New Gaming Build Final Check

megusta404 · Dec 1, 2013

Hey guys, I will soon get the parts for this build: PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2cXFQ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2cXFQ/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2cXFQ/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($149.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II 3GB Video Card ($498.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill RNX-N180UBE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.22 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($149.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($266.99 @ B&H)
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K90 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($133.00 @ Mechanical Keyboards)
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 Wired Laser Mouse ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $2170.04
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-01 19:34 EST-0500)
Just doing a final check to make sure I'm getting a great PC and that I'm getting the best bang for my buck. I prefer Nvidia GPUs because of their current game bundle and technologies. Any advice on the build would be appreciated!

Rammy · Dec 1, 2013

Best bang for buck? Nope, not even close.
Good way to spend $2000? Sure, if you want to.

Everything is pretty sensible and high quality, but there is a lot of fat that could be trimmed if you wanted to get the cost down to a specific budget without making a significant (or even noticeable) dent in performance.

Nothing wrong with a 4670K, but if you want to get the best value, the 3570K is generally cheaper ($25), near identical in performance and the motherboards to support it are cheaper too (could be another $10-20).
H80i is again, perfectly sensible, but in terms of bang/buck, a Hyper 212 Evo, or similar air cooler is going to give you a much better return on investment.
Maximus Hero is actually, for a Maximus board, reasonably well priced. However you can do the same thing (more or less) for $40-70 less, depending on which features you don't need.
16Gb of RAM, 250GB SSD could both be halved in capacity without hurting game performance (unless you want to run multiple game clients or something).
Graphics card, you spend what you want to spend really. For a single 1080P monitor a GTX780 is pretty huge overkill. Today you can pick up a Titan cooler GTX780 for $50 less too.
If you wanted to save money on the case, you could. There are plenty of cases in the $50-100 bracket that will offer similar performance.

While it might seem that I'm being picky and negative, if you want to spend your cash, then by all means, go ahead. Everything you picked is high quality, and not at all ridiculous, but if you do want to maximise your money, then you could do a lot better. Either way, I'm sure it'll be a killer system. Enjoy

megusta404 · Dec 1, 2013

Rammy :

Best bang for buck? Nope, not even close.
Good way to spend $2000? Sure, if you want to.

Everything is pretty sensible and high quality, but there is a lot of fat that could be trimmed if you wanted to get the cost down to a specific budget without making a significant (or even noticeable) dent in performance.

Nothing wrong with a 4670K, but if you want to get the best value, the 3570K is generally cheaper ($25), near identical in performance and the motherboards to support it are cheaper too (could be another $10-20).
H80i is again, perfectly sensible, but in terms of bang/buck, a Hyper 212 Evo, or similar air cooler is going to give you a much better return on investment.
Maximus Hero is actually, for a Maximus board, reasonably well priced. However you can do the same thing (more or less) for $40-70 less, depending on which features you don't need.
16Gb of RAM, 250GB SSD could both be halved in capacity without hurting game performance (unless you want to run multiple game clients or something).
Graphics card, you spend what you want to spend really. For a single 1080P monitor a GTX780 is pretty huge overkill. Today you can pick up a Titan cooler GTX780 for $50 less too.
If you wanted to save money on the case, you could. There are plenty of cases in the $50-100 bracket that will offer similar performance.

While it might seem that I'm being picky and negative, if you want to spend your cash, then by all means, go ahead. Everything you picked is high quality, and not at all ridiculous, but if you do want to maximise your money, then you could do a lot better. Either way, I'm sure it'll be a killer system. Enjoy

Thanks man.

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