Rate my PC

[Tomahawn]

So I plan on building a PC that will be used for gaming (Battlefield and stuff like that) and bit of streaming, tell me if you have any suggestions that cost roughly the same price and also I'll probably make some adjustments in the final build

Here's everything that I plan to get with it:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU COOLER: Cooling Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

MOTHERBOARD: MSI H87-G43 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

MEMORY: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

SSD STORAGE: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

HD STORAGE: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

VIDEO CARD: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card

CASE: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case

POWER SUPPLY: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

OPTICAL DRIVE: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/ASDVD/CD Writer

OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM)(64-Bit) (Available on G2A.com for about $60)

MONITOR: BenQ GL2460 HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor

M/KB: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse

I don't quite recall the amount of wiggle room I have with my PSU

So yeah that's pretty much it.

 

[Best Answer]

I just suggest that you get something like a WD Caviar Blue 1TB instead of Seagate because the failure rate on WD HHD's is lower than Seagate and they cost about that same price. Also windows 8 is like 8 bucks on G2A if you buy it from a marketplace user. So get windows 8 and then you can get windows 8.1 for free in the microsoft store app. Also you should get a "K" CPU if you are getting an aftermarket heatsink or get a AMD as you are getting an AMD video card.

 

[Calnin]

Get rid of the cooler, and get a xeon. (http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-cm8064601467202) << The stock cooler will do for this system. You wouldn't be overclocking anyways.

I suggest getting rid of the kingston SSD and going with a better one, but if you can't, it'll still do fine.

The corsair psu will do fine in this system.

 

[Best Answer]

Get rid of the cooler, and get a xeon. (http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-cm8064601467202) << The stock cooler will do for this system. You wouldn't be overclocking anyways.

I suggest getting rid of the kingston SSD and going with a better one, but if you can't, it'll still do fine.

The corsair psu will do fine in this system.

He said he is going to use this system for gaming. Buying a 400 dollar Xeon for gaming is a no brainer because you can get something like an i7 4790k and get much better performance.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

1. The CPU is last generation....4690 is same price

2. Why are you using a CPU cooler if not usinga CPU that can be overclocked.....suggest a 4790k and Z97 board.

3. Again,m with an H97 board, why a CPU cooler.

4. I would never think of putting a SSD in any build unless GFX card is maxed out.... the 4100 is best spent upgrading to a better GFX card

5. The PSU is one I'd avoid.

 

[Calnin]

Please check the link again. That xeon is still cheaper than the i7.

 

[geofelt]

For your budget, perhaps 9/10.

Changes I would like to see:

1. 120gb ssd will get filled up quickly. I suggest 240gb and defer on the hard drive unless you plan on storing large files such as video's.

2. R9-270X is relatively weak for your cpu. But, I recognize that we all have a budget.

3. 500w is what the R9-270X needs. Corsair builder series is only just ok quality
Consider spending a bit more for a Seasonic 620w unit. It will be much higher quality and will power a future graphics card upgrade as good as a GTX780ti.
This chart might help:
https://community.newegg.com/eggxpert/computer_hardware/f/135081/t/45344.aspx?Redirected=true

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I just suggest that you get something like a WD Caviar Blue 1TB instead of Seagate because the failure rate on WD HHD's is lower than Seagate and they cost about that same price. Also windows 8 is like 8 bucks on G2A if you buy it from a marketplace user. So get windows 8 and then you can get windows 8.1 for free in the microsoft store app. Also you should get a "K" CPU if you are getting an aftermarket heatsink or get a AMD as you are getting an AMD video card.

No.

-The WD Blue sits in 63rd place on THGs Hardware Charts and the WD Blue sits in 7th offering a whopping 63% performance advantage.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/hdd-charts-2013/-17-PCMark-7-Gaming,2915.html

The WD Blue has the highest industry failure rate . The two WD Blue models combine for 4.92% failures as compared to the 2.92% for the two Seagates.

http://www.behardware.com/articles/843-6/components-returns-rates-5.html

Here’s the breakdown model by model for 1 TB drives:

- 3.65% Western Digital Caviar Blue (WD10EALS)
- 3.59% Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C (HDS721010CLA332)
- 2.89% Western Digital Caviar Black (WD1001FALS)
- 2.79% Western Digital Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX)
- 1.61% Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 (ST31000528AS)
- 1.57% Western Digital Caviar Green (WD10EARS)
- 1.31% Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 (ST31000524AS)
- 1.27% Western Digital Caviar Blue (WD10EALX)
- 1.15% Samsung SpinPoint F3 (HD103SJ)

According to THGs testing, there is no apparent benefit to using an AMD CPU with a AMD GFX card in single GFX card systems....the intel does outperform the AMD however. OTOH, Nvidia GPUs scale better on AMD FX CPUs in SLI than CF does

Our big revelation is that AMD’s FX-8350 performs 5% better in SLI than it does in CrossFire. When all else is made equal, AMD’s current flagship host processor really does favor Nvidia's graphics technology. Whoops.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

For your budget, perhaps 9/10.

1. 120gb ssd will get filled up quickly. I suggest 240gb and defer on the hard drive unless you plan on storing large files such as video's.

2. R9-270X is relatively weak for your cpu. But, I recognize that we all have a budget.

I don't see an SSD as the best way to spend that money or a system w/ just 250 GB of storage. A 3rd alternative:

An SSHD will give you 2 TB of HD space and will be hardly indistinguishable from a SSD in any practical manner. On testing done on identical boxes, the SSD boots in 15.6 seconds. and a HD 21.2 seconds. But an SSHD does it in 16.5 seconds and you have are going to have a lot of trouble noticing the difference between 15.6 and 16.5.

On our main workstation w/ two 256 GB Samsung pros and two 2 TB SSHDs we have tried RAID 0 on the SSDs, booting from the single SSD and the SSHD and there is no observable difference.... needed a stop watch to pick up the 0.9 seconds in boot time.

We also have two lappies, one with a SSHD and one with SSHD + HD ....no one can tell which one is which or has observed any difference in performance .... again, takes a stop watch or benchmark or just looking at number of installed drives to figure it out.

A Seagate 2 TB is $85 ... upgrading to the 2 TB SSHD is $30

The 250 GB Evo is $140 .... leaving out the SSD (for now) and getting the SSHD saves $110....which when spent on a GFX card takes you from a 2790x to a 280x. That jump wll have a much bigger impact on gaming than the SSD will have over the SSHD.