Final build i5 4590 and GTX 970

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

What do you think about this build?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($201.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($113.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1118.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-28 13:35 EDT-0400

Xemko · Jun 28, 2015

This is pretty bad PSU for the price. PSU tier list : http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

Better PSU, 2 x 4GB Memory, for dual channel, great value Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($86.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($187.93 @ Amazon)
Total: $1039.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-28 13:47 EDT-0400

Amr Mansour · Jun 28, 2015

you should consider having a coolant but otherwise the build is pretty solid (Y)

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

Cooler for what I am not even overclocking it

And this is the best parts that I can get in my country.

As far as I know cooler is for overclocking, with cpu like i5 4690k and z97 mother board

I have not intention of overclocking, so I guess I do not need a cooler

JayNeo · Jun 28, 2015

Hi! Nice CPU, RAM, HDD, GPU and PSU. I dont know how good the monitor is. But i am using a Dell S2240L. Check it out once! Well, if you can spare 10 more dollars, go for an Asus Z87A LGA 1150 MOBO. Z87s are much better than the older LGA 1150's like B85s and still better than H97. They support Nvidea SLI which your current MOBO does not!

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

The monitor is pretty good for the price. Specially when you consider the response time 1ms for recent AAA titles. It helps a lot.
I might consider looking at the motherboard Asus Z87A

Amr Mansour · Jun 28, 2015

felixwen :

I'm not takling about a water coolant I'm just saying that you will need a air coolant and no coolant isn't for OC only causing the coolant that comes with the cpu isn't good enough that if you want the best of your build and to get a longer life span for it
and you should consider changing to Asus and also the power supply is not worth the price

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

I might consider the coolant later in near future, as long as my budget says now, No coolant now.

Xemko · Jun 28, 2015

felixwen, my build includes coolant, better psu and still cheaper than yours. Just in case you didn't look at it.

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

EVGA power supply not available in my country, all we have is Corsair, deepcool and coolermaster and seasonic

Xemko · Jun 28, 2015

felixwen :

Then, i'd go for Seasonic.

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

Seasonic which model?

Xemko · Jun 28, 2015

G series / G series V2 Seasonic
M12-II EVO (fully modular) Seasonic
S12G Seasonic
S12-II Seasonic
Whatever fits better your budget.

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

Cool, Will have a look at it.

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

Why dual channel ram, when it performs the same?

Xemko · Jun 28, 2015

Rumors says possible 10-15% performance difference. If you can go for 2x4gb, at the same price, why not? The only reason to go 1x8gb, if you plan to add another 1x8gb, for 16gb in a near future.

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

Great thought and explanation. 10 - 15% performance does make a difference.

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

After everything I have settled for this. I am really on tight F*** budget. But I need 1080p gaming with decent frame rates. Nothing else.

Here is my conclusion. Let me know what you guys think?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($201.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($202.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $927.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-28 16:56 EDT-0400

same thing costs in my country is $1156.83

Xemko · Jun 28, 2015

felixwen, well, if you can't squeeze your budget more, you can get i5 4460 instead, and money you save invest in better gpu - perhaps r9 380 4gb?

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

Have a look at this:

Config 01
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($201.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($333.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1058.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-28 17:34 EDT-0400

Config 2

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($333.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1046.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-28 17:36 EDT-0400

Let me know what you think in terms of PERFORMANCE PER PRICE....

In Dollars I know there is not much price difference, but currency in our country it is huge difference.

Also today in news nVIDIA announced price decrease in flagship cards like GTX 970, 980 and 980Ti. Waiting for that to happen. They announced this because of Fury X

OVER n OUT

Xemko · Jun 28, 2015

You won't notice any difference between those configs. If you really that tight on budget, and 10$ will be huge difference in your's country currency, then Config 2 is your choice. Imho

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

According to you , Config 2 with i5 4460 and GTX 970 is future proof for atleast 2 - 3 years. What do you think?

Is i5 4590 and GTX 960 not future proof?

felixwen · Jun 28, 2015

I might as well get everything except for the GPU and wait for the price to come down.

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($189.99 @ Newegg)

Xemko · Jun 28, 2015

Short answer, i5 4590 (3.3 - 3.7) and i5 4460 (3.2 - 3.4) almost equal, though 970 is way better than 960.
i5 4460 + 970 more future proof choice.

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