Hello, experts! I'm looking to build a computer that'll mainly be everyday use (Internet, office, media), but with a focus on gaming. I'd like to get the parts and put it together this month with a budget of about $1500, monitor included.
I'm not all that interested in overclocking. Done SLI/XF before, prefer a single card this time around. And, since space is a premium (as is portability), I want to keep the size limited to a mini. There are some concerns I've with this build. Will the CPU will be a bottleneck to the GPU? Will the MOBO hurt upgrade potential that much in the future? Did I go too far in picking a good PSU? (I've had PSU die on me before) I'm not too concerned with losing data, so do I really need a HDD?
I'm thinking of the following:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/21qzN
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H Micro ATX LGA 1155
PSU: Kingwin Lazer Platinum 650W 80 PLUS Platinum
CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P, 3.1 GHz
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB 2.5" SSD
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray
Monitor: SAMSUNG C550 Series, T24C550ND
Thank you all for the feedback!
I'm not all that interested in overclocking. Done SLI/XF before, prefer a single card this time around. And, since space is a premium (as is portability), I want to keep the size limited to a mini. There are some concerns I've with this build. Will the CPU will be a bottleneck to the GPU? Will the MOBO hurt upgrade potential that much in the future? Did I go too far in picking a good PSU? (I've had PSU die on me before) I'm not too concerned with losing data, so do I really need a HDD?
I'm thinking of the following:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/21qzN
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H Micro ATX LGA 1155
PSU: Kingwin Lazer Platinum 650W 80 PLUS Platinum
CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P, 3.1 GHz
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB 2.5" SSD
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray
Monitor: SAMSUNG C550 Series, T24C550ND
Thank you all for the feedback!