Good $1500 CAD

[Clanscorpia]

This PC is meant to last 6-7 years with minimal upgrades. Any good?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/ppMm99
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/ppMm99/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($431.00 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($37.01 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($169.98 @ NCIX)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($100.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($52.95 @ NCIX)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.01 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($439.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Rosewill STEALTH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1489.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-15 23:14 EST-0500

[ThatOneRussian]

it wont last 6-7 years

its good but wont last that long

[Clanscorpia]

I wont be doing much triple A titles gaming except maybe racing and sports games and mmo's and CS:GO. And I dont mind turning down settings

[ThatOneRussian]

I wont be doing much triple A titles gaming except maybe racing and sports games and mmo's and CS:GO. And I dont mind turning down settings

itll be good then youll have to possibly upgrade the gpu maybe in 3-4 years though when more vram may be needed.

[Clanscorpia]

Ok, if so I'll probably just crossfire it and get a better psu to handle another gpu and put the old one in a build for maybe my parents

[CostcoSamples1]

It is a good build, but I have a couple suggestions:

 

- GPU is good but expect to upgrade in 3 years.  At that time you can either add a used 390 for CF, or sell it and get something new (I recommend getting something new if possible).  Also, 650 watt PSU is a bit tight for CF if that is your plan.

- storage is OK but expect to upgrade that in a couple years as well.

- the Hyper 212 is good but has a sleeve bearing fan which will probably die in about 3 years.  If possible, add a Noctua NF-F12 to that heatsink (or just get a Noctua cooler).  My Noctua CPU cooler is 8 years old and still running strong.

[Clanscorpia]

What GPU would you recommend then? Remember I'm not doing much AAA gaming. And I'm not one to care about maxing settings. I dont do much storing so I think 1.120 TB will be good. I think I'll just pay a little extra for a better fan.

[Clanscorpia]

Better CPU cooler sorry

[stconquest]

$3 more:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($483.01 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.4 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($39.78 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($133.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($115.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($52.95 @ NCIX)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.01 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($399.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.75 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ NCIX)  <<Crossfire ready
Total: $1473.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-16 14:39 EST-0500

[Clanscorpia]

Wow, that's a sweet build I think I'll go for that just with the MSI GPU Thanks!

[Clanscorpia]

Hows this? It's slightly edited:

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/hKgKwP
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/hKgKwP/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($483.01 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.4 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($39.78 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($143.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($77.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.01 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($439.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.75 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($167.38 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1499.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-16 17:19 EST-0500

[stconquest]

Hows this? It's slightly edited:

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/hKgKwP

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/hKgKwP/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($483.01 @ Vuugo)

CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.4 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($39.78 @ DirectCanada)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($143.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($77.50 @ Vuugo)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.01 @ Vuugo)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($439.99 @ Newegg Canada)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.75 @ Vuugo)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($167.38 @ DirectCanada)

Total: $1499.40

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-16 17:19 EST-0500

 

You are wasting money on that PSU.  The B2 is a high quality Superflower unit and is $50 cheaper.  I would have gone with a PSU in the 550W-650W range, but the B2 is priced right.

 

Your SSD is missing.

 

You dropped down to 8GB of RAM.

 

So your build is $9 more than mine and you lose half the RAM and the SSD... but gain a fully modular PSU(as opposed to semi-modular) and a GPU with a slightly better cooler.  Meh.

[Clanscorpia]

Lots of people have said MSI is the way to go, and I thought that the 850w was from an older generation of PSU's? And tons of people have said the performance difference between the 6700K and 4790K isn't worth the price difference.

[stconquest]

Lots of people have said MSI is the way to go, and I thought that the 850w was from an older generation of PSU's? And tons of people have said the performance difference between the 6700K and 4790K isn't worth the price difference.

 

So where are those people?  :lol:

 

The PCS+ is $40 cheaper, nothing wrong with it. 

 

What does the generation of PSUs matter?  I am serious... if the B2(Superflower) is one year older than the G2(Seasonic), what does that mean?

 

The difference between Haswell and Skylake is very real and the cost is now negligible.

 

I guess you have never had a SSD before to just remove it.    I don't even keep mechanical drives in my PC anymore.

[Clanscorpia]

Tom's Hardware people said that and the other people in my threads on builds have said the G2 is much better. I'm going to try to slightly edit it now.

[Clanscorpia]

And I have never owned an SSD

[Clanscorpia]

And the MSI part was earlier in this thread.

[stconquest]

Tom's Hardware people said that and the other people in my threads on builds have said the G2 is much better. I'm going to try to slightly edit it now.

 

The G2 is not higher quality regarding it's power delivery over the B2...read a review or two:  http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=377 

 

And I have never owned an SSD

 

I know.

 

And the MSI part was earlier in this thread.

 

So, please tell me why the MSI is better then. 

[Clanscorpia]

That's just what they said, I don't know why

[Clanscorpia]

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Vb7nzy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Vb7nzy/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($483.01 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.4 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($39.78 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($143.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($127.70 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.90 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.01 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($439.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.75 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.64 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1556.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-16 18:52 EST-0500

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