New Build for Fall

[OdusBK]

My new build, includes basically everything
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kpc7sY

dont mind the network adapter, thats just holding the place of a similarly priced wireless router, i used it to get a more accurate sense of the total cost of the build. Mostly used for gaming, besides the occasional college work or other form of recreational activity. What would you recommend i change?

What shocked me the most was that the build on pc part picker was about $12 cheaper that the same build on newegg... and the build on newegg didnt have the headphones included.

Thank you for all input as it is all greatly appreciated

 

[gizzard1987]

The main things I would change...We'll first I would choose RAM that is 1.5v instead.of 1.65v. Haswell likes 1.5 better and I would also switch.to 2x4gb dimms instead of 4x2gb dimms. You are setting yourself up for having to buy all new ram if you ever want to upgrade. Buy 2 sticks and just leave 2 slots open. The ssd you choose is in fact a nice drive but the SanDisk x210 250gb is 25% faster and should be about 30+ bucks cheaper. I don't personally like that case but I'm more into flashier led lit cases. Great psu choice. Just an fyi Windows 8.1 should be 5 bucks cheaper and does actually give a slight performance boost overall in processing and gaming over Windows 7.

 

[OdusBK]

about the ram, that was an error, i was going to get 2x4gb just clicked the wrong option. Honestly i was really skeptical about windows 8, i love the simplicity of windows 7. I dont like how microsoft wanted to incorporate social media and all that into the operating system, and i dont like that trend in technology in general. Oh well if there's performance benefits at a lower price i might at well

 

[gizzard1987]

Well windows 8.1 gave me a lot of doubts too. Then again so did Windows 7 after Vista. After my first week with Windows 8.1 it feels just like any other version of windows I've used. It's just figuring out the small stuff first. I did do a little tweaking initially to help with that. I set my PC to bootup to desktop mode instead of that app mode crap. This brings you directly to your desktop, WITH a taskbar and start button and it pretty much functions like Windows 7. It has it's qwerks but it's a solid OS in all honesty. Nothing like VISTA or Millennium Windows lol.