My first build.

[HopingToWin]

Hello!

This is my first build. I need help choosing some parts and you can give me some tips for other parts.

 

* Currency - Euro.

* PC will be used for moderately heavy gaming (also I want it to be somewhat future ready).

* "VR ready" is not required.

* Budget is ~700 Euros (give or take a little).

* I prefer Nvidia GPU's

* Default CPU cooler is prefered, because I won't overclock

* OS is not required

* Don't suggest a case - I have one already chosen, but I don't know much about it, except that it's white, has a window, and I think it's "standart sized".

* The theme should be white and black.

 

My build so far:

 

CPU - AMD Athlon X4 840 FM2+ 3.1GHz (possibly underpowered?)

Motherboard - need help here!

RAM - Kingston HyperX Fury White 1600MHz (or 1866MHz)

HDD - WD Caviar Blue 1TB

SSD - Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB (for WIndows)

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB OC version (it's white and black)

PSU - Corsair CX600M 600W modular 80+ bronze (possibly overkill?)

 

Questions:

* Is this overall ok?

* Expected performance (for Skyrim with mods, GTA 5, etc.)?

* Should I change some of my parts?

[HKZeroFive]

Subpar PSU and I'd change that GPU to a R9 380.

 

I'll see what I can do with 700 euros.

 

EDIT: Left the case choice up to you. Maybe a SSD if you can afford to add it?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€187.84 @ Mindfactory) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€75.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€38.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€49.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (€216.31 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€63.37 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Total: €632.39

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 14:13 CET+0100

[Aereldor]

Subpar PSU and I'd change that GPU to a R9 380.

 

I'll see what I can do with 700 euros.

OP appears to prefer NVidia GPUs.

[Streetguru]

Hello!

Well assuming prices translate

 

Also Nvidia mid range GPUs are overall a decent ammount worse than AMD's GPU, the 380 is faster than the 960, and the 390 faster than the 970, more so for higher resolutions

 

If prices translate 100% from germany then you can easily get an i5 + 380 for that price

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/dFYVMp

Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/dFYVMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€187.84 @ Mindfactory)

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€91.44 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€38.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€49.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (€216.31 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (€40.55 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€77.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €702.11

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 14:06 CET+0100

 

 

 

OP appears to prefer NVidia GPUs.

No real reason to do that when you just get less performance, higher cost adaptive sync display, have less DX12/Vulkan support potentially, and have to give up your personal info for drivers

 

Though the 750ti is a good choice for some people, and the 950 is better than the 370 overall(though generally the /380960 even costly like slightly more and is a better choice, and of course the 980ti is the faster single GPU right now,

But in the mid range, AMD is the clear winner.

[HKZeroFive]

OP appears to prefer NVidia GPUs.

 

Doesn't negate the fact that the R9 380 offers better performance for value against the GTX 960.

 

Key word is 'prefer'.

[Aereldor]

Well, on that note, I believe there's a Powercolour R9 280x on Newegg for $170 after a $20 rebate, and an XFX 280x for $175

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131533

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150678&cm_re=r9_280x-_-14-150-678-_-Product

[DerpyMilk]

I went and designed this- Fits your budget, and is powerful

 

PCPartPicker

[Streetguru]

Well, on that note, I believe there's a Powercolour R9 280x on Newegg for $170 after a $20 rebate, and an XFX 280x for $175

 

Ya, but like only issue with the 280 cards is that they don't support free-sync because they're literally just 7950s and 7970s.

[HopingToWin]

So how about I merge the 2 best builds and get this:

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€200 @ a store in my country)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€75.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€38.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€49.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)

                Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" SSD (€46.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (€216.31 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€77.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Cost: ~705 Euros.

What do you think now?

[Streetguru]

So how about I merge the 2 best builds and get this:

Don't get a V300 SSD, the controllers were switched after reviews were released

 

Really just save the SSD money, and get either a 240gb SSD after a short while, or get a 480gb SSD later on, a 120gb ain't worth it, runs out too fast, even if you just put your OS on it, better to have more head room.