(02-07-2015, 12:23 PM)SMGSterlin Wrote: Looking pretty good, but I would suggest trying to upgrade that processor to a 6 core with about the same speed.
I know you started by saying you wanted to keep it under $1500 or there about, and you're already a few hundred over that, but I think you'll be thankful later for shelling out another $100 or so to upgrade that to a 6 core.
Take a look at this one, just all-around better specs, and I think the upgraded performance will be worth the extra $70-80 in a couple years, when 6 core is standard and people are moving on to 8 core or 10 core 4.0 GHz CPU's...
If I wanted a more powerful CPU I would've gone straight to an i7 quad-core. I have no use for a hex-core.
(Also, what Treewyrm said.)
(02-07-2015, 01:36 PM)Treewyrm Wrote: @Echo: Final build is really good for the money, well-balanced. Crucial is a fine SSD brand too, although if you're willing to get a little bit more a good alternative would be evo 850. Other than that nothing to note. Some might start moaning about gtx 970 last .5gb memory issues, and while that is true the problem, as in your likelihood of actually running it outside special benchmarks, is blown out of proportion. Just understand that in reality you're buying a 3.5gb vram card, not 4gb as it is advertised. It'll be nice and also pretty quiet build too.
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Other friends convinced me to upgrade my CPU cooler (for overclocking of course), so I had to grab the larger Noctua so that it'd actually fit the chosen RAM. Still a bit more expensive but I'm feeling happy about the build. However, it is approaching a necessary hard cap if I want enough money left over to buy a monitor - for which I will buy something on sale, it's a bit tricky to find them on the internet. So, I really don't have a dollar spare to upgrade the SSD, but the case has loads of room to expand if I so choose (did someone say 8 HDD bays and 2 SSD bays?).
