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Bryant White · Jun 5, 2014

I am creating a gaming PC and would like your opinions on these performance wize and if its worth its price. If you have a better PC that would be great.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Bryant13/saved/hhvbt6

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Bryant13/saved/sDQG3C

Hazle · Jun 5, 2014

for that price, the 280X. trades enough blows with the 770 to call its equal. at it's worst, whichever you choose, its always a game of waiting for driver updates;
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1037?vs=1041

also, keep the USB wifi adapter. better yet, get one with an antenna or two. less hassle to troubleshoot over PCI/PCIe.

if you're not aiming to OC relatively high, consider a CM Hyper 212 EVO for around half the price.

RazerZ · Jun 5, 2014

Both are good, but the 280x will give you the same or better performance in most games, and the 1 gig of extra VRAM can be useful for future games.

On an aesthetics note you might want to get blue/black ram, or a red/black motherboard

Bryant White · Jun 5, 2014

tea urchin :

Bryant White · Jun 5, 2014

Thanks for the help. I'm know things about computers but not very much about the parts. When you say to get a blue/black motherboard what does that mean?

Bryant White · Jun 5, 2014

tea urchin :

RazerZ · Jun 5, 2014

Bryant White :

It's just for looks. Personally I would like to go with a color matched scheme.

The motherboard you chose has a blue black color scheme while the ram is red. For the same price you could go with this dark grey pair of ram:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/team-memory-txd38192m1600hc9dcd

Bryant White · Jun 5, 2014

tea urchin :

RazerZ · Jun 5, 2014

You might want to click the "reply to " button instead of the add/remove quote

RazerZ · Jun 5, 2014

Ram is Ram. Most manufacturers today make ram that will work well, even if it's cheap.

Bryant White · Jun 5, 2014

Thx for the link Razor. I will use that. Do I need more ram or is the motherboard a good pick.

Bryant White · Jun 5, 2014

Ok so is this build good.

RazerZ · Jun 5, 2014

Bryant White :

Which one?

Bryant White · Jun 5, 2014

The one with the r8 280x graphics card and the memory that you recommended.

RazerZ · Jun 5, 2014

Bryant White :

Yes it would make for a great build. You could still push the i5 to around 4.3Ghz with a 212 EVO that Hazle recommended and the cooler only costs $30.

Bryant White · Jun 5, 2014

RazerZ :

Bryant White · Jun 5, 2014

Ok thanks for the help.

Bryant White · Jun 5, 2014

RazerZ :

RazerZ · Jun 5, 2014

No problem. Don't forget to pick a best solution if you feel your question was answered to close the thread.

Bryant White · Jun 5, 2014

RazerZ :

RazerZ · Jun 5, 2014

I can't see the question you are asking. Click the post answer button and type your response there rather than trying to use a quote.

Bryant White · Jun 6, 2014

RazerZ :

Bryant White · Jun 6, 2014

I didn't ask anymore questions you already answered it. Thanks for the help.

Bryant123 · Jun 15, 2014

RazerZ :

RazerZ · Jun 15, 2014

???

BTW if you didn't order the cooler yet, get the 212 plus. It has similar performance and it has a $10 MIR.

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