My Second Build
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tiny voices
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few issues:
The PSU is not good. Change it to a 650w unit from XFX, antec, Seasonic.
No need for 16gb RAM for gaming. 8gb is more than enough and will be for a long time.
Get an i5 not an i7 for gaming.
Use the saved money from the CPU and RAM to get a gtx780. This will give a BIG improvement in gaming performance.
The PSU is not good. Change it to a 650w unit from XFX, antec, Seasonic.
No need for 16gb RAM for gaming. 8gb is more than enough and will be for a long time.
Get an i5 not an i7 for gaming.
Use the saved money from the CPU and RAM to get a gtx780. This will give a BIG improvement in gaming performance.
Jacob McIntosh
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£98.35 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£67.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£77.96 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.12 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card (£295.19 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master CM 690 II (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£80.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£96.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£82.62 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1034.55
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-26 21:51 BST+0100)
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£98.35 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£67.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£77.96 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.12 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card (£295.19 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master CM 690 II (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£80.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£96.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£82.62 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1034.55
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-26 21:51 BST+0100)
tiny voices
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Streaming has less to do with CPU and more to do internet upload speed. The i5 is plenty for streaming. No problem at all.
tiny voices
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That build looks great! That is what I would do.
Run a speedtest.net to determine your upload speed.
Run a speedtest.net to determine your upload speed.
tiny voices
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Honestly if you only have 3mbps up, streaming will be rough. For 720p streaming you really need 5mbps minimum.
Get any 780. Popular ones are: ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, EVGA.
Get any 780. Popular ones are: ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, EVGA.
tiny voices
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I personally do not like closed loop liquid coolers like the h100i. You can get a cheap and quieter air cooler that performs the same.
And yes, the build looks great.
And yes, the build looks great.
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