Immediate Emergency build on a tight budget!!! Computer just died. Please help.

Okay, will this setup and motherboard even run the GTX 960?

Great options. With your help here is what I have come up with now since I had to change to the LGA1150 CPU.

-ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132118

-Intel Core i7-4771 Haswell Quad-Core 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I74771 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116941

-G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C11D-8GXM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231666

This also allows me to get the 2400 Ram. Is there a major different in the 2400 compared to the 1600?

So, will this be compatible with my other components and be a good system to get right away and that will be upgradable over the next 5 years? I really want to stay in the $500 range and this setup looks really good to me and still in my budget. What do you think? Am I missing something here or going in a wrong direction?

You brought up a good point, is there a major increase in performance all around the board with the i7 compared to the i5? This will be for a constant spreadsheets, graphs, filing, as well as Battlefield 4, COD Ghost, GTAs, FSX etc. Will the i7 be better for these things?

Are you talking about this one i7 4770k? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116901

I dont get it. This one doesn't seem to have the turbo boost, but the i7 4771 does and goes up to 3.9GHz. What I am confused about is, are you saying that the 4771 cannot be overclocked? That doesn't make sense to me. Does it have something to do with the boost or something else? Please explain.

EDIT: Wait a second here. Why dont I get the i7 4790? It seems better in every way and is only $309. Am I missing something here? Isn't this a better chip? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116987

I have done a lot of overclocking in the past as you can see from my personal computer specs. I had the Q9550 Quad Core 2.8GHz up to 3.8GHz at one point. Would that be one of those cards that you were referring to as hard to overclock? If so, I think I will be able to figure it out through the bios. Im trying to understand what you are saying and I definitely dont want to get myself into a situation where I wont be able to overclock at some point. For the i7 4790 would it be as easy as going into bios and adjusting the FSB and multiplier? It seemed really simple before. Will it pretty much be the same thing or extremely more complicated and not able to do it?

I think the best buy would be the 4790 because 3.6Ghz right out of the box and turbo to 4GHz is pretty good and I probably wouldn't need to overclock for a while.

EDIT: Just reading the reviews on newegg and some guys are saying they overclock with CPU. Others are saying they cant. Whats the deal?

"What a Great CPU for the money. Sure the others are more costly and have some cache extras, but for a CPU with Quad Core design at 3.6GHz and when coupled with a Mid to High End MoBo like the ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 it is a Rocket. With the MoBo having great features just for adjusting the cores and being over-clockable it is truly a Real Monster of a CPU. I have now built three systems with this CPU all on the same ASUS Z97-A MoBo and one is seriously over clocked with Killer Kingston HyperX RAM and YES it is water cooled for this application."

"So far this CPU its pretty fast clocked a 4.0 GHZ "

"This is the CPU for the Gamer or Over-clocker and is not a Killer Budget component. Coupled with the proper MoBo and RAM (even without a Bad-Lad Video card) this is a True Monster.
You can tweak the cores and if going to do some serious over-clocking Do Not Use the stock fan. It will not be sufficient for this realm of End-User Enthusiasts."


So it sounds like with the right mother board such as the Z97-A which I am getting, I will be able to overclock quit easily right?


EDIT:

So here's my answer. "Some might say that since this isn't a K-series that it is not capable of being overclocked. That is not entirely true. While the multiplier in this CPU is locked at a max of 40, it can be adjusted. This means with the correct motherboard you can set the multiplier at 40 and maintain that 4.0GHz base clock. However, that is not it. You can also adjust the BClk value, with the correct motherboard. The default BClik is at 100MHz I successfully increased mine to 110MHz. This means the CPU runs at 4.4GHz in turbo mode, and at 4.0GHz at standard (you can force the multiplier to 40 and stay at the 4.4GHz, which is what I have done). I have a Corsair H100i and at this clock under full load, temps hold at 62C and at idle they hover between 27C and 32C."

Will my Asus Z97-A be able to do all of this overlocking for this CPU?

So heres what the new computer would be. Please double check that all will be compatible and work great together. Thanks. I can do all this for about $534 before shipping and tax. Shall I proceed?

New stuff:
-Intel Core i7-4790 Haswell Quad-Core 3.6GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I74790 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116987
-ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132118
-G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C11D-8GXM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231666

Existing transferred over stuff:
-OCZ 800w power supply http://www.overclockersclub.com/siteimages/articles/ocz...
-XFX GTX 260 GPU (soon to upgrade over the next month of two)
-Sound Blaster sound card
-1T Hard drive
-500GB hard drive
-2 CD-Rom drives
-Old medium sized case

Anyone? I just need a final confirmation and critique to make sure this will work perfectly fine together with my old stuff including that power supply and my GPU. Let me know. Thanks.

Oh dear, okay good to know. See this is the kind of info I need to know. So from what you were saying, worst case scenario with the power supply not going that low, I can manually change it in my bios. That is encouraging and sounds good.

You know I have searched and search the issues with my current motherboard and its error code 25. This is the VBios. It is either related to the P2 mouse, memory, or video card. I did all the ram testing and everything possible to check and the error 25 came up every time. There's no way all ram could have instantly gone bad right away. I put in another graphics card and the same 25 error. I dont even use a P2 mouse. So I have heard its either bad PCI-e slots, bad ram slots, or just something else bad with the motherboard. I have had the board for about 8 years and I hear that is sometimes the life of the board especially if it gets constant every day heavy use and always on. I think I will start shutting my computer completely off instead of sleep mode. Win7 never seemed to like sleep mode either. So what would the symptoms be if my PSU were to be going bad? My error 25 didn't allow the computer to even post or do the post beep. This is not the forum for that, so I will just be waiting for a response on symptoms for a bad PSU. Thanks guys. I am getting closer and closer. Also waiting for the end of the month after bills to buy.

I checked the battery and still no post error 25 on the board. Strangely enough, I guess I never registered this mobo apparently. So I am out of luck with that. I really just need to update. I know it for work and games in the evening, but really I am kind of excited about the much improved performance on everything. To be honest with my system I was actually able to play BF4 on High settings at about 25-30 fps. Our eyes only see at 30fps so that was good enough for me. With the new ram, and the new processor, wow forget about it. Here we come 50fps... I hope. My GPU is holding up quite nicely as well so far. So it looks like this is the way to go. Thank you for your help, all of you.

Anyone else have a better solution or better build within this $500 budget. It can go a little over that with tax and shipping, but I am trying to keep in right around there.

Oh shoot, I just realized I have the 700watt GamerXtreme PSU. I posted that I had the 800. Will my 700 still do just fine for this new setup?

I dont understand. From the graph it looks as if my PSU would work for the majority of cards minus the Titan and a couple others.

If anything I would be looking to get the GTX 660 or something within that price rage. Would my PSU work for that card or similar?

I have this one right here. Check out all the specs.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4540562

Okay, I made a mistake, its actually the 850Watt OCZ GamerXStreme. Its this one.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2776974
http://www.tigerdirect.com/include/AddCartfromGallery.asp?EdpNo=2776974&csid=ITD&Sku=O261-2006&imgcart=1&imgcounter=3

I am really ignorant when it comes to power supplies and rails and all that stuff. So One of those links is the picture to all the specs. Can you tell me if it will work? It looks like I am getting 20 amps on each 12v rail. So thats pretty good then right?

I had another thought that just occurred to me. Maybe dumb question, but are all mobos the same screw position for placing them in a case? I mean will this ASUS board fit my case and have the same screw holes lining up as my EVGA 780i? Thats what its talking about when it says ATX right?

Hey guys, so my money had to go elsewhere for that last month and I was able to borrow my dad's old Gateway, yikes, but its been a blessing for work.

I am currently saving up again to hopefully order the parts later this week into next week. One question I have after trying to find a good cpu fan is, should I be looking for a newer CPU socket such as the LGA 1155 or 1156? The processor I was going with was the Intel Core i7-4790 Haswell Quad-Core 3.6GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I74790

Why did we settle with the LGA 1150 CPU and Mobo? Was that just in my price range or was that just a good setup for what its worth? Thanks for the reply in advance.

Another question, a lot of people are talking about this board ASRock Z97 Extreme 4. Should I got with that one instead of the ASUS Z97-A? Which is better?

You always have some of the best answers. Thank you for that. I was looking and to stay with the ASUS brand the Z97-Pro looked every bit as good if not better than the ASRock Z97. Check this out. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132116&cm_re=Asus_Z97-_-13-132-116-_-Product

Is this the better buy?

I also like the fact that it has the LCD code thing on the board. That was a huge importance for my last board that died to make sure everything else was working and to know it actually was the board.