[Help] How does everything look?

booshin · May 11, 2014

Buying parts probably today or tomorrow. Computer will be used for gaming, skyrim, bf4 and new titles, and school. Eventually will be going 3 monitors. What would you change or suggest?

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3I4tV) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3I4tV/by_merchant/) / [Benchmarks](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3I4tV/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54670k) | $294.98
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | $27.99 @ NCIX US
**Motherboard** | [ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z87extreme4) | $0.00
**Memory** | [Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ble2kit4g3d1869de1tx0) | $79.99
**Storage** | [Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/hitachi-internal-hard-drive-hua721010kla330) | $49.99 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100363l) | $299.99 @ Newegg
**Case** | [Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4bl) | $79.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx750) | $69.99 @ Newegg
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $902.92
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-11 17:20 EDT-0400 |

Skylarz · May 11, 2014

I think you'll need more vram for 3 monitors. Unless you like playing with 3 monitors in lower resolution which will look really bad.

booshin · May 11, 2014

Skylarz :

any suggestions?

coastie65 · May 11, 2014

booshin :

Hi. Looks pretty good. If you are planning on going to 3 Monitors, you will need to install another one of those cards and go Crossfire w/ eyefinity. Having said that it brings us to something else. That series of Power Supplies isn't their best. It should be fine as I have heard no complaints about it. My concern is if it is good enough to drive two cards. The specs are good, just the quality is a bit suspect. As I said, I've heard of no complaints as far as running a single card. As for the VRAM, you wil have enough with two cards in Crossfire.

Suztera · May 11, 2014

If you plan to crossfire R9 280X, get a Corsair HX 750. It is a better quality power supply and have a longer warranty. Corsair CX and CS series are mediocre.
If you plan to only use a single gpu 550-650W will be fine.

booshin · May 11, 2014

coastie65 :

booshin :

Hi. Looks pretty good. If you are planning on going to 3 Monitors, you will need to install another one of those cards and go Crossfire w/ eyefinity. Having said that it brings us to something else. That series of Power Supplies isn't their best. It should be fine as I have heard no complaints about it. My concern is if it is good enough to drive two cards. The specs are good, just the quality is a bit suspect. As I said, I've heard of no complaints as far as running a single card. As for the VRAM, you wil have enough with two cards in Crossfire.

so maybe i wont run 3 monitors.. have not purchased any monitors yet, only have a crappy one i plan on using until i upgrade. But another card is not in my budget really.. unfortunate, but good to know. Any cards that are cheaper but will give me just as good performance on one monitor?

booshin · May 11, 2014

Suztera :

any reason it says 750 psu for the R9 280x? just to cover their butts?

coastie65 · May 11, 2014

booshin :

Who knows. The important part is what you have on the rail, and you have 62a on the +12v rail which is fine with some overhead to boot. I am running an i7 4770k with a GTX 680 Video card and I am only pulling about 425w. With an 850w PSU in here, I am way past overkill, unless I add a second 680. Just run what you have and get a decent monitor when you can. The expansion can be done when you have the budget for it and if you want to do that. A three Moniutor set up, looks good, but can be a pain to accomplish.

booshin · May 11, 2014

coastie65 :

booshin :

Who knows. The important part is what you have on the rail, and you have 62a on the +12v rail which is fine with some overhead to boot. I am running an i7 4770k with a GTX 680 Video card and I am only pulling about 425w. With an 850w PSU in here, I am way past overkill, unless I add a second 680.

any suggestions for a cheaper good quality PSU?

Suztera · May 11, 2014

What i meant was 750W+ for running two R9 280X in crossfire is enough.
Running one R9 280X 550W is enough.
AMD puts 750W to cover the low end quality power supply. A low quality 750W is similar to a quality 550W power supply.
Whilst three monitor gaming is a nice goal to aim for, it is expensive to run.

coastie65 · May 11, 2014

booshin :

coastie65 :

any suggestions for a cheaper good quality PSU?

Not really. Most that I looked at were more. I think you'll ber fine with that one. I think you could do worse with their CS stuff.

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