$1300 aud build check

[Killervolt]

Hey guys, I'm helping a friend plan a build that he hopes to build in a couple weeks. He will mostly play FPS games, and I've suggested this after a bit of questioning. He really cares about his colours, which explains the Motherboard choice and the extra LED strips. He already has a Hard drive, and his budget is $1300. Any suggestions?

Some questions:

Is the power supply reliable?

If he buys the windows 8.1 key, it costs $25 less- is the effort of upgrading wirth it?

Thanks.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.00)

Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($145.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.00)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.00)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 370 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($219.00)

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case ($81.00)

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Plus 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.00)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($125.00)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Keyboard: Logitech G710 Plus Wired Gaming Keyboard ($129.00)

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse ($59.00)

Other: PCCG RED LED Strip 30cm ($15.00)

Total: $1306.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-26 11:46 AEDT+1100

[JebKerman]

If ditching the SSD allows him to get a 380, I'd do that. otherwise looks pretty good.

[Guest]

Any particular reason for no hyper threading? 

[Killervolt]

Any particular reason for no hyper threading?

Yes. He is only gaming and xeons/i7's are too expensive.

[JebKerman]

Any particular reason for no hyper threading? 

?

[Killervolt]

If ditching the SSD allows him to get a 380, I'd do that. otherwise looks pretty good.

Yeah ok . . . Idk if he's willing to do that though. He could upgrade in the future, mostly playing bf4 and CS:GO at 1080p

[Guest]

Yes. He is only gaming and xeons/i7's are too expensive.

some i5's have hyperthreading and some games can benefit from hyperthreading 

[Killervolt]

some i5's have hyperthreading and some games can benefit from hyperthreading

No i5's have hyperthreading. Are you confusing hyperthreading with overclocking?

ark.intel.com

[Guest]

No i5's have hyperthreading. Are you confusing hyperthreading with overclocking?

ark.intel.com

wtf are you sure I thought they did

 

wtf after researching apparently they don't... what the ****?

[SPAS-ID]

GPU>SSD bro, get 1TB Barracuda and get 380 or 960

Any particular reason for no hyper threading?

4460 will run every game tho ( why you asking for HyperThreading ? )

[SPAS-ID]

Yeah ok . . . Idk if he's willing to do that though. He could upgrade in the future, mostly playing bf4 and CS:GO at 1080p

4460 is enough if you just playing BF4 (SP&MP) and CSGO ( cause i have it )

[The Official Czex]

some i5's have hyperthreading and some games can benefit from hyperthreading 

 

That's OCing. Only i3s, i7s, and Xeons have hyperthreading.