Hi everyone!
I'm a pretty frequent reader of the forum, although I haven't posted before. I do learn lot from people's opinions on other threads, aswell as from the site's articles.
I'm an occasional gamer, and I do like to take some shots on Battlefield (currently the BF3 on my stone age C2Q Q6600) every now and then, for a couple of hours.
I am building a PC to be able to play BF4 on High (maybe on Ultra?), and I'd like to hear some opinions and get some help. I'm trying to fit everything in a $600 budget, but couldn't do it so far. $650 is ok, actually, but if I can dry it out without losing power and stability, or maybe maximize both power and stability keeping it arount the current price, that would be nice!
Here is my part list:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nh6qJx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nh6qJx/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($167.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $649.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-08 02:19 EDT-0400
Details: I picked the Z97 chipset because it accepts 2133 MHz Memories, which I think are better and cheaper at the moment, when compared to 1600MHz. But I still wanna hear opinions even on switching down to H97 and 1600MHz DDR3, if you think that's still better or the only way.
I already have an optical drive, keyboard, mouse, monitor and Arctic Cooling 7 Pro aftermarket CPU cooler.
Oh, and if possible, I´d give CPU and GPU a small kick on OC too, but that's not mandatory.
Any opinion on this build will be very much appreciated!
Thanks a lot in advance!
I'm a pretty frequent reader of the forum, although I haven't posted before. I do learn lot from people's opinions on other threads, aswell as from the site's articles.
I'm an occasional gamer, and I do like to take some shots on Battlefield (currently the BF3 on my stone age C2Q Q6600) every now and then, for a couple of hours.
I am building a PC to be able to play BF4 on High (maybe on Ultra?), and I'd like to hear some opinions and get some help. I'm trying to fit everything in a $600 budget, but couldn't do it so far. $650 is ok, actually, but if I can dry it out without losing power and stability, or maybe maximize both power and stability keeping it arount the current price, that would be nice!
Here is my part list:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nh6qJx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nh6qJx/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($167.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $649.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-08 02:19 EDT-0400
Details: I picked the Z97 chipset because it accepts 2133 MHz Memories, which I think are better and cheaper at the moment, when compared to 1600MHz. But I still wanna hear opinions even on switching down to H97 and 1600MHz DDR3, if you think that's still better or the only way.
I already have an optical drive, keyboard, mouse, monitor and Arctic Cooling 7 Pro aftermarket CPU cooler.
Oh, and if possible, I´d give CPU and GPU a small kick on OC too, but that's not mandatory.
Any opinion on this build will be very much appreciated!
Thanks a lot in advance!