pc renewal

[Flaba]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming?Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gamming

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
400€

3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Portugal

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Cpu, psu, mb, ram

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
I have gpu an old hd6870 that will be upgraded in a few months, hdd, case and all the rest

6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes, If possible

7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Will buy one soon

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
This month
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID?Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
The standard.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Yup 64bit

All feedback apreciated


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[tiraides]

We need more specifics:

1a) Are you currently gaming at a 1920x1080 resolution? If not...

7a) What resolution are you currently using?

1b) Which games are you playing?

5a) What are you reusing. Please give us the brand, the model number or name, and the age of each component.

8a) Do you have the funds to buy everything this weekend? If not, when will you have the full amount?

10a) Which version of Windows do you have? (e.g., Vista Home Basic, Windows 7 Professional)

 

[Flaba]

We need more specifics:

1a) Are you currently gaming at a 1920x1080 resolution? If not...

7a) What resolution are you currently using?

1b) Which games are you playing?

5a) What are you reusing. Please give us the brand, the model number or name, and the age of each component.

8a) Do you have the funds to buy everything this weekend? If not, when will you have the full amount?

10a) Which version of Windows do you have? (e.g., Vista Home Basic, Windows 7 Professional)

- Im going to buy a new monitor and thats the intended resolution.

- will be 1920x1080.

- wow, watch dogs and bf4

- case aerocool t40, hdd wd 500gb, samsung dvd reader. All arround 3yo

- have full amount

- windows 7 ultimate x64

 

[Suprfire]

I went over budget

CPU: 4690K
MB: MSI Z97-G43
PSU: Corsair CX-430 V2
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 1600


edit: you'll probably need a heatsink as well once you start overclocking

 

[tiraides]

Here are my recommendations:

171,10€ - Intel Core i5-4570
69,60€ - MSI B85 PC Mate
68,90€ - Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB DDR3 1866 DIMM
61,30€ - Corsair CX600 V2 600W PSU
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370,90€ - Total before VAT, shipping, and other charges

Four hundred euros isn't enough for a good Intel overclocking setup, so I focused on cheaper yet equally capable alternatives.

What are you using right now for a display?

What's the model number of your Samsung DVD drive?

 

[Flaba]

So what im thinking to buy:

CPU - Intel Core i5 4670K (3.4GHz) Socket 1150.
Or
- Intel Core i5 4690 (3.5GHz) Socket 1150
PSU - XFX Pro 550W Core Edition
RAM - Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 4GB DDR3 1866MHz
MB - ??

Whats the best mb for each cpu? My total is arround 310€ so only have 90€ spare.

Does the psu handle a 270x or so?

Thanks for all the help.

 

[tiraides]

The XFX Pro 550W PSU can handle any single video card up to a GTX 770. For the R9 290/290X and the GTX 780 (Ti), you'll need something more powerful.

As for the processors, I don't believe that you should pursue an i5-4670K or an i5-4690K if you can't afford to. The "good" Z97 motherboards we normally recommend for overclocking would each cost more than 90€. You'll also have to buy a good third-party CPU cooler; the cheapest one we normally recommend is the 30€ Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, which isn't the best choice available.

You should grab 8GB of RAM now. Many of today's games and programs will use that much RAM.

I recommend that you stick with my processor, motherboard, and RAM recommendations. While the i5-4690 is the faster processor, you won't notice the 300MHz difference between it and the i5-4570 in gaming. Your new video card plus a good SSD would create a more noticeable performance boost.

 

[Flaba]

As for the processors, I don't believe that you should pursue an i5-4670K or an i5-4690K if you can't afford to. The "good" Z97 motherboards we normally recommend for overclocking would each cost more than 90€.

Im trying to get some extra funds for an oc build, thats why my interest.

In terms of RAM should i go with a dual or single channel? Does that make any diference?

 

[tiraides]

Im trying to get some extra funds for an oc build, thats why my interest.

Can you live without overclocking? If you can't obtain the extra money, then it's not worth sacrificing certain components (like RAM) just to have one component that you may or may not overclock later.

In terms of RAM should i go with a dual or single channel? Does that make any diference?

I believe that you won't notice the difference. Synthetic benchmarks have shown that a dual-channel RAM configuration outperforms single-channel, but many users couldn't tell in their everyday tasks.

 

[Flaba]

I guess ill just go with a locked cpu.

So far:
PSU - XFX Pro 550W Core Edition
RAM - Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB DDR3 1866MHz

( CPU - Intel Core i5 4590 (3.3GHz) Socket 1150
MB - Motherboard Asus H97-Plus

Or

CPU - Intel Core i5 4690 (3.5GHz) Socket 1150
MB - Motherboard ASRock H97 Pro4 )


Is the Motherboard ASRock H97 Pro4 good?