Feedback on new build

[hobbit]

As I'm finally planning on upgrading from my 6 year old laptop, I'd be happy if I could get some feedback on the parts I've picked for my new build as it's my first ever. Don't really have a budget but most I'd probably pay is $2000.

 

CPU: i7 4790k 

Motherboard: MSI z97-g45gaming ATX LGA1150

RAM: 4x4 G.Skill Ripjaw X Series DDR3-1600

SSD: Samsung EVO 250 GB (+ 1 TB Western Digital HDD + old HDD)

GPU: MSI GTX 970 4GB

PSU: EVGA SuperNova GS 650W

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (ATX Mid case)

Cooling: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo for CPU cooler and 3 or 4 Corsair Air Series SP120 case fans

 

Used for CSGO, Skyrim, probably some newer games like Far Cry Primal, etc. Might stream a bit as well. Any feedback appreciated

 

[Aniky]

Not entirely sure on that i7, if u won't really go into specific tasks of using every bit of it, its overkill in cash imo, the i5 4690k would do the same job, considering u would only be playing games, without any heavy graphic design and such, i7 isn't really needed. G.Skill in ram is pretty decent, 8 or 16, even tho i think 8 does the fair job quite good, as for the evo SSD, it's currently at top price/performance tests so its a good buy as well.

Rest looks good, just do some extra review on the EVGA PSU, so u wont be buying something than can be faulty in following months.

How much is that costing u at this point?

[hobbit]

Without including the two monitors and new keyboard I'm also buying, about $1350. I chose the i7 mainly because I read that the 4790k would be a better future-proof option than the 4690k, but like I said, this is my first time building a pc so I might be wrong about that

[Aniky]

Without including the two monitors and new keyboard I'm also buying, about $1350. I chose the i7 mainly because I read that the 4790k would be a better future-proof option than the 4690k, but like I said, this is my first time building a pc so I might be wrong about that

 

In terms of games, they re pretty alike, yeh i7 will work slighty better, but i would say that in the terms of price difference its not worth, but if your budget it somewhere along the 2k$ lines, it isn't such a bad choice if u tend to go for it. Just giving my two cents as in performance/price ratio, normally i5 would work as decent as i7, if u do not intend to go into specific usage of i7 that comes with it and just tend to have it for games.

Kind of a lot, taking in mind u are from US and probably buying off newegg? that it still costs so much, if u would have an extra chunk of cash, u could throw it up for 980 GPU, which would be the real deal for future gaming

[hobbit]

I've got ~$600 in Amazon gift cards for selling old textbooks and from gifts but everything else would be from newegg. I think I may go ahead and get the 4690k instead, and maybe with the extra $100 i'd save on that get a 980. Will have to do some more research on that gpu though.

 

Thanks for your feedback!

[Aniky]

I've got ~$600 in Amazon gift cards for selling old textbooks and from gifts but everything else would be from newegg. I think I may go ahead and get the 4690k instead, and maybe with the extra $100 i'd save on that get a 980. Will have to do some more research on that gpu though.

 

Thanks for your feedback!

 

Tomshardware.com is the way to go for that, they will advise u about that as well if u are in need of extra opinions, but in that term of "yet affordable / not so costy", considering its around 600€, 980 is at the top list of currently A TOP pick of GPU cards for gaming.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html

 

General section for GPU's, everything is there considering any questions about specific or general stuffs considering GPU's:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/t/graphics-cards/

 

Can create topic here for your build questions:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/forum-74.html

[Vanaraud]

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/SuperNOVA_GS_650/12.html

at the end, in the Value part, at bad side: "You can get the EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 for the same amount of money" at leat EVGA G2 750\850W are neck to neck with Seasonic X-series.

 

Skylake platform is out there, more future proof(Samsung 950 PRO is coming out and surely other follow), though DDR4 RAM-s are a bit more expensive than DDR3 atm. 4x4GB kits just waste slots in mobo, if in future the need arises to add more modules, theres no slots left. 2x8GB is fine today, especially as Skylake don´t have quad channel support(not that it gives any noticable performance boost anyways). DDR4 2666Mhz CL15 is the sweetspot atm afaik.

You could check out Asrock\Asus z170 mobo with M2 3.0x4 connector with NVMe\sata support. Asrock\Asus tends to have stable OC, MSI is just ok.

Not big fan of FD(or front doors, but its just probably me), but Fractal Design r5 and S are out...

 

In my experiense, 2x140mm fans at top do the best work, 2 fans in front to push air in. 14cm fans are quieter also, can push same amount of air at lower RPM. Lower RPM=lower noise usually. Though I´m no expert in this field, just have 7 fans in my case and haven´t seen any improvemeants in adding over 4/5 of them...

 

Usually i5 OC-d+ better GPU is better for gaming. Not sure about i7 for MP gaming+streaming, I guess streaming is still GPU intensive.

(Though a separate LAN port could be handy with streaming, not sure though. Google didn´t come up with something useful. I know you can´t double your ISP\router speed limits with double NIC, but I´m wondering if 2 NIC working separately on different tasks- 1 for gaming, 2 for streaming- would reduce latency. Some1 have tried it\ have any ideas?)