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Hello everyone, I would like some opinions on this build, what parts would you choose/change/add and why if possible. It is mainly for Dota 2 and CS:GO at the moment, I was wondering if this build would be at stable fps above 250-300 on low almost mid settings and not so high resolution

Motherboard:

Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3
Gigabyte z97m-d3h

GPU:

1) Asus Geforce GTX 950 STRIX OC 2Gb GDDR5
2) Gigabyte GTX 950 2GB Windforce 2x OC
3) Msi Gtx 950 Gaming 2gb Ddr5

CPU:

1) Intel Core i5 4690K
2) Inter Core i5 4460

RAM:

1) GSKILL Sniper 8GB 1866 MHZ
2) Kingston HyperX 8GB 1866 MHZ

case:

1) Raidmax Viper Gx
2) Raidmax Narwhal 920

psu:

Thermaltake TR2 700W 80 PLUS BRONZE

Reusing 500 GB HDD.




 
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Yeah that would be a good choice. You wont regret it. Very good build quality.

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Well as it stands the system should be able to cope with playing games at a decent resolution.

At mid game graphics settings it should cope fine up to 1080p, but you may see 100 Fps or more.

What would I change if I could perhaps opt for a GTX 960 card or the Ti version.
Or a card with slightly more memory on the video card it`s self if possible.
Why I say this is because with a graphics card with more memory on board of it.
It is less likely to have to load game textures in while playing some games, when set at a high screen resolution and graphical fx settings.

That can sometimes in a game cause a brief lag.

The power supply is not something I have used my self or often mentioned.
I would look at a better known brand of power supply.

It never hurts to get a power supply over what the system requires, as it comes in handy for any future up grades to the system such as adding a more powerful graphics card later on or other extra hardware such as extra hard drives for more storage.

It ensures the system will still work right and be stable.



 
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maet4

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Thanks for answering. I've just found this video about a fps test on cs:go with similar specs.. he is getting almost 200 fps on 1080p ULTRA settings, using an i5 4460 instead of 4690k. I was wondering if the boost on perfomance would be worth the money buying a 4690k? What do you think? I've read that CS:GO is more of an intensive CPU game than GPU... but I don't know...
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qLQznQ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qLQznQ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.00)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-C/CSM Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $385.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-06 04:22 EDT-0400

have your firend wait for newer nvidia gpu and amd gpu that are dropping in june then buy the one that fits his build budgect. with intel cpu look at the base clock speed not the turbo boot clock. the turbo speed will be hit if you have a good heat sink and low load. the higher the load on the cpu the hotter it will be and it slow down to stay within it thermal profile. the 4690k let you over clock the base speed. how far depends on the cpu chip and waffer. if you do over clock your going to shorten the life of the cpu.
 
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I agree with @Smorizio. Go with an ASUS Motherboard. Those are the best in the business and will last you years. Mine is going for 5 years straight now. Graphics card also ASUS. PSU: Thermaltake or Coolermaster or Be quiet or corsair. And for the processor: both are fine. Games never make the CPU go 100%. Unless yo uhh have a low end CPU. Games are mostly GPU intensive. You will get more frames with a better GPU than a better CPU in this case. Goodluck my friend.
 
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maet4

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I forgot to mention that I am from Argentina and we have lots of restrictions from buying online. Also we don't have many options, I could go for the equivalent MB Asus z97-k maybe?
 
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Yeah that would be a good choice. You wont regret it. Very good build quality.

 
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