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First custom build ever after using laptops for ever ( when i bought it, it hurt my wallet) Here she is .

 

CPU 

Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I54690K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 

 

MOTHERBOARD 

MSI Z97 GAMING 5 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard 

 

GRAPHICS CARD 

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-3975-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card 

 

POWER SUPPLY 

EVGA 120-G1-0750-XR 80 PLUS GOLD 750 W 10 yr Warranty Fully Modular NVIDIA SLI Ready and Crossfire Support Continuous Power Supply

 RAM 
CORSAIR Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9R 

 

CASE 

Phanteks “ Enthoo Pro Series “ PH-ES614P_BK Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case 

 

Windows 7, 1tb hdd wd black. 120gb ssd kingston. How would you rate this build.

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That's pretty good, but you could have gotten a bit more performance for your money by going with an R9-390 instead of the 970. It's not a bad card, but the R9 beats it out at higher resolutions. Also which kingston SSD? Cos the V300's are really slow.

Everything else looks good!

7/10

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That's pretty good, but you could have gotten a bit more performance for your money by going with an R9-390 instead of the 970. It's not a bad card, but the R9 beats it out at higher resolutions. Also which kingston SSD? Cos the V300's are really slow.

Everything else looks good!

7/10

v300.....

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the ssd is probably one of the worst and the g1 psu from evga isnt great either, its the g2 ones you want

CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.6 ghz  Motherboard: Asus z170-a  Cooling: Corsair h80i GT GPU: EVGA GTX 970  Ram: G.Skill 2x8 gb ddr4 2400  PSU: EVGA G2 Supernova 550w  Case: Corsair 200r Storage: 250GB 850 EVO + 2x wd 1 tb drives

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