Looking for a good, not too small gaming monitor.

AngryWarlock · Oct 23, 2014

This is what I'm going to build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tzm6NG

I don't have a monitor for it yet though. I'm almost out of money for this build, so I'm looking for a monitor that would do good with this build, that is not too small (24" would be amazing) and around a 100 euro. Thanks for your time!

DonkeyOatie · Oct 23, 2014

How about this.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/acer-monitor-umwh6aa002

23", 5ms and IPS, don't know Euro price.

Novuake · Oct 23, 2014

You can save quite a bit of unnecessary cost on that build of yours.
By dropping cost in a few place, without sacrificing performance or quality, you can push that money into a better monitor.

As for a decent monitor. Which country are you in?

AngryWarlock · Oct 23, 2014

DonkeyOatie :

Seems okay, very nice specs but it says it is only 21.5" sadly enough.

AngryWarlock · Oct 23, 2014

Novuake :

Really? In what places do you advice different parts?

I live in Holland. Thanks for your help!

AngryWarlock · Oct 23, 2014

Also, the pcpartspicker says something about the power supply. This is my first time building a gaming pc, so can anybody help with that?

Novuake · Oct 23, 2014

No problem.

So I am going to assume this build is for gaming?

CPU : An I5 4670K/4690K would drop some cost off, I7s very very very rarely provide better gaming performance above their I5 counterparts, even if it does, its less than 5 FPS.

Graphics card : A GTX970 would be a lot cheaper (100$ in the US), but perform withing 5% of the performance of a GTX780ti, on top of that the GTX970 is a overclockers dream and will go far beyond GTX780ti performance quite easily with a mild overclock.

PSU : A reliable 550W power supply is MORE than enough for a single GTX780ti/GTX970 and an i7. Only change this if you are not considering to SLI in the future, since 750W would allow you to add a second GTX780ti/GTX970 in the future.

Chassis : You can save some money here too by goign for a decent Corsair 300R, although this is a preference thing and I can not really decide what aesthetic you would like.

Other than the above cost saving you have great choices in components.

Novuake · Oct 23, 2014

AngryWarlock :

Just did in my previous post.

DonkeyOatie · Oct 23, 2014

I meant to recommend this https://pcpartpicker.com/part/acer-monitor-umvh6aa003

Don't know how that happened. This is definitely a 23" monitor

AngryWarlock · Oct 23, 2014

DonkeyOatie :

awesome dude, gonna get this monitor for sure! Thanks for the help!

AngryWarlock · Oct 23, 2014

Novuake :

Yea this is gaming build which I would like to make youtube gameplay video's and animations too. I chose for i7 because of the hyper-threading, I'm already doing some animating, and I want to make youtube video's so I'll stick with that. Also, I have no experience with overclocking what so ever so is that hard? Because I would rather not risk failing someting with that kind of price tag, you know?

The case is just a personal choice, I really like the design, the multiple color LED's and it has a great airflow so yea. But thanks a lot for the tips, if you could help me out with these questions too, that would be amazing

DonkeyOatie · Oct 23, 2014

Listen to Novuake's suggestions too. They will give you a better, cheaper system. The 780ti is a beast and at the moment, it's price is very attractive. It uses a lot of power and puts out a lot of heat which stresses the rest of your system. For the long term, the GTX970 is a more efficient solution.

AngryWarlock · Oct 23, 2014

DonkeyOatie :

I edited my old build, so this: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/AngryWarlock/saved/JBG2FT is what you guys think is better?
Also would I need to overclock and will I be able to record gameplay with this? And I still have the power ripjaw series thing in the bottom. What can I do to fix that?

Novuake · Oct 23, 2014

AngryWarlock :

The I7 is worth it if you are doing content creation.

Even without overclocking, the GTX970 is still a better option, but yes, overclocking is simple these days with very little risk if you are just careful and do not take it too far.

Case is pure preference as you say.

Remember to change the PSU.

EDIT : The voltage on the RAM does not matter THAT much, but if you get 1.5v RAM then its "officially" supported by the CPU, but yeah, not important to be honest.

Avoid that PSU, also overpriced.

Here is a tiered PSU list, only get units from Tier1, tier2a and tier 2b.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

And yes, recording with this system would work great.

DonkeyOatie · Oct 23, 2014

For a start, I'd drop to CAS 8 on the RAM. Others with more specific experience of the motherboard and processor combination can tell you what will work as far as overclocking the CPU is concerned, but, independently, you can overclock the GPU and it comes with the necessary software tools. You may need to add another case fan to cope with the extra heat.

Sorry. I have a meeting I need to go to.

AngryWarlock · Oct 23, 2014

DonkeyOatie :

okay, good luck and thanks for the help!

AngryWarlock · Oct 23, 2014

Novuake :

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/AngryWarlock/saved/8xRnTW
So this is my final build then. Added BlackWidow and Deathadder chroma because I really like them! Everything fits inside my budget now with like 20 euro left so that fits perfect. Really pleased with this actually, any last advise maybe? Or should I just go with it now? Thanks for helping putting the last bits of my awesome first self-built gaming desktop together! ^^

Novuake · Oct 23, 2014

Perfect. Nothing I would change anymore.

Have fuN!

AngryWarlock · Oct 23, 2014

Novuake :

Thanks! I'm going to pick one of DonkeyOatie's comments as the solution because it answers my original question the best, but that certainly doesn't mean that I don't appreciate your help, because it was amazing. Thanks!

Novuake · Oct 23, 2014

Absolutely! Always a pleasure.

I tend to answer in a round about way that the OP never asked for, sometimes to their annoyance.

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