Seeking a second opinion on my build before ordering (i5 $880 gaming build)

[Senexz]

Hey all 😛

Me and my friend are building a gaming pc for him.
Planning on ordering these parts: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jPbsVn
It needs to play recent and future games at 1080p with medium to high settings

What do you guys think? This is my second build.

Thanks for your time.

- Samuel

 

[boosted1g]

Pretty decent build, only a few things:

If spending the money on a new build I would get a Z97 or at least an H97 board over a b85.
I would get a little higher power of a PSU, recommended is 500 watts so 550watts does not give you much wiggle room.
I would try to get windows 8.1 disk, not windows 8

 

[tiny voices]

Get 1.5v RAM and a normal HDD. That one is designed for surveillance system hardware.

Otherwise it looks good.

 

[tiny voices]

windows 8 auto upgrades to 8.1 when you install it.

550w is plenty for this build. More than enough.

He has no need for a Z97 board with a locked CPU, but I agree that an h97 board will be nice. The board he has will work just fine though.

 

[boosted1g]

Good catch on the HDD, didnt even look at the model numbe that closely.
Yeah I saw that he didnt have OC CPU, but H97 would be better.

Did not know that bout 8 auto-updating to 8.1

 

[Senexz]

Thank you. This is why I love you guys

I think this HDD then: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm001
This RAM: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-hx316c10fbk28
and I will stick to the b85 mobo

 

[tiny voices]

RAM and HDD look great Good to go!