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Jadester

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Hello guys, I have been making a list to put together a lower end gaming PC and I need thoughts and criticism. I already have an OS ready, so it is not needed. One of my main questions here though is about my motherboard. I also need a wireless card.

I would like to know if the motherboard I'm trying to use is good for my purpose, and for the wireless chip I have a Netgear router, and I very frequently play online and stream movies, so I'm looking for a chip that won't drop connection/Ping spike.

Other criticism is welcome too, not just motherboard/wireless.

Link to build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Jadester/saved/6ZFCmG
 
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bignastyid
Honestly you could do better for the price, the psu is way more than needed you can get smaller psu and reinvest the money elswehere in the system. You can get a better H97 board for a couple bucks more. The 4gb 270x is a rip off as the gpu is not fast enough to use that much vram unless you run them in crossfire, a 3gb 280 or 280x would outperform it. I changed a few things. This rig has a faster quad core cpu, faster ram, better chipset, and a faster gpu. I have that model of rosewill wireless card and it has worked very well with my netgear routers.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte...
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($87.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.68 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card ($171.00 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $633.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 12:40 EST-0500

And Magafox.. Wow, you're a real LinusTechTips fan. Changed the mobo to the H97 version so you can upgrade it later on.
 
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bignastyid

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Honestly you could do better for the price, the psu is way more than needed you can get smaller psu and reinvest the money elswehere in the system. You can get a better H97 board for a couple bucks more. The 4gb 270x is a rip off as the gpu is not fast enough to use that much vram unless you run them in crossfire, a 3gb 280 or 280x would outperform it. I changed a few things. This rig has a faster quad core cpu, faster ram, better chipset, and a faster gpu. I have that model of rosewill wireless card and it has worked very well with my netgear routers.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($78.24 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.68 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card ($171.00 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill RNX-N250UBE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($15.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $672.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 12:55 EST-0500



 
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Jadester

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I love you guys, such great and fast responses. Since Tom seems to support it, and it looks increadibly promising to me, I think I might go with Nasty's build. I'm going to leave this thread open a bit longer though just to see what happens.

Thanks a ton.
 
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Jadester

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Okay, I took nasty's build and used Tom's motherboard, seems fitting to me.
But, I have heard bad things about USB wireless chips, so I was wondering if there was a better option, or if the USB was just fine.
 
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I have used many usb wireless adapters and the only issue I have had is with power management turning off the port, and this can easily be fixed by disabling the power management on the usb root hubs. However with the rosewill card I have not had that problem. The Asrock board is your choice, I don't recommend them as I have had too many issues(failures) in the past with their boards. However others use and recommend them so maybe it's just my bad luck.
 
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