a well, PC is fine, but that HHD...250gb is that enough for you? get at least 1TB imo, and you can save money by not buying a CD/DVD drive, because is completely useless, at least in my case.
Also you can get a cheaper i5 and get a better GPU like GTX 970 or an R9 of equal price.
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Ah it's Crucial, they make only SSD, I just didn't check, you will be fine even with a Intel Core i5-4460 or Intel Core i5-4440, and get a Corsair 550W PSU then, or if you don't want to save money it's not like needed xd, I mean you PC is great.
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i agree about the PSU.
don't know enough about the difference in CPUs
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Buying that more expensive CPU he won't like get much more noticeable fps performance, and even that i5s I said are very good.
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4690-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4460
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i meant the difference in numbers. i don't ever gonna get the i7.
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You can probably play Crysis 1 at 30 FPS with that rig.
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He's joking. I bet you could play Crysis 1 smoothly! Crysis 3 however... might be 30 fps on a good graphics setting, it's a powerhungry game after all.
Nice rig!
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seems like the best value/energy-saving for monies setup > very nice
(only the psu ... i would've picked one with 600w just in case of upgrade)
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Looks solid!
I suggest using http://tomshardware.com forums for technical advice. ;)
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Just gonna leave this here, is always nice to check whenever considering building something or even when buying a premade PC
http://www.logicalincrements.com/
Just something to keep in your bookmarks and use when needed.
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if an upgrade is expected in 2 years for 16Gb, then get 2x4Gb DDR3 RAM, because probably in 2 years you will be getting DDR4 RAM anyways. Also having 2x4Gb makes things load faster because of the dual memory channel when using 2 RAM sticks, some expensive motherboard even have quad memory channel, which does the same but with 4 sticks of RAM, but this last i think is not needed.So spending now to have 1 stick 8Gb of DDR3 RAM, with a possible upgrade in 2 years, is not like useful imo, because it will work slower, and in 2 years DDR4 RAM will be the most used probably.
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You should buy 2 x 4 GB instead of 1 x 8GB, else your CPU is not able to use the Dual-channel architecture.
The MSI H97M Eco has 4 memory slots, so you may still upgrade to 4 x 4 GB later, what should be enough for the lifetime of this equipment.
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This Cpu should suite your gaming needs:
I5-4460
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117302
Cpu comparison:
Motherboard: any H87 chipset available in your country, pick the cheapest, check the features (Number of Usb3,Gigabit Lan,Number of sata 6Gbs ports,Number of ram slots, max supported ram)
GPU:
Depends on the playing resolution.
4K? save up and get 980.
1440P? depends on the game, consider 970 (Yes i know the last 512MB fkd) not all games utilize 4Gb Vram. - goolge that up with your games in mind.
1080P? 970, probably wont utilize the 4Gb.
Still too much? 960 4GB
Ram:
Chipest 8GB 1600Mhz.
SSD:
if on budget: Samsung 500GB evo.
if not: save up. 250Gb is not enough (From experience)
Psu:
Whatever recommended here. any 500/600 80+ bronze /silver from a good company will do (Just for future upgrades)
Case:
Im biased, but the Fractal R4 or the newest is a beast.
Cpu cooler:
Again biased and not updated on the matter, Any noctua product (NH-D14/15)
!Warning, cynical comment ahead!
Dvd:
I would go with the newest 1.44 floppy drives supporting up to 1.5KB/s if you want to go nostalgic and stuff...
If i missed something feel free to reply
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http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Core_i5/i5-4460.html
he might verify with ther vender/site he is buying from for compability
just a mobo for a example:
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4754#
click the cpu support list.
the i5-4460 is from F4 bios.
all cpu's are from F4 bios AKA the mobo ships with F4 minimum
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Hey guys, what do you think about this rig? =)
Intel I5-4690
Asus GeForce GTX 960 STRIX OC Edition 2GB
MSI H97M Eco
250GB Crucial BX100 SSD (+ another HDD at home)
8GB Corsair Vengeance
500 Watt CoolerMaster B500 ver.2
BitFenix Prodigy M
LG Electronics GH24NSC0 (DVD)
Also, we thought about maybe getting the 2048MB MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME Aktiv PCIe 3.0 x16 to build a completely green pc. What do you think? =)
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