New build, just checking it will work (in theory)

[MagicSam]

Hello everyone and thanks in advance for stopping by, I'm planning my first PC build and pretty sure it should all work together but wanted to check with those in the know. 

 

I am wanting it for gaming (1080p 30-60 fps at high to med settings) and some photoshop/light video editing work for my website. The parts I'm looking at are:

 

Case - Cougar MX310 Black Mid Tower Case

Mobo - ASRock B150M-Pro4 Motherboard

Memory - Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK8GX4M2A2133C13R 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 Red

CPU - Intel Core i5 6500

Video Card - MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2GB

SSD - Intel 535 Series 120GB 2.5in SSD

HDD - Western Digital WD Blue 1TB WD10EZEX

Optical Drive - ASUS DRW-24D5MT 24x DVD Writer

PSU - Corsair VS550 ATX Power Supply (I would like advice about this especially i.e is it compatible and reliable?) 

OS - Microsoft Windows 8.1 32/64-bit Retail DVD

 

I live in Australia and all up this will cost $1350 including delivery from PC Case Gear. I have a logitech gaming mouse and keyboard already and I'll be hooking this rig into my 1080p tv until I get back from vegas in a few months (so if it is worth waiting to pick up some stuff while I'm over in the States I'll happily wait). The only other thing I can think of to let you guys know is I don't really have a preference when it comes to AMD vs Intel or Nvida but I want to play Fallout 4 and it doesn't seem to work as well on budget AMD cards from what I've read and their cpus seem to be about the same price for ones that perform equal when it comes to photoshop. Also trying to keep it as cheap as possible so I have more spending money for my holiday. 

 

Thank you again 

[beach_boy98]

Yup this will work. Consider putting it together on pcpartpicker.com because it automatically detects compatibility. Personally I would grab a r9 380 4gb  for more raw GPU performance and Vram. That PSU is a bit meh. Consider an EVGA or something like that. Windows can be has for quite cheap on Reddit. And I have had no issues with it personally. Other than that it all looks good. Happy building.

[Streetguru]

Hello everyone and thanks in advance for stopping by, I'm planning my first PC build and pretty sure it should all work together but wanted to check with those in the know.

http://www.techspot.com/review/1089-fallout-4-benchmarks/page2.html

 

Probably isn't worth it to lose performance overall in every other game with a 960 vs 380, the 380 is overall the better choice, more so for higher resolutions, but that's true for now of AMD cards in general

 

plus the AMD card has potentially better DX12/Vulkan support, but mostly you save money with a free-sync display vs a g-sync display

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/KyQKf7

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/KyQKf7/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($294.00 @ IJK)

Motherboard: Asus H170-PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($172.00 @ Umart)

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.50 @ Centre Com)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.00 @ Centre Com)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ Centre Com)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($319.00 @ PLE Computers)

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Mwave Australia)

Power Supply: Cooler Master VSM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($131.00 @ IJK)

Total: $1228.49

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-29 22:14 AEDT+1100

[MagicSam]

Yup this will work. Consider putting it together on pcpartpicker.com because it automatically detects compatibility. Personally I would grab a r9 380 4gb  for more raw GPU performance and Vram. That PSU is a bit meh. Consider an EVGA or something like that. Windows can be has for quite cheap on Reddit. And I have had no issues with it personally. Other than that it all looks good. Happy building.

 

Thanks for the quick reply, sorry its taken me so long to get to it. What would your thoughts be on a XFX TS 550w power supply? And thanks heaps for the tip about reddit.

[MagicSam]

http://www.techspot.com/review/1089-fallout-4-benchmarks/page2.html

 

Probably isn't worth it to lose performance overall in every other game with a 960 vs 380, the 380 is overall the better choice, more so for higher resolutions, but that's true for now of AMD cards in general

 

 

Thanks heaps for going to all that trouble, I've played around with my build and without windows (getting it off of reddit) it will cost $1225 after postage and I watched the video thank you but when I say gaming I more mean Fallout, Elder Scrolls and maybe a-bit of Civ 5 (I have 1200 hours combined on Fallout titles and another 700+ on Elder Scroll games, I don't have time for other games ahahah) so I'm manly playing old titles, Fallout 4 being the only new one and the R9 380 gets the same FPS as a 950 because of drivers apparently. All this stuff goes over my head I've just been looking at as many benchmarks as possible. For Fallout 4 there is a huge difference running on the same i5 the 380 drops to 30fps where as the 960 has a low of 42fps but thank you

[MagicSam]

And Happy New Year to you both 

[beach_boy98]

Thanks for the quick reply, sorry its taken me so long to get to it. What would your thoughts be on a XFX TS 550w power supply? And thanks heaps for the tip about reddit.

Its better. It would be my next upgrade after you build the PC though.

[Streetguru]

Thanks heaps for going to all that trouble, I've played around with my build and without windows (getting it off of reddit) it will cost $1225 after postage and I watched the video thank you but when I

You might as well just "find" windows somewhere if you were going to buy a key off reddit

 

it's partly the drivers and partly because of the tessellation inside of fallout 4.

[MagicSam]

You might as well just "find" windows somewhere if you were going to buy a key off reddit

 

it's partly the drivers and partly because of the tessellation inside of fallout 4.

 

Thank you, sorry to be a pain but do you think AMD will update their drivers and is the tessellation something that could be fixed by downloading a texture pack off of Nexus? Thank you heaps again and yeah after conversion I think I'll just get the full version on disk or usb of windows that way I'm not dealing with any OEM or potential malware or bloatware in the ISO 

[MagicSam]

Its better. It would be my next upgrade after you build the PC though.

 Thanks man 

[Streetguru]

Thank you, sorry to be a pain but do you think AMD will update their drivers and is the tessellation something that could be fixed by downloading a texture pack off of Nexus? Thank you heaps again and yeah after conversion I think I'll just get the full version on disk or usb of windows that way I'm not dealing with any OEM or potential malware or bloatware in the ISO 

To fix the tessellation you have to disable the god rays in the game which improves performance a good deal for both sides

http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/2180-fallout-4-volumetric-lighting-benchmark-and-disable

Long as you know where to look is fine, microsoft is screwed either way, might as well save yourself some cash