gaming pc - final thoughts

[etari]

Hello guys,so i'm just thinking should i go for 970 or r9 390 " future proof " thingy tells me i should go for r9 390.. but then again,i will be playing only at 1080p.i guess 970 should be fine,less power consumption , less heat 

 

this all comes in for 1100€ where i live. I just dropped all parts in partpicker,dont mind the prices , i will be planing to overclock cpu at some point  , i thing everything is okay with this build? Just want opinions whether i should change anything ? Have a nice day ! 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($249.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($141.46 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($339.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Fractal Design Edison M 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply 
Total: $1016.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 10:44 EST-0500

[SirWendall]

1 minute ago, etari said:

Hello guys,so i'm just thinking should i go for 970 or r9 390 " future proof " thingy tells me i should go for r9 390.. but then again,i will be playing only at 1080p.i guess 970 should be fine,less power consumption , less heat 

 

this all comes in for 1100€ where i live. I just dropped all parts in partpicker,dont mind the prices , i will be planing to overclock cpu at some point  , i thing everything is okay with this build? Just want opinions whether i should change anything ? Have a nice day ! 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($249.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($141.46 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($339.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Fractal Design Edison M 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply 
Total: $1016.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 10:44 EST-0500

If you like Nvidia's features then go with that but if you want a smooth 1440p experience go with R9 390 but for me I like Nvidia better

[Atmos]

stick with the 390, better performance, more than double the vram, same price. 

 

i see no issues with anything else really. 

[19_blackie_73]

overall, looks ok. PSU maybe a bit overkill for a single card, but more is always better than less

[SirWendall]

1 minute ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

overall, looks ok. PSU maybe a bit overkill for a single card, but more is always better than less

True but if the AMD card is his choice he'll need a beefy PSU

[stealth80]

I would go 2x8gb now rather than buy 2x4gb and replace them later with 2x 8gb

[Atmos]

2 minutes ago, GamerMan said:

True but if the AMD card is his choice he'll need a beefy PSU

the 390 only pulls just over 300w at load, meaning even for a 390 + i5 you could get away with a  good quality 500w

[etari]

3 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

I would go 2x8gb now rather than buy 2x4gb and replace them later with 2x 8gb

do i really need 16gb? i'm not gonna edit videos and stuff  , the 2x8 is 50$ more.

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Some tweaks 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($249.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 13 36.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($116.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($337.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($72.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1016.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 11:02 EST-0500

[stealth80]

3 minutes ago, LawrenceBarnes2013 said:

Some tweaks 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($249.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 13 36.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($116.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($337.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($72.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1016.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 11:02 EST-0500

Or this, 1x8gb now and another 8gb stick later, rather than waste 2x4gb. Where 16gb isn't necessary, its quickly becoming the minimum

[etari]

Just now, LawrenceBarnes2013 said:

Some tweaks 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($249.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 13 36.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($116.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($337.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($72.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1016.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 11:02 EST-0500

for some reason,evga PSU's are hella expensive here where i live,it costs 160€  and the one that picked - 115€  , i have some other options for PSU such as - 

 

 

PSU Corsair RMx Series RM650x 650W, 80 PLUS Gold, Fully modular, 135mm     110euros

 

PSU Seasonic M12II-EVO620 620W 80 Plus Bronze retail          90euros

 

will have to take a look at those components that you changed, hmm why asus and not evga gpu ?

 

 

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

1 minute ago, etari said:

for some reason,evga PSU's are hella expensive here where i live,it costs 160€  and the one that picked - 115€  , i have some other options for PSU such as - 

 

 

PSU Corsair RMx Series RM650x 650W, 80 PLUS Gold, Fully modular, 135mm     110euros

 

PSU Seasonic M12II-EVO620 620W 80 Plus Bronze retail          90euros

 

will have to take a look at those components that you changed, hmm why asus and not evga gpu ?

 

 

-RM650 or Seasonic 620 will do great 

-EVGA unfortunately don't make AMD cards, but the Strix with it's MASSIVE triple fan and two 10mm heatpipes will do great, Point is it's better than the 970, and this is coming from and nvidia mejor fanboy