Is this a good gaming pc build?

[shadoraf]

Im going to build my first gaming pc, and was wondering if this is a good pc for battlefield 4 and games like that.

Intel Haswell 4670K
Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 DC2OC 2GB GDDR5
AsRock H87 Pro4
Kingston 8GB (2x4GB)HyperX Fury
Samsung SH-S224DB DVD±RW
Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower
Cooler Master 550W, G550M
Seagate 1TB Barracuda, 3.5", Sata3, 7200rpm, 64MB

Thanks for help!

 

[saggers123]

looking good

 

[enemy1g]

Suggest a better PSU, XFX, Corsair AX/HX/TX, Antec HCG, or SeaSonic. 550W should suffice for a single GPU system.

If you plan on overclocking, get a Z97 board instead. If not, get a H97 board and an i5-4690 instead (non k).

Would also suggest trying to fit a SSD in the build as well.

 

[Onus]

The PSU is not good at all, but the rest is fine. Other than the Seasonic-built "V" series and a few older high-end models, CM's PSUs range from "near-junk" to "mediocre at best." I would recommend an alternative of the same wattage, such as Seasonic (their own, XFX, some Antec), Delta (some Antec), or Super Flower (Rosewill Capstone).

 

[Eduello]

My recommendations:
1. Change the PSU to something from XFX, Antec, Seasonic or Corsair (TX, HX, and AX series only). The one you have selected is not that great.
2. Either get a Z87 or Z97 motherboard and an aftermarket CPU cooler if you want to overclock or get a non-k CPU; The board can't be used for overclocking but the CPU can.

 

[badboyrog2]

budget?

 

[RCguitarist]

Suggest a better PSU, XFX, Corsair AX/HX/TX, Antec HCG, or SeaSonic. 550W should suffice for a single GPU system.

If you plan on overclocking, get a Z97 board instead. If not, get a H97 board and an i5-4690 instead (non k).

Would also suggest trying to fit a SSD in the build as well.

I completely agree with this. An SSD is nice, but not required, so if it make the build cost too much, no biggie, leave it out.

 

[shadoraf]

How about this?

Intel Haswell i5-4670K
AsRock Z87 PRO3, LGA1150, Intel Z87, DDR3, ATX
Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 DC2OC 2GB GDDR5
Kingston 8GB (2x4GB)HyperX Fury
XFX 550W XTR Black edition
Sandisk 64GB III SSD, 2.5", MLC, SATA, 490/240 MB/s
Samsung SH-S224DB DVD±RW
Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower
Seagate 1TB Barracuda, 3.5", Sata3, 7200rpm, 64MB

 

[Eduello]

How about this?

Intel Haswell i5-4670K
AsRock Z87 PRO3, LGA1150, Intel Z87, DDR3, ATX
Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 DC2OC 2GB GDDR5
Kingston 8GB (2x4GB)HyperX Fury
XFX 550W XTR Black edition
Sandisk 64GB III SSD, 2.5", MLC, SATA, 490/240 MB/s
Samsung SH-S224DB DVD±RW
Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower
Seagate 1TB Barracuda, 3.5", Sata3, 7200rpm, 64MB

Looks good to me. Be aware that a 64GB SSD will not be enough for more than a few games and Windows, nothing like BF4.

 

[shadoraf]

Is there anyway i could get the price little lower than now (900€ in Finland),without removing any parts and still get the same performance? For example changing the cpu to an amd cpu etc? And i am going to overclock in the future.

 

[Eduello]

If this even helps:
This is the cheapest 'good' RAM I'd get: http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
If a modular PSU is not a must: http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/P1-550S-XXB9
As for the rest, it's hard to get anything cheaper yet equal; You probably know all too well how the tax rates are in Finland.

 

[diackliam]

An asrock z97 extreme would be a good mobo

 

[shadoraf]

Is the AMD FX-8350, AM3+, 4,0GHz, 8-core equal to the Intel i5-4670K?

 

[diackliam]

Id say go for i5. heres a good comparison:
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/446/AMD_FX-Series_FX-8350_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-4670K.html

 

[Eduello]

Is the AMD FX-8350, AM3+, 4,0GHz, 8-core equal to the Intel i5-4670K?

In applications that use all of its 8 cores? Yes. In anything that uses less than that? No.

 

[Onus]

You could forgo the SSD for now to get the price down, but plan to add it later. Partition your drive into a 120GB partition for Windows, then everything else. When the time comes, get a 120GB SSD and clone your windows partition to it.