Will this be good for gaming and future proof?

ZVS95 · Jul 19, 2015

I'm fairly new to building a PC (never done it before but have looked at YouTube videos on how to) so I thought I'd ask you lot who are definitely more knowledgeable than me.

I briefly know which components are good and after a week of picking components this is what I have come to:

Asus Z97-A ATX MoBo
Intel i5 4690 (no plans on overclocking)
Kingston HyperX Beast 2x4GB DDR3
Gigabyte G1 GTX 970 4GB (heard it is 3.5GB and the other 0.5GB is 1/7th slower, does it matter?)
Western Digital Blue 1TB (worth getting an SSD to put games on?)
Corsair CS650M 80 Plus Gold (will this be enough?)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo (is this necessary since I won't OC my CPU but will be gaming?)
Lite-On 24x SATA Internal DVDRW
Fractal Design R5 Case (big enough case for the components and future upgrades?)

This is what I have finally come to, hopefully no bottlenecks or anything like that. I've put questions next to each component for things that I have thought about but wasn't entirely sure on.

I will be using this for gaming mainly, no video rendering or anything in that field.

My Xbox One is satisfactory for games like Call of Duty and FIFA but I want a PC for games like Battlefield and FarCry 4 where it really takes full advantage on smoothness and graphics.

I'm open to any component recommendations that are similarly priced.
Will this PC be good and future proof, if so, any ideas for how long or is that too difficult to predict?

I hope I have given enough information in order for you guys to provide some responses.

Thanks.

turbopiki · Jul 19, 2015

Where will you be buying and what is your budget ?

-You dont need Z97 chipset motherboard for Locked CPU
- R9 390 will do better in games and it costs about the same as GTX 970
-it depends if you dont want long loading screens than yes but if can wait a bit longer then no, but its definitely worth it to have your OS on SSD
-it would be enough for GTX 970 which needs good 500w PSU, but that PSU you picked is not really good quality you probably can get better quality one for same or less amount of money
-no its not necessary but if you want your PC to be quieter than is worth considering
-Yes thats one of the best cases

ZVS95 · Jul 19, 2015

turbopiki :

-I think I'll be buying off Newegg, they seem to have good prices at the moment. Budget of around £700 max (this came to £695).
-How reliable are AMD cards now compared to nVidia, I have always naturally assumed nVidia to be better quality.
-What PSU would you recommend?
-I was thinking about the future, when playing newer games with higher CPU requirements it will surely cause it to heat up more so adding a aftermarket cooler will save me the hassle of installing it later. So will the standard CPU cooler keep it cool enough then? Does thermal paste come with it too or must I buy it separately?

turbopiki · Jul 19, 2015

Both AMD and Nvidia are good quality long time ago AMD had problems with drivers but they fixed them and now all AMD cards are running without a problem for couple of years (you get the same amount of warranty with both cards

). If stock CPU cooler wastn good enough to keep the CPU cool they wouldnt add it in a box the only thing is that when CPU temp goes high up it will be a bit loud, And yes thermal paste is pre-applied on the bottom of the stock CPU cooler.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£56.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£38.12 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£47.89 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£241.68 @ More Computers)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.29 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX TS 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£61.73 @ More Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £663.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-20 00:23 BST+0100

KNARF XD · Jul 19, 2015

ZVS95 :

turbopiki :

-I think I'll be buying off Newegg, they seem to have good prices at the moment. Budget of around £700 max (this came to £695).
-How reliable are AMD cards now compared to nVidia, I have always naturally assumed nVidia to be better quality.
-What PSU would you recommend?
-I was thinking about the future, when playing newer games with higher CPU requirements it will surely cause it to heat up more so adding a aftermarket cooler will save me the hassle of installing it later. So will the standard CPU cooler keep it cool enough then? Does thermal paste come with it too or must I buy it separately?

amd cards are just as reliable, i have no idea where you heard otherwise
since you are not overclocking, there is no need for an aftermarket cooler, but also no need for a z97 board, an h97 board is cheaper.

ZVS95 · Jul 19, 2015

KNARF XD :

ZVS95 :

amd cards are just as reliable, i have no idea where you heard otherwise
since you are not overclocking, there is no need for an aftermarket cooler, but also no need for a z97 board, an h97 board is cheaper.

As turbopiki said just now they had problems with drivers a while ago but are fixed now which goes to show I haven't been keeping up with this stuff; got lots of catching up to do

. Cheers for the info too man!

ZVS95 · Jul 19, 2015

turbopiki :

Ah yeah I remember when the drivers were messed up, probably the thing that swayed me away from them for a while.
Cheers for the new PC parts:
I'll probably keep the i5 4690 I saw it for £145, I'll change the mobo, I'll stick with HyperX Beast as I can get it for £35, I'll pass on SSD (for now), I'll use your recommend HDD, might be able to get an even better GPU now (any thoughts? GTX 980 now?) and I'll use the PSU you picked.

turbopiki · Jul 19, 2015

If you can get GTX 980 and it wont put you over the budget then GTX 980 would be a great choice

sora · Jul 19, 2015

ZVS95 :

turbopiki :

-I think I'll be buying off Newegg, they seem to have good prices at the moment. Budget of around £700 max (this came to £695).
-How reliable are AMD cards now compared to nVidia, I have always naturally assumed nVidia to be better quality.
-What PSU would you recommend?
-I was thinking about the future, when playing newer games with higher CPU requirements it will surely cause it to heat up more so adding a aftermarket cooler will save me the hassle of installing it later. So will the standard CPU cooler keep it cool enough then? Does thermal paste come with it too or must I buy it separately?

AMD cards are just as reliable as NVIDIA cards!

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