New Computer Build

[SanAndreas69ers]

So I am sort of new to building computers (although I have quite a bit of experience with computer's so I am not ignorant on the matter of this subject). I already have a build in mind and actually have some of the parts but I am looking for some feed back and possibly any changes i should make to "Achieve" my standards. I am hoping to play skyrim on it ( Ps3 version got bland), starcraft, Elder Scrolls Online, and pretty much any other RPG on the planet. I am hoping to get high to ultra with the parts i have picked out.

Motherboard- Have
Asus M5A99Fx Pro

CPU-
AMD 8150 or 8350 (Depends on if i should step my spending up a bit for the extra speed)

GPU- have
Sapphire 7950 3GB GDDR5 dual-x

RAM- Have 2 of the chips. Just want the other two because it will make my motherboard look Nice? two black chips & two blue.
Corsair Venegence 4x4 1600 240 pin

Case- I have no clue to be honest, I have looked at a million cases and really all the bitfenix cases appeal to me and the nzxt phantom does as well.

Storage-
2x 1tb western digital green
1x samsung 120gb SDD

psu-
Thinking about a 750w but I might go to a 900 just for the extra room later on.

Also does anybody think that i could possibly play battlefield or call of duty at at least medium with not lag?

 

[cball1311]

What type of budget are you working with?

 

[SanAndreas69ers]

Im trying to stay under 1500 but i dont care much if I pass that.

 

[cball1311]

Sorry fogot to ask, but what about OS, monitor, keyboard/mouse etc?

 

[SanAndreas69ers]

I want windows 8, moniter is going to probably end up being my 20" tv which i want to say is 1080x720. keyboard and mouse, already got picked out.

 

[cball1311]

Here you go, monitor, OS, OC capability.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.28 @ Amazon)
Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($76.12 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate SV35.5 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($87.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($270.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($264.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1475.24
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-08 21:07 EDT-0400)

The one thing that I recommend is not mixing RAM. Sometime you get lucky and they work but you should buy all of your RAM at the same time. You can try it but don't recommend it. I also changed your motherboard for Crossfire support, added another 7950 (make sure you can get the same model). I just gave one 2TB HDD instead of 2 1TB HDD. You can partition it into two if you want (it is just cheaper that way). Finally, the monitor is 144Hz 1080p, 24".

 

[SanAndreas69ers]

Problem is that i already bought my motherboard. I am pretty sure it support's Crossfire because it say's it right next to the pcie slot's at least i think. But if it does not then id prefer to go with an Asus Crosshair V formula because of the AMD socket, i am not a fan of intel. Although i did not know that you could not mix the ram, i will still go ahead and buy it because i am going to make a second computer for my other house.

 

[SanAndreas69ers]

Also will the ram cause problem's even if they are both same size, make etc?

 

[tiny voices]

Do not get an 81xx CPU. They are trash. Get either and 8320 or an 8350.

8gb RAM is more than enough for you. 16gb will add ZERO performance gains.

Get a PSU from antec, XFX, Seasonic.

 

[SanAndreas69ers]

Also any "problems" with my graphics card like is it to weak or what not?

 

[SanAndreas69ers]

and what about the new AMD 95xx that just came out? does it run good or is it not work the 300 bucks?

 

[tiny voices]

Definitely not worth the money. Those CPUs overheat and are a pain. Don't bother.

your GPU should max all your games. It is a pretty powerful card and those games are easy to run.

BF4 and COD will run at high or max.

Also 550-650w is more than enough for this computer.

 

[SanAndreas69ers]

Now will it max my games by itself or will it max with crossfire? and i know skyrim is easy to play, i get like 15 fps with it on my radeon 7350? onboard graphics suck but it some how managed.

Also will the 9590 cpu be just as bad with water cooling?

 

[cball1311]

Sorry I was thinking of a different motherboard (for some reason thought is was mATX). Yeah that motherboard will do fine. Don't know if you plan to OC but you could go with a nice cooler (just watch the clearance on that vengeance RAM). I still would keep the monitor in the build. It will be so much better than a TV. And as tiny voices said, you don't really need to go for XFire if you don't want too, but it will provide some nice gameplay on that 144Hz monitor. Bump down the PSU if you don't plan on XFire.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($181.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($0.00)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($149.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate SV35.5 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($87.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($270.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($264.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1279.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-08 22:01 EDT-0400)

Edit: Slimmed down, no XFire, different monitor.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($181.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($0.00)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($149.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate SV35.5 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($87.00 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VE278Q 27.0" Monitor ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $901.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-08 22:08 EDT-0400)

 

[tiny voices]

Now will it max my games by itself or will it max with crossfire? and i know skyrim is easy to play, i get like 15 fps with it on my radeon 7350? onboard graphics suck but it some how managed.

Also will the 9590 cpu be just as bad with water cooling?

Without crossfire it will max your games. the 7950 is about 30x as powerful as the integrated 7350. and just get the 8350. Forget the 9xxx CPUs.

 

[SanAndreas69ers]

know doubt, there is a plan in my head for xfire but also i want to have a large liquid cooling setup in my computer. Im hoping that
i could find a case large enough to fit a triple fan radiator in it because i would prefer it not being out of my computer. and with psu should i go with single rail or multi?

 

[tiny voices]

Doesn't matter for the PSU as long as it is Antec, XFX, Seasonic brand.

650w no CF, and 750-800w max for CF. The 7950 does not use a ton of power. 750w is plenty with room to spare for upgrades.

 

[tiny voices]

If you want to do a custom water loop like that you will need to budget $350-$500 for it alone.

 

[SanAndreas69ers]

Yes i know of its expensiveness, i already paid into about of of the system, really all that i need for that is a gpu, cpu, and ram cooling block. with that being said i got a 5.25" drive bay resevoir, a 12v pump, triple radiator, and 2-3 meter's of blue tubing to fit my idea of a computer built around the color blue.

 

[tiny voices]

Don't cool the RAM. DDR3 doesn't even get warm. The heat spreaders on modern RAM are just for show.

 

[SanAndreas69ers]

Back to the question of will there be any full atx cases that will fit my radiator inside with minimal modification? i was look at nzxt phantom, Bitfenix shinobi XL and Colossus but im open to any other cases there may be. also i will go with 750 psu no need to tone down to 550

 

[tiny voices]

750w is plenty as long as it is a brand I listed above.

A full tower case will be pretty huge and overkill for this build, and your water loop would be MUCH better off with two radiators (a 240mm one and a 120mm one). Single radiator loops usually don't work well at all when cooling a CPU and a GPU.

 

[SanAndreas69ers]

as overkill as it may seem i want some of the extra drive bay's (for fan control's and what not). also i am fond of antec psu's i've heard good of them so i plan on getting one anyway's. and just a what if question what if i went with three single 120mm radiator's for some odd reason? would it work better?

 

[tiny voices]

I'm not the best to talk to for water cooling, but if you head over to the overclocking/watercooling forum here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-29.html , they will sort your out.

 

[SanAndreas69ers]

okay cool. one more quick question. This is probably the most newbie question anyone could ask but when you have all the hardware assembled how do i go through installing OS, drivers and what not?