Advice on this intel build.

[mattangle]

I am looking for some overall advice for this build I am going to start purchasing later today. I had a thread about this build previously, but sense then I have made so many changes I need advice again. I going to add a second graphics card and crossfire in a couple months. Any thoughts/suggestions of any kind are appreciated.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Fishster/saved/RrJmP6

CPU Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core $184.98
Motherboard Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 $139.99
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 $84.98
Storage Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM $52.91
Video Card Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X $219.99
Case Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower $69.99
Power Supply XFX 850W ATX12V / EPS12V $69.99
Optical Drive LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer $15.98
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) $97.98

Total: 936.79

Thanks everyone!

 

[mattangle]

My wife Twitch streams pretty often while gaming.

 

[Calnin]

So, does she watch? or does she stream to people who watch?

 

[mattangle]

Streams for people to watch, or more her ranked team does. So it would be Lol/SC2 running on high setting, while streaming probably 720p as well.

 

[Calnin]

Then yeah, you could probably go with that xeon build above if you want. Any more cuts would probably be more ideal to change the CPU to an AMD cpu. You could go with the i5 4460/4590 if you want, but the frames wouldn't be as smooth.

 

[mattangle]

Updated slightly cheaper build. The E3-1231 is slightly faster, but not enough to make it worth the $60 in any margins I could find and I don't want to pay the extra $$$ just because its a server cpu. Appreciate your suggestions, any further thoughts are appreciated.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Fishster/saved/RrJmP6

 

[Calnin]

It'll work. Gaming alone will have a pretty nice frame rate. Streaming might take a slight performance hit, but everything should still be playable at a decent area.