Upgrade/rebuild

[Nik_]

Going to order parts soon just wanted a few "second" opinions. I currently only play CS GO and rocket league but hope to play games like BF4, R6S, GTAV, etc. I imagine the 470 will do fine and the 4430 will hold up. 

 

Build: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/mpGjKZ

Looking for better part or cheaper with same/better performance on or off of partpicker. 

-I'm taking the CPU (i5 4430), the Intel cooler, and maybe my hdd out my current build for an extra drive. 

-I'd like even a crappy cooler but I'm trying to skimp and not sure if the $10-$20 is worth it. I have no intentions of over clocking my CPU.

-Recently my PC has been getting A LOT of "low on memory" errors and I'm not sure if 8gb just really isn't enough or it's it's cause I have shitty ram, so I added 16gb of the cheapest ram. 

-I'll probably upgrade in the future but probably nothing too big so I imagine 500 watts will be enough. 

-Not sure about the case, I want to save money by just not getting one but I'd like to be able to clean up the cables. 

GPU: Same/better performance as 470 for same price or cheaper. I found a 470 on newegg for $180

If you change the build I'd like it to remain around the same price if not lower but depending on what you added/changed I may be able to stretch it. 

 

Hopefully I included everything I needed in this thread. 

 

[Allupyourfinger]

If you already going with the 470 why not spend the extra money for the 480... its only like $10-$20 more

 

[Nik_]

23 minutes ago, Allupyourfinger said:

If you already going with the 470 why not spend the extra money for the 480... its only like $10-$20 more

 

Thanks for the suggestion. performance/dollar is almost the exact same if I were to get the 470 for $180 but I'm going to go with the 480 anyway. 

EDIT: nvm, not sure, going to look at other sites because getting a 470 or a 480 would cost a lot more then I first thought at least from newegg.

 

Still just looking for some input on the general build and plan.

[genexis_x]

3 hours ago, Nik_ said:

-I'd like even a crappy cooler but I'm trying to skimp and not sure if the $10-$20 is worth it. I have no intentions of over clocking my CPU.

The stock cooler is fine.

 

3 hours ago, Nik_ said:

-Recently my PC has been getting A LOT of "low on memory" errors and I'm not sure if 8gb just really isn't enough or it's it's cause I have shitty ram, so I added 16gb of the cheapest ram.

8GB is still enough, 16GB for future proof.

 

3 hours ago, Nik_ said:

GPU: Same/better performance as 470 for same price or cheaper. I found a 470 on newegg for $180

Go for RX480

 

3 hours ago, Nik_ said:

-I'll probably upgrade in the future but probably nothing too big so I imagine 500 watts will be enough.

500W is enough but the PSU is mediocre.

 

[Nik_]

1 hour ago, ZM Fong said:

The stock cooler is fine.

 

8GB is still enough, 16GB for future proof.

 

Go for RX480

 

500W is enough but the PSU is mediocre.

 

Thanks for the reply.

I think I'm going to get a CM hyper t2, maybe not who knows. 

3 sticks of 4gb. Along with memory shortages I like to do vfx so the extra ram will hopefully help a bit. 

The shipping on newegg is too much for me to get a 480 and I'm not sure if I'd be able to redeem the MIR as it end on the 31st. 

Yea I didn't expect it to be great but as long as it's decent an last a few months/year I'm fine.

I'm probably going to settle with this https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/JGvZPs It's the same thing(afaik) and I got the price down so shipping isn't so annoying and I could add a little if needed. 

I'm hopefully going to order tomorrow so hopefully I can make up my might

[genexis_x]

29 minutes ago, Nik_ said:

I think I'm going to get a CM hyper t2, maybe not who knows.

The temperature difference is minimal between the t2 and the stock cooler

[Nik_]

8 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

The temperature difference is minimal between the t2 and the stock cooler

alright, thanks.

[Quaker]

15 hours ago, Nik_ said:

Build: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/mpGjKZ

If you can carry over a hard drive from your old build, why not drop the 1TB hard drive and get an SSD instead. A 120Gig SSD would be enough for the OS and some games - a 250Gig SSD would be even better.

 

You can drop the thermal paste and put that money towards a SSD. The stock Intel heatsink comes with pre-applied thermal compound, so it isn't necessary to buy extra.

[Nik_]

6 hours ago, Quaker said:

If you can carry over a hard drive from your old build, why not drop the 1TB hard drive and get an SSD instead. A 120Gig SSD would be enough for the OS and some games - a 250Gig SSD would be even better.

 

You can drop the thermal paste and put that money towards a SSD. The stock Intel heatsink comes with pre-applied thermal compound, so it isn't necessary to buy extra.

I'm not buying a cpu, I'm taking the cpu and cooler from my current pc, so i'd assume I need to clean an reapply. 

[Quaker]

Oh yeah - d'oh - you mentioned that.