Building my first gaming pc please help

fandongames

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Ill jump right in. My budget is around $1600 us dollars. I do not need a keyboard, mouse, or monitor. I do need an os. I really want to try to have in it the I7 4790k and the gtx 980. I want to future proof it as much as possible because I don't want to have to upgrade it for a while. If it doesn't make too much of a difference I could do with a little less than the 4790k and gtx 980 but hopefully not too much less. I only plan on using this computer for hardcore gaming and video editing/recording.

for those who didn't see this part I a;ready have the MONITOR, KEYBOARD, AND MOUSE. I DO NEED AN OS The two builds im looking at are http://pcpartpicker.com/user/fandomgames/saved/Y4WJ7P and http://pcpartpicker.com/user/fandomgames/saved/77jRsY I do not plan on 4k gaming but budget is a little bit of a stretch on the 1700 one
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/fandomgames/saved/XqCZxr looking at the final build pieces let me know what you think
 

Eric92

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The first one is a good build but the PSU should be 750 W to be safe and I'd recommend going with the MSI GTX980 Twin Frozr. You can save yourself some money then on the RAM and always add more later. If you're going to be using the SSD as purely a boot drive get a 120GB version and save yourself some money. If that's too much money then get a 970 they are still excellent cards and I am very very happy with mine. Runs everything I throw at it beautifully. If you don't wanna sacrifice GPU get an i5 4690k. It's all you need for gaming and will I doubt you'll notice any difference. Great processor.
 

sunnyd13

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You're doing video editing/recording, so stick with the i7. I think you will find people choosing that in your case, although it's true that you only need i5 for gaming.

I'm building a gaming PC now, and I'm going with the GTX 970. I would suggest that, then upgrade your GPU much later on. I've heard that price/performance ratio increases exponentially after something like the 970. Also, the difference between the 970 and 980 is not too great IMO.
 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($317.27 @ TigerDirect)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($67.87 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($127.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($144.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.97 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card ($555.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1569.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 21:10 EDT-0400

This took me quite some time to construct as I kept switching back and forth. I just have one comment and it's about storage space. I have the exact same SSD but the real amount of space is 238GB and I have 192GB left so if you want to save $30-$50 then just switch that for 128GB because you can have the OS on there and still install BF4+a few other games. I also have 3.3TB and I installed massive amounts of games only to realize that I have 1.5TB left so you can just uninstall games that you don't want.