Good Build Or Nah? Budget $1500

ElJay78 · Jun 29, 2014

Hey everyone is this a good build for a budget of $1500? i only plan on overclocking my Cpu to 4.0Ghz - 4.2Ghz Max.
GamingPc Btw haha

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YwD9t6

Thanks in advance

TechyInAZ · Jun 29, 2014

Upgrade to i5 4690K (has higher clock speed aswell as better thermal dissipation)
Upgrade to Z97 Motherboard (future support for Broadwell)
Switch to Vengeance Pro RAM (it has better heatsinks)

ElJay78 · Jun 29, 2014

TechyInAZ :

OK thanks for the quick reply will take advice into consideration

ElJay78 · Jun 30, 2014

TechyInAZ :

Tech was there any proof of reviews stating that the 4690k overclocked better and run a little cooler than the 4670k because of the better TIM?

Rezylee · Jun 30, 2014

Only thing i can think of is upgrading your psu to 80 gold +

ElJay78 · Jun 30, 2014

OK i did some replacements, here is the new build changed 3 items.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N2sDkL
If i get 80+ gold it will go beyond $1500 so i think this should be good hopefully.

Rezylee · Jun 30, 2014

Yeah thats a good psu, youll be in good hands. Just double check how much juice is required from nvidia to power up your card.

TheWonderer · Jun 30, 2014

I would recommend going for a 750 watt psu only if your thinking of upgrades down the road like 780 is SLI or something

Rezylee · Jun 30, 2014

TheWonderer :

If youll want to sli, youll need more than a 750w psu. I cant even sli my 770 witj a 750w psu gold+. Recommend a 850 or 900

ElJay78 · Jun 30, 2014

Thanks for the great comments guys, im not planning on sli'ing anything ATM so is the 650w good enough for the build as it stands? cause on pcpicker it says i need at least 452w to power everything, i think 650w gold 80+ is good right?

Rezylee · Jun 30, 2014

Well the minimum is 600w. And you have a gold 80+, which is around 92% efficient. Thats 598. So in theory, yes. But the more pressure you put on your psu, the louder it will be and the hotter it will be. I think youll be fine, but if you want to have a quieter psu and have a little bit of headroom to oc your cpu/gpu, go with the 750~800

ElJay78 · Jun 30, 2014

Rezylee :

I see what your saying so is this one better for the build?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139051&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Even though it's bronze it's still good right? cause the HX 750w psu cost waste to much for my budget.

Rezylee · Jun 30, 2014

ElJay78 :

The cx series is not that good. Because bronze is 72% efficient, 750w is around 540w in reality. So no, it would be better to stick with the original 80+ gold psu. Just make sure not to go crazy on overclocking the cpu and gpu

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