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Hans an Franz·1/30/2015, 1:59:25 PM·1 votes·530 views

Hey! About to buy a new computer and wanted to know if any computer geeks could help me out. I have here a list of all the items im looking to buy and was hoping someone could give me their thoughts on how it will preform/any improvements that could be made to it. Thanks a ton!

Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed Black ATX Mid Tower Case $89.99

WD BLACK SERIES WD1003FZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive IN STOCK $74.99

MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support G-SYNC Support Video Card $349.99

Rosewill LIGHTNING-800 800W Continuous @ 50°C, Intel Haswell Ready, 80 PLUS GOLD, ATX12V v2.31 & EPS12V v2.92, SLI/CrossFire ... $129.99

G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR ($71.99 ea.) Getting 2 of these^

MSI Z97-G45 Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $139.99

Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell Quad-Core 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I54670K $244.99

RAIJINTEK TRITON-RED, All-In-One Open loop Liquid CPU Cooler with New Pump, Water block and Tank design, 2* 12025 Fans $99.90

3 Comments

BlazinHot61/30/2015, 2:48:18 PM1 votes

Overall I think you are making some pretty good choices. I prefer Asus and Gigabyte GPU's compared to MSI, but its not that big of a deal. I had never heard of that CPU cooler company before, so I checked them out. That cooler does look good though, thanks for sharing that. Check some forums to see if people have problems with leaks or anything. There are 3 things I saw that you should change (listed in order of importance):

That power supply is complete overkill in terms of wattage. It is very smart to choose something that is rated Gold efficient though. A 600 Watt would be fine for the build you have. Seasonic is hands down the best power supply manufacturer atm. Corsair is good too, but stay away from their series that is a 'C' model.
I highly recommend you get a Solid State Drive (SSD) instead of a conventional HDD. If its a budget problem. Get a SSD first and then add a HDD later for media. If you wait on a SSD, you will have to re-install windows. A SSD gives you more performance per cost than a GPU upgrade does.
The RAM that you chose isnt bad. a CL9 timing is pretty good. You can get that timing plus staying at the same voltage with RAM that has higher clock speeds (2133 MHz). With your liquid cooler, you are also free to choose RAM at 1.65 Volts (as opposed to the 1.5 V RAM you have now) Once you are absolutely sure what motherboard you are getting, check the manufacturer page for that specific motherboard before you buy the RAM. They will have a list of specific RAM sticks that work with the board. Choosing something not on that list can give you problems down the road if you need to warranty it.

Lastly, dont forget about additional fans and get some good thermal paste for your CPU block.

Nucleophilic atk1/30/2015, 2:49:55 PM1 votes

I like MSI! I got a MSI leopard laptop for $900 and it's the shit.

727PP1/30/2015, 2:57:56 PM1 votes

you probably don't need such a powerful PSU. 600 watts should cover you, unless you plan to crossfire/sli. you might want to specify what you are building this for. Can't help you unless we know what your tring to do.

For video rendering this is great. On the other hand, for just light gaming this is unnecessary. For league of legends this is complete overkill. We need to know what your doing.

oh, and if your planning on playing league a lot, spend that money on a 256 gig crucial ssd. You may need to upgrade later, but right now, the loading times will be so usefull.