Second Gaming Build. Please advise

[aydterracer2005]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sPMdQ7

Please critique this gaming build that I intend to hook up in my office or down in my theatre room. My budget is around $1000.00 and I would like to play most (all) games (Fallout, GTA, Skyrim mods, other shooters/action games) on very high / near max settings for the next few years without needing to upgrade.

Please note i am not interested in overclocking hince the reason I chose the Xeon. Would I be better off saving some cash and dropping to the i5-4460?

Is my power supply a solid choice? That is the area I am least knowledgeable on.

Any input would be greatly appreciated!


CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($25.98 @ OutletPC) \

Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.75 @ OutletPC) \

Motherboard: MSI B85M GAMING Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz) \

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg) \

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($86.99 @ SuperBiiz) \

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($338.49 @ SuperBiiz) \

Case: Xigmatek Aquila MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($61.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($17.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1089.13

 

[KKAW]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sPMdQ7

Please critique this gaming build that I intend to hook up in my office or down in my theatre room. My budget is around $1000.00 and I would like to play most (all) games (Fallout, GTA, Skyrim mods, other shooters/action games) on very high / near max settings for the next few years without needing to upgrade.

Please note i am not interested in overclocking hince the reason I chose the Xeon. Would I be better off saving some cash and dropping to the i5-4460?

Is my power supply a solid choice? That is the area I am least knowledgeable on.

Any input would be greatly appreciated!

It's an all around solid choice, however if you are going to game only 8 GB is a lot more than you need.

 

[aydterracer2005]

thanks for the response I figured I'd grab 16 since it wasnt that much more expensive than the 8gb. Any thoughts on on that PSU?

 

[KKAW]

thanks for the response I figured I'd grab 16 since it wasnt that much more expensive than the 8gb. Any thoughts on on that PSU?

Excellent Quality PSU, It's Tier 1

 

[aydterracer2005]

I assume this should be able to max out Witcher 3 at 1080p?

 

[KKAW]

I assume this should be able to max out Witcher 3 at 1080p?

Some Witcher 3 Settings are crazy demanding. If you have a 60hz monitor you will be good to go, however if you want the fps to be always higher than 60fps you may have to bring some of the filters down just a tad.