Question about choosing components when building a Gaming PC.

[CantThinkOfaUsernameRightNow]

I am thinking of building a Gaming PC and i am wondering if some components work better when matched with other components. I am not talking about compatibility issues. For example would an i5 4670 work better with a GTX 760 or with a R9 270x, and also would this CPU perform better with a certain compatible MoBo or would just any compatible Mobo perform the same. I hope i made my question a bit easier to understand. Also, is there anything i can do to increase the "lifespan" of the PC i am going to create? I am asking this because i keep hearing that pre-built brand PCs last longer than the custom made ones and are sure to perform well because they were tested for a long time.

 

[IInuyasha74]

Nah not really. As long as they don't bottleneck, and the parts you listed won't bottleneck, then there isn't any extra advantage from using AMD or Nvidia on an Intel system.

 

[ImDaBaron]

Your going with the Non K version of the 4670 right?

 

[indy17]

A few ideas how to expand the life span of components:
1) keep them cool
2) look on big tech sites (like newegg) for reviews of the specific components. And I mean the end users` reviews. Look at the statistics. If you have a lot of reviews with only one egg in comparison with 5 eggs, then you have a problem and you can move to the next one.
I prefer just typing in what I`m looking for, than select only the 5 eggs/stars items, so the lower ones go away.
This will allow you to have the most reliable components, therefore to ensure the least probability of having problems. You can`t just have NO problem at all, that would be an utopia

indy

 

[IInuyasha74]

A few ideas how to expand the life span of components:
1) keep them cool
2) look on big tech sites (like newegg) for reviews of the specific components. And I mean the end users` reviews. Look at the statistics. If you have a lot of reviews with only one egg in comparison with 5 eggs, then you have a problem and you can move to the next one.
I prefer just typing in what I`m looking for, than select only the 5 eggs/stars items, so the lower ones go away.
This will allow you to have the most reliable components, therefore to ensure the least probability of having problems. You can`t just have NO problem at all, that would be an utopia

indy

Make sure you read those reviews though. Some people post reviews on there and are either really ignorant or just acting it. Like I have seen reviews before on graphics cards with one egg which said stuff like "Didn't improve the video quality of my movies. Complete waste of time."

or people who bought a ZX7 motherboard meant for overclocking and bout a non-overclocking CPU and gave it one egg cause they couldn't overclock.

 

[CantThinkOfaUsernameRightNow]

Your going with the Non K version of the 4670 right?

Nope. Not interested in overclocking.

 

[CantThinkOfaUsernameRightNow]

A few ideas how to expand the life span of components:
1) keep them cool
2) look on big tech sites (like newegg) for reviews of the specific components. And I mean the end users` reviews. Look at the statistics. If you have a lot of reviews with only one egg in comparison with 5 eggs, then you have a problem and you can move to the next one.
I prefer just typing in what I`m looking for, than select only the 5 eggs/stars items, so the lower ones go away.
This will allow you to have the most reliable components, therefore to ensure the least probability of having problems. You can`t just have NO problem at all, that would be an utopia

indy

Thanks. I will keep those things you said in mind.