Need help with compatibility Check?

[hhpark29]

Black friday special, I am trying to buy everything now! This will be my first build, could you guys let me know if these are good to go? And would i need a graphics card since it already has integrated graphics, if I would just wanted a little more thna decent graphics? Please let me know if I can downgrade on something since I am not a hardcore gamer.

-MSI Z87-G45 Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Pro Gaming with Killer Networking & Sound Blaster Intel Motherboard


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-Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

-CORSAIR CX series CX600 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

-G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR

-Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2) -

-Intel Core i5-4670K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.4 GHZ 6 MB Cache - BX80646I54670K


Anything else I would need?

 

[Hazy125]

That is a very good starting point, a few things you will need to add though are a graphics card and hard drives. I suggest a small capacity SSD such a 60GB drive for your operating system and a 1TB or higher drive for everything else. You will need a GPU, even if you're not a hardcore gamer, without a GPU you won't be able to play games, intergrated graphics just aren't that good yet. If you are really budget focused I suggest an AMD card such as the 29-280X or for even better price to performance, and R9-290. In terms of downgrading anything, I wouldn't go down that road, you have a pretty decent "sweetspot" performance rig by the looks of it. If you must save money, there isn't any real difference in terms of frames per second performance between a low end and a high end motherboard, you could also downgrade your CPU to a lower i5, although I probably wouldn't as you will lose the potential to overclock.

-Member of the Intel Response Squad

 

[hhpark29]

wow, thanks all the info I needed! Although most likely I wont be overclocking, so i think I will go for a lower cpu. Thankyou!

 

[hhpark29]

Oh jeeze, I just googled R9-290. its ~400. Is this way over the average for graphic cards?

 

[Hazy125]

Oh jeeze, I just googled R9-290. its ~400. Is this way over the average for graphic cards?

To be fair, it is a high end graphics card, but if you're looking for the best gaming experience you could be looking at up to $900. The "Next gen" consoles have 7750's and 7770's or cards that are just about the same in them. If you want better performance than the consoles look at something better than those cards, if you can, try to get the most powerful graphics card you can. When I bought my GPU it was $500 and the 290 is much more powerful than my card