Compatibility

[Whoknowsbruh]

Im building my first gaming pc and How do I know if all my parts are Compatible?

[HKZeroFive]

Put them into http://pcpartpicker.com/list/

[Whoknowsbruh]

1 hour ago, HKZeroFive said:

Put them into http://pcpartpicker.com/list/

Yh I know I tried that but Idk how I feel about relying on a bot with my money

[HKZeroFive]

1 minute ago, TechGuyMark said:

Yh I know I tried that but Idk how I feel about relying on a bot with my money

It's pretty darn reliable. Why don't you post the parts list here?

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, TechGuyMark said:

Yh I know I tried that but Idk how I feel about relying on a bot with my money

you're not buying parts with that website on its own anyways, you have to manually go and check prices, stock, etc.

[Whoknowsbruh]

evga geforce gtx 960 ssc

intel i5-4690k

asrock micro atx ddr3 1150 motherboard

corsair carbide spec 02 case

Evga superNova 550w G2 power supply

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, TechGuyMark said:

evga geforce gtx 960 ssc

intel i5-4690k

asrock micro atx ddr3 1150 motherboard

corsair carbide spec 02 case

Evga superNova 550w G2 power supply

just use pcpartpicker, everybody else uses it here, its perfectly fine.

[Whoknowsbruh]

2 hours ago, HKZeroFive said:

It's pretty darn reliable. Why don't you post the parts list here?

evga geforce gtx 960 ssc

intel i5-4690k

asrock micro atx ddr3 1150 motherboard

corsair carbide spec 02 case

Evga superNova 550w G2 power supply

[Whoknowsbruh]

1 hour ago, herman mcpootis said:

just use pcpartpicker, everybody else uses it here, its perfectly fine.

Oh yh and they actually dont have my motherboard on there

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, TechGuyMark said:

Oh yh and they actually dont have my motherboard on there

go to the add custom parts button and press it, then list your mobo and price in there.

[HKZeroFive]

1 minute ago, TechGuyMark said:

evga geforce gtx 960 ssc

intel i5-4690k

asrock micro atx ddr3 1150 motherboard

corsair carbide spec 02 case

Evga superNova 550w G2 power supply

Is that it? No RAM, storage or cooler? Is that motherboard a Z97?

[Whoknowsbruh]

2 hours ago, HKZeroFive said:

Is that it? No RAM, storage or cooler? Is that motherboard a Z97?

corsair vengance 8gb (2x4gb) 

hyper 212 evo

seagate 1tb hard drive

[HKZeroFive]

2 minutes ago, TechGuyMark said:

corsair vengance 8gb (2x4gb) 

hyper 212 evo

seagate 1tb hard drive

So is the motherboard the Z97 chipset?

 

If you're open to some critiques, I'll be happy to help on picking more appropriate parts.

[Whoknowsbruh]

1 hour ago, HKZeroFive said:

So is the motherboard the Z97 chipset?

 

If you're open to some critiques, I'll be happy to help on picking more appropriate parts.

Sure!

[ChrisCross]

1 minute ago, TechGuyMark said:

Oh yh and they actually dont have my motherboard on there

are you sure that you didnt use ddr4 ram. because your mobo is ddr3 and if you get ddr4 in the list it just wont show the non compatible boards.

[Whoknowsbruh]

2 hours ago, HKZeroFive said:

So is the motherboard the Z97 chipset?

 

If you're open to some critiques, I'll be happy to help on picking more appropriate parts.

From what I heard motherboards dont impact performance sooo yh

[JFischer00]

1 minute ago, TechGuyMark said:

From what I heard motherboards dont impact performance sooo yh

Z97 is basically necessary for overclocking and since you've chosen a K-series CPU, you'd better get a Z97 motherboard so that you're not wasting the OC power of your K-series CPU.

[Whoknowsbruh]

2 hours ago, JFischer00 said:

Z97 is basically necessary for overclocking and since you've chosen a K-series CPU, you'd better get a Z97 motherboard so that you're not wasting the OC power of your K-series CPU.

Do you have any suggestions?

[HKZeroFive]

2 minutes ago, TechGuyMark said:

From what I heard motherboards dont impact performance sooo yh

The i5 4690K is an unlocked chip and needs a Z97 motherboard to be overclocked - otherwise it's a waste of money.

 

As for critiques:

 

-Make the switch to Skylake. A i5 6600K with a Z170 motherboard and DDR4 RAM shouldn't cost much more (if at all).

 

-Wait for AMD's RX 480, benchmarks and all. Much better price to performance than the GTX 960 (should have got a R9 380 anyhow but the RX 480 stomps it).

[JFischer00]

4 minutes ago, TechGuyMark said:

Do you have any suggestions?

Most of these should be fine. Just pick one with the features you need. However, I agree with @HKZeroFive, if you're building a new computer you should go with Skylake and Z170.

 

EDIT: Also, +1 for RX 480, that's what I'm waiting for to upgrade my GPU. I was going to get a R9 380, but I'm super glad I waited because the RX 480 has way better performance.

Edited June 8, 2016 by JFischer00