Budget:1200-1500
More specific use (what games, what programs): CS:GO / Maybe Rust .. nothing too crazy / Visual Studio (other programming tools)/ Office
Planned time until purchase: Within this week
Do you need an Operating System?: Yes
Do you have any specific preferred components?: Not really ... Intel over AMD I suppose from what I read but you can give your input I'm open to anything
Do you need a sound or wireless card?: Not necessarily .. could do without
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: Not sure what overclocking is but I've read that I should get additional cooling
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: I'd like 2X Monitors but mouse and keyboard I can get myself
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): NJ 07420




Hey guys I'm going to be building my first PC and this is what I kind of put together.... can anyone please shed some advice or maybe another build that would be more efficient

My spending range is anywhere from 1200-1500 with room to go over ...

This is what I came up with:

Case:Corsair Carbide Series 500R Arctic White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case - 119.99
Cooling: Corsair H100i
Processor:Intel Core i7 I7-4790K 4 GHz Quad-Core Processor - LGA1150 Socket
Motherboard:Gigabyte Ultra Durable Ga-Z97-D3h Desktop Motherboard, Intel Z97 Express, LGA1150 Socket
Ram:G.Skill Ripjaws-X - DIMM 240-pin 16GB (2X 8GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1600
Graphic Card:SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100364VXL Radeon R9 270X 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support OC WITH BOOST Video Card
Harddrive:Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Optical:ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
Power Supply:EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 220-G2-0750-XR 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified
SSD: ???? (not sure what to get)
Monitors: Want to get 2X any advice?
Keyboard/Mouse: I'll choose these on my own
OS: Windows 7

I'm going to be using it here and there for gaming ... not too much, programing and using it as office etc etc

Like I said I don't mind going over 1500 ... if this includes monitors.

Not too crazy about a mouse and neat keyboard... those can be pretty plain

This post was edited by SlayingWhileInt0xicated on May 4 2015 09:26pm

with a 1200-1500 budget, you'd at least want a 970/290/290x GPU.. not a 270x
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I'd drop the budget down to about ~700 with the games you intend on playing, anything more would be overkill

CPU is WAY overkill and get a better GPU and get a SSD

www.logicalincrements.com

I read your post earlier which seemed kind of cool

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CZmQYJ



is there any build that you would recommend? or something rebuilt? (currently reading link ... editted)

This post was edited by SlayingWhileInt0xicated on May 4 2015 09:30pm

I think I'm going to go with this build But with the black case

https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/D4MnTW/the-real-great-gaming-build-manirellis-was-nothing-but-lies

any comments on it ?

Also does anyone know what kind or monitors I should look at ? Trying to run dual monitors so I'm not looking for anything too crazy . Trying to order this by tonight

That's the thing... I really have no idea lol

Size wise bigger than 21 I'd like hope for

This post was edited by SlayingWhileInt0xicated on May 5 2015 02:39pm

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8fZJXL

go with this instead, red and black, lmk if you dont care about color & just want cheap possible.
ur getting unneeded i7, higher timing rams @ 2133, better psu and a 970 for cheaper than that link u posted.

can also get 290 instead of 970, and add 250 ssd like that 2nd link u posted
or the xfx 290 to save antoher $20
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Nhwgxr

should i be worried about the compatibility notes below on this one?


also are these decent monitors to get with link on this post

Asus VX248H

and

Asus VS238H-P

This post was edited by SlayingWhileInt0xicated on May 5 2015 05:11pm

nope, it'll just downclock the rams if needed, but you have the option to clock it up to 2133.
depends what type of monitor you want, IPS or non IPS?
but yeah, can't go wrong with Asus.