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i7 4790K Build help

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September 8, 2014 9:18:14 PM

Good evening everyone in the process of building a new I7 4790K system and would like some input.

System will be used for gaming mostly. Budget is between 2k and 2500.

Current set up:

AMD FX8350
Asus M5A99FX Pro Mobo
32 Gigs Kingston Hyper X ram
Cooler Master GXII 750 Watt Power supply
R9 290 4GB Sapphire Tri X GPU
Antec 1100 Gaming Case

New build so far:

I7 4790K CPU
Asus Maximus VII Gene Z97 Motherboard
Western Digital 3TB HD
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD
Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4 x 4GB) - DDR3-2133MHz
Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler
Reuse current GPU
Reuse current case
Reuse PSU

How does my Mobo, Ram, SSD, air CPU cooler choices look? Is my PSU good enough or should I upgrade that?

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September 8, 2014 9:22:39 PM

I would recommend only 1TB of HDD, and the SSD; and the RAM doesn't need to be overdone. I'm sure, they can be cheaper.
I would also recommend an extra R9 290 to make a setup like a R9 295X2, but weaker, since it'll give you sufficient performance on 4K.
And the PSU, I would add a AX1200i instead.

But overall, it's fine.
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September 8, 2014 9:27:40 PM

I think the R9 290 is fine. I would only buy 2 x 4gb 1866 1.5v cl9 ram if you can't re-use your 32gb.

Yep - get a better power supply - from tiers 1, 2a or 2b of http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-su...

eg Seasonic G650 - $100 at Newegg.
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September 8, 2014 9:28:40 PM

HDD is up to your usage. I've only got a few Gb left of the 3Tb in my iMac, and the 128Gb ssd is getting full too.
Overall looks good. I got the Maximus mobo, similar to the Gene. It's good.
For games 8Gb is plenty.
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September 8, 2014 9:29:23 PM

i will go with 2tb hybrid hhd instead of your hhd and ssd.hybrid is cheaper with almoust same as ssd performance.
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September 8, 2014 10:02:05 PM

I already have one 2tb hdd full and storage is fairly cheap, I figure 3TB should do for now. I'm playing on a single monitor at 1920x1080.

Was looking at the Antec High current gamer PSU 1000 watt, still reading up on it.
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September 8, 2014 10:21:22 PM

Hybrid HDD is almost as fast as an SSD?
Nope. Not now, not ever.
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September 9, 2014 8:00:31 AM

mrmez said:
Hybrid HDD is almost as fast as an SSD?
Nope. Not now, not ever.
wher did you get that i didnt say that .stop wheeling ,and read carefully other people messages .cause my time isn't cheap.
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September 9, 2014 3:43:40 PM

kapital, I hope you understand what you put yourself, but I'm not picking on you like mrmez. Hybrid HDD isn't going to be as fast as a SSD, and you said it's almost as fast.
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September 9, 2014 3:58:13 PM

okcnaline said:
kapital, I hope you understand what you put yourself, but I'm not picking on you like mrmez. Hybrid HDD isn't going to be as fast as a SSD, and you said it's almost as fast.
sry english is not my native language. what i mean hybrid is faster then regular hard drive.

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September 9, 2014 5:53:56 PM

Okay, maybe you should edit the post then.
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