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Offline Andee

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Advice on a PC Build
« on: January 13, 2016, 10:35:57 pm »
Here's my build that I plan on purchasing in a month or two.

Any recommendations on how I could make this better? I'd like to keep it around $1500-1800.



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($314.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($151.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($82.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($617.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower Case  ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1635.44
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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2016, 10:38:21 pm »
Ur video card costs more than my whole computer
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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2016, 10:42:35 pm »
Ur video card costs more than my whole computer

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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2016, 11:38:45 pm »
Everything looks pretty good in my opinion, just make sure your power supply isn't overkill in terms of wattage.

As for your video card, there are always sites to compare video cards based on price, so you might be able to buy the same for a better value.
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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2016, 11:45:01 pm »
Change your SSD to a 1 terrabyte one and get rid of that 1TB harddisk its useless..
think about 32 gigs of ram seperated in 4 modules.

Well worth investement to have fast storage, if 1TB at some point runs out you can always attach cheap 3 TB drive to your system for next to nothing.

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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2016, 11:50:21 pm »
Very nice rig, nicely balanced out in terms of performance as far as I can tell.

If you want to save money you could get a 980 with 4GB of RAM instead of the 980 Ti with 6GB, as I don't believe you'll really see much of a difference in frame rate between the two unless you specifically make large amounts of the RAM on your GPU available to games you play (at least that was the case with a heavily modded Skyrim for me, it may be that games are better at utilising it now to be fair). I mean partly it depends on the resolution you're using ofc, but for a standard 24" monitor I would just save the money tbh.

I assume you're building it yourself?

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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2016, 11:51:34 pm »
Yes, good point Tiki, is this for 4K gaming or?

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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2016, 11:59:10 pm »
Change your SSD to a 1 terrabyte one and get rid of that 1TB harddisk its useless..
think about 32 gigs of ram seperated in 4 modules.

Well worth investement to have fast storage, if 1TB at some point runs out you can always attach cheap 3 TB drive to your system for next to nothing.

The cheapest SSD I found was $249 :S

Very nice rig, nicely balanced out in terms of performance as far as I can tell.

If you want to save money you could get a 980 with 4GB of RAM instead of the 980 Ti with 6GB, as I don't believe you'll really see much of a difference in frame rate between the two unless you specifically make large amounts of the RAM on your GPU available to games you play (at least that was the case with a heavily modded Skyrim for me, it may be that games are better at utilising it now to be fair). I mean partly it depends on the resolution you're using ofc, but for a standard 24" monitor I would just save the money tbh.

I assume you're building it yourself?

Atm, I have an R9 290 which has relatively the same specs as the 980 and I've some issues running games with it. So, I think I'll stick with the 980ti. I'll be building it myself as I've built the one I have now, which is here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7NhcjX

Yes, good point Tiki, is this for 4K gaming or?

No, I only have a 21.5" 1920x1080 60hz monitor.
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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2016, 12:04:07 am »
For 1080 P gaming a 980Ti seems heavy overkill what games are you running that don't run well on a R9 290 :D

Price investment for big SSD is well worth it ofc its your own choice.. :)


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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2016, 12:06:31 am »
For 1080 P gaming a 980Ti seems heavy overkill what games are you running that don't run well on a R9 290 :D

Price investment for big SSD is well worth it ofc its your own choice.. :)

ARMA, Reign of Kings, CSGO. Potentially BCoF and WoR :D

I would also like start streaming these games :)
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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2016, 12:10:30 am »
looking at your old build i would assume your limits are Ram and SSD..

Arma is heavily CPU bound... CSGO should run on that machine fiiine.

For streaming you have good point, with Nvidia Shadowplay it would work nice.
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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2016, 12:11:56 am »
I changed the memory to 4x4gb and I have a compatibility issue now.

Can someone ELI5 for me?:
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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2016, 12:12:45 am »
Get a 32 gig kit ;)

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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2016, 12:23:56 am »
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Re: Advice on a PC Build
« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2016, 12:29:48 am »
For 1080 P gaming a 980Ti seems heavy overkill what games are you running that don't run well on a R9 290 :D

Price investment for big SSD is well worth it ofc its your own choice.. :)

ARMA, Reign of Kings, CSGO. Potentially BCoF and WoR :D

I would also like start streaming these games :)
how the hell are you having problems running csgo? I get about 100 frames on MY computer
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