One more last look over before buying

bwiggsjr · Mar 25, 2015

I made a few changes to my partpicker. Wanted everyones final thoughts before i buy.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/J9fFMp

Things changed: Went from an i5 4690K to a G3258 and went from a 750ti to a 970. my budget is around 600 so a little over. Wanted to know everyones thoughts before I buy. Things I will do is play video games, record gameplay, edit videos and school work.

Thanks in advance!!

Heres the other pcpartpicker:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cHL4hM

Dark Lord of Tech · Mar 25, 2015

G3258 and a 970 is a poor combo.

bwiggsjr · Mar 25, 2015

what would you suggest? I chose this because the G3258 was a good price and it gave me extra money for the 970

bwiggsjr · Mar 25, 2015

tea urchin :

There is a shortage of answers because you build is totally unbalanced to the point nobody else would build it. The graphics card will be vastly wasted $'s, whilst the motherboard would not normally be considered for a general use and gaming build.
The G3258 would feel like a dinosaur processor once you try to keep a video and chrome pages open whilst playing a game and is pretty poor performing in many games anyway.
Even over clocked.
If your budget is $650 , you should buy an i3, a respectable but budget H97 board, a GTX960,
and do you know what? You will be stunned by how it performs.
Putting Lada Riva tyres on a racing car makes the whole car useless, so try to balance how you spend your money. A $300 graphics card on a $70 cpu just does not work out so well.
(Imagine a $70 cpu can power a $140 graphics card? But you spent $300 on the gpu.
The card will run the same as a $140 card; $160 worth of graphics power unused. ).

Thank you soo much for your response!! I went ahead and did some changing with my parts. What are your thoughts?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vJCFMp

Dark Lord of Tech · Mar 25, 2015

Much better.

Archaic59 · Mar 25, 2015

Here you go:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($104.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.49 @ Directron)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.93 @ Amazon)
Total: $686.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-25 23:26 EDT-0400

bwiggsjr · Mar 25, 2015

Archaic59 :

I already have an ssd so that saves on that. Also is a dvd really important now-a-day? Because that can be extra savings as well.
Now what has me thinking is how much of a performance difference I would see between the i3 and an i5.

bwiggsjr · Mar 25, 2015

Thank you! This is my first build so I want to make sure I am getting the best bang-for-my-buck with this build.

bwiggsjr · Mar 25, 2015

tea urchin :

Thank you soo much for all your help! Luckily I already have an SSD so I do not have to worry about that

and since it is an i3 and I will not be OCing I can take away the EVO as well to save some money also.

Archaic59 · Mar 25, 2015

tea urchin :

I picked the 4150 because the 4160 showed different bios version for the motherboard and I didn't want to get into that problem.

bwiggsjr · Mar 26, 2015

tea urchin :

bwiggsjr :

Buy the arctic alpine 11 'rev 2'. ($13 ish. ) great improvement, I run my i5 4430 with one.
9 celsius and big noise drop.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-047-AR
(look for 92 mm fan, 95watts to make sure you get the correct model)
Probably stays 800 rpm with i3, practically silent.
Wet sealed bearing, fan warranted 6 yrs.

Wow. I went on YouTube to watch gameplay of some games (COD AW and Far Cry 4) with this i3 and gtx 960 and I can not believe how great this combo is!!

bwiggsjr · Mar 26, 2015

tea urchin :

Archaic59 :

Note this, bwiggsjr. Important.
You need the correct bios to run a 4160 (devils canyon?) otherwise you may be updating bios or scratching bonce wondering why it does not work.
Recommend ringing sales vendor before purchase.
Nicely spotted Archaic.

What's a good way to check if the bios will be able to run a 4160? I was also looking at this MOBO

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-h97plus

and this on

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-fatal1tyh97killer

emj503 · Mar 26, 2015

if this is a gaming rig please go with at least a quad core lol also the r9 290 is comparable to gtx 970 and it actually has 4gb of unrestricted vram opposed to the split vram portions on the 970 a 3.5 and .5 blah blah blah. i hope you haven't purchased your system yet.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($137.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($27.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($85.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($53.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $660.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-26 01:41 EDT-0400

emj503 · Mar 26, 2015

and make sure that case can house the hyper 212 evo if not pick up the corsair 200r great budget case.

emj503 · Mar 26, 2015

or you could just get an i5 5790k run onboard graphics and save up until you can pick up a 290 you'll be happier in the long run.

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