is this a good build?

[squidfish11]

I have decided to build my own pc after while and this is what i came up with

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3fmXD3

I plan to stream games and render videos mostly.

is there anything that doesnt belong? is it all compatible? please leave any feedback.

 

[Supahos]

No I think you pretty well have it covered. If you have a giant steam library might consider a 2tb platter drive but that is up to you

 

[squidfish11]

I was told this by some guy and since im fairly new to this all it got me worried but i think i am fine

"Okay going with a i7 for gaming is pretty much overkill so I recommend replacing that with a i5-6500 and the motherboard with a MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX Motherboard.The RAM is also not compatiable with Skylake as it is DDR3 so I recommend buying Crucial DDR4 8GB instead."

 

[Archaic59]

It's a good build but if it was me I'd buy the newest technology, Skylake, for CPU, memory and motherboard. Also the power supply could be better quality for such a nice build. I'd get the EVGA Supernova 650 G2, made by Super Flower, for top quality and dependability.

 

[Supahos]

The i7 will help a lot with video renders, a good oc board and good memory for skylake will run you about $125 more, you could get 16gb ram for this build if rendering is a real common practice of yours

 

[Derza10]

I was told this by some guy and since im fairly new to this all it got me worried but i think i am fine

"Okay going with a i7 for gaming is pretty much overkill so I recommend replacing that with a i5-6500 and the motherboard with a MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX Motherboard.The RAM is also not compatiable with Skylake as it is DDR3 so I recommend buying Crucial DDR4 8GB instead."

If by streaming you mean you will be streaming yourself playing games then you really want to keep the i7, also helpful for rendering.

 

[Outlander_04]

Build using the latest Skylake processor , Z 170 mb and DDR4 RAM

Haswell is already obsolete and there is no future upgrade path .

The water cooler is mostly a waste of money . $40 gets you a great air cooler that will work as almost well

 

[smorizio]

if you can wait a few weeks on the build..look to pick up a newer skylake cpu and mb. it give you a upgrade path for a new cpu if intel drops one after curby lake. the haswell cpu going end of life.

 

[Supahos]

When was the last time it was worthwhile to upgrade an Intel CPU in the same chipset? No way I'd build a skylake without a giant budget right now, or onboard video with an i3

 

[squidfish11]

is there anyway you guys could suggest what cpu then and other things? like i said im not the most experienced with all this and all this stuff is kind of confusing me now lol

 

[squidfish11]

i have about a $1300-1400 budget on this

 

[Supahos]

Your build is correct skylake is not worth the money right now. You spend $125 more for almost no gains. Only suggestion is 16 gb of memory if you render videos often. You can get ddr3 up to 3000 mhz and a 2400 mhz kit with lower cl than the dd4 equilivent is cheaper than ddr4

 

[Archaic59]

is there anyway you guys could suggest what cpu then and other things? like i said im not the most experienced with all this and all this stuff is kind of confusing me now lol

Try this-
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZKN8D3

 

[Supahos]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($429.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1260.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-04 16:47 EST-0500

 

[squidfish11]

Yea i am going to go with 16gb of ram is the 1 i have in there now good enough and compatible? or should i try different

 

[maddogfargo]

i7 for gaming is a waste. Essentially, the difference between i5 and i7 is Hyper Threading, which doesn't benefit games. There is a small scaling benefit when using SLI or Crossfire, but it's small and not worth the extra cost. Besides, a single 980 is plenty of power for 1080p/1440p.

Go with the fastest i5 you can afford. It will handle a GTX 980 just fine.

For streaming or video capture, the Maxwell GPU can handle this with ease. Use the GeForce experience software to setup streaming or ShadowPlay. Much better than using the CPU and we're talking literally 1 FPS performance impact using the GPU to capture/encode video. This is true for both NVidia and AMD GPU video capture.

 

[Supahos]

Several new games actually do run better on i7s than i5s but ignoring that he renders videos where an i7 will kill an i5.

 

[Outlander_04]

Several new games actually do run better on i7s than i5s but ignoring that he renders videos where an i7 will kill an i5.

and also where a 6700k outperforms the end of life/obsolete 4790k

 

[Supahos]

For $150 you're right it's faster never argued that fact just that it isn't worth $150, that gets you a good chunk of the way to a 980ti instead, or dual 970s

 

[maddogfargo]

Several new games actually do run better on i7s than i5s but ignoring that he renders videos where an i7 will kill an i5.

With Crossfire or SLI scaling maybe, but most get no benefit, and when you do its a small difference that doesn't justify the cost really.

However, I saw that he's streaming but must have missed the video rendering part. That is definitely where an i7 will help. So depending on how much rendering he does it would make an i7 worth it in this build since Adobe/Sony apps benefit from an i7 quite nicely.