final build review!

[xram67]

Alright I've made a few builds and asked a few people for some reviews of them and this is what I've come to.. will this be able to play games alright and last me a year or 2 without getting too outdated? Will also be used for school work like Word and alot of Web browsing. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3BvT7P . If you find a way to save me a little more money let me know!

 

[RCFProd]

A made plenty of improvement and balanced things out:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6L7zxr

Better case, GPU (Better build quality) and much better power supply. The combination of the CPU and motherboard will perform the same as the ones in your list but cost less.

 

[esco_sid]

get 4690k if your going with z97 so you can overclock later
your PSU is low quality get xfx 550
graphics card well in 1 month amd releasing their new graphics cards i would suggest waiting and also that will cause gtx970 price to drop

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($53.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $732.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-19 18:34 EDT-0400

 

[xram67]

Thanks for you reply. I did some basic research and found out that the h97 chipset wasn't able to overclock like the z97 chipset. Is this true? And I agree with you on the case. It's a pretty cheap one and will look for a better one. I noticed that the gpu you chose was 35 dollars more but still the r9 290.. is it worth the extra money? This is sort of a budget build so I price to performance may affect my final decision. Also does corsair not make that good of pcu's?

 

[esco_sid]

Thanks for you reply. I did some basic research and found out that the h97 chipset wasn't able to overclock like the z97 chipset. Is this true? And I agree with you on the case. It's a pretty cheap one and will look for a better one. I noticed that the gpu you chose was 35 dollars more but still the r9 290.. is it worth the extra money? This is sort of a budget build so I price to performance may affect my final decision. Also does corsair not make that good of pcu's?

i pretty much gave you all the answers in my last post.... no h97 cant overclock but so cant 4590 cpu only 4690k can so you would need both 4690k and z97 to be able to overclock and as i said before wait 1 month for new graphics card releases i didnt change gpu in my post tho other guy did. as far as psu corsair cx series are bad PSUs any other higher tiered series they make are just overpriced generally xfx is best budget option.

 

[xram67]

For the 4690k does it come with a stock cpu cooler? And if so would it be able to handle light overclocking with it?

 

[CTurbo]

Don't bother with overclocking. It's not worth it. This is a good deal on a Z97 motherboard though.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($264.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill Galaxy-01 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $729.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-19 20:29 EDT-0400


If you wanted to spend another $40ish, you could get a GTX970.