Good high end PC or nah?

[NateThura]

Hi guys, I just recently signed up for a Linus tech tips account. In fact, I've only signed up less than 5 minutes ago. So anyways, I am planning on building a new high end gaming PC and was wondering if any of you guys can give tips and recommendations of my pick of parts. I've done a lot of research but I have no practical skills as of yet.

 

-Intel Core i5 4690k

-Asus Direct CU3 R9 390 Strix

-Msi Z97 Gaming 3 Intel LGA1150

-Corsair builder series CXM 750W

-Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

-Samsung Internal 24X DVD writer with SATA

-NZXT Phantom 240

-Samsung 250GB SSD

-WD Blue 1TB

-HyperX Fury 8Gb DDR3

 

Peripherals

-Asus MG278Q 27 inch 1440p 144hz

-Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2014

-Razer Deathadder Chroma

 

Thanks, Nate

 

 

[Chasem121]

1. I'd get a better PSU, something Seasonic or a G2 from EVGA would be great

2. Do you need a dvd writer?

3.Could get cheaper RAM.

 

Other than that, you did a good job

[vanished]

I would go with a better power supply, and possibly a smaller one in fact, but other than that it looks good

[Becausei'mBatman]

if ya lookin to blow so much money i'd say just wait for the pascal and polaris gpu's, depends on your current situation, you for no pc you can go for it.

[2001jaden]

Apart from power supply, i can not fault the build

[zyntaxable]

Stay far far away from Asus GPU's, especially the AMD ones.

Change the psu to something from tier 1 or 2 from the link in my signature.

 

If you do this you'll be set for an epic experience!

[007agentHP]

1. change the psu

2. please get a sapphire card, they are worlds better

[Savir]

Hi guys, I just recently signed up for a Linus tech tips account. In fact, I've only signed up less than 5 minutes ago. So anyways, I am planning on building a new high end gaming PC and was wondering if any of you guys can give tips and recommendations of my pick of parts. I've done a lot of research but I have no practical skills as of yet.

 

-Intel Core i5 4690k

-Asus Direct CU3 R9 390 Strix

-Msi Z97 Gaming 3 Intel LGA1150

-Corsair builder series CXM 750W

-Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

-Samsung Internal 24X DVD writer with SATA

-NZXT Phantom 240

-Samsung 250GB SSD

-WD Blue 1TB

-HyperX Fury 8Gb DDR3

 

Peripherals

-Asus MG278Q 27 inch 1440p 144hz

-Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2014

-Razer Deathadder Chroma

 

Thanks, Nate

Don't get the get the ASUS R9 390 get the Sapphire or MSI model. Gigabyte and ASUS are bad companies to buy AMD video cards from. The power supply is bad as well.

 

I recommend this one: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220g20750xr

 

and follow your post to see who replies 

 

Welcome to the forum.

[MatrixGrenade]

its not really HIGH end but its definetly up there.

[Lotus]

If you give us your budget and location, we can work out a complete build for you instead of commenting on what we don't like about your current one.

 

It's gotten to the point where unless you're going for the 6700k, a Skylake build is worth it over a Haswell build since prices are so similar.

The PSU you selected is more wattage than you need, but lower quality than you should have. Replace it.

The R9 390 is a great card, but Powercolor's PCS+ and Sapphire's Nitro are the best coolers available, and they're also cheaper than that version

You really don't need a DVD drive in this day and age. Hell, even Microsoft is shipping their OS on flash drives these days.

Razer makes mediocre quality components that are overpriced but look cool. Skip the flash and find stuff that will last and has better switches like Cherry switches

If you're going for a high framerate monitor, then the blur reduction from backlight strobing is probably more important than freesync. As such, I'd swap the monitor out for the BenQ XL2730Z, which happens to support both backlight strobing and freesync.

[NateThura]

Thanks so much guys, I wasn't expecting so many people to reply so quickly lol. Now I get what Linus was saying about awesome community!