Posted: 12/16/2015 2:00:10 PM EDT
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I am looking to try out my first ground up build. I'm looking to be able to game / stream / video & graphic edit / and just general internet with it. I'd love any ideas or suggestions (especially if they save me cash ;) ) I actually got most of this build from the Carey Holzman youtube channel that was recommended in GD a while back.
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I am looking to try out my first ground up build. I'm looking to be able to game / stream / video & graphic edit / and just general internet with it. I'd love any ideas or suggestions (especially if they save me cash ;) ) I actually got most of this build from the Carey Holzman youtube channel that was recommended in GD a while back. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GjsfXL Your PSU is a little light. Get an EVGA Gold 750w so you're future proof on upgrades. The 500w will power what you have but possibly nothing else, and bronze rated is is pretty meh considering what you're spending in other places. Can I ask why you went with a 1tb ssd? Also, since you have a k series cpu you really need an aftermarket cpu cooler in there (Hyper 212 evo is great at the price point for air cooling). If you aren't going to overclock it the stock cooler will work, but if you aren't going to overclock why get a k series cpu and a z97 board? Just some thoughts. EDIT: meant psu not gpu. double edit: seriously, that PSU has to go. Not modular either. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438027 Hey, once again on the ssd, if you went with a regular mechanical drive you'd save at least 250-300 which is money you could put towards a better GPU. Nothing wrong with that one, it's what I have and I love it, but I'd say the CPU and GPU are the two most important parts of the build for performance so why not spend more money there? |
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Your PSU is a little light. Get an EVGA Gold 750w so you're future proof on upgrades. The 500w will power what you have but possibly nothing else, and bronze rated is is pretty meh considering what you're spending in other places. Can I ask why you went with a 1tb ssd? Also, since you have a k series cpu you really need an aftermarket cpu cooler in there (Hyper 212 evo is great at the price point for air cooling). If you aren't going to overclock it the stock cooler will work, but if you aren't going to overclock why get a k series cpu and a z97 board? Just some thoughts. EDIT: meant psu not gpu. double edit: seriously, that PSU has to go. Not modular either. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438027 Hey, once again on the ssd, if you went with a regular mechanical drive you'd save at least 250-300 which is money you could put towards a better GPU. Nothing wrong with that one, it's what I have and I love it, but I'd say the CPU and GPU are the two most important parts of the build for performance so why not spend more money there? Quoted:
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I am looking to try out my first ground up build. I'm looking to be able to game / stream / video & graphic edit / and just general internet with it. I'd love any ideas or suggestions (especially if they save me cash ;) ) I actually got most of this build from the Carey Holzman youtube channel that was recommended in GD a while back. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GjsfXL Your PSU is a little light. Get an EVGA Gold 750w so you're future proof on upgrades. The 500w will power what you have but possibly nothing else, and bronze rated is is pretty meh considering what you're spending in other places. Can I ask why you went with a 1tb ssd? Also, since you have a k series cpu you really need an aftermarket cpu cooler in there (Hyper 212 evo is great at the price point for air cooling). If you aren't going to overclock it the stock cooler will work, but if you aren't going to overclock why get a k series cpu and a z97 board? Just some thoughts. EDIT: meant psu not gpu. double edit: seriously, that PSU has to go. Not modular either. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438027 Hey, once again on the ssd, if you went with a regular mechanical drive you'd save at least 250-300 which is money you could put towards a better GPU. Nothing wrong with that one, it's what I have and I love it, but I'd say the CPU and GPU are the two most important parts of the build for performance so why not spend more money there? Thanks for the info. As I had said a lot of the build was from the youtube channel so I used that as a starting off point. The reason for the SSD 1TB was honestly because that is what he suggested but I'd have no issue with a standard 1 TB drive. The second SSD drive is for a boot drive. I don't plan on over clocking the CPU (as of right now anyways since honestly this is my first gaming build. The most I have ever done is YEARS ago building rigs that would basically run lol). I'm very open to any suggestions as for me this is kind of my first build and I am trying to learn. *Edit. Also being dumb I found the 500 W PSU on sale so that is the reason that I have that one. I knew I shouldn't of bought it but I was dumb lol. |
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Thanks for the info. As I had said a lot of the build was from the youtube channel so I used that as a starting off point. The reason for the SSD 1TB was honestly because that is what he suggested but I'd have no issue with a standard 1 TB drive. The second SSD drive is for a boot drive. I don't plan on over clocking the CPU (as of right now anyways since honestly this is my first gaming build. The most I have ever done is YEARS ago building rigs that would basically run lol). I'm very open to any suggestions as for me this is kind of my first build and I am trying to learn. *Edit. Also being dumb I found the 500 W PSU on sale so that is the reason that I have that one. I knew I shouldn't of bought it but I was dumb lol. Quoted:
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I am looking to try out my first ground up build. I'm looking to be able to game / stream / video & graphic edit / and just general internet with it. I'd love any ideas or suggestions (especially if they save me cash ;) ) I actually got most of this build from the Carey Holzman youtube channel that was recommended in GD a while back. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GjsfXL Your PSU is a little light. Get an EVGA Gold 750w so you're future proof on upgrades. The 500w will power what you have but possibly nothing else, and bronze rated is is pretty meh considering what you're spending in other places. Can I ask why you went with a 1tb ssd? Also, since you have a k series cpu you really need an aftermarket cpu cooler in there (Hyper 212 evo is great at the price point for air cooling). If you aren't going to overclock it the stock cooler will work, but if you aren't going to overclock why get a k series cpu and a z97 board? Just some thoughts. EDIT: meant psu not gpu. double edit: seriously, that PSU has to go. Not modular either. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438027 Hey, once again on the ssd, if you went with a regular mechanical drive you'd save at least 250-300 which is money you could put towards a better GPU. Nothing wrong with that one, it's what I have and I love it, but I'd say the CPU and GPU are the two most important parts of the build for performance so why not spend more money there? Thanks for the info. As I had said a lot of the build was from the youtube channel so I used that as a starting off point. The reason for the SSD 1TB was honestly because that is what he suggested but I'd have no issue with a standard 1 TB drive. The second SSD drive is for a boot drive. I don't plan on over clocking the CPU (as of right now anyways since honestly this is my first gaming build. The most I have ever done is YEARS ago building rigs that would basically run lol). I'm very open to any suggestions as for me this is kind of my first build and I am trying to learn. *Edit. Also being dumb I found the 500 W PSU on sale so that is the reason that I have that one. I knew I shouldn't of bought it but I was dumb lol. What Jeff said about the PSU. The reason I would say go with the 750w gold is that if you want to upgrade down the line you won't have to worry about your PSU. I have the 650w platinum EVGA and while it is plenty for what I have now, I'm not so sure if I end up doing SLI or something down the line with a different card. As he said, with the 970 it's kind of pointless. Some games don't even support it. With the SSD 1tb drive if you have the cash they're nice. It's just that for general storage they don't do much a regular HDD won't do. I have a 1tb HDD in my build that set me back $45. The SSD is what, $330? I mean, you could put that towards a badass monitor, high end headphones, keyboard, mouse, etc etc. The smaller SSD is a great idea to boot off of like you said, so I'd keep that. The 1tb ssd is not a lot of storage for a whole lot of money. |
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What Jeff said about the PSU. The reason I would say go with the 750w gold is that if you want to upgrade down the line you won't have to worry about your PSU. I have the 650w platinum EVGA and while it is plenty for what I have now, I'm not so sure if I end up doing SLI or something down the line with a different card. As he said, with the 970 it's kind of pointless. Some games don't even support it. With the SSD 1tb drive if you have the cash they're nice. It's just that for general storage they don't do much a regular HDD won't do. I have a 1tb HDD in my build that set me back $45. The SSD is what, $330? I mean, you could put that towards a badass monitor, high end headphones, keyboard, mouse, etc etc. The smaller SSD is a great idea to boot off of like you said, so I'd keep that. The 1tb ssd is not a lot of storage for a whole lot of money. Quoted:
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I am looking to try out my first ground up build. I'm looking to be able to game / stream / video & graphic edit / and just general internet with it. I'd love any ideas or suggestions (especially if they save me cash ;) ) I actually got most of this build from the Carey Holzman youtube channel that was recommended in GD a while back. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GjsfXL Your PSU is a little light. Get an EVGA Gold 750w so you're future proof on upgrades. The 500w will power what you have but possibly nothing else, and bronze rated is is pretty meh considering what you're spending in other places. Can I ask why you went with a 1tb ssd? Also, since you have a k series cpu you really need an aftermarket cpu cooler in there (Hyper 212 evo is great at the price point for air cooling). If you aren't going to overclock it the stock cooler will work, but if you aren't going to overclock why get a k series cpu and a z97 board? Just some thoughts. EDIT: meant psu not gpu. double edit: seriously, that PSU has to go. Not modular either. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438027 Hey, once again on the ssd, if you went with a regular mechanical drive you'd save at least 250-300 which is money you could put towards a better GPU. Nothing wrong with that one, it's what I have and I love it, but I'd say the CPU and GPU are the two most important parts of the build for performance so why not spend more money there? Thanks for the info. As I had said a lot of the build was from the youtube channel so I used that as a starting off point. The reason for the SSD 1TB was honestly because that is what he suggested but I'd have no issue with a standard 1 TB drive. The second SSD drive is for a boot drive. I don't plan on over clocking the CPU (as of right now anyways since honestly this is my first gaming build. The most I have ever done is YEARS ago building rigs that would basically run lol). I'm very open to any suggestions as for me this is kind of my first build and I am trying to learn. *Edit. Also being dumb I found the 500 W PSU on sale so that is the reason that I have that one. I knew I shouldn't of bought it but I was dumb lol. What Jeff said about the PSU. The reason I would say go with the 750w gold is that if you want to upgrade down the line you won't have to worry about your PSU. I have the 650w platinum EVGA and while it is plenty for what I have now, I'm not so sure if I end up doing SLI or something down the line with a different card. As he said, with the 970 it's kind of pointless. Some games don't even support it. With the SSD 1tb drive if you have the cash they're nice. It's just that for general storage they don't do much a regular HDD won't do. I have a 1tb HDD in my build that set me back $45. The SSD is what, $330? I mean, you could put that towards a badass monitor, high end headphones, keyboard, mouse, etc etc. The smaller SSD is a great idea to boot off of like you said, so I'd keep that. The 1tb ssd is not a lot of storage for a whole lot of money. Yeah I have a 1TB SSD that I use for games, but I wouldn't recommend it on most builds. |
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I am looking to try out my first ground up build. I'm looking to be able to game / stream / video & graphic edit / and just general internet with it. I'd love any ideas or suggestions (especially if they save me cash ;) ) I actually got most of this build from the Carey Holzman youtube channel that was recommended in GD a while back. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GjsfXL Your PSU is a little light. Get an EVGA Gold 750w so you're future proof on upgrades. The 500w will power what you have but possibly nothing else, and bronze rated is is pretty meh considering what you're spending in other places. Can I ask why you went with a 1tb ssd? Also, since you have a k series cpu you really need an aftermarket cpu cooler in there (Hyper 212 evo is great at the price point for air cooling). If you aren't going to overclock it the stock cooler will work, but if you aren't going to overclock why get a k series cpu and a z97 board? Just some thoughts. EDIT: meant psu not gpu. double edit: seriously, that PSU has to go. Not modular either. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438027 Hey, once again on the ssd, if you went with a regular mechanical drive you'd save at least 250-300 which is money you could put towards a better GPU. Nothing wrong with that one, it's what I have and I love it, but I'd say the CPU and GPU are the two most important parts of the build for performance so why not spend more money there? Thanks for the info. As I had said a lot of the build was from the youtube channel so I used that as a starting off point. The reason for the SSD 1TB was honestly because that is what he suggested but I'd have no issue with a standard 1 TB drive. The second SSD drive is for a boot drive. I don't plan on over clocking the CPU (as of right now anyways since honestly this is my first gaming build. The most I have ever done is YEARS ago building rigs that would basically run lol). I'm very open to any suggestions as for me this is kind of my first build and I am trying to learn. *Edit. Also being dumb I found the 500 W PSU on sale so that is the reason that I have that one. I knew I shouldn't of bought it but I was dumb lol. What Jeff said about the PSU. The reason I would say go with the 750w gold is that if you want to upgrade down the line you won't have to worry about your PSU. I have the 650w platinum EVGA and while it is plenty for what I have now, I'm not so sure if I end up doing SLI or something down the line with a different card. As he said, with the 970 it's kind of pointless. Some games don't even support it. With the SSD 1tb drive if you have the cash they're nice. It's just that for general storage they don't do much a regular HDD won't do. I have a 1tb HDD in my build that set me back $45. The SSD is what, $330? I mean, you could put that towards a badass monitor, high end headphones, keyboard, mouse, etc etc. The smaller SSD is a great idea to boot off of like you said, so I'd keep that. The 1tb ssd is not a lot of storage for a whole lot of money. Yeah I have a 1TB SSD that I use for games, but I wouldn't recommend it on most builds. I have some stuff loaded on my SSD, battlefield 4, star citizen, but that's about it. CS:GO, R6 Seige, ARK, ARMA, and Squad don't really gain enough to warrant the cost IMO. Besides, HDDs are cheap enough right now to the point that 1tb costs basically nothing and should hold people over until SSDs start dropping more in price in a couple years. |
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Here is the update after reading some of the suggestions. I did throw the cooler on their as it was only about 20 bucks on their so I figured it's not like a huge cost and with the getting rid of the 1 TB SSD I saved a bit of cash.
I also noticed I waas getting this note with the RAM. "The PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory operating voltage of 1.6V exceeds the Intel Haswell Refresh CPU recommended maximum of 1.5V+5% (1.575V). This memory module may run at a reduced clock rate to meet the 1.5V voltage recommendation, or may require running at a voltage greater than the Intel recommended maximum." http://pcpartpicker.com/p/36zx8d |
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Here is the update after reading some of the suggestions. I did throw the cooler on their as it was only about 20 bucks on their so I figured it's not like a huge cost and with the getting rid of the 1 TB SSD I saved a bit of cash. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/36zx8d You can probably save $30 on the RAM by going with DDR3-1600. Also you might want an AC wifi adapter for newer routers. |
Oh. You might want to also check out the R9 390. At least worth considering the 2 cards in that price range, but it does require more than a 500B PSU. 
Look at benchmarks, reviews, etc and go with the one you like more (750w you have listed in your update is more than enough) |
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You can probably save $30 on the RAM by going with DDR3-1600. Also you might want an AC wifi adapter for newer routers. Quoted:
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Here is the update after reading some of the suggestions. I did throw the cooler on their as it was only about 20 bucks on their so I figured it's not like a huge cost and with the getting rid of the 1 TB SSD I saved a bit of cash. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/36zx8d You can probably save $30 on the RAM by going with DDR3-1600. Also you might want an AC wifi adapter for newer routers. Aright I have some RAM at home that is DDR3-1600 MHz so I think I'll just use that instead of getting the one I have listed. |
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Aright I have some RAM at home that is DDR3-1600 MHz so I think I'll just use that instead of getting the one I have listed. Quoted:
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Here is the update after reading some of the suggestions. I did throw the cooler on their as it was only about 20 bucks on their so I figured it's not like a huge cost and with the getting rid of the 1 TB SSD I saved a bit of cash. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/36zx8d You can probably save $30 on the RAM by going with DDR3-1600. Also you might want an AC wifi adapter for newer routers. Aright I have some RAM at home that is DDR3-1600 MHz so I think I'll just use that instead of getting the one I have listed. Yeah you're not going to see any performance difference with that. |
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Aright I have some RAM at home that is DDR3-1600 MHz so I think I'll just use that instead of getting the one I have listed. Quoted:
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Here is the update after reading some of the suggestions. I did throw the cooler on their as it was only about 20 bucks on their so I figured it's not like a huge cost and with the getting rid of the 1 TB SSD I saved a bit of cash. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/36zx8d You can probably save $30 on the RAM by going with DDR3-1600. Also you might want an AC wifi adapter for newer routers. Aright I have some RAM at home that is DDR3-1600 MHz so I think I'll just use that instead of getting the one I have listed. I have 1866 ddr3 that was running at 1600 because the mobo had it set t here initially and I didn't notice. after making the switch there are absolutely no differences I can actually notice. That should be fine, can always swap it out later easily enough. edit: definitely look at the r9. It's a good card, it will run hotter and probably a little louder than that 970. I have that same 970 and I have no problem running pretty much anything at max or high with good fps. It is absolutely silent even at full tilt and runs cold. That said, the r9 might be a bit more future proof due to the higher vram. Can't go wrong with either though. That build looks pretty solid now, nothing to pick apart. |
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Quoted: Here is the update after reading some of the suggestions. I did throw the cooler on their as it was only about 20 bucks on their so I figured it's not like a huge cost and with the getting rid of the 1 TB SSD I saved a bit of cash. I also noticed I waas getting this note with the RAM. "The PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory operating voltage of 1.6V exceeds the Intel Haswell Refresh CPU recommended maximum of 1.5V+5% (1.575V). This memory module may run at a reduced clock rate to meet the 1.5V voltage recommendation, or may require running at a voltage greater than the Intel recommended maximum." http://pcpartpicker.com/p/36zx8d Spend a little more money and get a 1000+W Gold PSU. It will meat your power power needs for a long time to come. Go with Skylake and DDR4 RAMS to get ahead of the curve. By the time you need a CPU/RAM upgrade it will be DDR5 and skip at least one generation of Intel CPU. Unlike DDR3, DDR4 RAM allow multi core CPU to take full advantage of it. If you're not moving your computer around much, ie lan parties. Go with a full tower with build in hot swap. I just upgraded my case to Thermaltake lvl 10 GT with external hot swap bays so I can get to my HD without opening the case up. I also added two extra hot swap bay to the case and an extra fan. I prefer ASROCK MB. The Gig MB you listed is great because of the PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard. It have M.2 so I highly suggest you get M.2 SSD. M.2 SSD is a little more but it is 4+ time faster than the standard SSD SATA III. My current machine is Ivy Bridge and at that time (4 year ago or more?) M.2 wasn't available. When I upgrade next year the MB must have at least two M.2 slots and at least 8 SATA 3. The only draw back to M.2 SSD is you can't hot swap them. IMO 16 Gig of RAM is the minimum now at days. My next build will have at least 32GIG (current 20GIG DDR3) DDR4. I want 64 GIG tho. The 970 is an overrated card IMO. Do some research on it. Thermaltake lvl 10 gt case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucCKf_qBDhk |
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Spend a little more money and get a 1000+W Gold PSU. It will meat your power power needs for a long time to come. Go with Skylake and DDR4 RAMS to get ahead of the curve. By the time you need a CPU/RAM upgrade it will be DDR5 and skip at least one generation of Intel CPU. Unlike DDR3, DDR4 RAM allow multi core CPU to take full advantage of it. If you're not moving your computer around much, ie lan parties. Go with a full tower with build in hot swap. I just upgraded my case to Thermaltake lvl 10 GT with external hot swap bays so I can get to my HD without opening the case up. I also added two extra hot swap bay to the case and an extra fan. I prefer ASROCK MB. The Gig MB you listed is great because of the PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard. It have M.2 so I highly suggest you get M.2 SSD. M.2 SSD is a little more but it is 4+ time faster than the standard SSD SATA III. My current machine is Ivy Bridge and at that time (4 year ago or more?) M.2 wasn't available. When I upgrade next year the MB must have at least two M.2 slots and at least 8 SATA 3. The only draw back to M.2 SSD is you can't hot swap them. IMO 16 Gig of RAM is the minimum now at days. My next build will have at least 32GIG (current 20GIG DDR3) DDR4. I want 64 GIG tho. The 970 is an overrated card IMO. Do some research on it. Thermaltake lvl 10 gt case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucCKf_qBDhk Quoted:
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Here is the update after reading some of the suggestions. I did throw the cooler on their as it was only about 20 bucks on their so I figured it's not like a huge cost and with the getting rid of the 1 TB SSD I saved a bit of cash. I also noticed I waas getting this note with the RAM. "The PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory operating voltage of 1.6V exceeds the Intel Haswell Refresh CPU recommended maximum of 1.5V+5% (1.575V). This memory module may run at a reduced clock rate to meet the 1.5V voltage recommendation, or may require running at a voltage greater than the Intel recommended maximum." http://pcpartpicker.com/p/36zx8d Spend a little more money and get a 1000+W Gold PSU. It will meat your power power needs for a long time to come. Go with Skylake and DDR4 RAMS to get ahead of the curve. By the time you need a CPU/RAM upgrade it will be DDR5 and skip at least one generation of Intel CPU. Unlike DDR3, DDR4 RAM allow multi core CPU to take full advantage of it. If you're not moving your computer around much, ie lan parties. Go with a full tower with build in hot swap. I just upgraded my case to Thermaltake lvl 10 GT with external hot swap bays so I can get to my HD without opening the case up. I also added two extra hot swap bay to the case and an extra fan. I prefer ASROCK MB. The Gig MB you listed is great because of the PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard. It have M.2 so I highly suggest you get M.2 SSD. M.2 SSD is a little more but it is 4+ time faster than the standard SSD SATA III. My current machine is Ivy Bridge and at that time (4 year ago or more?) M.2 wasn't available. When I upgrade next year the MB must have at least two M.2 slots and at least 8 SATA 3. The only draw back to M.2 SSD is you can't hot swap them. IMO 16 Gig of RAM is the minimum now at days. My next build will have at least 32GIG (current 20GIG DDR3) DDR4. I want 64 GIG tho. The 970 is an overrated card IMO. Do some research on it. Thermaltake lvl 10 gt case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucCKf_qBDhk The 970 is a fine card. I do think the 390 is the better choice in the price range though. Games don't need more than 8GB. 16GB is fine, and makes it plenty "future-proof". Case is preference. I'm switching from a full tower to a mid because I don't like the size. He will never need 1000w. 750w is already overkill. In fact a 650w would technically be enough even for GTX 970s in SLI. Only reason people recommend 750w for 970 SLI is in case you want really want to push your rig. Normally you would only be at about 600w with a decent overclock and 970 SLI Performance difference between Skylake and Haswell is negligible for gaming. Really would only see much difference in workstations where the CPU is under full load. DDR3/DDR4 has pretty much zero performance difference for games, and RAM speed does not matter there either. As for motherboards, MSI and ASUS are the best for motherboards if you ask me. |