Do I have all of the parts to make a good gaming desktop?

buckshot4 · May 28, 2014

I think i have all of my parts picked out for building my first gaming desktop, but after looking at some other websites, they have extra parts that i do not have yet.. The current build is:

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0
Power Supply: Antec HCG M HCG-750M 750W ATX12V SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply.
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-16GXM
*Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z97-D3H LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Hard Drive: SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE500BW 2.5" 500GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
*Graphics Card: MSI Gaming N770 TF 4GD5/OC GeForce GTX 770 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
*Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I54670K

After looking around some other people's builds, they include like cooling, cd drive, etc.... Do I need more cooling than my case has? Does my case not come with a cd drive?

What other parts am i missing? (also if anyone has any suggestions as to part changes i am willing to listen, as my price range is about $1500)

Thanks!

Yoann Teodosieff · May 28, 2014

You may want to change your GPU to 780 and downgrade the SSD to 120GB Samsung Evo and get a WD Black 500 GB to save some money. You may want to change your case to 300r/200r and probably the PSU to XFX ProSeries 750W/ Seasonic G 750W. If you want to videoedit then you are probably going to need those 16 GB, but if itsa gaming PC then there is absolutly no need from those 16 GB. You may also want to get an aftermarket cooler, because the stock intel/amd cooler is extremly loud and is holding the temperatures over 80+ when gaming. Well for 1500$ you can get a pretty good PC just like this one here :
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($629.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($82.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G-750 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($24.15 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($24.15 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($24.15 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1476.28\

This one is going to outbenchmark the PC you mentonied, is with great red color scheme and has everything you need.

d4v0 · May 28, 2014

here is one i put together with better graphics card and less then $1500. You do not need 16gb for gaming 8gb is just fine then you can add another 8gb later if you want

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($467.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Zalman Z11 ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1396.35
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-28 16:55 EDT-0400)

buckshot4 · May 28, 2014

Yoann Teodosieff :

You may want to change your GPU to 780 and downgrade the SSD to 120GB Samsung Evo and get a WD Black 500 GB to save some money. You may want to change your case to 300r/200r and probably the PSU to XFX ProSeries 750W/ Seasonic G 750W. If you want to videoedit then you are probably going to need those 16 GB, but if itsa gaming PC then there is absolutly no need from those 16 GB. You may also want to get an aftermarket cooler, because the stock intel/amd cooler is extremly loud and is holding the temperatures over 80+ when gaming. Well for 1500$ you can get a pretty good PC just like this one here :
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($629.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($82.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G-750 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($24.15 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($24.15 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($24.15 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1476.28\

This one is going to outbenchmark the PC you mentonied, is with great red color scheme and has everything you need.

May I ask why you would suggest the 780 TI over the 770?

Tonycrd · May 28, 2014

Here's why: http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=1920&gid2=881&compare=geforce-gtx-780-ti-vs-geforce-gtx-770

Yoann Teodosieff · May 28, 2014

buckshot4 :

Yes and i may answer

. Ok so the 770 is a high-end videocard just like 780ti. But 770 is a beast on 1080p and is going to least more 1-2 MAX years and will probably play the new games on medium-high, but the 780ti will last around 2-4 years and probably going to play the new games ultra-high-medium. Medium-low when its 2017. But the facts are facts :

GTX 780 Ti GPU Engine Specs:
2880CUDA Cores
875Base Clock (MHz)
928Boost Clock (MHz)
210Texture Fill Rate (GigaTexels/sec)
GTX 780 Ti Memory Specs:
7.0 GbpsMemory Clock
3072 MBStandard Memory Config
GDDR5Memory Interface
384-bitMemory Interface Width
336Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)

Those are the stock specifications, think how a boosted card like the MSI one will perform.

GTX 770 GPU Engine Specs:
1536CUDA Cores
1046Base Clock (MHz)
1085Boost Clock (MHz)
134Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)
GTX 770 Memory Specs:
7.0 GbpsMemory Speed
2048 MBStandard Memory Config
GDDR5Memory Interface
256-bitMemory Interface Width
224.3Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)

Those are the 770 stock specifications. Well tell me which one is better.

Well i gave you a build that can probably save some money and give you a lot of better performance.

buckshot4 · May 28, 2014

Yoann Teodosieff :

buckshot4 :

Yes and i may answer

. Ok so the 770 is a high-end videocard just like 780ti. But 770 is a beast on 1080p and is going to least more 1-2 MAX years and will probably play the new games on medium-high, but the 780ti will last around 2-4 years and probably going to play the new games ultra-high-medium. Medium-low when its 2017. But the facts are facts :

GTX 780 Ti GPU Engine Specs:
2880CUDA Cores
875Base Clock (MHz)
928Boost Clock (MHz)
210Texture Fill Rate (GigaTexels/sec)
GTX 780 Ti Memory Specs:
7.0 GbpsMemory Clock
3072 MBStandard Memory Config
GDDR5Memory Interface
384-bitMemory Interface Width
336Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)

Those are the stock specifications, think how a boosted card like the MSI one will perform.

GTX 770 GPU Engine Specs:
1536CUDA Cores
1046Base Clock (MHz)
1085Boost Clock (MHz)
134Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)
GTX 770 Memory Specs:
7.0 GbpsMemory Speed
2048 MBStandard Memory Config
GDDR5Memory Interface
256-bitMemory Interface Width
224.3Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)

Those are the 770 stock specifications. Well tell me which one is better.

Well i gave you a build that can probably save some money and give you a lot of better performance.

Is it really worth the extra $300 though?? Because thats quite a bit of money..

Yoann Teodosieff · May 31, 2014

Of course it is. But you said your budget is 1500$ with all the parts onboard. Well i made it

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