need help with my gaming build

tayfun101 · Jul 31, 2014

Hey guys im looking for some help regarding my new build. As im not sure what kind of motherboard i need for crossfire and my budget is rather tight.
The things i want to put in right now are a 4970k processor with 1 r9 290 toxic with room for another in a year orso no clew on what case or motherboard i need could really use some the experts here.
This is what i allready got figured out.

http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/394885/intel-core-i7-4790k-boxed.html
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/362247/sapphire-r9-290-4gb-gddr5-oc-tri-x.html
http://www.sicomputers.nl/netzteil-evga-850w-nova-850-g2-modulear-80-gold-retail.html
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/340874/samsung-840-evo-250gb.html
http://shop.egcomputerspecialisten.nl/crucial/geheugenmodules/blt2c4g3d1608et3lx0ceu/crucial-ballistix-tactical-8gb-ddr3-pc3-12800-2-x-4-gb/?pk_campaign=tweakers.net&pk_kwd=1439
these components combined are 984 euros.

I have a maximum budget of 1100ish euros theres some room to play around with.
The motherboard needs to be crossfire ready for r9 290's x 2 and the case should be a decent one with airflow.

Suztera · Jul 31, 2014

drkatz42 · Jul 31, 2014

Novuake · Jul 31, 2014

You mean 4790k.

Nice card.
Nice SSD.
Would not suggest EVGA for PSU, but won't really be a problem.

Here is a good motherboard at a nice price.
http://www.sicomputers.nl/componenten/moederborden/intel-s1150/gigabyte/gigabyte-ga-z97x-sli-motherboard.html

Chassis is a little bit more difficult since preference is important. But here is a decent options with decent airflow for Xfire R9 290s :
http://www.sicomputers.nl/componenten/behuizingen/corsair/carbide-300r.html

Now this obviously comes in over budget.
So now, you can drop cost in a few ways.

1. Cheaper(and actually more reliable PSU).
http://www.sicomputers.nl/componenten/voedingen/xfx/xfx-pro850w.html
2. Not sure if I have the cheapest site used. So shop around.

3. Drop to an I5 4690K CPU instead, an I7 VERY rarely benefits gaming performance and when it does, its a very small difference as well. I7 is however good for editing and content creation.

4. Drop to a 120GB SSD, which is not ideal, but if needs must, then yeah.
Crucial SSDs are also a great lower cost alternative and on the 240GB version it saves you about 20Euro.
120GB : http://www.sicomputers.nl/componenten/harde-schijven/ssd/crucial/crucial-m500-120gb.html
240GB : http://www.sicomputers.nl/componenten/harde-schijven/ssd/crucial/crucial-m500-240gb.html

tayfun101 · Jul 31, 2014

Novuake :

You mean 4790k.

Nice card.
Nice SSD.
Would not suggest EVGA for PSU, but won't really be a problem.

Here is a good motherboard at a nice price.
http://www.sicomputers.nl/componenten/moederborden/intel-s1150/gigabyte/gigabyte-ga-z97x-sli-motherboard.html

Chassis is a little bit more difficult since preference is important. But here is a decent options with decent airflow for Xfire R9 290s :
http://www.sicomputers.nl/componenten/behuizingen/corsair/carbide-300r.html

Now this obviously comes in over budget.
So now, you can drop cost in a few ways.

1. Cheaper(and actually more reliable PSU).
http://www.sicomputers.nl/componenten/voedingen/xfx/xfx-pro850w.html
2. Not sure if I have the cheapest site used. So shop around.

3. Drop to an I5 4690K CPU instead, an I7 VERY rarely benefits gaming performance and when it does, its a very small difference as well. I7 is however good for editing and content creation.

4. Drop to a 120GB SSD, which is not ideal, but if needs must, then yeah.
Crucial SSDs are also a great lower cost alternative and on the 240GB version it saves you about 20Euro.
120GB : http://www.sicomputers.nl/componenten/harde-schijven/ssd/crucial/crucial-m500-120gb.html
240GB : http://www.sicomputers.nl/componenten/harde-schijven/ssd/crucial/crucial-m500-240gb.html

Cheers mate that will significantly reduce the cost of my build

ill upgrade the cpu in a year or 2 then😀

Novuake · Jul 31, 2014

No problem.

And a year or 2 will not change much, maybe 3+ will though.