So my brother and I are planning to build a new mild gaming PC, the budget isn´t actually fixed, so spending an extra 300$ won´t kill us.
So far I've put my mind on to a Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual graphics card, the reviews are great and the price is really affordable. We agreed on a Intel core i7 4790k as the processor for our new machine but doing some research I read that maybe an i5 will do the trick along with the graphics card.
Also, the graphics card says it needs 750W for single card and 1000W for crossfire (which I don´t plan on doing for now).
So here comes the real question. Will a nice Intel core i5 do the trick with the graphics card or is it bottlenecking it´s potencial? Also will a Thermaltake ToughPower 650W GOLD give me the juice I need for all my needs?
I´m gonna post what we've got so far so feel free to criticize on any choice. (I haven´t built a PC before so I´m new at this)
This are the first components we chose
Processor: Intel core i7 4790k (Recommend a nice heatsink)
Motherboard: Asus H97-plus or Asus Z97-A (can really choose any MB you guys suggest)
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB (2x8GB) kit (Should I get 16GB?? or are 8GB enough?)
SSD: Samsung 840evo 250GB
HDD: WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 650W GOLD (great reviews so far, modular which is great)
Haven´t chose a case yet, I plan on doing so after having the components chosen, the same goes about cooling
Thanks in advance and sorry for any grammar errors, English is not my native language and I'm a total n00b about building PC's so take it easy on me
EDIT: actually the budget is between 1000$-1500$
So far I've put my mind on to a Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual graphics card, the reviews are great and the price is really affordable. We agreed on a Intel core i7 4790k as the processor for our new machine but doing some research I read that maybe an i5 will do the trick along with the graphics card.
Also, the graphics card says it needs 750W for single card and 1000W for crossfire (which I don´t plan on doing for now).
So here comes the real question. Will a nice Intel core i5 do the trick with the graphics card or is it bottlenecking it´s potencial? Also will a Thermaltake ToughPower 650W GOLD give me the juice I need for all my needs?
I´m gonna post what we've got so far so feel free to criticize on any choice. (I haven´t built a PC before so I´m new at this)
This are the first components we chose
Processor: Intel core i7 4790k (Recommend a nice heatsink)
Motherboard: Asus H97-plus or Asus Z97-A (can really choose any MB you guys suggest)
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB (2x8GB) kit (Should I get 16GB?? or are 8GB enough?)
SSD: Samsung 840evo 250GB
HDD: WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 650W GOLD (great reviews so far, modular which is great)
Haven´t chose a case yet, I plan on doing so after having the components chosen, the same goes about cooling
Thanks in advance and sorry for any grammar errors, English is not my native language and I'm a total n00b about building PC's so take it easy on me
EDIT: actually the budget is between 1000$-1500$