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Hello! Our house only has 1 computer, and its a mac... so I decided to build my own computer to have my own files stored safely and to game. Macs are not good with that if you have never tried. The objects with a dash are the ones I still need to buy. Here are the specs;

 

550-watt power supply from cooler master

480gb Extreme Pro SSD from SanDisk

GTX960SSC graphics card from EVGA

Chaser A31 case from ThermalTake

- z97-a Motherboard from ASUS

- i7 4790k Proc from Intel

- 8GB of HyperX FURY ram from Kingston

- basic optical drive that isn't special

- wifi adaptor because I'm too lazy to get a wifi card

- probably something I forgot.

 

And new peripherals that I got:

Razer Blackwidow Chroma from Razer

Torq x10 mouse from EVGA

USB 3.0 hub from DLink

g430 Headset from Logitech

AC1200 router from DLink

super fancy fabric mouse pad of pure fancy

- New chair

- Better monitor (for future)

 

What do you think? Should I exchange anything for upgrade anything? Btw I need a name for my build. I was thinking Anethesios!

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you may have been better getting 4690k cpu and an AMD 390 gpu and maybe 16 gb ram 

 

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CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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Get the R9 390 it is worth the extra cost.

My Work in Progress PC http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/522048-xeon-build/ <-- That PC was built but never booted:(

My Work in Progress PC 2.0 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/540583-xeon-build-20-code-name-xenox (Hopefully this one boots.) 

 

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I don't know what your budget is... but I made this for you 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($227.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($62.99 @ Micro Center) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($609.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($259.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1533.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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it's good for anything. you can take off what you have/don't want.
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I don't know what your budget is... but I made this for you 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($227.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($62.99 @ Micro Center) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($609.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($259.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1533.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-17 21:10 EST-0500
 
 
it's good for anything. you can take off what you have/don't want.

 

Thank you for the suggestion but I have a lot of reasons why I went with that I went with. 

-I went with the i7 for future overclocking. originally I wanted to go with the 4690K but it's not overclockable.

-I'm definitely going with a different CPU cooler because I have heard the stock one does not work well.

-there isn't much to change about the mobo, I just prefer ASUS over MSI (long story)

-memory is the same

-I didn't want a hard drive because I don't need even half a TB. My current computer has 1 TB and I have TONS of junk on it and I haven't even taken up 1/5 of space

-I wanted to get a GTX980 ti but I don't care much for graphics because I don't play graphic intensive games. specifically space engineers, TF2, CS-GO, and a few misc

-I don't like white cases. Only black and blue. the A31 matches my headphones and keyboard perfectly

-I like modular PSU's but tbh tightly packing the extra cables together is fine by me.

-I don't need a new monitor for a bit. I already have a few spare nice ones.

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Yep your good. However i did hear that some i7 4790k processors overheat way too much if have a little extra dough go for 6700k its a refresh from the 4790k processor. Otherwise pray and hope you win the silicon lottery. Good luck

Motherboard: Asus Z97-Deluxe, Processor: Intel i7-4790K@4.3GHz@1.150Volts, GPU: Asus ROG GTX980 Matrix (with a NZXT G10 bracket and a nzxt x41 AIO liquid cooler), Ram: Kingston HyperX 32GB 1866MHz CL10, PSU: Corsair Hx1200i, Storage: 1TB Seagate SSHD with a Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB SSD, Display: BenQ XL2411Z, Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB, Mouse: Razer Deathadder chroma.  

 

pc part picker list:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/hu0210/saved/#view=qHK6XL

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Yep your good. However i did hear that some i7 4790k processors overheat way too much if have a little extra dough go for 6700k its a refresh from the 4790k processor. Otherwise pray and hope you win the silicon lottery. Good luck

don't worry I'm going with a non-stock CPU cooler

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Thank you for the suggestion but I have a lot of reasons why I went with that I went with. 

-I went with the i7 for future overclocking. originally I wanted to go with the 4690K but it's not overclockable.

-I'm definitely going with a different CPU cooler because I have heard the stock one does not work well.

-there isn't much to change about the mobo, I just prefer ASUS over MSI (long story)

-memory is the same

-I didn't want a hard drive because I don't need even half a TB. My current computer has 1 TB and I have TONS of junk on it and I haven't even taken up 1/5 of space

-I wanted to get a GTX980 ti but I don't care much for graphics because I don't play graphic intensive games. specifically space engineers, TF2, CS-GO, and a few misc

-I don't like white cases. Only black and blue. the A31 matches my headphones and keyboard perfectly

-I like modular PSU's but tbh tightly packing the extra cables together is fine by me.

-I don't need a new monitor for a bit. I already have a few spare nice ones.

hmm, if you're not going for graphic intensive games then you shouldn't get an i7.. unless you're doing a lot of work and stuff, i'd go with a i5-6600k if you want.. overclockable and an r9 390 or something like that. and i mean, it's a semi modular so you basically just have 24 pin and 8 pin together, and you can take off the monitor if you want... and just add an ssd and stuff

 

edit1. and also, if you want you can get an h100i, or something else... a noctua would be good.

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hmm, if you're not going for graphic intensive games then you shouldn't get an i7.. unless you're doing a lot of work and stuff, i'd go with a i5-6600k if you want.. overclockable and an r9 390 or something like that. and i mean, it's a semi modular so you basically just have 24 pin and 8 pin together, and you can take off the monitor if you want... and just add an ssd and stuff

 

edit1. and also, if you want you can get an h100i, or something else... a noctua would be good.

I don't know I don't go for i5 processors because I heard there is no hyper-threading.

Motherboard: Asus Z97-Deluxe, Processor: Intel i7-4790K@4.3GHz@1.150Volts, GPU: Asus ROG GTX980 Matrix (with a NZXT G10 bracket and a nzxt x41 AIO liquid cooler), Ram: Kingston HyperX 32GB 1866MHz CL10, PSU: Corsair Hx1200i, Storage: 1TB Seagate SSHD with a Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB SSD, Display: BenQ XL2411Z, Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB, Mouse: Razer Deathadder chroma.  

 

pc part picker list:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/hu0210/saved/#view=qHK6XL

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Thank you for the suggestion but I have a lot of reasons why I went with that I went with. 

-I went with the i7 for future overclocking. originally I wanted to go with the 4690K but it's not overclockable.

-I'm definitely going with a different CPU cooler because I have heard the stock one does not work well.

-there isn't much to change about the mobo, I just prefer ASUS over MSI (long story)

-memory is the same

-I didn't want a hard drive because I don't need even half a TB. My current computer has 1 TB and I have TONS of junk on it and I haven't even taken up 1/5 of space

-I wanted to get a GTX980 ti but I don't care much for graphics because I don't play graphic intensive games. specifically space engineers, TF2, CS-GO, and a few misc

-I don't like white cases. Only black and blue. the A31 matches my headphones and keyboard perfectly

-I like modular PSU's but tbh tightly packing the extra cables together is fine by me.

-I don't need a new monitor for a bit. I already have a few spare nice ones.

 

 

-If you're going future proof get the latest platform, Z97 is already replaced. Also the 4690K is over clockable, you should do some research prior to buying these things. All K series Intel CPUs are overclockable. The difference between i7 and i5 is i7 has hyper threading 

 

Ryzen Ram Guide

 

My Project Logs   Iced Blood    Temporal Snow    Temporal Snow Ryzen Refresh

 

CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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