New PC, are the parts compatible/worth it?

zeyuanfu · Aug 17, 2014

Hi,
I'll be building a PC, and I have this build in mind:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($108.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($40.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card ($144.50 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($43.98)
Total: $492.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-17 14:56 EDT-0400
I'll be buying the case on Amazon and the PSU and HDD I'll be buying from a local store. Are these parts compatible (I'm sure they are) and worth it? I would like to keep the build under 500$.

Thanks in advance!

LukaBoki · Aug 17, 2014

Everything is perfect and well balanced.
It's not the best,but it's a decent gaming setup.
No need for better parts.

I am helping you now just as you helped me with my GPU.

All the best.

zeyuanfu · Aug 17, 2014

LukaBoki :

Thanks, but are you sure there isn't a better GPU or something like that? I know i kinda sound like a noob, but...

Welshstig · Aug 17, 2014

Here is a better build, I upgraded the gpu to a r9 270 which very good compared to the 750 ti and added another 4gb of ram to make 8gb which standard. It is 25$ over the limit though:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/b9CtLk

LukaBoki · Aug 17, 2014

zeyuanfu :

Like you said to me,the 750 Ti is a great choice for a budget gamer.

LukaBoki · Aug 17, 2014

Welshstig :

It is good,but he said he wants to keep it under $500.

prit87 · Aug 17, 2014

be happy with your gpu or u may get a bottleneck with the cpu you are buying .....

LukaBoki · Aug 17, 2014

prit87 :

Exactly.

zeyuanfu · Aug 17, 2014

Welshstig :

Won't the 270 make more noise and heat than the 750 ti?

zeyuanfu · Aug 17, 2014

LukaBoki :

I can go a bit over budget if the parts are OP

LukaBoki · Aug 17, 2014

zeyuanfu :

Don't get the 270 because you will get bottlenecking with your G3258.

zeyuanfu · Aug 17, 2014

LukaBoki :

zeyuanfu :

Don't get the 270 because you will get bottlenecking with your G3258.

What wouldn't?

Rationale · Aug 17, 2014

The GTX 750 Ti is actually ahead of the R9 270 in a couple games, but overall the R9 270 is faster. Having said that, the GTX 750 Ti has epic software support. People don't like to think about it, but AMD cards are simply unable to put certain games on ultra settings - doesn't matter if it's the R7 250 or the R9 290X, an AMD card can never enable full PhysX or Hairworks, essentially meaning that in the games that use those effects, AMD cards never push past 'high' settings. This also favors AMD cards unfairly in the benchmarks; in games that support PhysX (there are dozens including Batman Arkham series, Mafia 2, Metro Last Light, Borderlands 2, etc), AMD cards are benchmarked at "high" settings while Nvidia cards are benchmarked at "ultra" settings, and yet people act like it's a straight framerate comparison.

Rationale · Aug 17, 2014

LukaBoki :

False. The Pentium G3258 is strong enough to roughly match R9 270 performance at stock clocks, or exceed it when overclocked.

zeyuanfu · Aug 17, 2014

I would be mainly playing Minecraft and Watch_Dogs, perhaps a little FPS (CoD, Battlefield, etc.). I heard Watch_Dogs favors nVidia. Is it true? What would be the best card?

Rationale · Aug 17, 2014

zeyuanfu :

In Watch Dogs, the R9 270 is ahead of the GTX 750 Ti by an average of 10 fps.
http://www.techspot.com/review/827-watch-dogs-benchmarks/page3.html

prit87 · Aug 17, 2014

Rationale :

so you are telling that if we use two machine and play same game at same settings at a time in 2 same monitor side by side then the monitor with the nvidia would look much more pleasing than the amd ?????

Rationale · Aug 17, 2014

prit87 :

It depends on the game, but yes. Borderlands 2, Metro Last Light, Assassin's Creed Black Flag, Hawken, CoD Ghosts, Mirror's Edge, Warframe, etc, will all look better on an Nvidia card than an AMD card. AMD cards simply do not support the more advanced physics used in those titles.

For example...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rokcD0nh4I

prit87 · Aug 17, 2014

Rationale :

wrong r9 270 is better than the gtx 750 ti its even better than the gtx 660 gtx 750 ti is compared with r7 265

zeyuanfu · Aug 17, 2014

Would an AMD card give more frames then? I could get a 270X, though.

prit87 · Aug 17, 2014

Rationale :

prit87 :

It depends on the game, but yes. Borderlands 2, Metro Last Light, Assassin's Creed Black Flag, Warframe, etc, will all look better on an Nvidia card than an AMD card. AMD cards simply do not support the more advanced physics used in those titles.

For example...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rokcD0nh4I

my internet server is slow so i will watch the video later but i dont think if i take screen shots of both the game at different locations and mixed them together u can figure which one is from which card ....

zeyuanfu · Aug 17, 2014

Is the nVidia card worth it, even with the lower frames in some games?

prit87 · Aug 17, 2014

zeyuanfu :

there is nothing like that if u get gtx 760 u will get more fps than r9 270x and if u get r9 280 then a liitle more than gtx 760 and it keeps going on ......

Rationale · Aug 17, 2014

prit87 :

Rationale :

my internet server is slow so i will watch the video later but i dont think if i take screen shots of both the game at different locations and mixed them together u can figure which one is from which card ....

It depends on what's happening in each scene.

zeyuanfu · Aug 17, 2014

The video actually shows that with the Geforce card there is more detail. For example, if you throw a grenade in the game, bits and pieces actually go flying while with an AMD card, they don't.

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