Gaming config build advices for witcher 3 and coming games

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h0007

h0007

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Hey fellows,

I have a french friend that is needed my suggestion to build a new rig. Because I don't want to disappoint him I would be the happiest guy if I could have some of your opinions.

Location: France
Budget: 1000-1200 euros
Resolution: 1900*1200
Screen: No
OS: No
CD/DVD drives: Optional
O/C: Not considered
Noise and heat: "Want to avoid stereotype of gaming config that are blowing like airplanes"
When he wanna buy it: Tomorrow or during the coming weeks

Objectives: "A not too much flashy rig that can handle "the Witcher 3" in full quality 1080p"

I asked him to write down some of his starting components, here is the list he made:

GPU AMD Radeon R9 290 (4 Go GDDR5)
CPU Intel Core i7-4770K
FAN Noctua NH-U14S fan, cooler & radiator
RIG Corsaid Obsidian 550D
HD(system and games) SSD Intel Serie 520 Cherryville 480 Go
HD(storage) Seagate 2 To 7200 trs/min Sata
MOBO Asus Z87-A
MEMORY Kingston HyperX 2 x 8 Go

First of all he forgot the PSU, and then I think the budget is overcome with this list. Do you think we can optimize this config for giving him a big lovely present :) ?

My remark:
I don't think he needs 480GB SSD so it can be a saving money spot.
Games are quite inefficient at taking advantages of all i7 threat maybe we can take a really good i5 that will be more adapted for his usage.

Thanks a lot for your guidance !
 
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smorizio
with ssd you lose abut 80g for windows os. I have a 120g ssd and it is small if he going to be using it for a lot of games. most people use 256g drive. I would for yur friend swap ut the asus-a x87 for the newer z97 mb. then look at the m2 ssd costs see how much more they are over the older sata 6g ssd.
also pick up the newer 4690k or devil canon haswell for the better tim paste or hold off till sept when the newer brodwell chips may be dropping. also it looks like in aug nvidia may be dropping there newer 880/870 gpu. if they do there better card then the 290 they use less power and heat.
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with ssd you lose abut 80g for windows os. I have a 120g ssd and it is small if he going to be using it for a lot of games. most people use 256g drive. I would for yur friend swap ut the asus-a x87 for the newer z97 mb. then look at the m2 ssd costs see how much more they are over the older sata 6g ssd.
also pick up the newer 4690k or devil canon haswell for the better tim paste or hold off till sept when the newer brodwell chips may be dropping. also it looks like in aug nvidia may be dropping there newer 880/870 gpu. if they do there better card then the 290 they use less power and heat.
 
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h0007

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Got it about the motherboard, but do you think taking a newer model card will not put down the budget ? I mean do you thing the extras present on the new models will be really interesting for a gaming config ?

For the SSD I was looking for a 256GB Sandisk ultra plus or maybe a crucial one.

According to cpu, I'm really out considering the new generation of i5 and i7 I'm still on really old ones :S, so I have no ideas of the differences of price between two models that does really seem similar.

Do you have opinion according to RAM ?
 
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2x4GB seems a bit short don't you think so ? I mean he wants to keep it for a long time, to my viewpoint I was about to go for 3*4GB (there are triple channel features on RAM maybe it could add an extra on performances) to hit the middle. What do you think about crucial ballistix RAM ?

Do you have recommendations about the CPU / RAM / GPU in terms of model.

Thanks for you two for having replied in such a small time. Hope this thread will provide me the knowledge I have not !
 
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i'm using crucial ballistix it's ok. adding extra ram in 6-18month is easy and cheap, upgrading a gpu is easy and expensive, upgrading a cpu is difficult and expensive. Hence build with the more expensive stuff not needing an upgrade.

you can't use triple channel any more (well not in triple channel mode anyway), it's dual or quad. you won't use more than 8 when gaming, bf4 in 64bit mode i'm using 5-6 with teamspeak, 2 monitors and temp monitoring software. The only time i get above 8 is with VM's and gaming.
 
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h0007

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Hey fellows,

Here the configuration I made for him:

MOBO Asus Z97-A // €127.99
CPU Intel Core i5 4590 // €178.79
FAN Noctua NH-U14S // €73.24
GPU Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC (UEFI) - 4 Go // €324.95
MEM Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR3 2 x 4 Go PC12800 // €82.99
HD1(sys+gam) SANDISK SD6SB2M-256G SSD 256 Go // €160.47
HD2(storage) Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 - SATA III 6 Gb/s - 2 To // €76.90
PSU Corsair CX750M Modulaire - 750W // €89.99
RIG Corsair Obsidian 550D // €131.89

TOTAL €1,247.21

What do you think about it? Have some ideas to optimize it? See some coming bottleneck?

What do you think of switching PC12800 by PC19200 ?

Thanks for your help :) !
 
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