Building an Intel system,want your advice.

shoggster

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What you guys think about this PC build.It will be used for gaming mostly.
I thought about getting the K model of the CPU,but then the motherboard has to be different,and i don't know exactly which ones are good for overclocking.Could use your help on that.Is the GPU enough,or should i shell out a bit more for the 970?I don't exactly play games at Ultra,i prefer performance instead of quality.I usually play games at High settings when i can.
For the monitor,i plan to get a Benq XL2411z after i get the PC.I will use my current 60hz Asus monitor for now.

MB: MSI B85M-G43 (1150/B85/DDR3)
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4690 (3.9Ghz)
/w Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Plus (from my old PC)
GPU: GIGABYTE 4096M GTX960 N960OC-4GD DDR5
RAM: KINGSTON HYPERX FURY 2x4GB 1600MHZ DDR3 NON-ECC
HDD: TOSHIBA 1000GB 7200rpm 32MB SATA III
PSU: DEEPCOOL 500W Modular DA500-M
CASE: ZALMAN Z1, ATX, USB3.0 Black
 
CPU is fine for gaming especially if you're not going to max things out and the mobo will be fine with it however i'd highly suggest getting an SSD if you can for windows and key programmes and a hard drive in the future if it's too costly for both as of now.

I think for 60hz that rig will be fine with most games but with that new monitor don't expect to play things other than CS:GO and league of legends at that high a framerate with a 960.

improvements:

  • Better quality psu from silverstone or antec for exmaple
    More "futureproof" case with some more cable management options if you care for appearence
    Get a r9 380 instead of the 4gb 960 if you don't mind going team red, its better for the price.
 

First off Silverstone may have some pretty decent models of PSU, but they're generally not at the top of the tier list, and neither is Antec unless it's a Seasonic based model. EVGA B2/G2/P2/T2, Seasonic X/G, and the Corsair AXi/HXI are generally considered the best of the best when it comes to power supplies.

And what makes a case "future proof"? If anything the case is the least "future proof" part especially if it doesn't have drive / expansion bays.

OP - what is your budget? You can probably get a much better rig for the price if that is known. And most Arctic Cooling products are garbage, you're better off using the stock cooler rather than reusing your cooler from your current PC.
 


I never said they were thee best I just used them as examples better than deepcool to be fair plus drive bays aren't really an issue when hard drives are so big, I put future proof in quotation marks because I'm using it loosly but a bigger case with more room and cable management is never bad.
 
Well, budget will be around $800-850,PC only.No problem with the r9 380,as long as i get decent frame rates, and would be really nice if i can get them with a 144hz monitor. A friend of mine has one, and games play and look really great.
 


True, Deep Cool is not a tier 1 or tier 2 vendor. And actually if anything cases are getting smaller. Micro ATX and mini ITX builds are becoming more attractive to builders because of the Steam Box and HTPCs, and the days of gigantic towers are coming to an end.
 


No reason to go Ivy Bridge when the minimum requirements for high end games like Fallout 4 and GTA V recommend an i5-2xxx CPU and a Radeon 7870/GTX 560 as minimum requirements. You're better off buying something like this for your budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($90.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($214.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($80.62 @ Mac Mall)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($16.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($80.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $814.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-01 21:37 EST-0500
 


Make room for an SSD somehow they are so worth the price.
 
Yeah, definetly adding an ssd later. But im wondering if its okay to get 100gb ssd for the OS and apps, and the hdd for the games and stuff. Is it ok, or the games need to be on the ssd also?
 


Yea ssd's for the os alone are well worth it and having another hdd for games and so in, it depends how much room he will need though ofc
 


putting in a SSD is a hastle though if your not all that tech savy plus if he can't put that 50 dollars or whatever to a 970 or better gpu so you might a well
 


No it isn't, I've done this hundreds of times actually. All you have to do is add an extra SATA cable, swap the SATA 0 with the new drive, set that as default boot drive in the BIOS, load Windows, delete the old installation and you're set. It's not that difficult at all, and I would rather have a much better GPU than a junk SSD. I'd much rather add a much better SSD in as an upgrade.
 
By the time he's going to upgrade (a year or two) he'll have to buy a huge ssd to have enough room to store everything plus you sound very experienced, he may not be so it may be more difficult that you're making out. plus he can fit a 960 and a ssd, he's not missing out on a better gpu like a 970 because of the budget regardless.
 


Again no it isn't. And that is not necessarily true - 250GB and lower SSDs will always be around regardless of what new technologies come out. Some people won't be able to afford or have system support for the latest and greatest tech like M2 drives, which I would love to have in my own system but can't because of cost and my Z97 motherboard doesn't support it. And you can't squeeze a 970 in the budget because it's just not possible. But you could get an R9-380X for around the ~$250 range and that would be a much wiser investment than buying a piece of junk SSD, don't you think?
 
Turns out i can get the r9 280x for cheap from a friend, almost new still in warranty.And as i read from here, and other reviews it is better than the gtx960.Can you recommend me a good power supply? Im guessing 650w will be enough, or should i get the recommended 750w?
 

I think like the other guy said a http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220gs0650v1 should be good there a 750w version of it too if you want that one instead