Building own computer.

[Toby Shirk]

So recently I started building my own computer and by that I mean I've bought two parts. I am very new to this so I was wondering if somebody could help me out with deciding if the parts are good and weather or not they work together. I want this to be a good gaming computer capable of recording, and playing powerful games on medium to high. Here is the complete list of parts.

Motherboard: MSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97-G45 GAMING


Graphics card: MSI Computer Corp. Video Graphics Cards R9 280X GAMING 3G


CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K Processor 3.5 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I54690K



RAM: ADATA USA XPG V1.0 OC Series 8GB DDR3 1600MHZ PC3 12800 4GBx2, Dark Blue AX3U1600W4G11-DD



Harddrive: Western Digital 2 TB 3.5-Inch WD Se SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Enterprise Hard Drive WD2000F9YZ [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]



Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts EA-650 Green 650 Watt 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply



CD Drive: Asus 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA Internal OEM Optical Drive DRW-24B1ST (Black)



Case: NZXT Guardian 921 RB ATX Mid Tower Case, Black 921RB-001-BL



Audio Card: ASUS XONAR DG Headphone Amp & PCI 5.1 Audio Card



Moniter: ASUS VS228H-P 22-Inch Full-HD 5ms LED-Lit LCD Monitor



Version: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - Full Version




Thank you for your help!

 

[Gracodana]

Do you really need a sound card because if not then i'd put the money into a r9 290 or a 970 other then that it's a solid build.

 

[Mamborambo]

I would drop the Audio card if I were you. If you do some research, you can see that the popular opinion is that Audio cards are not necessary. Also, please get an SSD, that's the biggest performance boost you can get.

Other than that, the system seems fine, it wont be able to play on ultra though, especially not when recording. You should consider spending a bit more if you can, games these days require more and more.

 

[Gracodana]

I would drop the Audio card if I were you. If you do some research, you can see that the popular opinion is that Audio cards are not necessary. Also, please get an SSD, that's the biggest performance boost you can get.

Other than that, the system seems fine, it wont be able to play on ultra though, especially not when recording. You should consider spending a bit more if you can, games these days require more and more.

Agree about the SSD.