Have I built a good gaming pc?

iNoyzee · Jul 30, 2014

I have been saving up for a pc for a long time and it's nearly time for me to finally get it. I didn't want to build it myself because I don't trust myself to do it and felt a lot more comfortable being pre-built for me. I decided to go to http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ for this build because I could choose what parts I wanted. I basically just want your opinions on the build and parts, I'd like to know opinions from people that know a lot more about gaming pc's than me, will the parts preform together well? have I brought good parts? do you notice any problems with the build? The use of this pc will be a lot of gaming and video editing, so a lot of rendering and I would like to play most games on ultra settings with this graphics card.

Parts List:

Case: NZXT PHANTOM 410 WHITE GAMING CASE

CPU: Intel Core i7-4820K (3.7GHz)

Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 LE: INTEL SOCKET LG2011

RAM: 16gb Kingston HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8gb)

Graphics Card: 4GB NVIDIA GTX 770

Hard Disk: 2TB 3.5" SEAGATE SSHD, SATA 6Gb/s 7200RPM (64MB + 8GB SSD CACHE)

Power Supply: CORSAIR 750W RM SERIES MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Processor Cooling: CORSAIR H60 HYDRO SERIES HIGH PERFORMANCE CPU COOLER

2 Extra Case Fans

Ninjaxsl · Jul 30, 2014

iNoyzee :

You could of got the Amd R9 290 Tri-x OC edition for a bit more than the GTX 770. Why would you want to do that? Well, the 290 Tri-x Delivers more performance than the GTX 770 and has no issues with ultra or very high setting on any game, (also mentioning the R9 290 beats the GTX 770 in almost any benchmark and game play on high resolutions with high setting)

BustaRhymes · Jul 30, 2014

I would have went with i5 and 8gb of ram to get a gtx 780 or save money but your system will still be good at playing games.

Ytyoussef · Jul 30, 2014

Going with a z97 motherboard with a 4790k motherboard might be a nice option, you could then upgrade to a gtx 780 or 290X. And I would recommend not getting that PSU, it is not good. You should be fine with the 650w version of the RM series, or the 750w supernova g2 which is even better. Have a look at the tomshardware PSU tier list. I would go with an AIO as well, but the D14 for example runs quieter and better than the h60

boosted1g · Jul 30, 2014

I would look at PSU from Seasonic or XFX

An SSD drive would also be a nice addition but while it will make a very noticable difference in boot times and starting programs, it does nothing to help FPS in games.

EDITED: Did not see part in thread about rendering. Would agree with above about using a Z97 board and 4790k i7

Ytyoussef · Jul 30, 2014

He said he'd be doing a lot of rendering, that's why he would need an i7.

iNoyzee · Aug 8, 2014

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I have updated the build to these parts, please let me know if it's looking better.

Case: NZXT PHANTOM 410

CPU: core i7 quad core processor i7-4790k (4.0GHz) 8mb cache

Motherboard: ASUS Z97M

RAM: 16GB Kingston (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card: 3GB GTX 780

1st hard disk: 240GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)

2nd hard disk: 2TB 3.5" SEAGATE SSHD, SATA 6Gb/s 7200 RPM (64MB + 8GB SSD CACHE)

Power Supply: Corsair 650W

Processor Cooling: Corsair H60

Extra Case Fans: 2x 12cm

OS: windows 7 64 bit

Ytyoussef · Aug 8, 2014

Get an ATX motherboard, you listed a micro ATX motherboard with an ATX case. The V300 SSD isn't good anymore after they changed the NAND, http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand (Unless they changed it again...) .
What corsair power supply is that? If it's an RM650, get the supernova 750w G2, it usually sells for the same price or less and is better.

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