First Gaming PC

[RainbowFrog]

This is my first gaming pc build and I wanted any advice for different parts or anything else i need to change. Games would be almost all newer games coming out in the next few years, including many games from the past few years (BF4, Kerbal Space Program ect) Price is not an issue and Monitor, keyboard and mouse ect included in price.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=30283127

 

[RainbowFrog]

Its a good effort, but you cant use a 3 series cpu in a z87 motherboard, you need an Ivy bridge overclocking board not Haswell.

What about this one? Would it be big enough for possible upgrades as well?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157384

 

[NiCoM]

First off, you CAN NOT put the 3570K on a Z87 mobo, and the i5 4670K (newer & faster version) is almost the same price if not the same.
You shouldn't put a 256GB SSD in there, you only need it for your OS & programs, not for games. Get a Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD instead, thats enough for programs and OS.

DON'T go for a 4GB card.. really, it's not going to perform any better than it's 2GB counterpart, it's only going to be a valid choice with SLI. And with the saved money from the SSD, you could go up to a GTX 780!


Hope this helps you make a rig performing as well as possible within your pricerange. 😉

 

[huskersforever]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.97 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($319.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Grey ATX Mid Tower Case ($73.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1028.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-05 13:43 EDT-0400)

 

[nostall]

Stick with that motherboard, but go with this CPU:
i5-4670K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899
Power Supply: Where everyone tries too cut corners and save money. The CXM line of Corsair is good, but it is Tier 3 in this very good list;
http://community.newegg.com/eggxpert/computer_hardware/f/135081/t/45344.aspx
Spend the extra money and step up to the TX line in Corsair, or better - the HX or AX line. Also take a look at XFX, ANTEC, Seasonic. Something from Tier 1 or tiers 2. The computer you save may be your own.
You won't need the Artic Silver, the compound on your Emermax cooler will work nearly as well and should be pre-applied.
And lastly, if it were my build I would probably add another 8 GB of RAM, just in case future games or programs need it.

 

[RainbowFrog]

First off, you CAN NOT put the 3570K on a Z87 mobo, and the i5 4670K (newer & faster version) is almost the same price if not the same.
You shouldn't put a 256GB SSD in there, you only need it for your OS & programs, not for games. Get a Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD instead, thats enough for programs and OS.

DON'T go for a 4GB card.. really, it's not going to perform any better than it's 2GB counterpart, it's only going to be a valid choice with SLI. And with the saved money from the SSD, you could go up to a GTX 780!


Hope this helps you make a rig performing as well as possible within your pricerange. 😉

Definitely helped man, thanks alot for the advice!

 

[NiCoM]

First off, you CAN NOT put the 3570K on a Z87 mobo, and the i5 4670K (newer & faster version) is almost the same price if not the same.
You shouldn't put a 256GB SSD in there, you only need it for your OS & programs, not for games. Get a Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD instead, thats enough for programs and OS.

DON'T go for a 4GB card.. really, it's not going to perform any better than it's 2GB counterpart, it's only going to be a valid choice with SLI. And with the saved money from the SSD, you could go up to a GTX 780!


Hope this helps you make a rig performing as well as possible within your pricerange. 😉

Definitely helped man, thanks alot for the advice!

No problem man 😉

just to be clear, the i5-3570K is not supported on Z87, but the i5-4670K is, and should be around ~10% faster.