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Advice On Rig: Case, Cooler, Display, Etc + General Advice?

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May 27, 2014 8:48:05 AM

My rig so far:

CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K - $230
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

GPU: Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290 - $410
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

RAM: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) - $155
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme4 - $146
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB - $110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Storage(2) : 2TB Seagate Barracuda - $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Case: Corsair Carbide 200R - $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Cooler: NZXT Havik 140 - $80 ($60 On Sale)
http://www.amazon.com/NZXT-HAVIK-Cooler-Dual-140MM/dp/B...

Power Supply: Corsair CX750 750W - $147 ($80 On Sale)
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Series-Modular-Bronze-CX7...

Display: Honestly have no clue

OS: Probably Windows 7 Home Premium, but I honestly don't know.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...


Help:

CPU: Don't know if overclocking is worth it or if I should just get the Intel Core i5 4570.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

GPU: I really like the card I have picked out and it fits right in with my budget, but recommendations are welcome.

RAM: Again, very solid and fits my budget, recommendations welcome.

Motherboard: The Z97 Extrame4 is a solid MB, but its a bit pricey for my taste, it will support Intel 5th gen processors when they come out though. I'll stick with it if its really worth it. but if not I was looking at the Z87 Extreme3 and Extreme4.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...

Storage/Storage(2) : Solid, I like the price, advice is welcome.

Case: I'm not so sure on the case, but this one seems like a decent case for the money. I worry that this case is too small for my cooler. As far as other cases go, I wan't a simple case like the Carbide. Size really doesn't matter to me, as long as its not any smaller than the Carbide. I'm looking to spend right around $80 for the case.

Cooler: I really like this cooler because it does a good job and it doesn't protrude onto the RAM (I hope it wont on my MB anyway)

Power Supply: I'm not expecting to do crossfire in the future, just going to switch out my card, unless you really recommend crossfire with this setup. I'm open to any advice on this because PSUs in my opinion or over priced and I'd love to not spend $150 on a power supply.

Display: 1080p, decently big, good quality but inexpensive, gaming monitor. (Or one that I can use for gaming)

OS: I'd like Windows 7, unless there is some hidden, amazing thing in Windows 8 that I don't know about.

All help is appreciated, thanks in advance :D .




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May 27, 2014 8:56:00 AM

I am not a fan of overclocking and think it is mostly a waste of money. I would get an i5 4570 or 4590 and a H97 motherboard.

I LOVE that video card.

Do you really need 16GB of RAM? Probably not. You could probably save a lot of money there and go with 8GB.

The storage is good but those prices are high. A 120GB Samsung Evo should be around $80 and a 2TB Seagate hdd is usually $85ish

That is a good case, but there are better options for a similar price like Corsair's own 300R or 400R

An aftermarket cooler would not be necessary with a 4570 or 4590, but they don't hurt.

I would go with a SeaSonic, XFX, or Antec 80+ Bronze psu in the 600-650w range

You can find nice 21-24" 1080p monitors in the $100-140 price range




Do you know how to use partpicker?

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/





Here I got you started. You can click "edit" and then fill in the blanks.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3RV2W
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3RV2W/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3RV2W/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($354.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $803.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-27 11:58 EDT-0400)
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May 27, 2014 8:58:28 AM

For a single card you could do with a smaller, higher quality supply. An XFX 550W or even the 650W would be a better choice. (I recommend the 650W because if you overclock both CPU and GPU you could probably exceed a 550W)

Any 27inch 1080p display is going to run you between $250 and $300. If you are primarily gaming, TN panels have fast response times, if you are going dual purpose with content creation, an IPS display will get you better color. If you do go with IPS, looks for 5ms response times as a minimum. This will make it adequate for games.

Samsung, ASUS, BenQ, to name a few decent brands. If you have an electronics store nearby, you might be able to see some of these in person to make your choice.

Not familiar with the CPU cooler, looks big enough though.
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May 27, 2014 9:16:15 AM

Would you say overclocking is worth it? I'm going to be playing games on this and that's pretty much it. DayZ is probably the most intensive thing I'll run on this unless I get ArmA 3.

I'll look into the TN panels. I'm color blind so IPS probably wont make a difference for me.

Thanks for the help so far :) 
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May 27, 2014 9:49:12 AM

CTurbo said:
I am not a fan of overclocking and think it is mostly a waste of money. I would get an i5 4570 or 4590 and a H97 motherboard.

I LOVE that video card.

Do you really need 16GB of RAM? Probably not. You could probably save a lot of money there and go with 8GB.

The storage is good but those prices are high. A 120GB Samsung Evo should be around $80 and a 2TB Seagate hdd is usually $85ish

That is a good case, but there are better options for a similar price like Corsair's own 300R or 400R

An aftermarket cooler would not be necessary with a 4570 or 4590, but they don't hurt.

I would go with a SeaSonic, XFX, or Antec 80+ Bronze psu in the 600-650w range

You can find nice 21-24" 1080p monitors in the $100-140 price range




Do you know how to use partpicker?

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/





Here I got you started. You can click "edit" and then fill in the blanks.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3RV2W
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3RV2W/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3RV2W/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($354.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $803.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-27 11:58 EDT-0400)


Ok, so I'v heard of Part Picker but never used it. Thanks for the list :) .

Also, do you have a specific cooler that you would recommend or just a general idea of one because I don't know much about them. I saw Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO on there. I'v heard of the cooler but I don't know if its good.

I'll follow up on the no-overclock and all the parts you recommended.
Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it.
Any more thoughts are definitely welcome.
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May 27, 2014 10:36:42 AM

Overclocking is really for enthusiasts. Intel chips will still boost themselves to 3.9Ghz or higher as long as they have thermal room. Manually controlling it lets you run higher clock speeds with less voltage/heat certainly, but it takes time and effort to dial it in and maybe getting another 10-15% for 'free'. Though you have to pay for the board and chip that can do so, so it sort of evens out.

Hyper Evo is a good mix of affordability and cooling capacity, that is why it is often recommended. It is very large however and occasionally has issues with ram in fully populated boards. Xigmatek Gaia is another popular choice, one or the other is usually on sale somewhere.
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May 27, 2014 11:23:34 AM

Here's my Part Picker list if any one could look at it. I don't really know what sound card and that kind of stuff to get but I would really appreciate it if you could help me out with that :D 
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3S090
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May 27, 2014 1:37:54 PM

The motherboard has an onboard sound card, and they are certainly adequate for non-professional use these days.

In the past I would avoid them like the plague, and still use a dedicated sound card as a result. Speaker/headphone noise and poor microphone performance were common 6 or 7 years ago.
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May 27, 2014 3:04:20 PM

Eximo said:
The motherboard has an onboard sound card, and they are certainly adequate for non-professional use these days.

In the past I would avoid them like the plague, and still use a dedicated sound card as a result. Speaker/headphone noise and poor microphone performance were common 6 or 7 years ago.


What about Optical Drive and Network Adapter. Any other thoughts on the build?
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May 27, 2014 4:39:59 PM

Motherboard will have an onboard ethernet controller. If you want wireless, that would be something to purchase. Not much to recommend without knowing your wireless router's capabilities. Wireless AC would be the fastest available, but even within that standard, there are multi-channel and dual band cards.

Optical drives are less necessary then they once were with high speed internet and digital game downloads. Pretty much the cheapest available is fine.
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May 27, 2014 6:24:54 PM

That's a great build, but I would get a better psu. I switched it out for a much better one. I also added a much better case for $10 but that's just a suggestion.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HBJL4D
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HBJL4D/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HBJL4D/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($354.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($67.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VX248H 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($174.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($29.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1336.79
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-27 21:24 EDT-0400)
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