Is this a good gaming rig???

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thingfromspace

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Hi! I recently got the opportunity to build a gaming computer with a $1600 budget. Is this a good build? http://pcpartpicker.com/list/crkMnn

Press read more to see specs at bottom.

I will use 2 1080p monitors
What i do is:
Gaming:
Rocket Leauge
Portal 2
Portal 1
Toontown Rewritten (dont make fun of me pls)
Minecraft (fancy graphics, optifine, shaders, maybe a resource pack)
Lego Worlds
Gaming & Recording:
Rocket Leauge
Portal 2
Portal 1
Toontown Rewritten (dont make fun of me pls)
Minecraft (fancy graphics, optifine, no shaders, no resource pack)
Lego Worlds
Video Editing:
Sony Vegas 13
Adobe Photoshop
Work stuff (i know, eww gross):
Office 365
VMs:
VirtualBox
VMWare

Specs:
Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

[strike]Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive[/strike] Samsung 850 EVO-
Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

[strike]Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/strike] Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card

Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case

EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Zx 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card




Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter

Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse


Thanks for reading and maybe responding! :D

Oh, and please don't respond about the case or motherboard, because i want something that at least AT LEAST BARELY resembles the dell studio xps 9000/435t. And i have reason to believe that that is true with what i have chosen.
 
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Davinlevey
It is a great card, just at the end of its cycle. It is more than capable of gaming quite well at 1080p or 1440p, but for the 500+ dollars it costs simply waiting a couple of weeks for something with double the performance for the same cost seems like the right move.
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Your build is reasonable and will work.
But, I have some thoughts:

1. With skylake available, I see no reason not to use current gen parts.
That would be a i7-6700K, a Z170 motherboard, and ddr4 ram(1.2v, 2400 speed).

2. The spec-02 cases are nice, but they have limited height available for coolers. I suggest an equally good and well priced cryorig H7 which is only 145mm tall.

3. The particular evga nex may be a tier 3 or 4 unit on this quality list:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
650w is appropriate, but buy a tier 1 or 2 unit like Seasonic.
I see little value in modular in a decent case like your's.

4. Motherboard on board 8.1 HD sound is very good; I might defer on the sound card.

5. 120gb is too small for windows, it will fill up quickly losing performance and endurance. 240gb at least.
I would also stick with Samsung or Intel for ssd, they have better controllers and nand quality.

6. You can do better on the hard drive. Seagate is not tops in reliability; look at WD red.

7. GTX980 is a very good card. But, it has been in a price limbo between GTX970 and GTX980ti.
I think, the newly announced GTX1070 would be better if you can avoid the inevitable early adopter price gouging.

 
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I personally wouldn't buy a 980 at this point in their life cycle. Though the card is quite good, you are a few days at this point away from 1070 availability, which will cost less and perform better.
 
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thingfromspace

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Well, where i want to get the graphics card (Best Buy) it isn't available right now. Plus, my friend does the exact same thing as me (gaming, recording, rendering) and he has the GTX 960. So i think the GTX 980 is a good card.
 
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It is a great card, just at the end of its cycle. It is more than capable of gaming quite well at 1080p or 1440p, but for the 500+ dollars it costs simply waiting a couple of weeks for something with double the performance for the same cost seems like the right move.
 
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thingfromspace

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Alright, if the 1070 is at a good price when i order my computer, i will get the 1070. Otherwise i will have to get the 980 (My price range is at $1600 right now)
 
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