First time builder

[Koenigsegg16]

Hey guys i have no idea what i am doing and I've done some research and come up with a build i just want to know if there is any way i can improve it (Which im sure there is a heap of) and if theres anyway i can improve it without spending a huge amount of money.

This is my build:
PCPartPicker part list: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/VtHP7P
Price breakdown by merchant: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/VtHP7P/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.00 @ PC Force)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK2 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($249.00 @ PC Force)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($299.95 @ Computer Lounge)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.95 @ Computer Lounge)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card ($275.00 @ PC Force)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($135.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Mighty Ape)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($41.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($149.95 @ Computer Lounge)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($22.94 @ PB Technologies)
Total: $1711.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-27 21:04 NZDT+1300

(Prices are in NZD)

 

[lightcloud]

There are many changes I would make. But before further ado, could you please fill this form out to help us help you?

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2329903/building-fil...

 

[azaran]

Planning on overclocking? You're going to want to get an after market cooler, either a big air cooler or water cooling.

If you do go with an air cooler you may need to rethink your RAM choice. Those huge heatsinks (aside from not really doing a hell of a lot) get in the way of after market coolers like the Noctua line.

Ditch the PSU, especially if you intend to overclock. The CX series isnt something I'd recommend. For general recommendations look in to something from Seasonic or XFX. Check this list out for some suggestions to look at.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

You're wireless card isnt bad, but its only going to do 150Mbs at best (which you will never see). I'd look in to something with multiple antennas. I'm partial to the Intel Centrino Advanced N6205 but try and find something in the 300Mbs range. Even better if it has an exterior antenna system that allows for you to position it for best coverage.

 

[GRUxTSAR]

Get an FX 8350 and ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0. Save yourself $100 and put it towards the GPU (Get at least an R9 280). 16gb RAM is not necessary. Get 8gb. The Corsair CX series is unreliable. Get something good from Antec, Corsair, EVGA, PC Power+Cooling, Seasonic, or XFX. Throw an SSD in there

 

[rockie_]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($289.00 @ PC Force)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Mighty Ape)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($129.99 @ Mighty Ape)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.00 @ PC Force)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($693.13 @ Ascent Technology)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.95 @ Computer Lounge)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($122.82 @ Aquila Technology)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($41.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($149.95 @ Computer Lounge)
Total: $1724.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-27 21:39 NZDT+1300

 

[GRUxTSAR]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($289.00 @ PC Force)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Mighty Ape)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($129.99 @ Mighty Ape)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.00 @ PC Force)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($693.13 @ Ascent Technology)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.95 @ Computer Lounge)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($122.82 @ Aquila Technology)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($41.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($149.95 @ Computer Lounge)
Total: $1724.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-27 21:39 NZDT+1300

$700 970?????

 

[azaran]

The i5 is going to greatly outperform the FX 8350 in single thread applications (90% of gaming) . But switching to 8GB instead of 16GB would free up cash to put toward a better GPU. Well unless you have the $700 for a 970, in which case screw it go big on the memory

 

[azaran]

If you're not intending on trying to OC this system, getting a Z series motherboard isnt really needed. If the price difference between the K and non K version of the 4690 isnt huge, I'd argue the K would be worth getting since its the Devils Canyon refresh and will have better cooling. Otherwise theres no reason to pay the price premium for a K series.

 

[rockie_]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($289.00 @ PC Force)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($174.99 @ Mighty Ape)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($129.99 @ Mighty Ape)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.00 @ PC Force)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card ($499.95 @ Computer Lounge)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.95 @ Computer Lounge)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($122.82 @ Aquila Technology)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($41.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($149.95 @ Computer Lounge)
Total: $1576.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-27 21:58 NZDT+1300

 

[lightcloud]

I presume you will overclock. Then try this, question me if you want to know about the changes.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.00 @ PC Force)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($57.50 @ PB Technologies)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($203.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($129.00 @ PC Force)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.00 @ PC Force)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($259.95 @ Computer Lounge)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($135.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($169.00 @ PC Force)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($41.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($149.95 @ Computer Lounge)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($22.94 @ PB Technologies)
Total: $1565.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-27 22:08 NZDT+1300

 

[Koenigsegg16]

There are many changes I would make. But before further ado, could you please fill this form out to help us help you?

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2329903/building-fil...

The link doesnt work?

 

[Koenigsegg16]

Planning on overclocking? You're going to want to get an after market cooler, either a big air cooler or water cooling.

If you do go with an air cooler you may need to rethink your RAM choice. Those huge heatsinks (aside from not really doing a hell of a lot) get in the way of after market coolers like the Noctua line.

Ditch the PSU, especially if you intend to overclock. The CX series isnt something I'd recommend. For general recommendations look in to something from Seasonic or XFX. Check this list out for some suggestions to look at.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

You're wireless card isnt bad, but its only going to do 150Mbs at best (which you will never see). I'd look in to something with multiple antennas. I'm partial to the Intel Centrino Advanced N6205 but try and find something in the 300Mbs range. Even better if it has an exterior antenna system that allows for you to position it for best coverage.

Hey, i will move onto it later but i dont realy have much experiance at the moment.Anything you would recommend?

 

[azaran]

Well if you want to OC, then you are going to need a Z series board and a K series CPU. But doing that will jump your cost up. If you dont care about OCing then going with an H series board and a non K series CPU will give you more cash to spend on a GPU.

If you are going to go with OCing, water cooling in general will give the best results (depending on the water cooling rig). If you want silent running and modest overclocks going with a big air cooler will be more what you'd want to look at.

 

[Koenigsegg16]

Any recommendations for systems between $1800-2000? i want a really good gaming computer thatll last atleast 2-3 years? I will overclock it too just curios hows the best way to go about this. thanks

 

[azaran]

Any recommendations for systems between $1800-2000? i want a really good gaming computer thatll last atleast 2-3 years? I will overclock it too just curios hows the best way to go about this. thanks

In general the builds given in this thread are all good. You will need a K series CPU and a Z series motherboard to do the OCing.

 

[lightcloud]

Apologies. Try this now-
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2329903/building-fill-form.html

P.S. How is the build I made?

 

[azaran]

Personally I use the Noctua NH-D15 for cooling on my rig, but I want silent over overclocking. Water cooling will generally give better results but someone of the other posters may have more experience than I do on that front. I only dabble in OCing it for the hell of it, not to get insane speed results.

 

[lightcloud]

I have added a 6-core CPU. It is not needed for gaming, but if you are editing this build will it come in handy. And the O.S. is not included yet.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($576.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.15 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($371.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($194.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($82.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($368.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec HCG M 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2018.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-27 06:06 EDT-0400

 

[rockie_]

Core i5 4690 is fast enough , no need of K version for overclocking . Look at my second rig and if you prefer GTX 970 just make the change . His rig is in USD .