Help with first time building a gaming PC

Guest · Apr 24, 2014

So I'm looking to build my first PC, and I'm hoping to run next gen titles (Battlefield 4, Titanfall, you know the drill), and I'm also looking for it to be relatively future-proof. Not necessarily all games on ultra for the next 5 years, but still playable and to where they look nice. Just wondering if this build will give me what I need, or even if these parts are compatible with each other.

Here's the build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3y0mB

Note: I haven't picked out a case, yet, it seemed like the least of my priorities at this point. If anyone has any suggestions, that'd be great. Not looking for anything flashy, just a good, solid case.

tiny voices · Apr 24, 2014

The PSU is not great. I would change it to an an XFX, Seasonic, Antec unit.

extremefatpandas · Apr 24, 2014

I would recommend a hybrid hard drive by Seagate. It is a good combination of speed and storage. For the case i would recommend one of Corsairs cases

extremefatpandas · Apr 24, 2014

Also the PSU is fine its Corsair. I would highly recommend getting Windows 7

tiny voices · Apr 24, 2014

I would not recommend a hybrid drive. Those are phasing out. They are not really any faster than a normal HDD. Kind of a waste of money.

tiny voices · Apr 24, 2014

extremefatpandas :

Wrong. Sorry.

The CX, CS, RM units are all made with very low end capacitors and fail easily. They are barely average quality at best. This is a widely known fact.

Also, get win8.1 OP. It is simply better.

Guest · Apr 24, 2014

Any thoughts on the GPU/CPU/Mobo combo? Am I getting the best performance I can out of them without overpaying?

reynerd · Apr 24, 2014

Whats your budget.
I personally wont put a fan heat sink on my fx8350 but that's just me i like to stick with liquid cooling like an H100i witch is what i have on my system. Ambient temps are about 23-27C and my CPU temps when gaming are between 32C to about 38C playing Far cry 3 when playing batman arkham origins if i put the physX load on my cpu peaks at about 44-46C

Gaming Rig specs:
Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GTS
Motherboard: ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0
CPU: AMD FX-8350
GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 760 w/2GB GDDR5 and DirectCU ii
RAM: G.Skill Sniper 8GB 1866Mhz
HDD 1:Seagate 500GB
HDD 2: Seagate 160GB
SSD: Kingston 120GB
Liquid Cooling: Corsair H100i
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit
Heatsink: CORSAIR H100i liquid cooling unit

tiny voices · Apr 24, 2014

CPU/motherboard/GPU are all great. Nothing wrong there. Some will recommend an i5, but the 8350 is great too.

tiny voices · Apr 24, 2014

I personally do not like closed loop "liquid" coolers. You can get an air cooler for less money, that will perform MUCH quieter and will cost less than the h100i. Closed loop coolers are for saying "I have liquid cooling" in my opinion.

Guest · Apr 24, 2014

reynerd :

Don't necessarily have a budget, but I would like to keep it around $1000 or less. I know literally nothing about cooling, I just picked the cheapest and best rated fan that would fit my CPU that I could find. Not really looking to OC, so I figured the fan would be enough.

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