Advice on 1st Gaming PC!!

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kim31227

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Hi guys,
I'm building my first PC soon and I want to finalize the parts which I want to use. I want to build my PC before school starts again (next week) so I will have to hurry. Therefore, I don't have as much time and money so I went with a 760 instead of a 770 graphics card.

I am an occasional gamer who games and does school work. The majority of the time I will be on the web, doing projects, watching videos etc... I will occasionally play games.

These are my parts: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1pFk3

Is my PC good enough for an occasional gamer? Please offer me some advice as it is my first time building a PC. Thank you!! :)
 
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I'm a system builder working for a busy retail computer store in Canada. I've built over 5500 PC's, and I get to test pretty much all of them.

If you want to maximize what you can get with your budget, try these options:

Swap the Sabertooth board for the Z87-A (still does 8x/8x I believe)
Swap the Ram for a 2x 4GB kit. No need for 16GB on a gaming system, there is no benefit. Suggest GSkill RipjawsX 1600Mhz
Only buy the 4670K if you are overclocking, K series is usually more expensive. A 4570 will be ample for gaming, hell, even a 4430. Frequency doesn't mean much anymore, unless you overclock your machine past 5Ghz. Most games don't benefit a whole lot from overclocking the Intels - they are fast enough.
If you swap all the above...
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The build your aiming for is pretty similar to what I want to run and after researching most of the same parts that you listed in your build I would think it should be more than enough for gaming if your an occasional gamer. I think some things I might change if you plan on overclocking your CPU for example but if your running your system without overclocking anything then I believe you should be fine.:)
 
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2x4gb memory is plenty

Changed to cheaper motherboard. Still very good.
Sabertooth very bad p/p.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($124.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($264.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.91 @ Amazon)
Total: $1233.77
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-08 10:15 EDT-0400)
 
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I'm a system builder working for a busy retail computer store in Canada. I've built over 5500 PC's, and I get to test pretty much all of them.

If you want to maximize what you can get with your budget, try these options:

Swap the Sabertooth board for the Z87-A (still does 8x/8x I believe)
Swap the Ram for a 2x 4GB kit. No need for 16GB on a gaming system, there is no benefit. Suggest GSkill RipjawsX 1600Mhz
Only buy the 4670K if you are overclocking, K series is usually more expensive. A 4570 will be ample for gaming, hell, even a 4430. Frequency doesn't mean much anymore, unless you overclock your machine past 5Ghz. Most games don't benefit a whole lot from overclocking the Intels - they are fast enough.
If you swap all the above, you might free up enough budget to jump up to a better video card, say a GTX 770. Always put much more into the video card if you plan on gaming.

Another way to save budget to add to the video card is to prep the system for SSD caching. Skip the SSD for now, add it later as a cache. Just make sure you set your controller to Raid mode before installing windows.

P.S.- That cooler is great, but if you plan to overclock, you will definitely need something better. You might get a few hundred MHz out of it, that's it.

Other than that, very good system build :)
 
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