Advice needed for a first time budget builder. Will this fly?

[tcvalley]

Greetings All,
I need to build a budget rig (600-800 USD) that will be able to run the new flight sim Prepar3d V3 satisfactorily.
The software manufacturer's recommendations are as follows:

CPU- Quad core with 3.0 GHz/core

Memory-4GB +

HD- 30 GB, with at least 10GB on C:\
(3 GB for the SDK)
Solid State Drive (SSD) is strongly recommended

GPU- 4GB GDDR5
supports Direct X11

OS- Windows 7 64bit
Here is my build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6Twx4D
So far I have received:
Core 15 4460
ASRock Z97 Extreme 3

I also have a optical drive from a former desktop
and a WD 160 GB SSD that I got out of a laptop.

This is a new board for me so please excuse me if giving the pcpartspicker link is not etiquette.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
-Tom

 

[RajarshiB]

just to tell u that you dont need a Z97 board for a locked processor.... I would recommend the H97 PC MATE or any Gigabyte H97 Board

 

[R_1]

looks good. one thing though that is a tier 3 power supply. should be fine for your build, as it is your first I would suggest a tier 1 power supply as it should last through at least three builds. @7yrs. getting a bad power supply, and I'm not saying you are, is usually rookie mistake no1. but for the same price you can get this:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1
tier 1 highest quality and reliability.
the list is here for future reference
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 

[tcvalley]

just to tell u that you dont need a Z97 board for a locked processor.... I would recommend the H97 PC MATE or any Gigabyte H97 Board

RajarshiB,
Thank you for your advice. As far as near future upgradability would you change the CPU or the mobo.?
Thanks again.
-Tom

 

[tcvalley]

looks good. one thing though that is a tier 3 power supply. should be fine for your build, as it is your first I would suggest a tier 1 power supply as it should last through at least three builds. @7yrs. getting a bad power supply, and I'm not saying you are, is usually rookie mistake no1. but for the same price you can get this:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1
tier 1 highest quality and reliability.
the list is here for future reference
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

R_I
Thanks for your advice. No question while I have a lot of mechanical and electrical experience I am definitely a rookie when it comes to PCs. I gleaned a lot from YouTube videos and different tech forums, but had no idea about tiered PSUs.
In your opinion would you swap out the mobo in favor of a faster CPU or keep the CPU and swap the mobo for a H97 chip?
Thanks again for your help and I will change the PSU right away.
-Tom

 

[R_1]

will you be overclocking the processor? will you be running more than one GPU at a time? if the answer to these is no than a z97 board will be wasted, as those two things are the only differences in the chipset from intel. each motherboard maker will add different bells and whistles but basically with 2 differences they are they same. the question is will those differences be worth you paying more for something you may not (will not with current CPU) use.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z97-vs-H97---What-is-the-Difference-562/ see the specifiaction chart for a quick rundown
I have had a 955 black processor for 6 years, I just turned on (last night) dual channel and will finally overclock the chip. stock was working fine and I saw no reason to overclock till now.
the point being unless you are buying the system with the goal of pushing the ship to its limits, you probably won't notice the difference is speeds for a while. in my case a long while.

get the chip & motherboard you are going to use, when you pay for options that never get used, your paying too much.