Advice on new gaming build under $1400

jake032978 · Apr 7, 2014

Hello , I hope this is the right place to post this stuff. I am looking to play mostly online MMO type games on very high settings , possibly Everquest Next when it comes out which uses Voxels and seems to be pretty Cpu intense at least in it's un-optimized state currently, I have never built a pc and never overclocked anything , but I figured it might be good to keep the option open. I know my build doesn't have a HDD now , but I figured a 240G SSD could get my OS and a game or 2 on it until I can afford to buy one. I am only using 260G on my current system which has quite a few games I could easily delete to free up space. Does anything look wrong ? any opinions before i waste my tax return money on a bunch of parts I will likely fry anyway when I try to put them together ? thank you =) http://pcpartpicker.com/user/jake032978/saved/#savedbuild_1010966

barto · Apr 7, 2014

So things I would change. I would change the motherboard to the ASRock Extreme4. Solid motherboard with an awesome price. Change the RAM to a 2 stick kit to utilize Dual channel RAM and I would also get 1866 MHz RAM. Haswell chips do benefit from higher RAM frequencies for a low cost. Change the GPU to a non reference GPU for cooler temps. The power supply is a good one. It's kind of in the middle though. A 600/650 watt power supply is more than enough for one 780, but if you want to SLI later on, an 850 would be a better choice.

Couple things about SSDs. First, never defrag. SSDs are not like HDDs. Second, you will want to leave about 25% space free on a SSD. Based on the way SSDs are designed, this space is needed for reading and writing. If you fill up the SSD, it will slow down. And finally, the SSD you chose is a good one, but I'm a Samsung EVO fan and I'd get that one if you are willing to spend $20 more.

Eric Joh · Apr 7, 2014

Definitely get 2x4GB Ram. I would honestly try to get the Samsung Evo 500GB SSD. Just make it work with the budget.

jake032978 · Apr 7, 2014

barto :

So things I would change. I would change the motherboard to the ASRock Extreme4. Solid motherboard with an awesome price. Change the RAM to a 2 stick kit to utilize Dual channel RAM and I would also get 1866 MHz RAM. Haswell chips do benefit from higher RAM frequencies for a low cost. Change the GPU to a non reference GPU for cooler temps. The power supply is a good one. It's kind of in the middle though. A 600/650 watt power supply is more than enough for one 780, but if you want to SLI later on, an 850 would be a better choice.

Couple things about SSDs. First, never defrag. SSDs are not like HDDs. Second, you will want to leave about 25% space free on a SSD. Based on the way SSDs are designed, this space is needed for reading and writing. If you fill up the SSD, it will slow down. And finally, the SSD you chose is a good one, but I'm a Samsung EVO fan and I'd get that one if you are willing to spend $20 more. [/quotemsg

thank you

what does non reference Gpu mean ?

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/jake032978/saved/#savedbuild_1010966 does this look better ?

barto · Apr 7, 2014

Reference on top. Non Reference on bottom.

http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/2206/evga-gtx780-acx.jpg

barto · Apr 7, 2014

Just realized the price on the 750w Seasonic you had. It's cheaper than the 650w. Doesn't make sense to pay more for less. My bad.

Now you can destroy all games.

jake032978 · Apr 7, 2014

Ahh ok , thank you. I don't really know much about the difference , but I always disliked the way that the reference one looked anyway =)

jake032978 · Apr 7, 2014

that 750w one was on sale at new egg , ended about 5.5hrs ago ; ;

barto · Apr 7, 2014

Reference coolers exhaust heat through the card's heatsink out the back of the case. Non Reference cards exhaust heat directly off the heatsink into the case. Non reference cards are usually cooler. You have a good case with the ability for good cooling. You should add a fan to the top to help with air flow. But fans are easy to add. I'd build the system and then check temps for about a week.

Well that sucks about the power supply.

jake032978 · Apr 7, 2014

is asrock extreme 6 motherboard good ? it looks like micro center has a bundle deal with it and the I.7 cpu. should I get that instead of extreme 4 ?

barto · Apr 7, 2014

Yeah. Good motherboard as well. The Asus Z87-A is a good one too. If you can get a deal on any of those, wouldn't be a bad idea to jump on it.

4cloud · Apr 7, 2014

jake032978 :

Hello , I hope this is the right place to post this stuff. I am looking to play mostly online MMO type games on very high settings , possibly Everquest Next when it comes out which uses Voxels and seems to be pretty Cpu intense at least in it's un-optimized state currently, I have never built a pc and never overclocked anything , but I figured it might be good to keep the option open. I know my build doesn't have a HDD now , but I figured a 240G SSD could get my OS and a game or 2 on it until I can afford to buy one. I am only using 260G on my current system which has quite a few games I could easily delete to free up space. Does anything look wrong ? any opinions before i waste my tax return money on a bunch of parts I will likely fry anyway when I try to put them together ? thank you =) Awesome]http://pcpartpicker.com/user/jake032978/saved/#savedbuild_1010966

Awesome build! Nothing to improve. Great cabinet great gpu and that i7s practically a steal.

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