PLS. HELP Rate my Gaming PC

Unknown673 · Apr 5, 2015

Hello everyone, since the beginning of my childhood I was a die hard console fanboy, but now I seem to like PC more than any gaming gear.

Now here is the Intel Z97 PC I built: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/UNKNOWN673/saved/c3dzK8

I will use this PC for gaming in ultra on 1080p and doing some video and photo editing.

and here are the additional Accessories I didn't include in the link.

Mouse Pad:
Razer Vespula Dual-Sided Gaming Mouse Mat

(Can you please find a better mouse pad, I hate Razer Color Scheme and Logo, the reason I choose this because of the wrist rest.)

Controller:
Wireless Controller + Play and Charge Kit - Xbox One

External Hard Drive:
Silicon Power 2TB Rugged Armor A80

Gaming Wheel:
Logitech G27 Racing Wheel

Gaming Chair:
DX Racer FE08NO Office Chair Ergonomic Computer Chair Gaming Chair Rocker

Can you please criticize my gaming PC build?

Thanks in Advance Guys =D

Trenchcoat · Apr 5, 2015

Hmm. The trouble is that you're cramming in alot of air-cooled gear and a crapload of fans into a case that purposefully restricts airflow because it's designed to be quiet.

Better off with a 540 air with a H110i cpu cooler, that way you only need at most 3 extra fans and should be able to dial them down. You'll be playing with a headset anyway.

Unknown673 · Apr 5, 2015

Trenchcoat :

I don't want watercooling man, I'm scared of leaking

B Beast · Apr 5, 2015

Get a gtx 980...

Trenchcoat · Apr 5, 2015

Unknown673 :

Don't be scared. The pre-built units are factory sealed and guaranteed. Plus if you do need to move your PC at any point you won't have to worry about cracking your motherboard with one of the biggest, most protruding and heaviest CPU coolers on the market, seriously, the centre of gravity on that thing is worrying. Going watercooled makes alot of sense.

Unknown673 · Apr 5, 2015

B Beast :

I don't think I don't have budget for a gtx 980 sli, it will make it here in my country with a price of $5500

but isn't sli 970 better than a single 980?

st3v30 · Apr 5, 2015

Not all games benefit from SLI and since you have 1080p monitors you will just hit wall with SLI config there and it will lower GPU usage and increase CPU usage, also you know GTX 970 have problems with memory it is 3.5 fast and 0.5 GB slow VRAM so betetr get one GTX 980.Also how much is your total budge for this build and how much is left.

st3v30 · Apr 5, 2015

Unknown673 · Apr 5, 2015

st3v30 :

$4000 is my budget, but all of this $4400 in my place so I've changed to budget to $5000

Unknown673 · Apr 5, 2015

st3v30 :

How about this build same price and you will have more CPU power for video and photo editing and you dont have to worry about FPS in 1080p even when you record games or stream.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($372.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.89 @ NCIX US)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($190.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($194.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($549.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($117.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit) ($133.79 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: AOC G2770PQU 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($303.80 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC G2770PQU 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($303.80 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard ($169.00 @ NCIX US)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse ($59.00 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Speakers: Logitech Z623 200W 2.1ch Speakers ($119.95 @ Directron)
Total: $3200.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-05 14:02 EDT-0400

woah, an x-99 built? that's awesome dude

Unknown673 · Apr 5, 2015

Trenchcoat :

Unknown673 :

Don't be scared. The pre-built units are factory sealed and guaranteed. Plus if you do need to move your PC at any point you won't have to worry about cracking your motherboard with one of the biggest, most protruding and heaviest CPU coolers on the market, seriously, the centre of gravity on that thing is worrying. Going watercooled makes alot of sense.

so what's the best watercooler for my system?

Unknown673 · Apr 5, 2015

st3v30 :

How about this build same price and you will have more CPU power for video and photo editing and you dont have to worry about FPS in 1080p even when you record games or stream.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($372.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.89 @ NCIX US)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($190.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($194.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($549.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($117.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit) ($133.79 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: AOC G2770PQU 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($303.80 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC G2770PQU 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($303.80 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard ($169.00 @ NCIX US)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse ($59.00 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Speakers: Logitech Z623 200W 2.1ch Speakers ($119.95 @ Directron)
Total: $3200.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-05 14:02 EDT-0400

Also do you think it would be best If I were to go and use water cooling instead???

st3v30 · Apr 5, 2015

Unknown673 · Apr 5, 2015

st3v30 :

thanks dude

Trenchcoat · Apr 5, 2015

Unknown673 :

Corsair's H110i. It comes with intelligent monitoring systems that turn the fans up when you need them and down when you don't. As it's directly exhausting not just CPU heat, but other air from the case via 2 140mm fans you can instantly cross two of the extra AF140's off your list of parts. You only have 6 fan headers on that motherboard anyway and get a fair few very good fans with the case.

The x99 build makes alot of sense too. You can always go SLI a year down the road when 980's are less expensive.

Unknown673 · Apr 5, 2015

Thanks dude so should I still buy a lot of case fans? I know that the r5 can take 9 case fans according on their website

st3v30 · Apr 5, 2015

2-4 will be enough you will just increase power consumption and noise,rest of money you save you can invest in faster RAM or better Mobo.But i think this one is enough and good quality.

Unknown673 · Apr 5, 2015

st3v30 :

Thanks for everything dude

Trenchcoat · Apr 5, 2015

Unknown673 :

With the X99 + H110i build I wouldn't buy any extra fans. Cross them off.

Unknown673 · Apr 8, 2015

Trenchcoat :

why bro?

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