Questions about my build

christopunch

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Intel 4790k
ASUS Maximus 7 hero
Evga geforce 760 4gb
Evga 1000w platinum power supply
Samsung Ssd 128gb
1tb hard drive
Windows 8.1 64bit
H100i cooler corsair
Corsair vengeance 2x4gb

This is my build for a gaming PC...
It totals about 1650$ but I really need to get the price down.

I need some advice,
Thanks!
 
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I think you could still squeeze in a 1000w platinum PSU under the $1400 budget. Keep shopping around for a while before pulling the trigger, besides isn't black monday coming up?

Shamar Holtz

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Take off the water cooler, ditch windows 8 and get 7, get a smaller SSD, you only need about a 750w PSU

Instead of what cooling you should get a Hyper 212 Evo! It's the best cooler on the market and it's $30. Now that's bang for buck
 
Intel 4790k + geforce 760 4gb is a bad match for a gaming build. imho you should get instead any Haswell i5 and a GTX970.
No need for a $200 PSU. A $50 650W XFX psu is enough. Its a high quality part.
If you get a i5-4690k you just need a $20 CM EVO cpu cooler. Otherwise (no-k cpu) just go w/ stock cooler.
ASUS Maximus 7 hero is great but expensive. Asrock Z97 extreme 4 is a very good option. Great oc.
 

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You definantly don't need a 1000w psu, unless you are going sli, even with sli, you only need about 750w, you will need about 550-650w. Corsair vengeance is nice, but any name brand ram will do, g.skill is only 70ish. Get a hyper 212 evo rather than the h100i, $30 vs $100. Get Win 7, don't go any smaller on the ssd, but get a WD 1tb blue any it's only $54. TBH, you really should get a 770 rather than 760, the 770 is way down in price, because of the 970/980 release, and I believe they are discontinuing the 770, so stores will be trying to get rid of them. That should cut the price down quite a bit.
 

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The reason for 4790k and the 1000w is for future proofing. Everyone that I've talk to so far said it would be a lot better to invest in those parts. This is my first build and am still trying to figure out everything. I'd like it to be about $1,400.
 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($335.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.16 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($136.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($98.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Constellation ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($329.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec 750W 80+ Platinum Certified ATX Power Supply ($93.50 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1306.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-09 13:42 EDT-0400

Ditched the 4gb 760 and added a 970 instead. Bigger SSD too and it's all still $350 cheaper than original pick.
 

christopunch

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The reason for 4790k and the 1000w is for future proofing. Everyone that I've talk to so far said it would be a lot better to invest in those parts. This is my first build and am still trying to figure out everything. I'd like it to be about $1,400.
 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.16 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($98.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Constellation ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($329.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic Platinum 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($192.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1393.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-09 14:10 EDT-0400

Doesn't leave alot of room for a case and optical drive though.
 

christopunch

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That seems good. People keep pulling me diffrent ways. Some people say I NEED 1000w others say that's way to much.
And people are doing that with a lot of the parts. I don't know who or what to believe anymore... Lol

How much better is 970 vs 760 graphics, on the GeForce website the 700 series is just under the Titans...
 

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No contest. A 970 is about the same as a Titan or 780ti, better than 290X.
 
The titan is expensive because it is a flagship card and meant for workstations, not gaming.

The 980 is only 10-20% better than the 970 and the 970 will still max any game for a long time.

Prices are ALL marketing/markup/paying for advertising and labor. In real costs it is about $50 USD to build ANY GPU ranging from a gtx750 to a gtx980.
 

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That must be the flagship 12gig black edition. The 970 isn't quite as good as that but it does beat out the original $1000 titan.

The 970 is a 980 but with some disabled chips. It's about 10% slower but with an overclock you can gain back that 10%.

As for the price difference? Just arbritrary marketing. It's exactly the same card, slightly gimped to allow a premium to be charged for the un-gimped best of the best.
 

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The Xeon E3-1231v3 included below will provide you the same performance as the i7-4770, whilst I have reduced the total price whilst including better components:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($248.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card ($329.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($48.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1117.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-09 17:33 EDT-0400

All the best. :)
 

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I think you could still squeeze in a 1000w platinum PSU under the $1400 budget. Keep shopping around for a while before pulling the trigger, besides isn't black monday coming up?
 
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I know. It's just something on the OP's wish list. Unnecessary now, but nice to have should SLI become an option. PSU's tend to be most efficient at 50% capacity afterall.
 
you can SLI 970s with PLENTY of room to spare on 750w AND overclock the whole system.

Also "most efficient" is only 1-4% different from least efficient no matter what the PSU rating is. Not enough to make any difference. NOTHING that will be seen or even noticed with age in the PSU.