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Hey, I've been working on putting together a gaming pc for awhile now and it seems like there's a few parts on sale this week that should fit right in for me haha just looking for confirmation that this will all work together and have room for future growth (sli, new chips, ram upgrades ect.)

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/GBCjK8

I've been trying to cover my bases but it seems like every time I figure out one thing I get confused about another :/ any input would be great :)

Thanks
 
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I'd change the PSU to a XFX 550W if you only plan on using one graphics card. It will have more than enough wattage, and it is much better quality. If you do want 750W for two cards in the future, look at the EVGA G2 instead.

The change in memory is also nice, but it's rarely necessary. However, the G.Skill Ripjaws X 1866MHz are $5 cheaper, so they're the deal I would go for instead.
 
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Whoa, thanks for the quick response :) Yeah I was hoping for the option to sli in the future without having to buy anything else haha good call on the ram tho, I'll check it out. On a side note would 16gb do alot more for me than higher speed 8gb?
 
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I'd look at this PSU, then. EVGA gets a different manufacturer to make this one, and it is much better quality for not much more.

Both RAM faster than 1866MHz or larger than 8GB rarely affect gaming. If you do notice you open a lot of programs at the same time, then more RAM is good, and a select number of games (mostly racing games) do scale with memory speed. But in general 8GB of 1866MHz is more than enough, and you'd rarely notice a difference with more (while definitely spending more).
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($285.75 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($84.99 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.98 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($114.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($439.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ Memory Express)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($23.05 @ Vuugo)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($109.99 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $1533.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-16 21:44 EDT-0400

i changed the mobo to a cheaper one, it offers the same in terms of performance. the RAM is 1866 CL9, kind of the sweet spot. also the MSI GTX970 is the regular twin frozr, i do not see the point in getting the 100 ME unless you prefer color green. plus i like the case, thumbs up for that :)
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($285.75 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($84.99 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.98 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($114.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($428.95 @ Vuugo)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($23.05 @ Vuugo)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($109.99 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $1467.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-16 21:57 EDT-0400

same build.. better psu
 
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I'd be careful with how you phrase that. Faster RAM generally does next to nothing to make a system feel more responsive. It does affect some very specific programs, but in general going from 1600MHz RAM to faster RAM offers almost negligible benefits.
 
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No, that's pretty darn well known. For gaming, practically no game benefits from faster RAM, the few ones that do being mostly racing games. High end productivity programs do sometimes depend on RAM speed, since they like the extra bandwidth, but that is still not the norm. And for the general browsing casual use, faster RAM has essentially no impact on performance.
 
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And here's an article showing how RAM speed is essentially irrelevant, at least in gaming. Only two out of 5 games tested showed a difference: in Skyrim the difference between dual channel 1600MHz C9 and quad channel 2133MHz C9 is a whopping 7FPS, and in F1 2012 (the game that prompted them to make the article since it seems to scale abnormally with memory speeds) the performance is already so high that the RAM speed is essentially meaningless, with dual channel 1600MHz C9 doing over 120FPS.

In the end, RAM speed is nice to have, specially if it comes cheaper, but it will not make a noticeable difference in practically any scenario.
 
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Did you not see the rest of the post? It was seven fps in a single game. In average, if we don't count F1 2012 since it already runs so well on anything, that's 1.75 FPS per game going from what you would consider obsolete 1600MHz to quad channel 2133MHz. Is it generally a cheap upgrade. Yes, yes it is. Is it going to make a big difference if we don't get it? No, it will not.

This is indeed an old argument, but it goes the other way around. I would also prefer to stick to 1866MHz, since the price difference is minimal, but going to even higher speeds won't affect you basically at all. DDR4 will make a bigger difference in gaming for its power consumption and overclocking than for its performance gains.
 
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