Advice on gaming PC (first-time building)

Moussa Bazzoun

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Hi,

I'm going to be building a gaming PC and wanted advice on the parts I picked. I live in the UK btw.

i5-4570
H81M-PLUS
Corsair Carbide 200R
2X4GB Corsair Vengeance ram
Generic DVD-RW Drive
1TB WD HDD
600W ModXStream PSU
As for GPU I was thinking a GTX 770 or HD 7970

Are these okay and compatible, are there any better parts for the same price? Thanks!
 
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i5-4570
H81M-PLUS

well, non overclocked intel system..
are you okay with it..?
actually 4670k and MSI Z87-G45 GAMING is sweeeet combo for overclockable intel system..

but if you don't want to overclock, it's okay..
even in stock clock, your system free of bottleneck effect, and will run flawlessly..

about pcie 3.0 and 2.0, don't worry, delta performance between pcie 3.0 and 2.0 is less than 1%..:)

Corsair Carbide 200R => Okay
2X4GB Corsair Vengeance ram => well, this one is good, but actually i prefer g-skill. vegeance series is hard to overclock..
but since you only run in stock setting, this is still a good choice..

Generic DVD-RW Drive => No comment..
1TB WD HDD => get wd black series, it's the fastest...

Quaddro

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well, 770 is noticeable faster than 7970..
but, yeah, 770 more pricier than 7970..

actually, with 770 price, you'll get a very strong graphic card, R9 290..
this card much faster than 780, even almost as fast U$1000 titan in gaming application...
 

Quaddro

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i5-4570
H81M-PLUS

well, non overclocked intel system..
are you okay with it..?
actually 4670k and MSI Z87-G45 GAMING is sweeeet combo for overclockable intel system..

but if you don't want to overclock, it's okay..
even in stock clock, your system free of bottleneck effect, and will run flawlessly..

about pcie 3.0 and 2.0, don't worry, delta performance between pcie 3.0 and 2.0 is less than 1%..:)

Corsair Carbide 200R => Okay
2X4GB Corsair Vengeance ram => well, this one is good, but actually i prefer g-skill. vegeance series is hard to overclock..
but since you only run in stock setting, this is still a good choice..

Generic DVD-RW Drive => No comment..
1TB WD HDD => get wd black series, it's the fastest series of wd line..or, get hitachi, almost as fast wd black but cheaper..
600W ModXStream PSU => well, an excellent psu :)
 
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Moussa Bazzoun

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I don't need to overclock and since I'm on a budget I can't afford a Z87 chipset and K series CPU without comprimsing on the GPU. Also if I add a custom cooler like the 212 evo will I get better performance in games since the CPU can turbo more? Thank you for the other recommendations quaddro I will look into them :) And yes the performance difference between PCIE 2.0 and 3.0 is neglible.
 

Quaddro

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your turbo speed is limited to 3.6 GHz, and no matter you put a super cool cooler on it, well, 3.6Ghz is the limit..

well, a good cooler will be nice..
for your system durability, not performance..
cooler makes longer life..:)
 

Quaddro

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Ok first of all what Intel® Turbo Boost does is that detects the temperature, if it is plugged in and the number of cores in use. Based on this information it can clock the speed up. So if you are using only a single core and the temperatures are good you will get the best speed. For each additional core in use it may drop down 100MHz. So unless you are over heating you should still get a performance boost from Intel Turbo boost.
 

This, it would also make your system run quieter!