughts...

 

Looks good, although the Hyper 212 EVO is a far superior air cooler at just a few bucks over the T4.

Could have gone with some mass storage instead of the second SSD, but everyone has different needs to address.

Not taking advantage of dual channel operation on the RAM side of things. You could always buy a second stick of the same ram, but that wouldn't be the same as a set rated to run in dual-channel, and it might just end up running in single channel.

[S7117]

Overall it looks pretty good. Platinum may be a bit overkill but it will work. If you want to save some money you can bump it down to gold.

[Stardar1]

Overall it looks pretty good. Platinum may be a bit overkill but it will work. If you want to save some money you can bump it down to gold.

(purchased)

[S7117]

Looks good, although the Hyper 212 EVO is a far superior air cooler at just a few bucks over the T4.

Could have gone with some mass storage instead of the second SSD, but everyone has different needs to address.

Not taking advantage of dual channel operation on the RAM side of things. You could always buy a second stick of the same ram, but that wouldn't be the same as a set rated to run in dual-channel, and it might just end up running in single channel.

I agree with him 212 evo is just a few more dollars. dual channel RAM is not a must though.

[S7117]

(purchased)

ah ok didnt see that.

[Aereldor]

for gaming, may be better off with a 390 and a 4460

 

EDIT: also, thats a lot of fans

There's a good point. Unless you want to do some seriously CPU-intense work and are going to overclock that 4690k, the i5 4460 will hold down the fort for pretty much anything and would have let you put more money towards the graphics card- the most important component of a gaming pc. However, having a slightly better processor makes for a more well-rounded machine for tasks outside of gaming- namely video editing, rendering, streaming, and the likes.

Also, even though the coolers on both your CPU and GPU are decent, it's probably worth noting that this thing will be a jet engine under load, especially if you overclock that 4690k, which you should if you've bought it and a cooler. Those masscool fans aren't famous for being the most quiet, and since your build is still air-cooled, they're going to ramp way up- which will be loud with four in the case. Still, that bothers me a lot more than it bothers other people, and ergo, might not bother you as much.

[Stardar1]

There's a good point. Unless you want to do some seriously CPU-intense work and are going to overclock that 4690k, the i5 4460 will hold down the fort for pretty much anything and would have let you put more money towards the graphics card- the most important component of a gaming pc. However, having a slightly better processor makes for a more well-rounded machine for tasks outside of gaming- namely video editing, rendering, streaming, and the likes.

Also, even though the coolers on both your CPU and GPU are decent, it's probably worth noting that this thing will be a jet engine under load, especially if you overclock that 4690k, which you should if you've bought it and a cooler. Those masscool fans aren't famous for being the most quiet, and since your build is still air-cooled, they're going to ramp way up- which will be loud with four in the case. Still, that bothers me a lot more than it bothers other people, and ergo, might not bother you as much.

that... that was beautiful

 

also yeah, for OCing that CPU, 212 EVO does well, or a closed loop liquid cooler for $40 more

 

also, for an extra $50 Skylake + DDR4

[Paytend01]

If you are getting that many fans, you can get the spec 1 or 2... for cheaper

[Mohenjo]

i wouldve not gotten the SSDs ( gotten a 1tb hard drive) and wouldve tried to get a 390 then get an ssd later on. but thats just me 

[Stardar1]

if you want the 4690k/380, do this:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LKQnD3

[PCPartPickerPro9171787]

Looks good, although the Hyper 212 EVO is a far superior air cooler at just a few bucks over the T4.

Could have gone with some mass storage instead of the second SSD, but everyone has different needs to address.

Not taking advantage of dual channel operation on the RAM side of things. You could always buy a second stick of the same ram, but that wouldn't be the same as a set rated to run in dual-channel, and it might just end up running in single channel.

I with I could get the Hyper 212 EVO but it will not fit in my case.

As for the SSD, I have a 3 TB external hard drive that I will use to back up my 2 SSDs in Raid 0

[JefferyD90]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($241.98 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T4 70.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($14.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($127.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $65.00) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $65.00) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card  ($198.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $100.00) 

Case Fan: Masscool BLD-12025V1R 60.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Masscool BLD-12025V1R 60.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Masscool BLD-12025V1R 60.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Masscool BLD-12025V1R 60.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Other:  Windows 7 Professional ($21.86)

Total: $972.33

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-13 16:17 EDT-0400

 

Thoughts...

 

Go Skylake.

[S7117]

i wouldve not gotten the SSDs ( gotten a 1tb hard drive) and wouldve tried to get a 390 then get an ssd later on. but thats just me 

I agree one ssd and a 1TB hard drive would probably been better

I like the Samsung 850 EVO + they are on sale quite a lot

[S7117]

I with I could get the Hyper 212 EVO but it will not fit in my case.

As for the SSD, I have a 3 TB external hard drive that I will use to back up my 2 SSDs in Raid 0

well that takes care of that. haha

[PCPartPickerPro9171787]

well that takes care of that. haha

Besides, The i5 runs pretty anyway and I will be using Artic 5 

[PCPartPickerPro9171787]

for gaming, may be better off with a 390 and a 4460

 

EDIT: also, thats a lot of fans

Well the problem is that right know my monitor is a 720p Samsung flat screen TV. However, all the parts that I have out in have the potental to support a R9 390 or above so at some point I plan on upgrading my graphics card and visual display all in one pop. 

[PCPartPickerPro9171787]

I agree one ssd and a 1TB hard drive would probably been better

I like the Samsung 850 EVO + they are on sale quite a lot

At some point I will probably get a hard drive

[Aereldor]

Getting two SSDs might be overdoing it, but getting one goes a long way, especially since hard disk drives prices are dropping about twice as fast as other computer components. It won't be long before a WD 1TB 7200RPM drive is around $35.