Help with my first Gaming PC

[tyxman]

I'm planning on building my first PC this summer and want to make sure I'm not going to be disappointed with my choices. I'm planning on using it for gaming, programming and  maybe some light video editing. I would really like some help going through these parts and helping me decide. Now I don't have a power supply because I have a 650W one already. I'm mostly concerned about the CPU and GPU.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/WRFjP6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/WRFjP6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($265.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($118.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($55.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.75 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($469.55 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($72.98 @ NCIX) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($127.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1177.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-28 17:15 EDT-0400

[Mohenjo]

1 minute ago, tyxman said:

I'm planning on building my first PC this summer and want to make sure I'm not going to be disappointed with my choices. I'm planning on using it for gaming, programming and  maybe some light video editing. I would really like some help going through these parts and helping me decide. Now I don't have a power supply because I have a 650W one already. I'm mostly concerned about the CPU and GPU.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/WRFjP6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/WRFjP6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($265.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($118.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($55.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.75 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($469.55 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($72.98 @ NCIX) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($127.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1177.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-28 17:15 EDT-0400

well it looks pretty good considering its Canada. But by summer there might be something new so make sure to keep a lookout, otherwise pretty good. 

[FatPenguin]

Looks good bro! maybe add a ssd, also maybe you might want to buy windows 10.

 

may I ask what Power Supply you already have? because you do not want any old psu for a high power gaming pc. 

[Jonathan Fallon]

Try get an SSD if you can. Its faster and the prices have come down alot (At least in the UK). Also if you choose an ssd, keep your games and files on an HDD and just your os on your programs on the SSD.

[suchamoneypit]

CPU should be plenty for what your doing. swap the 970 for a 390 though (more than double the VRAM, outperforms the 970, same price or cheaper).

 

You'd really enjoy a boot SSD (850 evo) if you can afford it.

[DaltonM]

The only reason you should get a Nvidia card is for the Geforce features. Look up Nvidia Geforce and decide if you need any of those things.

 

The most notable for me is the Gamestreaming, if you can live without that, then go AMD for extra price to performance.

 

 

Great CPU choice, you wont even need to OC it any time soon. 

[tyxman]

16 hours ago, FatPenguin said:

Looks good bro! maybe add a ssd, also maybe you might want to buy windows 10.

 

may I ask what Power Supply you already have? because you do not want any old psu for a high power gaming pc. 

I have a http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/extreme2/extreme2-625/ it's an overkill power supply for what I had, I bought it maybe a year and a half ago so it's not that old it was for an upgrade to a store bought PC.

 

I did switch out the the graphics card and I'm going to use my old HDD and I'm going to buy an SSD.