Is this a good PC for me?

[lokelyokel]

Hello everyone.

 

I literally, moments ago created this account for the one purpose to ask people about this rig.

 

In a few months or so (by mid to late February) I'm building a brand new Gaming PC for myself. The games I intend on playing aren't really performance heavy (The Sims 3, Minecraft, any Source Engine Game), BUT. There's a couple more power hungry games that I want to play. These include Saints Row 2-4, Battlefield 3 or 4, Call of Duty 4 (and onward), Fallout 3/New Vegas, Skryim, Mass Effect 1/2, and the grand kicker, GTA V. According to this neat website called Game Debate (I've used it to check all of these games with my new comp), I should have no problem running most of these games on at least Medium Settings with little to no problems or drops in FPS. I just need a sure-fire way to know if this is a good system for me or not.

 

But lets get down to it, here's the system I've been talking about: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/kloudyperson45/saved/sMnj4D

 

So, is it a good PC for me? Or should I try to look for something else. My main budget is around $550-650.

Thanks in advance.

 

 

[yoječ]

Since you have some budget left, I'd opt for a better CPU and GPU:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($172.94 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($45.98 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.49 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($134.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply ($11.99 @ NCIX US)

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)

Keyboard: *Rosewill RK-101 Wired Standard Keyboard ($5.99 @ Amazon)

Mouse: *Gigabyte GM-M5050 Wired Optical Mouse ($3.99 @ NCIX US)

Speakers: *Logitech S120 2.3W 2ch Speakers ($8.49 @ B&H)

Total: $620.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-10 04:45 EST-0500

 

There might be better peripherals available, but I don't know much about those.

Edited December 10, 2014 by yojo2

[lokelyokel]

Since you have some budget left, I'd opt for a better CPU and GPU:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($172.94 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($45.98 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.49 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($134.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply ($11.99 @ NCIX US)

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)

Keyboard: *Rosewill RK-101 Wired Standard Keyboard ($5.99 @ Amazon)

Mouse: *Gigabyte GM-M5050 Wired Optical Mouse ($3.99 @ NCIX US)

Speakers: *Logitech S120 2.3W 2ch Speakers ($8.49 @ B&H)

Total: $620.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-10 04:45 EST-0500

 

There might be better peripherals available, but I don't know much about those.

 

Thank you. I'll look into this, hopefully by the time I can buy it it wont be too jacked up in price.

[GG14876]

Hmm... For some reason, it's showing me 700 USD already... I think OutletPC bumped their prices... And the case jumped ~30$...

 

For the Storage, I haven't exactly heard anything good about Seagate recently... While it's completely your decision, I would just like to point out that there is a WD drive that is (as far as I can tell) almost perfectly identical to the one specified. (This)

For the Mouse/Keyboard, there is (at least) one combo (keyboard+mouse) that is about 1$ cheaper... (This one) No comments on the quality though, as I haven't used that brand for anything, but for <10$, I don't think you'll be seeing anything really great either as individual or combo.

 

If you are located near a MicroCenter, you could opt for a i5-4690k. A "slight" increase in speed (3.5 vs 3.2) and it is unlocked, so if you get a non-stock CPU cooler, you could probably get at least a slight overclock, if you are interested in that stuff; even if you aren't into OC, MicroCenter sells it for cheaper than the locked version...

[yoječ]

ST1000DM003 is a good drive, there aren't that much complaint about this specific model. But in any case - yes, WD10EZEX is its perfect counterpart.

 

As for the i5-4690k - I'd also consider then changing the mobo to one that qualifies for TopTechCashback: https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying

Edited December 10, 2014 by yojo2

[GG14876]

As for the i5-4690k - I'd also consider then changing the mobo to one that qualifies for TopTechCashback: https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying

Huh... Just did a quick look at that site... It looks like it's Europe only. Just a guess here, but I doubt that would work from the US/non-europe...

[yoječ]

Sorry, my bad then.