What Should I Change In My Gaming PC?

[Dan Ap]

I Am Going To Be Playing A Lot of Pc Games That Need High Quality PC's and I Was Wondering If This Is a Good PC or Not and What Should I Change On It... http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2m3pMp

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

Change the CPU to an i5-4690k and a mid-range Z97 motherboard and also change the PSU to an XFX 550w.

 

[tsnor]

Convention wisdom is the i5 in that price range for CPU. K version and expensive MB if you plan to OC (i see a water cooling system at $100 in your build so I assume you are) or cheap MB and i5-4460 if no OC. Check hierarchy here. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

( If you prefer the AMD for some reason .... it will run rings around my i7-920, so it's not that bad a CPU. )

 

[Dan Ap]

Thank You For The Avice I Will Get To Those Changes.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

A lot .... I really can't make a case for an AMD build over $1,000

1. Z97 MoBo / 4690k

2. Corsair 100i sounds like a 1950s style vacuum cleaner and loses out to cheaper air coolers.

3. The 850 Evo is faster and is usually same price

4. The Blue is in just about last place here.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/hdd-charts-2013/-17-PCMark-7-Gaming,2915.html

5. The EVGA is not the equal of the MSI and Gigabyte cards

6. The CX600 is a poor quality PSU
http://www.overclock.net/t/1470731/corsair-cx600-psu-on-smoke

7. There are much better cases at lower prices.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KVfzjX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KVfzjX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM SSHD Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($78.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1108.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-17 20:05 EST-0500

-The Power Supply is sized for adding a 2nd card in SLI at some future date.

-I didn't include an SSD as there is one built into the SSHD
*** SSD boots in 15.6 seconds
*** SSHD boots in 16.5 seconds

 

[Dan Ap]

This Was Such a Great Help and Dam I Didn't Know People Hatted On AMD So Much xD

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Not a hate think ... if ya had a $800 budget in days past I always went AMD.... but the 3258 CPU here, that's harder to do.

 

[tsnor]

+1 "Not a hate thing" I have two three old AMDs running right now doing compute and HT (5200+, 5000+ and ancient 3800+) and a bunch of old Athlon gear in the basement. For gaming Intel has the strong upper hand at the moment on both performance and price performance once you get over $500 give/take.