H440 build

[Clanscorpia]

After (Painfully) streching my budget to get the case I wanted (Black and Blue H440) I change up my build a little for P to P. I chose the little bit more expensive mobo becuase I wanted one with good looking heatsinks and its not much more than the H97 version and allows more upgradability. The PSU is overkill because I can easily reuse when I upgrade big time when the new Fury's come out. I'm contemplating going Skylake for better upgradability but I don't know how much more it would cost. He's my idea.

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3n6YMp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3n6YMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($304.18 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G43 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($168.37 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($67.78 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($361.57 @ NCIX)
Case: NZXT H440 (Blue/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($164.41 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($140.18 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1206.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-23 14:45 EST-0500

 

Thanks!

[TheRandomness]

What about storage?

[Goodman2265]

why a locked CPU with Z97

[DXMember]

you could get

NZXT S340 - Black + Blue

it's like half the price and it pretty much the same

[Clanscorpia]

you could get

NZXT S340 - Black + Blue

it's like half the price and it pretty much the same

40 dollars less and has gotten lots of complaints of scratching, and the cable management isnt the best.

[Clanscorpia]

What about storage?

I have HDD's lying around I'm going to use then an SSD later when I can afford it

[Clanscorpia]

why a locked CPU with Z97

Best value and was basically the only decent looking ATX board under 170 CAD

[DXMember]

40 dollars less and has gotten lots of complaints of scratching, and the cable management isnt the best.

what scratching? H440 and S340 are made of the same components

S340 has the Cable managment cover, Cable managment with that is more effortless than h440

[Clanscorpia]

what scratching? H440 and S340 are made of the same components

S340 has the Cable managment cover, Cable managment with that is more effortless than h440

H440 has rubber grommets and the decent looking basement for PSU and HDD

[DXMember]

H440 has rubber grommets and the decent looking basement for PSU and HDD

so does the S340, but instead of gremmets it uses the metal cover that looks a lot better

but anyway, why is your R9 380 so expensive? like WTF???

 

for the $40 you could try getting a one tier up GPU or get the unlocked K CPU instead, no?

[Clanscorpia]

so does the S340, but instead of gremmets it uses the metal cover that looks a lot better

but anyway, why is your R9 380 so expensive? like WTF???

I have 13% tax in PCPP on.  And I prefer the grommets actually, the cover stands out to much  for me

[TheRandomness]

I have HDD's lying around I'm going to use then an SSD later when I can afford it

Powercolor PCS+ R9 380 is just as good as the MSI one yet cheaper but get the MSI if you're so inclined.

The 4590 can be swapped for a 4460 to save money.

550W is fine for your rig, 750-850W is enough for crossfire 390s but 650W is that awkward spot that is only needed if you're LN2 overclocking or something.