Building a Gaming desktop

Zirke H · Feb 10, 2016

Motherboard: ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel

Cpu: Intel Core i7-4790K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I74790K

Memory/Ram: CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866

HDD solid: Crucial BX100 2.5" 120GB SATA 6Gbps (SATA III) Micron 16nm

HDD : WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch -
WD10EZEX - OEM

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-2974-KR 4GB SC GAMING w/ACX 2.0, Silent Cooling Graphics Card

Dvd: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD

I have a PSU its RAIDMAX COBRA POWER 700 W RX-700AC-B Certified 80 bronze.. do I need something bigger for this build?

ak47jar3d · Feb 10, 2016

I wouldn't use that power supply since its a low quality one. Get a quality 550w power supply instead.

N3rdR4ge · Feb 10, 2016

1) bx100=old & overpriced / bx200=new, better & less money
2) i7-4690k is overkill for a gaming rig. do yourself a favor, forget about overclocking. get an i5-4460, an h97 board and buy a gtx 980 with the money you save. you'll have a much better gaming system.
3) get a better psu. tier 1 or tier 2 from here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

if you'd like me to make you a build, tell me your budget and ill post one.

andreaszero · Feb 10, 2016

Everything else is powerful and high quality except your PSU. I wouldn't trust a PSU like that powering all those expensive components. If it goes down it will take everything with it as well. I recommend the EVGA Supernova G2 series. Built with high quality components and have 10 years warranty. A 650w one will handle everything easily, I myself use the 750w G2 just for more expandability in the future. If you're going to SLI in the future you might as well grab a higher wattage one so you won't have to sell your current PSU or a lower wattage PSU you'll pick to buy a higher wattage one.

Zirke H · Feb 10, 2016

N3rdR4ge :

I have everything but the graphics card ... so dropping down to a i5 would be pointless..

Zirke H · Feb 10, 2016

ak47jar3d :

since I have it should I get this one over the RAIDMAX COBRA POWER 700 W RX-700AC-B

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182351

cause I plan to max my memory and passion more too it later on.

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