Official Mobafire PC thread

[quote=Vynertje][quote=OTGBionicArm]Hey guys, I'm saving up for a new computer. it will be a lot easier now that Im back to keeping my entire paychecks for myself. I thought I'd throw something together and see what you guys thought of the specs; Case: Coolermaster Mastercase pro5 mid-tower Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler w/ PWM fan Motherboard: ASUS Z97-K ATX w/ Intel GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 2 PCI, 1 x M.2, 6x SATA 6Gb/s Ram: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Corsair Vengeance Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 Power Supply: 750 Watts - Corsair RMi Series RM750i 80 Memory: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [/quote] My thoughts: Case; it's a rather expensive case you chose. Do you really need the features of such a modular case or are you just going to assemble it and never look back? If so, you can save money there. Processor; i7 is overkill for gaming. Only benefits of an i7 over an i5 are in streaming/video editing/3d rendering. Also, there's a more recent generation of CPU's (Skylake, i5 6600k or i7 6700k) which I'd recommend over this generation. Motherboard; Z97 is an overclockers chipset. The same goes with the case: are you really going to use the overclocking features, or are you better off sticking with a cheaper chipset? (there are some other benefits to high-end motherboards but these are very specifically tailored to a certain group of users so you may not use those either). Here goes, if you're switching your CPU, you'll also need a different motherboard. RAM: If you're going Intel Skylake instead, you'll need DDR4 ram (for the CPU you selected right now DDR3 is fine). Otherwise, you can consider getting 16GB as it's so dirt cheap right now, and it doesn't really hurt to have more either. Power Supply: overkill, assuming you're getting an i5+970, you can stick with 450-550W and you'll be fine. Again saves a significant chunk of money Storage: don't forget to add a SSD, for any >750$ build I'd say SSD storage is almost mandatory. It makes standard day-to-day use of your computer so much faster, ranging from boot times to game loading.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]Thanks guys. Dropped it down by about 300 dollars. @Vyn, the motherboard was the recommended one on the site. Should I try overclocking? It's free to add on the venom overclocking or whatever. Im a noobie to this stuff.[/quote]

[quote=Vynertje]Generally it's not necessary for modern hardware like yours and I wouldn't recommend it unless you think you'd enjoy doing so. The benefits of overclocking in games are very slim unless you're running old hardware and will cause your system to run hotter/louder and consume more power.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]So downgrade the motherboard then? I doubt I'd use that.[/quote]

[quote=Vynertje]Yeah, just try to get a motherboard with otherwise good specs like audio chip and you'll be fine. Also, can you give us your updated partlist?[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]Same case Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4690K 3.5 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 Same Cooling Motherboard: ASUS Z97-C ATX w/ GbLAN, 4x SATA 6Gb/s 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Corsair Vengeance Same video card Power: 550 Watts - Enermax Revolution87+ ERV550AWT-G 80 Same HDD Added: 120GB Intel 535 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD – 540MB/s Read & 480MB/s Write 1000 dollars total now. Thoughts?[/quote]

[quote=Vynertje]You still got a Z97 chipset ;) I mean, it doesn't matter THAT much but a H97 chipset motherboard can still save you about 30$. How about something like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-h97gaming3 OR http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-h97plus I'd also say to get a 250GB SSD instead of 120GB, just because the price per GB decreases drastically at that point. I think a 120GB SSD is about 50-60$ and a 250GB is 80-90$. I'd recommend either the Samsung 850 Evo or Crucial BX100. Besides that, I think it looks good.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]Alright, thanks for the help, Vyn. :][/quote]

[quote=Searz]I'm pretty sure you'll want the 6600K (or non-K version if you have no plans of overclocking). You pay about 20-30$ more for a fairly significant generational leap. Sure, it makes little difference (about 5-10% better) for general performance, but the gains in some specific tasks are huge and the power efficiency is significantly better too due to the smaller transistors. The main things I care about with the Skylake (6000-series) generation are support for encoding acceleration for newer codecs. They include support for VP9 and H265 and should cut encoding times significantly, but more importantly make them an incredible amount more efficient. Meaning the PC will draw significantly less power and could even play games at the same time without issue. CPUs without hardware support would likely throttle the game and/or encoding if both are done at the same time.[/quote]

[quote=Thalia Kael]Picked up an msi r9 390x recently, pretty happy with its performance (1080p atm) and the build quality of the msi is just amazing I'll get a 1440p freesync ips monitor soon and see how it does[/quote]