Is My Build Good Enough?

[kupka123]

Sorry for making several new threads lately about my build but I would like to see if the final result is good.

I'm going to make a build in the coming months (Still saving up money for it). And these are my planned specs:

Intel Core i5-4590
ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card
Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

I know that I'm buying a Z97 mobo for a non-K intel cpu but I couldn't find a good H97 mobo tbh, I saw the H97 version of my current choice of my mobo but it's got inferior features imo.

Is this build good for games such as GTA 5 and withcher 3 on something between medium and very high? Also, are there any exciting, good value GPUs or CPUs coming out in the next few months(My build will probably take place sometime ranging from the next few months to February or so 2016) Thanks!

 

[sarfrazk638]

your build is very good . You can easily play almost every game at 1080p maxed out except gta v and the witcher 3 where you may have to turn down the aa or textures a little bit .

but if you are going to build the pc upto 2016 then you can wait and see if there comes a new graphics card and try to save more money to buy i5 4690k .

 

[kupka123]

your build is very good . You can easily play almost every game at 1080p maxed out except gta v and the witcher 3 where you may have to turn down the aa or textures a little bit .

but if you are going to build the pc upto 2016 then you can wait and see if there comes a new graphics card and try to save more money to buy i5 4690k .

Thanks! Yeah I'll wait and see what the future holds for the GPU haha

 

[martinch]

You're using mostly good quality upper-end parts, so you should be fine.

Intel Core i5-4590
ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

What about Skylake, now it's out? Unless Haswell is a lot cheaper, I don't see much benefit.

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Have you looked at 1866MHz or faster RAM? Last time I looked, there was little-to-no cost difference going one or two straps faster. I know Haswell's rated to 1600MHz, but I'd assume most/all i5's could do 1866MHz. If not, it should just down-clock to 1600MHz. Obviously, if you go Skylake, you'll want DDR4 ...

Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

That's not the best quality PSU. For the same price, you can get a 620W Seasonic S12II (80+ Bronze non-modular) or 520W M12II EVO (same but modular), or another 10% more would get you the 620W M12II EVO.

 

[kupka123]

You're using mostly good quality upper-end parts, so you should be fine.

Intel Core i5-4590
ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

What about Skylake, now it's out? Unless Haswell is a lot cheaper, I don't see much benefit.

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Have you looked at 1866MHz or faster RAM? Last time I looked, there was little-to-no cost difference going one or two straps faster. I know Haswell's rated to 1600MHz, but I'd assume most/all i5's could do 1866MHz. If not, it should just down-clock to 1600MHz. Obviously, if you go Skylake, you'll want DDR4 ...

Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

That's not the best quality PSU. For the same price, you can get a 620W Seasonic S12II (80+ Bronze non-modular) or 520W M12II EVO (same but modular), or another 10% more would get you the 620W M12II EVO.

Yeah I found a HyperX Fury 8GB 1866 MHz Ram which is actually 3 pounds cheaper than the Corsair but according to my research the CPU will just downclock it so wouldn't it just be the same? Could it maybe actually worsen the performance or should it be OK?

 

[martinch]

Yeah I found a HyperX Fury 8GB 1866 MHz Ram which is actually 3 pounds cheaper than the Corsair but according to my research the CPU will just downclock it so wouldn't it just be the same? Could it maybe actually worsen the performance or should it be OK?

According to this thread on Intel's site, XMP doesn't work on non-K CPUs, but according to this thread on Tom's Hardware, it does. :/

The RAM should default to 1333MHz or 1600MHz, and only run faster if XMP is enabled in the BIOS. So, if XMP doesn't work, just switch it off and it'll down-clock to the default speed, and run as though the default speed were its native speed without a problem (my parents i3-4330-based PC has 1600MHz RAM running at 1333MHz because it's more than fast enough and I can't be bothered to much around in the BIOS*).

* The 1600MHz RAM was cheaper than 1333MHz, oddly ...