Building a new PC, some help would be much appreciated.

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Hi there, I'm building a new PC and was wondering if I could still use my old power supply to save a few bucks that I can utilize elsewhere (maybe GPU or RAM).

The build will be:

Processor: Intel i5 4690k Devil's Canyon

Motherboard: Either Asus H81M-K or Asus H81M-C

GPU: Gigabyte R9 280

2 Sticks of Kingston DDR3 8 GB RAM

3 7200 RPM SATA HDDs. (One is 1TB and two are 500 GB)

Maybe one or two extra CPU fans if it fits

My old power supply is this one: http://www.hardwareinsights.com/wp/cooler-master-rs-460-pcar-a3-460w-review/

Was wondering if that setup would work on my old power supply. I've had the old PSU for just over a year and it's worked fine. I looked up on some calculation websites and they show that I need a minimum 396W PSU to run all this but I thought I'd ask around first.

Also, while you're here. the H81M-C mobo is slightly more expensive than the K, is the extra price worth it or will the K do just as fine ?

Thanks in advance, early responses appreciated since I'd like to buy this ASAP before I waste more money :p
Cheers !
 
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Thanks for the response, but it'll get by right ? For a month at least ?

For the time being I won't be getting a new GPU until next month so I'll stick with my XFX HD 6750. Will that be fine with this PSU ?
 
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Bumping your own post is actually a violation of the terms of service.

Motherboard and CPU combination is a poor choice. You have a 'business' class motherboard that doesn't support overclocking paired with a generation newer CPU that may not work out of the box with it.

For overclocking you want to stick with Z97 chipsets. If you aren't overclocking, pick up an i5-4460 and an H97 motherboard.

16GB of memory is overkill. Get a 2x4GB matched memory kit.

R9-280 is a moderate card. I would see if you can bump up to the R9-380 4GB or R9-290/R9-390

Agreed, a better power supply is probably a good idea unless you go with an Nvidia card.
 
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Hi there, my apologies, I'm new to the forum and not at all familiar with the rules.

Thanks for the informative response.

As for budget, I'm from Pakistan so my budget will be in Pakistani Rupees (PKR) :p

Here's the website I'm using to buy the components: http://www.czone.com.pk/

My budget is around 70,000 PKR, I was thinking to put 20K into the GPU and then 50K into the rest of the build (Casing, HDD, Mobo etc).

Would definitely be a ton of help if you could figure out a build from there that I can get, don't worry if something's out of stock, there are many other stores, I'll pick up from there.

By the way I don't care much for overclocking so I probably won't be doing it, thought I'd point that out.

Cheers friend :)
 
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I think your appetite exceeds your budget a little, at least from this vendor. This is what I came up with, and it involves keeping your existing power supply by lowering power requirements. For another 8000 or so they have a GTX960 which would be a big step up.

CPU : 20,500

http://www.czone.com.pk/processors-intel-core-i5-processors-intel-core-i5-4460-haswell-processor-6m-cache-3.40-ghz-lga1150-bx80646i54460-pakistan-p.2679.aspx

Motherboard: 11,900

http://www.czone.com.pk/motherboards-lga-1150-socket-asus-h97-plus-lga-1150-intel-h97-hdmi-sata-6gb-s-usb-3.0-atx-intel-motherboard-pakistan-p.2889.aspx

Memory X 2: 8200 (Can't believe they only carry 2x8GB kits..., if you can find an alternative that sells 2x4GB kits, go for it)

http://www.czone.com.pk/memory-module-ram-desktop-ddr3-memory-corsair-vengeance-4gb-ddr3-pakistan-p.294.aspx

Case: 4600

http://www.czone.com.pk/casing-cooler-master-casings-cooler-master-elite-334u-with-windowed-side-panel-atx-chassis-rc-334u-kwn1-pakistan-p.2806.aspx

Hard Drive: 5800

http://www.czone.com.pk/hard-drives-desktop-sata-hard-drives-seagate-barracuda-st1000dm003-1tb-7200-rpm-64mb-cache-sata-6.0gb-s-3.5-internal-hard-drive-pakistan-p.2181.aspx

GPU: 19,500

http://www.czone.com.pk/graphic-cards-nvidia-geforce-asus-strix-gtx750ti-oc-2gd5-nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-ti-oc-edition-2gb-gddr5-pci-express-3.0-128-bit-video-graphic-card-pakistan-p.3063.aspx
 
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Hello there, my apologies if I sound picky or anything but how would that motherboard would be an improvement over the previous one ? I won't be overclocking much and am only using two sticks of RAM. Asking because perhaps I could get the 960 if I drop a bit here and there. Is this mobo for future proofing ?

Also, http://www.hwcompare.com/17282/geforce-gtx-750-ti-vs-radeon-r9-270/, this shows that the R9 270 outdoes the 750ti quite a lot in performance so I'm assuming you're suggesting the 750ti because of power usage.. Is the 270 a better choice implying I have a newer 500/550W PSU ? Asking because the PC is mostly for gaming purposes and this is probably important.

Again, I don't want to sound nitpicky or anything, I barely know about these things.

Cheers friend, and thanks for the response.
 
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H97 motherboard doesn't support overclocking. What it does support is the second generation Haswell chips guaranteed. B85, H81, H87, and Z87 boards may not be capable of running an i5-4460 or i5-4690k out of the box due to older BIOS revisions. H97 and Z97 are guaranteed to work with all available lga1150 processors. They don't appear to be selling the older revisions of these processors that would be guaranteed to work. (i5-4440, i5-4670k)

I didn't see an available R9-270 on that website, at all. More importantly that GPU requires a lot more power then anything from Nvidia. The GTX750 Ti doesn't even require an external power connector. The goal there was also to reduce costs by keeping your existing power supply.

At 20,000 as a budget for the GPU that is the best candidate available.

As I mentioned, at 28,000 or so has the GTX 960 which is a very large improvement, and competes with the R9-280, R9-285, and R9-380, but still uses quite a bit less power and would be okay to use with your current power supply.


 
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