Gaming PC good enough?

[Joshua Zablan]

CPU: Intel i5 4670k
Mobo: Asrock z87 fatal1ty killer
Ram: 2x4gb Gskill 1600
PSU: Corsair 600w 80+ bronze
GPU: Palit GTX 770
HDD: 1 tb
case: CM storm enforcer
OD: asus dvd writer

do you think this is good for 3-5 yrs? thanks.

 

[kuhne]

My past rig was kind of similar. I had an i7 but it was older and slower the your cpu, I had 12gb ram but they were slower than your 8, had the same gpu, same psu (pretty much)

3 or 5 years is a long ways to go but it all depends on what monitor setup you have, for 1080p you will be fine as long as you are aware that sooner than later most games will require heavy config settings for you to be able to run them smoothly but a setup like that should be able to run through games like titanfall with absolutely no problem.

Dvd writer though, I'd say either drop it or go for a blu ray burner, they are very cheap. You won't use it probably but might as well be ready for it.

 

[Tradesman1]

In all honest, for most gamers, maybe a couple years, I'd say and you'll be wanting more/better

 

[shiv51292]

I built my system about a month ago for around $850. I did already have a monitor that is ok for the time being but system can run virtually anything out on ultra. Are you dead set on Intel? What games do u plan on playing and are you comfortable doing some overclocking in the future to get some extra time out of it?

My setup is as follows:

Fractal Design R2 XL ultra tower ( by no means necessary lol but love it) paid $99 on Newegg
ASUS M5A99FX Pro 2.0 mobo ( $115)
AMD FX-6350 CPU ($119)
Patriot Gamer RAM 1600 16GB ($140)
Cooler Master 212 EVO cpu cooler (35)
EVGA 650 bronze ( caught a refurbished one for like 50 bucks but can get many 650 watt PSU for around that)
Sapphire R7 265X ( this is the steal of mid budget GPU's in my opinion, got mine for 145, running dual monitor setup and every game ive played ive maxed out res settings and have yet to not get 45 to 60 consistantly)
Kingston V300 120GB SSD ( crucial for top performance, most underrated component of a fast system overall, 55 bucks!)
500gb HDD WD (45 bucks, storage for music, movies, etc)


Shipping and all way under your budget, would even leave room for a nice monitor. I do plan to get another SSD and run RAID, as well as another R7. The money difference as well as being able to run two video cards at 16x each was the draw for me to the AMD. Intel's are great setup's but I can easily OC my cpu to 4.5GHZ if I wanted and I just wanted to be able to be comfortable for the next 3 or so years without having to revamp entire setup. Hope this helps!

 

[shiv51292]

even this wud be fine