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High End Intel gaming PC build (I5 4690+gtx 770) Need thoughts and help
I am building this high end PC for gaming I am willing to add 100$ to the build, but won't overclock so give me your thoughts on what I should change

Build:
CPU: I5-4690
GPU: ASUS GTX 770 2GB
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3, H97, DualDDR3-1600, SATA3, RAID, HDMI, DVI, D-Sub, ATX
RAM: Corsair vengeance 2x4 GB
PSU: Seasonic M12II-EVO620 620W 80 Plus Bronze
HDD: WD Cavier Blue 1TB 7200RPM
CASE: Cooler Master Elite 430
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August 31, 2014 2:28:41 PM

I7 4770k with a 780 or 980.
August 31, 2014 12:42:21 PM

Smh, I'd buy a not terrible power supply. Bronze rating 620? That will be stressed at full load with your parts.

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a b 4 Gaming
a c 266 à CPUs
a c 156 U Graphics card
August 31, 2014 1:18:55 AM

Tim Gold said:
MeteorsRaining said:
Well then, i7s are $80 costlier than i5 and won't give you the best bang for the buck as you'll have to sacrifice SSD. The Solid State is what I'd buy first, then an i7, just because there's vritually no difference in many games with an i5 or i7 (exceptions are there like BF4) but SSD will significantly help in a gaming build.

BUT, if you can afford the SSD sometime later in the next minor upgrade (like in a year or so), then get the i7 and then a SSD later when you feel like. i7 will obviously help with future gaming (and I don't mean i5 will, by any means, be inferior, i7 will just be comparatively better) considering games are becoming more multi-core/ thread optimized.


Ok I am looking at getting the I7 4790 and then later in like 3-6 months add the SSD


Perfect! Good decision, that will make all the more future proof and the time period b/w purching the main build and SSD is not too much so you'll not feel left out in any dept :) 
August 31, 2014 1:17:35 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
Well then, i7s are $80 costlier than i5 and won't give you the best bang for the buck as you'll have to sacrifice SSD. The Solid State is what I'd buy first, then an i7, just because there's vritually no difference in many games with an i5 or i7 (exceptions are there like BF4) but SSD will significantly help in a gaming build.

BUT, if you can afford the SSD sometime later in the next minor upgrade (like in a year or so), then get the i7 and then a SSD later when you feel like. i7 will obviously help with future gaming (and I don't mean i5 will, by any means, be inferior, i7 will just be comparatively better) considering games are becoming more multi-core/ thread optimized.


Ok I am looking at getting the I7 4790 and then later in like 3-6 months add the SSD
a b 4 Gaming
a c 266 à CPUs
a c 156 U Graphics card
August 31, 2014 1:10:40 AM

Well then, i7s are $80 costlier than i5 and won't give you the best bang for the buck as you'll have to sacrifice SSD. The Solid State is what I'd buy first, then an i7, just because there's vritually no difference in many games with an i5 or i7 (exceptions are there like BF4) but SSD will significantly help in a gaming build.

BUT, if you can afford the SSD sometime later in the next minor upgrade (like in a year or so), then get the i7 and then a SSD later when you feel like. i7 will obviously help with future gaming (and I don't mean i5 will, by any means, be inferior, i7 will just be comparatively better) considering games are becoming more multi-core/ thread optimized.
August 31, 2014 1:03:44 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
Change the CPU to Xeon E3 1241 v3, its $50 more but the hyper-threads will help in gaming in the future when games are optimized to utilize more cores/ threads. Xeons are essentially i7s w/o OCability and w/o integrated graphics.

Make sure the memory is 1600MHz or higher with CL9 or lower. Try to include a SSD in the budget, it'll really help in lowering boot and loading times and is also more energy efficient.

Everything else seems fine :) 


Any of the Xeon CPUs are not available for a decent price in my country only the I5s I7s The ram is 1600Mhz and I am considering the SSD
a b 4 Gaming
a c 266 à CPUs
a c 156 U Graphics card
August 31, 2014 12:58:55 AM

Change the CPU to Xeon E3 1241 v3, its $50 more but the hyper-threads will help in gaming in the future when games are optimized to utilize more cores/ threads. Xeons are essentially i7s w/o OCability and w/o integrated graphics.

Make sure the memory is 1600MHz or higher with CL9 or lower. Try to include a SSD in the budget, it'll really help in lowering boot and loading times and is also more energy efficient.

Everything else seems fine :) 
August 31, 2014 12:58:01 AM

decent

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