Can someone double check my computer build?

Rubbrbandman · Mar 8, 2015

Hey guys,

Looking at building my 1st gaming PC and was wondering if someone wouldn't mind double checking the parts I have picked out.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tkfft6

Thanks in advance guys!

DonkeyOatie · Mar 8, 2015

Is this for gaming only? You have spent more money on some parts than seems necessary. How much do you plan to overclock?

Why di you decide on that CPU rather than a 8350?

Rubbrbandman · Mar 8, 2015

DonkeyOatie :

Yes this will be pretty much strictly for gaming. I originally had the FX-8350 black series picked out with 8 GB (2x4) of the G. Skill Ripjaws. After talking with one of my friends that has built one or two, said this to me

"Drop your cores to 6 max. Games can't use more than 4 right now (and none utilize the full 4 anyway) so going higher actually kills your frame rate.
Since most issues come from RAM increase that to at least 12 total (go with 16 for those intense dedicated video RAM games).
Otherwise looks sweet for a good price

"

DonkeyOatie · Mar 8, 2015

If you are gaming only, and four cores indeed are enough, I think an Intel build would be better. Their cores are significantly more powerful.

I assume that you plan to overclock.

Motherboard-wise, unless there is some other feature that you are planning for, an ASRock Extreme 3 2.0 or MSI 970 Gaming would do fine.

Rubbrbandman · Mar 8, 2015

Why the MSI 970 over the Crosshair V? So for asking so many question, like I said, this is my 1st build.

DonkeyOatie · Mar 9, 2015

We live for questions

The answer is efficiency. The Crosshair is an excellent, top quality board, with the power systems to run an FX9590, and it costs over $200. for the chip you have selected, a good, sub-$100 board, will be plenty good enough. It may be only your money, but we are interested in you saving it where possible.

Here's some motherboard ranking information.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2384008/motherboard-tier-list-990fx-chipset.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2384024/motherboard-tier-list-970-chipset.html

Many motherboards have good sound, so the sound card may not be needed. You have a great PSU, but you can use a lower power one and save money which could go toward a GTX970 GPU which will perform as well or better than the one you haves selected and use a lot less power and produce a lot less heat. You 2Tb Black HDD could be the cheaper Barracuda, and you could use the money saved here and elsewhere for a SSD for OS and applications.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($121.97 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Rosewill 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.79 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill N600PCE 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($19.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC I2421VWH 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($151.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2014 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($79.95 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Logitech G930 7.1 Channel Headset ($81.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1355.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-09 05:05 EDT-0400

Rubbrbandman · Mar 9, 2015

DonkeyOatie :

We live for questions

The answer is efficiency. The Crosshair is an excellent, top quality board, with the power systems to run an FX9590, and it costs over $200. for the chip you have selected, a good, sub-$100 board, will be plenty good enough. It may be only your money, but we are interested in you saving it where possible.

Here's some motherboard ranking information.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2384008/motherboard-tier-list-990fx-chipset.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2384024/motherboard-tier-list-970-chipset.html

Many motherboards have good sound, so the sound card may not be needed. You have a great PSU, but you can use a lower power one and save money which could go toward a GTX970 GPU which will perform as well or better than the one you haves selected and use a lot less power and produce a lot less heat. You 2Tb Black HDD could be the cheaper Barracuda, and you could use the money saved here and elsewhere for a SSD for OS and applications.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($121.97 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Rosewill 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.79 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill N600PCE 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($19.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC I2421VWH 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($151.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2014 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($79.95 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Logitech G930 7.1 Channel Headset ($81.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1355.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-09 05:05 EDT-0400

Ok so I've revamped the part list, take a look at this and let me know what you think. I gotta to work, so cya later!

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GFKLK8

DonkeyOatie · Mar 9, 2015

I don't think that memory configuration will work. Go with 2 x 4 or 2 x 8 and 1866 or 2133 with that CPU.

Rubbrbandman · Mar 9, 2015

DonkeyOatie :

Ok I changed it back to the (2x8) G.skill's.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qCgyRB

Rubbrbandman · Mar 10, 2015

DonkeyOatie :

We live for questions

The answer is efficiency. The Crosshair is an excellent, top quality board, with the power systems to run an FX9590, and it costs over $200. for the chip you have selected, a good, sub-$100 board, will be plenty good enough. It may be only your money, but we are interested in you saving it where possible.

Here's some motherboard ranking information.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2384008/motherboard-tier-list-990fx-chipset.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2384024/motherboard-tier-list-970-chipset.html

Many motherboards have good sound, so the sound card may not be needed. You have a great PSU, but you can use a lower power one and save money which could go toward a GTX970 GPU which will perform as well or better than the one you haves selected and use a lot less power and produce a lot less heat. You 2Tb Black HDD could be the cheaper Barracuda, and you could use the money saved here and elsewhere for a SSD for OS and applications.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($121.97 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Rosewill 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.79 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill N600PCE 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($19.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC I2421VWH 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($151.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2014 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($79.95 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Logitech G930 7.1 Channel Headset ($81.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1355.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-09 05:05 EDT-0400

So after reading up on the AMD CPU's I'd like to switch this over to an Intel build (cpu/mobo). What would be your recommendation? http://www.anandtech.com/show/4955/the-bulldozer-review-amd-fx8150-tested/2

DonkeyOatie · Mar 10, 2015

Easy.

A 'standard' system, but it costs a little more. Could upgrade motherboard a little more for future SLI.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($323.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($90.25 @ Directron)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($91.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.79 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill N600PCE 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($18.00 @ Newegg)
Monitor: AOC I2421VWH 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($151.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2014 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($79.95 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Logitech G930 7.1 Channel Headset ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1410.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-10 18:26 EDT-0400

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