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The Masterplan?

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So to start of, I have been digging around a LOT and watched a LOT of reviews on hardware. During this digging i noted down what was good and what was bad. Now I am going to build my very first gaming pc aiming to max out settings in most possible games @ 1080 and 1440p. However i am in a bit of a predicament regarding cpu's and gpu's. Now a big heads up before you go all "But this is better! Get this one" I am in a limited market when it comes to parts because I am in Norway. Secondly i have a budget og around 9 500 - 10 000 Norwegian krones (1000 - 1150 USD)

 

Now onto parts:

 

Case: Fractal Design Define R5

 

CPU: Intel core i5-4460

 

CPU Cooler: CM Hyper TX3 Evo

 

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 Nitro 8GB GDDR5

 

Motherboard: ASUS Z97-P

 

PSU: Cooler Master B650M 650W

 

RAM: HyperX Fury 2x4GB @ 1600MHz

 

HDD: Barracuda 1TB

 

SSD: HyperX Fury 120GB

 

Total Price 9 973 Kr or 1138 USD

 

I'm not sure how it will preform bit i think i managed to get the most bang for my buck with this build

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Agree maybe bump to a 750w unit to allow overclocking room for the gpu if you want it. Those AMD cards do draw quite a bit of juice. 

Not in that way. He'd be fine with 450W (550W for headroom) on that system + Nvidia cards draw around 30W less. I meant in the way of quality of the internal components.

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Agree maybe bump to a 750w unit to allow overclocking room for the gpu if you want it. Those AMD cards do draw quite a bit of juice. 

Not the capacity, even 550W would be fine. It's not very good quality is the problem. Go here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/406160-psu-ranking-and-tiers/ and pick anything from Tiers 1 or 2 between 550 and 650W that fits your budget.

Project White Lightning (My ITX Gaming PC): Core i5-4690K | CRYORIG H5 Ultimate | ASUS Maximus VII Impact | HyperX Savage 2x8GB DDR3 | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Black 1TB | Sapphire RX 480 8GB NITRO+ OC | Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX | Corsair AX760 | LG 29UM67 | CM Storm Quickfire Ultimate | Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | HyperX Cloud II | Logitech Z333

Benchmark Results: 3DMark Firestrike: 10,528 | SteamVR VR Ready (avg. quality 7.1) | VRMark 7,004 (VR Ready)

 

Other systems I've built:

Core i3-6100 | CM Hyper 212 EVO | MSI H110M ECO | Corsair Vengeance LPX 1x8GB DDR4  | ADATA SP550 120GB | Seagate 500GB | EVGA ACX 2.0 GTX 1050 Ti | Fractal Design Core 1500 | Corsair CX450M

Core i5-4590 | Intel Stock Cooler | Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI | HyperX Savage 2x4GB DDR3 | Seagate 500GB | Intel Integrated HD Graphics | Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 | be quiet! Pure Power L8 350W

 

I am not a professional. I am not an expert. I am just a smartass. Don't try and blame me if you break something when acting upon my advice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Not in that way. He'd be fine with 450W (550W for headroom) on that system + Nvidia cards draw around 30W less. I meant in the way of quality of the internal components.

 

I know but i always go buy the idea of a power supply is one of the components that should last multiple builds so although i didn't need an 850W at the time I got it it allowed me upgrades without even thinking about it. Also i agree just buying quality in the first place solves alot of headaches. 

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So to start of, I have been digging around a LOT and watched a LOT of reviews on hardware. During this digging i noted down what was good and what was bad. Now I am going to build my very first gaming pc aiming to max out settings in most possible games @ 1080 and 1440p. However i am in a bit of a predicament regarding cpu's and gpu's. Now a big heads up before you go all "But this is better! Get this one" I am in a limited market when it comes to parts because I am in Norway. Secondly i have a budget og around 9 500 - 10 000 Norwegian krones (1000 - 1500 USD)

 

Now onto parts:

 

Case: Fractal Design Define R5

 

CPU: Intel core i5-4460

 

CPU Cooler: CM Hyper TX3 Evo

 

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 Nitro 8GB GDDR5

 

Motherboard: ASUS B85-PRO GAMER

 

PSU: Cooler Master B650M 650W

 

RAM: HyperX Fury 2x4GB @ 1600MHz

 

HDD: Barracuda 1TB

 

SSD: HyperX Fury 120GB

 

Total Price 9 973 Kr or 1138 USD

 

I'm not sure how it will preform bit i think i managed to get the most bang for my buck with this build

So i found this at almost the same price: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 GQ 80+ Gold Certified. Any good?

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So i found this at almost the same price: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 GQ 80+ Gold Certified. Any good?

Couldn't find the OEM anywhere but by its early indications with full Japanese capacitors and other things it doesn't seem bad. No real reviews out yet though so hard to say definitively.

My Build:

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CPU: i7 4770k GPU: GTX 780 Direct CUII Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero SSD: 840 EVO 250GB HDD: 2xSeagate 2 TB PSU: EVGA Supernova G2 650W

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Couldn't find the OEM anywhere but by its early indications with full Japanese capacitors and other things it doesn't seem bad. No real reviews out yet though so hard to say definitively.

People who bought it on the site say pretty much the same so it would indicate that there is no problems with it so far right?

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