Build recommendations/help?

[immanueltja]

Hi guys! I just posted something about needing help with my first PC and people said it was good and I'm happy. I just found my new build, which is going for an all white theme of having a white gpu and a black/grey mobo with the black memory.. and I wanted to see if you guys liked it!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($216.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI B150 PC Mate ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($65.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($322.94 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: NZXT HALE82 V2 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($269.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1194.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-31 12:57 EST-0500

The reason I went for the 3.5/4gb GTX970 is because it is the only GPU that is white, I would've went for the r9 390 but there was only the XFX one which was all black, and the sapphire one wouldn't really go well.. Of course it just may be me being picky but I really want to make this build good :). Would you guys recommend going for the r9 390? If so, which one? (I don't want to overclock because I'm, in fear of doing everything since this is my first build and I don't want to waste money on buying another mobo/cpu.) Thank you in advance!

[GrobfootGaming]

You can't go wrong with either the R9 390 or the GTX 970.  The 390 looks more powerful on paper, but in actual functionality, they aren't that much ahead of one another.  

I would also recommend to maybeee find a little cheaper monitor.  270 bucks is a lot for 1080p, even at 144hz.  I have an Acer 144hz 1080p that I bought for 199.99 on Amazon.  I understand that BenQ makes some good quality stuff though.  

That power supply is also a hell of a lot of money for 550W.  Mine cost less than that and its a CX600.  That's just a suggestion because I know you want the whole white theme.

To be honest your build looks fine and you're gonna have a great gaming experience nontheless.

[immanueltja]

1 hour ago, GrobfootGaming said:

You can't go wrong with either the R9 390 or the GTX 970.  The 390 looks more powerful on paper, but in actual functionality, they aren't that much ahead of one another.  

I would also recommend to maybeee find a little cheaper monitor.  270 bucks is a lot for 1080p, even at 144hz.  I have an Acer 144hz 1080p that I bought for 199.99 on Amazon.  I understand that BenQ makes some good quality stuff though.  

That power supply is also a hell of a lot of money for 550W.  Mine cost less than that and its a CX600.  That's just a suggestion because I know you want the whole white theme.

To be honest your build looks fine and you're gonna have a great gaming experience nontheless.

i wanted to get myself an asus vg248qe but I found out that the color settings weren't really too good, which 144hz panel would you recommend though? and also, I thought it was a good enough power supply for that price! I guess I was wrong.. which PSU would you recommend? thank you for your recommendations

 

[xb0w]

horrible psu

not many decent quality units that are cheap and white... 

[Streetguru]

2 hours ago, immanueltja said:

Hi guys! I just posted something about needing help with my first PC and people said it was good and I'm

Well A forget about aesthetics until your budget is basically unlimited

 

and B you're going to want an AMD card as for the same price as that display you could get a Free-sync display with the same specs that will be a good deal better to game on, compared to a non adaptive sync display

 

not to mention the 390 is just a faster card overall, more so at higher resolutions, and the whole DX12/Vulkan thing

That and skylake I wouldn't say is really worth it just yet

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fk4JYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fk4JYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: AOC G2460PF 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1048.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-31 15:50 EST-0500

 

[immanueltja]

2 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Well A forget about aesthetics until your budget is basically unlimited

 

and B you're going to want an AMD card as for the same price as that display you could get a Free-sync display with the same specs that will be a good deal better to game on, compared to a non adaptive sync display

 

not to mention the 390 is just a faster card overall, more so at higher resolutions, and the whole DX12/Vulkan thing

That and skylake I wouldn't say is really worth it just yet

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fk4JYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fk4JYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: AOC G2460PF 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1048.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-31 15:50 EST-0500

 

that's true, i had another build that had a 4460 and even a 4690k with an r9 390 and a good psu.. should I go for that one? I'm kinda scared about overclocking though 

 

[GrobfootGaming]

2 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Well A forget about aesthetics until your budget is basically unlimited

 

and B you're going to want an AMD card as for the same price as that display you could get a Free-sync display with the same specs that will be a good deal better to game on, compared to a non adaptive sync display

 

not to mention the 390 is just a faster card overall, more so at higher resolutions, and the whole DX12/Vulkan thing

That and skylake I wouldn't say is really worth it just yet

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fk4JYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fk4JYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: AOC G2460PF 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1048.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-31 15:50 EST-0500

 

 

That's actually a fantastic build.  Not gonna be your white theme like you want though.  

Try changing your theme colors to something easy like Black and Red or Black and Blue haha.  

[Streetguru]

6 minutes ago, immanueltja said:

that's true, i had another build that had a 4460 and even a 4690k with an r9 390 and a good psu.. should I go for that one? I'm kinda scared about overclocking though 

 

I wouldn't bother spending extra to get a decent overclock, the 4460 is going to be fine for getting multiplayer games to high frame rates. You'd need a good deal more GPU power anyways run try and run AAA games at 144fps

[immanueltja]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

I wouldn't bother spending extra to get a decent overclock, the 4460 is going to be fine for getting multiplayer games to high frame rates. You'd need a good deal more GPU power anyways run try and run AAA games at 144fps

do you recommend getting a 4460 or a 4690 non k edition? I don't want to go for a mini itx because I think the prices will kinda be the same. I might be wrong.. but yeah

 

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, immanueltja said:

do you recommend getting a 4460 or a 4690 non k edition? I don't want to go for a mini itx because I think the prices will kinda be the same. I might be wrong.. but yeah

 

0.1ghz probably isn't worth the extra cost, I've no idea why intel splits up their CPUs so much.

[immanueltja]

9 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

0.1ghz probably isn't worth the extra cost, I've no idea why intsplits up their CPUs so much.

hmm, it's pretty weird. I might go for the 4460 + h97 mobo and an r9 390 with that monitor... do you know if the monitor the guy gave me comes with dual link/display to enable 144hz?

 

9 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

0.1ghz probably isn't worth the extra cost, I've no idea why intel splits up their CPUs so much.

 

[Streetguru]

5 minutes ago, immanueltja said:

hmm, it's pretty weird. I might go for the 4460 + h97 mobo and an r9 390 with that monitor... do you know if the monitor the guy gave me comes with dual link/display to enable 144hz?

 

 

The free-sync one comes with a display port cable ya, you need display port to make use of free-sync currently

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824160273&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

[immanueltja]

3 hours ago, Streetguru said:

The free-sync one comes with a display port cable ya, you need display port to make use of free-sync currently

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824160273&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

actually, the 4690 has a .3 difference than the 4460, should I get that or still stay with the 4460

[immanueltja]

3 hours ago, Streetguru said:

The free-sync one comes with a display port cable ya, you need display port to make use of free-sync currently

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824160273&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($41.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($65.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($309.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: AOC G2460PQU 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1155.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-31 22:20 EST-0500

 

I made this, what do you think about it? Is there a better h97 mobo than this one?

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, immanueltja said:

actually, the 4690 has a .3 difference than the 4460, should I get that or still stay with the 4460

Still probably not worth it really

[immanueltja]

Just now, Streetguru said:

Still probably not worth it really

hmm I see, so the 4460 it is then? it'll be better for my price but idk about the whole performance