Solved Is this PC a good build?

[ignatzatsonic]

Someone who did nothing but game might well prefer a standard hard drive and a $300 video card than an SSD and a $230 video card. And maybe a $140 CPU rather than a $190 CPU if it meant a better video card could be bought with the saved money.

An SSD is noticeable mostly when you boot and open applications. For other stuff, it's nice, but not a night and day difference from an HDD.

All that is stuff you have to sort out with your father and uncle.

You've got $70 worth of headphones, mice, and keyboards that can likely be reduced if necessary.

 

[Laith]

Okay i will follow your steps. I was thinking to have 3 harddrives anyway.

2 TB
298 GB (from my HP Laptop)
223 GB (from my Samsung Laptop)

 

[Laith]

Now then? I have updated my build to the cheapest i can get.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I see you got rid of the SSD and have gone with a GTX 960 2 GB video card.

And you moved down to an i3-4150.

Rather than an i5-4590 and a GeForce GT 630 video card.

I'll leave it to gamers to tell you if that was wise.

People will try to tell you that the Green drives are slow. I can tell you that they are faster than a "fast" 7200 rpm drive from say the 2011 era. Others will tell you they aren't reliable. Well, you can find horror stories on every hard drive.

Do you need 2 TB of new storage? If not, look at the 1 TB WD blue series, for about $55.

GeForce says this about that card:

GeForce GTX 960 | Specifications | GeForce

120 W Graphics Card Power (W)
400 W Minimum Recommended System Power (W)

So, if you are going with that card, you could probably go with a 450 watt PSU.

I don't know how well that video card/CPU combination will play your chosen games.

 

[Laith]

Well, 1TB is enough thats for sure. I'll be waiting for responses about my choice. Devlin said i cant run Advanced Warfare on it so thats a shame. I would love an i5 but thinking about the videocard i must cut off some money.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I'd avoid that particular Rosewill 450 watt PSU.

Go with one of these:

Rosewill CAPSTONE Series CAPSTONE-450 450W Continuous @ 50°C, 80 PLUS GOLD Certified, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92, SLI Ready, CrossFire Ready, Active - PFC Power Supply - Retail - Newegg.com

SeaSonic S12G-450 450W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Active PFC Power Supply, Intel Haswell Ready - Newegg.com

or as a last resort to save the last dime:

CORSAIR CX series CX430 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Newegg.com

 

[Laith]

Updated.

 

[ShamrockRig]

In terms of budget, getting an AMD card will cut your budget down, you can get a 3GB 280X a lot cheaper than gtx960, could also get a top end AMD CPU cheaper than intel as well, i3 i wouldn't recommend for high end gaming due to it only being a dual core, where as most games are now having quad cores as minimum requirements. Il spec a build for you for your budget and see what i can come up with.

 

[ShamrockRig]

• *BASE_PRICE: [+829]
• BLUETOOTH: None
• CABLE: None
• CAS: NZXT Source 340 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, Side-Panel Window [+9] (White/Black Color)
• CASUPGRADE: None
• CD: None [-13]
• CD2: None
• COOLANT: Standard Coolant
• CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.50 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology
• CS_FAN: Maximum 120MM Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+9]
• DOCKINGSTATION: None
• ENGRAVING: None
• FA_HDD: None
• FAN: AMD Certified CPU Fan & Heatsink [-30]
• FLASHMEDIA: None
• FREEBIE_TB: None
• GLASSES: None
• HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
• HDD2: None
• HEADSET: Cooler Master Storm Ceres-300 Gaming Headset [+35]
• HS_HANGER: None
• IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
• KEYBOARD: AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard
• MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V3)
• MONITOR: 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 ASUS VS247H-P 1080P (23.6" Viewable) 2ms LED Backlight, DVI, HDMI Input [+169] (Single Monitor)
• MOPAD: None
• MOTHERBOARD: ASRock Fatal1ty 970 Performance AMD 970 ATX w/ 1 GbLAN, 3 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 1 PCI, 1 M.2 [+26]
• MOUSE: AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge
• NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
• OS: Windows 7 Professional [+31] (64-bit Edition)
• OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
• POWERSUPPLY: 550 Watts - Corsair CSM Series CS550M 80 Plus Gold Certified Modular Ultra Quiet Power Supply [+54]
• RUSH: Standard Process Time: Ship within 8 Business Day
• SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR [3 Year Labor, 1 Year Parts] LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
• SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
• SPEAKERS: None
• TEMP: None
• TVRC: None
• USBFLASH: None
• USBHD: None
• USBX: None
• VIDEO: AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)
• WNC: None
• _PRICE: (+1119)

 

[Laith]

Can you please make another build, all the parts are not in the list and most parts are priceless(they have no price).

 

[ShamrockRig]

Ill make a separate build of it then.

I'll send you the link to the website i used.

 

[ShamrockRig]

https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/March_Madness_AMD_8-Core/

Then configure it to the way i did, and if anyone has any changes to make then please do.

 

[Laith]

Okay.

 

[Laith]

• *BASE_PRICE: [+829]
• BLUETOOTH: None
• CABLE: None
• CAS: NZXT Source 340 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, Side-Panel Window [+9] (White/Black Color)
• CASUPGRADE: None
• CD: None [-13]
• CD2: None
• COOLANT: Standard Coolant
• CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.50 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology
• CS_FAN: Default case fans
• DOCKINGSTATION: None
• ENGRAVING: None
• ENGRAVING_MSG:
• FA_HDD: None
• FAN: Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate - Extreme Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
• FLASHMEDIA: None
• FREEBIE_TB: None
• GLASSES: None
• HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
• HDD2: None
• HEADSET: Cooler Master Storm Ceres-300 Gaming Headset [+35]
• HS_HANGER: None
• IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
• KEYBOARD: CM Storm Devastator - LED Gaming Keyboard/Mouse Combo (Black Color w/ Red Light)
• MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V3)
• MONITOR: 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 ASUS VS247H-P 1080P (23.6" Viewable) 2ms LED Backlight, DVI, HDMI Input [+169] (Single Monitor)
• MOPAD: None
• MOTHERBOARD: ASRock Fatal1ty 970 Performance AMD 970 ATX w/ 1 GbLAN, 3 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 1 PCI, 1 M.2 [+26]
• MOUSE: None
• NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
• OS: None - FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY [-60]
• OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
• POWERSUPPLY: 550 Watts - Corsair CSM Series CS550M 80 Plus Gold Certified Modular Ultra Quiet Power Supply [+54]
• RUSH: Standard Process Time: Ship within 8 Business Day
• SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR [3 Year Labor, 1 Year Parts] LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
• SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
• SPEAKERS: None
• TEMP: None
• TVRC: None
• USBFLASH: None
• USBHD: None
• USBX: None
• VIDEO: AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)
• VIDEOCAMERA1: Rocksoul 1080P HD Webcam USB 2.0 WK107SB [+19]
• WNC: None
• XWNC1: ASUS USB-N13 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 300Mbps Wireless USB Adapter [+22]
• _PRICE: (+1090)
• _view_: {9D8AE54B-D8D0-4E57-8968-17412E450226}
• _load_: 3/1/2015 2:23:40 AM

Changed somethings.

 

[ShamrockRig]

Thats a pretty awesome setup man! If someone else could look over it to see if they can improve anything then please do!

 

[Laith]

Thanks, ill be waiting for responses.

EDIT: Okay now i have really pimped the computer up, i have upgraded the motherboard, CPU + Video card. There is an notice down bottom that says:
Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs.
Does my BIOS need a update or is it one of the other who dosen't need one to run the CPU?

 

[ShamrockRig]

Im not too sure buddy il let someone else answer that!

 

[Laith]

Its no problem because i googled it and it dosen't need one! But overall what do you think with the upgrades?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

$1090 for the stuff in post #54?

Is that right?

Liquid cooling? Why?

You're paying Cyberpower to build this for you. I gotta believe for $1090 you can do better than that building it yourself and wouldn't have to put up with Cyberpower limited parts choices.

So $1090 is your budget?

If you want someone to build it for you, look at ecollegepc.com. They appear to have a good reputation for parts and customer service.

I'd still build it myself if I wanted to spend $1090. If the budget was $600, probably not.

 

[Laith]

They are not building my PC, if i didnt want build a PC i would just buy a laptop. My budget is 1195. BTW im not having liquid cooling.