Please help budget $1200

[infamousIlusionist]

Hi guys

Please help me with this build $1200 dollars budget +-
I am uncertain about the GPU as i dont think it will handle my top end games eg the witcher 3 and so on.
Please modify or improve this build

CPU: Intel Haswell Core i5-4590, 3.30GHz, Quad Core, LGA1150
GPU: GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming, 4GB, DDR5
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer, LGA1150, Intel H97 Chipset, ATX
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury, 8GB Kit, DDR3-1600, CL10, Black
PSU: SeaSonic S12II, 520w, 80 PLUS Bronze
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue, 1TB, 3.5", SATA6G, 7200rpm
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO, 120GB, 2.5", SATA6G, 540/520MB/s
Case: Cooler Master N400, Midi Tower, Windowed, Black, ATX
Fans: Cooler Master SickleFlow X, 120mm, Transparent x3
DVD drive: LG DVD-Writer, 24x, Internal, Black, SATA

Please help. Any advice is appricated
Thanks

 

[Silverbear]

To play Witcher 3 on ultra settings at 1080p, you need a GTX 980 or above, it's a very demanding game. A GTX 970 certainly works and will save some money, you just have to lower a couple of settings. I also included a larger SSD which is nice to have, 120 GB will fill up surprisingly quick.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($218.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.22 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card ($525.45 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case ($65.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1203.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-01 14:04 EDT-0400

 

[infamousIlusionist]

To play Witcher 3 on ultra settings at 1080p, you need a GTX 980 or above, it's a very demanding game. A GTX 970 certainly works and will save some money, you just have to lower a couple of settings. I also included a larger SSD which is nice to have, 120 GB will fill up surprisingly quick.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($218.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.22 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card ($525.45 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case ($65.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1203.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-01 14:04 EDT-0400

I wont be overclocking so could you do one for not overclocking? and im in south africa so the prices are alittle bit higer and dont really have g skill. could you do a build from www.rebeltech.co.za and then my budget is R12 000 - R13 000

thanks for the advice a lot of people saying that with the gigybyte gtx or the msi gtx 970 you could run it . any other tips ?

 

[Silverbear]

CPU: http://www.rebeltech.co.za/lga1150/290-intel-intel-haswell-core-i5-4460-320ghz-quad-core-lga1150-intel-haswell-core-i5-4460-bx80646i54460-320ghz-with-turbo-boost-340gh.html

Motherboard: http://www.rebeltech.co.za/lga1150/302-asus-asus-h97-plus-lga1150-intel-h97-chipset-atx-asus-h97-plus-lga1150-intel-h97-chipset-4x-dual-channel-ddr3-1600-4x-sata6g-wit.html

RAM: http://www.rebeltech.co.za/ddr3-1333-1600mhz/1161-corsair-corsair-vengeance-lp-8gb-ddr3-1600-cl9-black-corsair-vengeance-lp-cml8gx3m1a1600c9-8gb-ddr3-1600-pc3-12800-cl9-15v-240pi.html

Video Card: http://www.rebeltech.co.za/geforce-gtx-900-series/8309-gigabyte-gigabyte-geforce-gtx-970-4gb-ddr5-pci-express-30-windforce-3x-ed-the-witcher-3-batman-arkham-knight-gigabyte-geforce-gt.html

HDD: http://www.rebeltech.co.za/35-hdds/870-western-digital-western-digital-caviar-blue-1tb-35-sata6g-7200rpm-western-digital-caviar-blue-wd10ezex-1tb-35-sata6g-7200rpm-64m.html

PSU: http://www.rebeltech.co.za/475w-600w/7424-seasonic-seasonic-s12ii-520w-80-plus-bronze-seasonic-s12ii-ss-520gb-520w-12v-480w-eps12v-atx12v-v23-80-plus-bronze-certified-act.html

Case: http://www.rebeltech.co.za/midi-towers/1870-cooler-master-cooler-master-n300-midi-tower-black-atx-cooler-master-n300-nse-300-kkn2-midi-tower-black-no-psu-bottom-placed-psu-.html

Total comes to about R 13,200