How does this $1000 gaming rig look and is everything compatible?

fitzmx6 · Jun 23, 2015

Going to buy:

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

MOBO: ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132118

GPU: ASUS STRIX-GTX970
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121899

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372

Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

Total Cost: $1,034.9

Already Have:

PSU: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036

HDD: Western Digital Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218

My friend wants to play newish games like WOW updates, Arc, Diablo 3...
Any advice would be great appreciated!
Thanks

infamousIlusionist · Jun 23, 2015

Here you go:
Great build and will handel so much.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zRrgcf

Heres the same build but with and SSD: (load games and OS on here and will make everything so fast)
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZgvxK8

Heres the build with a GTX 980 (now this will handle almost any thing you throw at it and at ultra settings.)NB: no SSD as it goes to far over budget
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BPPq23

Hope this helps.

Either one of theses he will be able to do serious gaming

fitzmx6 · Jun 23, 2015

@infamousIlusionist

It looks like the heatsink you suggested does not fit an 1150 cpu/mobo is this ok?

Upon inspection of more heatsinks it looks like 1150 is not that widely supported. Should I stick with 1150? What is the advantage or disadvantage to this?

infamousIlusionist · Jun 23, 2015

fitzmx6 :

It is quite a common socket and the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO does fit on the LGA 1150.
Well if you doing quadruple GPU rigs then you cant use the 1150 but that is very uncommon.
It supports up 2 3 GPUs and it supports 4th gen chips.
It kinda all depends on the CPU you get. If you get a haswell CPU the you will need a 1150 but if you have Ivy bridge for eg then you will need an 1155. I wouldn't say their are advantages and disadvantages just depends on what CPU you get and then in that range pf CPU get the best motherboard you can.

infamousIlusionist · Jun 23, 2015

I am not very jacked up with the exact advantages and disadvantages just know the basics along those lines but I do know what are good CPUs and GPUs and etc to do good build and give part guidence

fitzmx6 · Jun 23, 2015

Ok thanks guys I wasn't sure how the whole socket thing worked but sounds like infamousIlusionist picked out a great machine! Sorry I didnt see that 1150 was compatible with 1150, must have misread.

Going with:

Heres the build with a GTX 980
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BPPq23

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