Haven't Built a Comp in 4 years

haloman369 · Oct 19, 2014

Im Currently putting together a desktop that I was to use for gaming. I want to be able to get 60fps on a high res monitor. Im going to buy a 27 inch monitor and then add a second one in the future, I will also add a second video card to sli them. Here is my build from PC Part Picker http://pcpartpicker.com/user/haloman369/saved/Hrvscf. If you guys could I would like to understand the difference between parts that I would put in. For example the difference between ram speeds like ddr3-1800 and ddr3-2400. Ive heard about RAMDESKS and am curious if that is a good idea. Also, why you would choose certain Motherboards over others. Thanks for taking the time to read this!!

smorizio · Oct 19, 2014

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($123.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($368.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1265.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-19 13:38 EDT-0400

frag06 · Oct 19, 2014

haloman369 :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($137.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($164.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($368.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1111.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-19 13:39 EDT-0400

I would go with something like this. I've changed a few things around (motherboard, PSU, RAM).

The RM series isn't the best, so I would go with an EVGA G2. As for RAM, Haswell favors 1866MHz and above, but anything over 1866MHz isn't really going to make much of a difference.

smorizio · Oct 19, 2014

smorizio :

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ Micro Center)
the intel stock heat sink is plastic legs are known to snap on them. higher end cpu coolers use back plate system and metal screws.
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($123.79 @ Newegg)
intel dropping next year there brodwell cpu the x97 chipsets will be drop in with a bios update if you need a faster cpu. some people here dont like msi doe to there qa control...to many doa mb. the three msi mb I used have been fine.
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
ares is there newer ram of gskill. haswelol and amd now run better on faster ram.
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.99 @ Amazon)
120g may be too small for a main drive if you load a few games and aps now.
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($368.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
in your build you forgot a case to hold your parts in.
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
you may want to put a drive in just in case a game or ap only on disk. also with a dvd drive you can with backup software make disk image of your hard drive so if it crashes you wont lose your data.
Total: $1265.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-19 13:38 EDT-0400

smorizio · Oct 19, 2014

with ssd speeds now a ram disk is not needed. ram disks were used on older slower pc to load more then one ap into a ram drive for speed.

haloman369 · Oct 19, 2014

Thanks for all the answers guys. This has been so informative! The case I was looking at was this one https://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-sgc5000wkwn1. So msi MB are not reliable and the asus or ASRock mb is a good future investment? How do I reply to specific posts?

smorizio · Oct 19, 2014

myself I like asus mb...asus and asrock one time were the same mb comapnie and asus spun them off.
asrock has made name for good low cost mb. when you look at both mb look at the warrantes on both. some units only have 12 months some from asus have 5 years. (tuf line).

frag06 · Oct 19, 2014

haloman369 :

smorizio :

Yep, ASRock has good motherboard, but they are oriented more towards budget boards (most of their boards are, but some are higher end). I would personally go with the Asus.

I would take the Corsair 750D over the Stryker, but that is personal preference.

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