On $1300 budget, and I just threw together this Gaming / Editing PC

Frostii · Sep 18, 2014

Here's the setup from PCPartPicker:

Case: Corsair 450D
Motherboard: MSI Z97-645
Memory: Kingston Fury Red (2x8GB)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
SSD: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5"
CPU: i7-4790k
GPU: MSI Radeon R9 280x
PSU: EVGA 450W 80+
Optical Drive: ASUS DRW-24B1ST
OS: Windows 8.1 64-Bit

I've been looking forward on building my first PC that is mainly for gaming and editing. I will be playing games on High - Ultra settings at about 45fps or more. Some of the games I'm looking forward to are BF4, Skyrim, GTA 5, BioShock Infinite, etc. Then comes editing, which is something I do a lot. I'll be using Sony Vegas Pro 12. I've chosen an i7 and 16GB of memory since it's been heard to greatly improve editing. What do you think of it? Oh, I'm also trying to stick to a Black / Red theme as well

holyrage · Sep 18, 2014

u should wait a bit IMO and get a GTX 970 or a 960 or the 285X coz a R9 280x and a 4790K will eat up on your PSU im sure

PS: if u dont really need that SSD u should just drop it + Drob the 1tb HDD and get a SSHD instead

lightcloud · Sep 18, 2014

The PSU is a bad choice. You will require one from tier 1-2. Here's the list to assist you out.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

Never go with MSI motherboards, they have terrible QC.

Wait for the 900 series which is going to be released in a day or two.

Frostii · Sep 18, 2014

holyrage :

Didn't the GTX 970 just come out today? I don't even think it's been officially announced but I'll wait!

holyrage · Sep 18, 2014

Btw u should get A Asus Motherboard instead the are better for OCing imo

i would recommend the Asus Z97 Ranger if u prefer the black and red theme

Wisecracker · Sep 18, 2014

Vegas rocks GPU acceleration on GCN cores.

Drop back to an i5 (or an AMD FX-) and snag an R9 290 for your gaming.

holyrage · Sep 18, 2014

AMD FX are outdated as hell if he wanted to drop the CPU i wouldint recommend anything less than a i5 4690K

Maksis · Sep 18, 2014

Here you go

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GtWwD3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GtWwD3/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($338.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($132.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2666 Memory ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 4GB Dual-X Video Card ($207.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Inwin 901 Mini ITX Tower Case ($139.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($129.94 @ OutletPC)
Other: Corsair Professional Invidually Sleeved DC Cable Kit(Generation 3) Type 2, RED ($0.00)
Total: $1299.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-18 09:58 EDT-0400

Wisecracker · Sep 18, 2014

AMD FX are outdated as hell if he wanted to drop the CPU i wouldint recommend anything less than a i5 4690K

That would be wrong, but keep crapping that fake meme.

Frostii · Sep 18, 2014

holyrage :

How about the Maximus VI Hero?

lightcloud · Sep 18, 2014

Did you read my comment?

And get the Asus Maximus VII Hero instead.

Frostii · Sep 18, 2014

lightcloud :

I'm trying to decide between a Corsair CSM 650W 80+ or Corsair RM 650W 80+. Which one would be better for my uses?

lightcloud · Sep 18, 2014

The CS will be much better. However if you overclock, you will need to stay away from tier 3. The PSU is he most important part and if it completely dies, you may lose all your parts. I recommend a tier 1–2.

Frostii · Sep 18, 2014

lightcloud :

I won't be overclocking anytime soon! Now I'm left with $300, and I need to spend it on the GPU. What would you go for? Here is where I'm currently at.

Frostii · Sep 18, 2014

holyrage :

Will be sticking with the SSD, for the fast boot times and where my editing programs will go.

holyrage · Sep 18, 2014

well ur left with waiting for the R9 285X or the GTX 960 u need to get the best bang for your buck also both use Lower Power than the R9 280X so can still OC ur CPU+GPU with out worrying about power also with a 650W psu im pretty sure u can Xfire/SLI in the Future

and u can also get a MX100 instead of the Sandisk Ultra Plus it has a slower Max Sequential Write tho

lightcloud · Sep 18, 2014

It should be fine. But I would go with 700W.

holyrage · Sep 19, 2014

i think a 750W is a bit more on the safe side i agree how ever im runing a 7950 Vapor-X Crossfire with a 3570K OC'ed to 4.8GHZ there is no way he is gonna pull as much wattage as i do so im pretty sure a 650W is safe as long as it is a Quality PSU it should do

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