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I would like someone to just check this, and tell me if I'm ready to buy this or should make some changes

Case: Corsair Carbide 300R Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ front USB 3.0

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K Quad Core 3.40 GHz 6MB Cache LGA1150

Cooling Fan: Corsair Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid Cooling system w/ 120mm Radiator

Motherboard: GIGABYTE H81M-D2V Intel H81 Chipset, Micro ATX Mainboard w/ 2 RAM slots, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB 3.0, SATA-III, 1x Gen2 PCIe x16, 2x PCIe x 1

Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3/1600mhz Dual Channel Memory (Kingston HyperX Blu w/Heat Spreader)

Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB 16X PCIe Video Card

Power Supply Upgrade: 750 Watts Power Supplies (Corsair 750 Watts CX750 Gaming Power Supply, 80+)

Hard Drive: 128 GB Plextor PX-M5S Series SATA III Gaming MLC Solid State Disk

Data Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive

Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 8.1 (64-bit Edition)

Originally Posted by Edvardas96

I would like someone to just check this, and tell me if I'm ready to buy this or should make some changes

Case: Corsair Carbide 300R Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ front USB 3.0

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K Quad Core 3.40 GHz 6MB Cache LGA1150

Cooling Fan: Corsair Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid Cooling system w/ 120mm Radiator

Motherboard: GIGABYTE H81M-D2V Intel H81 Chipset, Micro ATX Mainboard w/ 2 RAM slots, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB 3.0, SATA-III, 1x Gen2 PCIe x16, 2x PCIe x 1

Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3/1600mhz Dual Channel Memory (Kingston HyperX Blu w/Heat Spreader)

Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB 16X PCIe Video Card

Power Supply Upgrade: 750 Watts Power Supplies (Corsair 750 Watts CX750 Gaming Power Supply, 80+)

Hard Drive: 128 GB Plextor PX-M5S Series SATA III Gaming MLC Solid State Disk

Data Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive

Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 8.1 (64-bit Edition)

Id get a better MOBO

Get a better motherboard and get Windows 7 instead, it's cheaper and better

Thanks for some replies, would this MOBO be good enough?

GIGABYTE Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 Chipset, ATX Mainboard w/ 4 RAM slots, 7.1 HD Audio, HDMI, GbLAN, USB 3.0, SATA-III, 1x Gen2 PCIe x16, 1x Gen2 PCIe x4, 2x PCIe x 1 & 2x PCI

And maybe I should get the i7 4770? Or it's not necessary?

Originally Posted by Edvardas96

And maybe I should get the i7 4770? Or it's not necessary?

Just depends on whether you've got the money I think. It's better, but not necessary.

Money is a probmem, but I think I can go with the i7 4770 and that will be my limit. Still waiting to get an answer about the motherboard, would this be good enough?

GIGABYTE Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 Chipset, ATX Mainboard w/ 4 RAM slots, 7.1 HD Audio, HDMI, GbLAN, USB 3.0, SATA-III, 1x Gen2 PCIe x16, 1x Gen2 PCIe x4, 2x PCIe x 1 & 2x PCI

1.id stay with the 4670k and get a good OC on it

2.and a heard good things about MSIs Z87-G45 ...i heavent looked at your case so it might be irrelevant ,but i heard its great -and looks really smexy

If you aren't overclocking stick with the H81 motherboard. If you are then go ahead and grab that Z87-HD3. Don't bother with the 4770/K unless you're doing intense editing, trans/encoding.

Thank you very much, didn't expect to get so much help. I'm not planning to overclock so I guess I will stick with the H81 then, and no intense editing either, getting this new PC mainly because my current one hardly runs BF4 (10~20fps minimum settings), with the new build I want to achieve at least 50fps on ultra at 1920x1080. So I guess 4670K it is. I heard that you can get much better performance on BF4 if you have 1800mhz RAM instead of the 1600 I chose, maybe I should put in the few extra quid and go for the 1800mhz 8GB?

Originally Posted by Edvardas96

Thank you very much, didn't expect to get so much help. I'm not planning to overclock so I guess I will stick with the H81 then, and no intense editing either, getting this new PC mainly because my current one hardly runs BF4 (10~20fps minimum settings), with the new build I want to achieve at least 50fps on ultra at 1920x1080. So I guess 4670K it is. I heard that you can get much better performance on BF4 if you have 1800mhz RAM instead of the 1600 I chose, maybe I should put in the few extra quid and go for the 1800mhz 8GB?

RAM speeds have near to 0 impact on gaming applications,if it costs more its not worth it..its a number that doesnt effect the speed of your computer

,just in very "exotic" situations (hardcore stuff)

Thank you, will stick with 1600mhz. So do you think with this build I will achieve at least 50fps on maxed out BF4?

Whats your budget? With the AMD VidCard (Stick with that vid card, its really good) I'd get a AMD CPU too because of compatibility issues. AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core is a good AMD CPU, with the money you saved on that get a Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM. STICK WITH WINDOWS 8.1 64-Bit Soon windows 7 is gonna be outdated and shitty like vista and xp (not to offend any vista and xp lovers, they are pretty good os's still.)

Originally Posted by GeneralBr3tt

Whats your budget? With the AMD VidCard (Stick with that vid card, its really good) I'd get a AMD CPU too because of compatibility issues. AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core is a good AMD CPU, with the money you saved on that get a Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM. STICK WITH WINDOWS 8.1 64-Bit Soon windows 7 is gonna be outdated and shitty like vista and xp (not to offend any vista and xp lovers, they are pretty good os's still.)

7 won't be outdated for at least another 6-7 years. It is still the preferred NEW OS amongst corporate environments and Microsoft isn't going to sever that for a long time.

Heard too much negative things about AMD CPUs, don't want to go that way. And my budget is around 800 quid, pretty much can't pay more than the build I posted at the very start. I guess that'll be my Christmas present.

I'm going to throw out the fact that an AMD CPU is a lot more cost-efficient for the price range you're currently at. An 8320 is about 10% more powerful, and is only $129 at current prices. For $199 you could pick up a 9370 which pretty much demolishes a 4670 in peformance. I know Intels are usually better for rendering, but the FX series a lot better from a pure value standpoint.

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