building a gaming pc. cant decide which cpu to go for. want to play latest games.

theASSAsiN · Sep 17, 2015

I've heard AMD processor have heating issues. So, I thought Intel was better. But they have too many variants.. Which one do I buy? And please suggest a good graphics card and mobo to go with the cpu.

mistuhj · Sep 17, 2015

what's your budget for this build? do you need peripherals, OS, monitor? do you want a colored theme?
will you be just gaming or do you do video editing/ streaming as well?

James Mason · Sep 17, 2015

This will play the latest games:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: *Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($225.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: *Antec KUHLER H2O 650 Liquid CPU Cooler ($43.99 @ Directron)
Motherboard: *ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: *G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: *Mushkin Reactor 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: *Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: *Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4GB AMP! Edition Video Card ($489.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Raidmax Vortex ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: *EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: *Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) ($87.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1260.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-17 12:16 EDT-0400

turbopixel · Sep 17, 2015

Do you want overclock? How much is your budget? Whare resolution are you looking for? If you don't overclock, then the above build recommendation could be cheaper, as you could buy a non K based cpu (non overclockable) and H97 based motherboard (non overclockable, Z97 is for overclocking). Also probably you wouldn't need a separate cpu cooler, as the stock cooler would be enough then. And the video card could be cheaper by buying GTX 970, instead of GTX 980. The difference is not that great in performance, but in price. And if you main usage is gaming, then 8gb system ram is more than enough for today games. Plus other differences. Do you have mouse, keyboard and a monitor? Here the alternative list

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($212.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($41.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: *Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($334.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: *EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: *Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($97.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $978.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-17 12:48 EDT-0400

theASSAsiN · Sep 19, 2015

turbopixel :

Do you want overclock? How much is your budget? Whare resolution are you looking for? If you don't overclock, then the above build recommendation could be cheaper, as you could buy a non K based cpu (non overclockable) and H97 based motherboard (non overclockable, Z97 is for overclocking). Also probably you wouldn't need a separate cpu cooler, as the stock cooler would be enough then. And the video card could be cheaper by buying GTX 970, instead of GTX 980. The difference is not that great in performance, but in price. And if you main usage is gaming, then 8gb system ram is more than enough for today games. Plus other differences. Do you have mouse, keyboard and a monitor? Here the alternative list

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($212.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($41.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: *Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($334.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: *EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: *Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($97.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $978.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-17 12:48 EDT-0400

yes, i want to overclock later maybe after 2-3 years later to keep up with the coming games' demand. And, I'd like to play at no less than 1080p. Yes, I have the keyboard , mouse and the monitor.

turbopixel · Sep 19, 2015

Overclocking the cpu will not change the performance in games that big, unless you overclock strongly and the game is cpu based. Future games will be demanding too much maybe. The graphics card will be the limiting factor most probably and then, overclocking it will not change the world for new games. Then it is better to sli them with same card or just upgrade to new one. Otherwise, you could still overclock, if you need it.

theASSAsiN · Sep 20, 2015

Thanks a ton, guys !

It was great help.

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