First gaming pc.

[Gulthuk]

Hello everyone I am currently putting together my first gaming PC build as I am switching from consoles to PC. Ive spent a few weeks researching and have come up with a build for a gaming PC that can run current games at high setting which is what I am looking for. The idea was simply that I wanted a good gaming machine that performed better than a ps4 or Xbox one and one that was in a case that I really liked. The following is my build. Please let me know what you think and if possible if I can really expect it to handle current games at good settings.

CPU- Intel I5 4460 (quad core 3.2ghz)

MOTHERBOARD- ASROCK Micro Atx H97M Pro4

RAM- 8GB Corsair Vengeance (2x4gb)

HDD- Western Digital Blue

GPU- XFX Radeon Double D R9 280 3gb (ddr5)

pSU- Sea Sonic S12II bronze 80+ 520w

Case- Cuboid Blue

That is my build. A few upgrades I plan on doing relatively shortly after building it is getting a Samsung EVO ssd as well as an additional 8gb of Ram. Thank you for looking and any advice you have. I only ask that it stay in this case and stay in the roughly 700 range I have for my budget. Thank you for reading.

[don_svetlio]

seems good to me honestly

[DXMember]

how much more expensive is XFX R9 380 4gb ? try to squeeze it into that budged, should be very similar in price

[Majestic]

If you don't need the board's features, you can probably go cheaper with some H81 board. The H81M-E34 for example.

 

You can then maybe squeeze in a small boot SSD from the get-go. Adding 8GB more ram seems futile at this point.

[Tasuma]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($199.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380X 4GB DD XXX OC Video Card  ($213.98 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC Cuboid-B MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($59.79 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $712.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 14:34 EST-0500

 

How about this build? It is a little over budget but you get to OC a skylake cpu thanks to a motherboard bios update. Gives you room to upgrade to 16gb of ram in the future. You have a more recent platform with skylake and a cpu cooler which happens to be good for its price.

 

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[Gulthuk]

@Tasuma thank you for that information about following. I like the look of the build. I am brand new to PC building so pardon the probable noob question but, Is that a large improvement over my build? I'm presuming so as Skylake anything seems to be the current thing. Lol

[piemadd]

Hello everyone I am currently putting together my first gaming PC build as I am switching from consoles to PC. Ive spent a few weeks researching and have come up with a build for a gaming PC that can run current games at high setting which is what I am looking for. The idea was simply that I wanted a good gaming machine that performed better than a ps4 or Xbox one and one that was in a case that I really liked. The following is my build. Please let me know what you think and if possible if I can really expect it to handle current games at good settings.

CPU- Intel I5 4460 (quad core 3.2ghz)

MOTHERBOARD- ASROCK Micro Atx H97M Pro4

RAM- 8GB Corsair Vengeance (2x4gb)

HDD- Western Digital Blue

GPU- XFX Radeon Double D R9 280 3gb (ddr5)

pSU- Sea Sonic S12II bronze 80+ 520w

Case- Cuboid Blue

That is my build. A few upgrades I plan on doing relatively shortly after building it is getting a Samsung EVO ssd as well as an additional 8gb of Ram. Thank you for looking and any advice you have. I only ask that it stay in this case and stay in the roughly 700 range I have for my budget. Thank you for reading.

I have a build put together. You can take the screen out for a lower price. According to gpu boss, the cards run similar.

[piemadd]

I have a build put together. You can take the screen out for a lower price. According to gpu boss, the cards run similar.

  

Hello everyone I am currently putting together my first gaming PC build as I am switching from consoles to PC. Ive spent a few weeks researching and have come up with a build for a gaming PC that can run current games at high setting which is what I am looking for. The idea was simply that I wanted a good gaming machine that performed better than a ps4 or Xbox one and one that was in a case that I really liked. The following is my build. Please let me know what you think and if possible if I can really expect it to handle current games at good settings.

CPU- Intel I5 4460 (quad core 3.2ghz)

MOTHERBOARD- ASROCK Micro Atx H97M Pro4

RAM- 8GB Corsair Vengeance (2x4gb)

HDD- Western Digital Blue

GPU- XFX Radeon Double D R9 280 3gb (ddr5)

pSU- Sea Sonic S12II bronze 80+ 520w

Case- Cuboid Blue

That is my build. A few upgrades I plan on doing relatively shortly after building it is getting a Samsung EVO ssd as well as an additional 8gb of Ram. Thank you for looking and any advice you have. I only ask that it stay in this case and stay in the roughly 700 range I have for my budget. Thank you for reading.

Here is the link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wx7DGX

[Tasuma]

@Tasuma thank you for that information about following. I like the look of the build. I am brand new to PC building so pardon the probable noob question but, Is that a large improvement over my build? I'm presuming so as Skylake anything seems to be the current thing. Lol

 

In terms of just platform I believe it is better for a NEW build. The gpu is better than the r9 380 by a small margin. Since skylake is the most recent it would offer of an upgrade path down the road. And is marginally a head of the 1150 socket.

[DocSwag]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($199.98 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380X 4GB DD XXX OC Video Card  ($213.98 @ Newegg)

Case: DIYPC Cuboid-B MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($59.79 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $712.48

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 14:34 EST-0500

 

How about this build? It is a little over budget but you get to OC a skylake cpu thanks to a motherboard bios update. Gives you room to upgrade to 16gb of ram in the future. You have a more recent platform with skylake and a cpu cooler which happens to be good for its price.

 

@Gulthuk You can follow your post at the top to get notifications when someone replies to the topic.

This build is good but that PSU is sorta not too great. The Non-K Overclocking is great but keep in mind that when Non-K BCLK Overclocking the two main things you will run into is that a. Your CPU will always run at max clock speed(because Intel C-States will be disabled), so your CPU could use more power and b. the more important thing, is that you cannot monitor CPU temperatures. Your CPU temperatures will always appear as 100C, which can be troublesome sometimes if your CPU is hitting 90C and you don't know.

Non-K Overclocking is possible, but it is best avoided. It might be better to go with a 4690k.

[Tasuma]

This build is good but that PSU is sorta not too great. The Non-K Overclocking is great but keep in mind that when Non-K BCLK Overclocking the two main things you will run into is that a. Your CPU will always run at max clock speed(because Intel C-States will be disabled), so your CPU could use more power and b. the more important thing, is that you cannot monitor CPU temperatures. Your CPU temperatures will always appear as 100C, which can be troublesome sometimes if your CPU is hitting 90C and you don't know.

Non-K Overclocking is possible, but it is best avoided. It might be better to go with a 4690k.

 

He could just not OC the cpu and still use the Z board if he wishes to get a unlocked cpu later and the psu will be fine for that build IMO. I am using the 750w right now and I've had no issues for 2 years.