Will this Gaming PC setup work?

[Nelbrenn]

Hello, I am building an AMD Gaming PC for $1500. Will all of these parts work together? If not, what product should I use instead?

Setup:

CPU: AMD FX-9590
Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming AM3+
Memory: HyperX Fury Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model HX318C10FRK2/16
Graphics card: GIGABYTE GV-N960G1 GAMING-4GD GeForce GTX 960 4GB 128-Bit GDDR5
Storage: AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM HDD 1TB
Optical drive: SAMSUNG DVD Burner SATA Model SH-224DB/BEBE - OEM
Chassis: NZXT Phantom 410 Series CA-PH410-W1 Black/White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Power supply: CORSAIR CX series CX750M 750W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified
CPU cooler: COOLER MASTER Nepton 120XL RL-N12X-24PK-R2 Water Cooler
Operating system: Windows 8.1 OEM - $99

Im buying all these parts from NewEgg.

Thanks,
Brennen

 

[clutchc]

That motherboard will not be suitable for the FX-9590. The CPU isn't even on the CPU support list for that board: http://us.msi.com/support/mb/970-GAMING.html#support-cpu
And if you are going to spend that kind of money on a gamer, go Intel.

The CX line of Corsair PSUs has been plagued with poor quality capacitors. Look at XFX or a higher grade of Corsair. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html#xtor=EPR-8886

 

[pcbuilder102]

No it is not compatible, your motherboard socket and your CPU socket do not match. There is a way better build you can get for the same price. May I recommend http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KP8R8d. It provides a lot better performance in gaming and rendering/editing. The build I recommended should run all the new games at max setting with 60+fps and still can edit really well. If you don't care about rending/editing at all and you just want full game performance you could go this build http://pcpartpicker.com/p/htNknQ. It is great at gaming but it's not as good in other stuff. Geforce is doing a bundle right now so if you do pick one of these builds you will get 2 games: Arkham Knight & The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. I hope I helpd you out, good luck on building.

 

[CTurbo]

Brennen, even besides the cpu/mobo compatibility issues and the weak psu, that is a pretty poor build for $1500.

 

[CTurbo]

This would outperform that by a long shot for over $400 less


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($191.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($78.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card ($322.00 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($86.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($21.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1038.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-21 22:20 EDT-0400

 

[Nelbrenn]

Grandmaster, Would an i7-4790k work with that build insted of the i5-4460?

 

[CTurbo]

Of course it would work. Are you just WANTING to spend $1500?

 

[CTurbo]

This is SLI ready


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($306.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.30 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card ($322.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($101.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1306.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-21 23:30 EDT-0400

 

[pcbuilder102]

Here is a great build. It is better then Turbo's build but it cost a little bit more. It will provide loads of performance and if you want to do future upgrades you can. You can upgrade to 32 GB of ram later and you can SLI down the road.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.49 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1386.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-21 23:43 EDT-0400

 

[Nelbrenn]

If its possible, Can you find a build for under $1600 in Canadian Dollars (Since im canadian) 😛

 

[pcbuilder102]

Here you go. This is priced at $1614 Canadian dollars. Its the closest I could get without loosing some performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1326.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-22 00:17 EDT-0400

 

[CTurbo]

In the future, you really need to say which country you're in in your first post so people won't waste their time putting together a build in the wrong currency.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($409.75 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.98 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($154.99 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($72.98 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($119.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($403.19 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($108.58 @ DirectCanada)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($20.95 @ Vuugo)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($107.92 @ shopRBC)
Total: $1597.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-22 08:47 EDT-0400

 

[Nelbrenn]

Thank you CTubro. Great setup. I will remember to put my currency next time, sorry.