Building a gaming PC. Need suggestions....

[Derek Woolley]

I have a MSI Z97 Gaming 7 motherboard. I'm not sure what processor to get, I was think the Intel Core i5-4670 3.4Ghz. Do you guys think this will run well with the motherboard. Also, what graphics cards do you guys recommend? How much ghz do you guys recommend. If its more than 3.4 I will need to find a new processor.
Here is a link to what MSI says is compatible with the motherboard I have. Basically which one of these will run best for high running games such as skyrim and dragon age
http://us.msi.com/support/mb/Z97-GAMING-7.html#support-hdd

 

[Pyre]

Im sure that mother board is good. Get yourself a GTX 970 if its in your budget of course, something cheaper go for R9 280x or even R9 290(some are cheap), I would say GTX 960 but R9 280x and R9 290(both higher end than 960) are not to far off from their price in UK anyway.

 

[pjgmaster]

I have a MSI Z97 Gaming 7 motherboard. I'm not sure what processor to get, I was think the Intel Core i5-4670. Do you guys think this will run well with the motherboard. Also, what graphics cards do you guys recommend?

Yes, the cpu will run with that motherboard, but a gaming 7 isn't needed a gaming 3 to 5 is adequate. Also what is your budget range for a graphics card?

 

[Pyre]

And yes that processor is good, some might tell you to wait for Skylake, but one generation behind I doubt that Skylake's i5s will be 20% or more different to I5 4xxx generation