Is this a good bulid for gaming/work?

galalayman · Jul 10, 2014

Hi guys

So I was thinking about doing my first pc build which will be used mostly for gaming and for work later on in college, any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated. THANKS

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K Quad Core

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB 1600 MHz

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 SuperClocked 2GB

System Drive: Crucial M500 120GB Solid State Drive

Storage Drive: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

Optical Drive: Asus 24x DVD Burner

Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 Mid Tower

Power Supply: XFX PRO 650W Core Edition 80+ Bronze

Do I need a sound card or not and what for?

Please don't suggest an AMD CPU or a core i5.

THANKS again for any help

i7Baby · Jul 10, 2014

All good stuff and should work well togethr. Some fine tuning maybe -

You don't need an i7 for gaming. The i5 4690k would work really well and save you $100

You don't need 16GB ram for gaming. 8GB is more than enough. But get 1866 cl9 1.5V 2 x 4gb for around $80US

With a cheaper cpu and ram, you could jump up to an Asus gtx780 or Gigabyte r9 290

bccorrupt · Jul 10, 2014

The only thing I'd suggest if you're willing to spend this much, is spending another $50 more to get a bigger SSD. Once you've run games on your SSD and seen the loading times and changes between areas in games go to basically immediate, you're going to wish you had enough space to also keep your games on the SSD.

I bought mine about 2 years ago when a 250GB was still $250, so I went with a 120GB and I fight with it pretty often because I prefer games to be loaded onto it, but it's too small to keep very many.

moozilbee · Jul 24, 2014

I second both above suggestions, however you should upgrade to a R9 290 not a GTX 780, as the R9 290 performs a fair bit better and is nearly $100 less.

i7Baby · Jul 24, 2014

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-290-vs-GeForce-GTX-780

I think the 780 overall runs a bit better. But the Gigabyte R9 290 is very well priced now - $370 on newegg.

moozilbee · Jul 24, 2014

A lot of the benchmarks I've seen for games the R9 290 does a bit better, but it depends on the game.
However, considering the R9 290 is nearly $100 cheaper now, it's a better choice.

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