Hi all.
After owning consoles ever since my Atari in the 90's, I'm finally considering the step-up to a PC.
I love the idea of building it myself, but am obviously concerned about making dumb mistakes with compatibility/omissions/over-kill.
Any help would be much appreciated.
At this stage I'm looking at:
CPU
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core
CPU Cooler
Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid
Motherboard
Asus GRYPHON Z87 Micro ATX LGA1150
Memory
Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866
Storage
Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM
Video Card
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB
Case
Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply
Corsair 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/McGibblets/saved/2mfn
It will be a lounge room PC that I'll be hooking up to my Samsung TV, and at this stage will only be used for gaming.
My main issues are:
-Will it all fit in the fractal r4 (anything bigger will probably lead to a divorce!),
-will this smash a ps4/xb1 for months/years/+5years without upgrades? I realize that you can't see into the future, but you're guess would be much better than mine, and I don't want to need upgrades every year or two (again - divorce!),
-Is 8GB of RAM enough, and is 2x4GB better than 1x8GB?
-If I eventually upgrade (hopefully waaay down the track), would this motherboard handle two of these graphics cards? Would that in turn cause bottlenecks elsewhere?
-I'm planning on using my xbox360 controller, but if you have any advice on mouse/keyboard alternatives that would be great.
-Is an optical drive essential?
I'm completely new to this, so if there's anything else glaring, please don't go easy on me!
Cheers.
After owning consoles ever since my Atari in the 90's, I'm finally considering the step-up to a PC.
I love the idea of building it myself, but am obviously concerned about making dumb mistakes with compatibility/omissions/over-kill.
Any help would be much appreciated.
At this stage I'm looking at:
CPU
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core
CPU Cooler
Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid
Motherboard
Asus GRYPHON Z87 Micro ATX LGA1150
Memory
Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866
Storage
Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM
Video Card
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB
Case
Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply
Corsair 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/McGibblets/saved/2mfn
It will be a lounge room PC that I'll be hooking up to my Samsung TV, and at this stage will only be used for gaming.
My main issues are:
-Will it all fit in the fractal r4 (anything bigger will probably lead to a divorce!),
-will this smash a ps4/xb1 for months/years/+5years without upgrades? I realize that you can't see into the future, but you're guess would be much better than mine, and I don't want to need upgrades every year or two (again - divorce!),
-Is 8GB of RAM enough, and is 2x4GB better than 1x8GB?
-If I eventually upgrade (hopefully waaay down the track), would this motherboard handle two of these graphics cards? Would that in turn cause bottlenecks elsewhere?
-I'm planning on using my xbox360 controller, but if you have any advice on mouse/keyboard alternatives that would be great.
-Is an optical drive essential?
I'm completely new to this, so if there's anything else glaring, please don't go easy on me!
Cheers.