My first gaming PC build

[AdiiL]

Is my PC build compatible (for gaming of course) ?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3qK2zy

Any edits are welcome.

 

[dottorrent]

RAM is overkill. The Intel core i5-4690K is about as fast as the i7-4790K for less. The Intel core i7-4790K is really for video editors. Your power supply is good, but not great. A storage drive is also recommended for backup and all your games. Here is a modified version of your build -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.96 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($184.50 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($569.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1496.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-12 09:23 EDT-0400

Better quality power supply, faster and newer GPU, recommended RAM at 8GB, more ideal processor for gaming and a 2TB storage drive and for $80 less.

 

[AdiiL]

RAM is overkill. The Intel core i5-4690K is about as fast as the i7-4790K for less. The Intel core i7-4790K is really for video editors. Your power supply is good, but not great. A storage drive is also recommended for backup and all your games. Here is a modified version of your build -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.96 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($184.50 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($569.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1496.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-12 09:23 EDT-0400

Better quality power supply, faster and newer GPU, recommended RAM at 8GB, more ideal processor for gaming and a 2TB storage drive and for $80 less.

Thanks for your reply, and i'm definitely considering your suggestion
but i forgot to mention that i'm not using this pc mainly for gaming, but also for video editing and stuff like that, that's why i'm going with the 16GB of RAM and the i7-4790k, because it's going to be like 60% gaming and 40% video editing...etc,
as for storage, i already have an external hard drive that can hold all of my stuff so i'm not worried about that.

 

[CameronRock98]

RAM is overkill. The Intel core i5-4690K is about as fast as the i7-4790K for less. The Intel core i7-4790K is really for video editors. Your power supply is good, but not great. A storage drive is also recommended for backup and all your games. Here is a modified version of your build -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.96 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($184.50 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($569.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1496.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-12 09:23 EDT-0400

Better quality power supply, faster and newer GPU, recommended RAM at 8GB, more ideal processor for gaming and a 2TB storage drive and for $80 less.

Very nice! : )

 

[dottorrent]

RAM is overkill. The Intel core i5-4690K is about as fast as the i7-4790K for less. The Intel core i7-4790K is really for video editors. Your power supply is good, but not great. A storage drive is also recommended for backup and all your games. Here is a modified version of your build -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.96 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($184.50 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($569.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1496.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-12 09:23 EDT-0400

Better quality power supply, faster and newer GPU, recommended RAM at 8GB, more ideal processor for gaming and a 2TB storage drive and for $80 less.

Thanks for your reply, and i'm definitely considering your suggestion
but i forgot to mention that i'm not using this pc mainly for gaming, but also for video editing and stuff like that, that's why i'm going with the 16GB of RAM and the i7-4790k, because it's going to be like 60% gaming and 40% video editing...etc,
as for storage, i already have an external hard drive that can hold all of my stuff so i'm not worried about that.

Redone -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($33.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($184.50 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($148.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($569.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1570.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-12 11:54 EDT-0400

 

[TomThePotato]

You can always go with this cheaper power supply, which should be enough for another 980 down the road.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20850v1

 

[AdiiL]

OK .. Thanks for all your replies, they helped me a lot

 

[logainofhades]

Is my PC build compatible (for gaming of course) ?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3qK2zy

Any edits are welcome.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($33.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($142.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($349.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($349.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master N600 Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($80.00 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1680.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-13 10:42 EDT-0400