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Intel Core i7 4790K Unlocked Quad Core HT 4GHZ/4.4GHZ Processor LGA1150 Haswell 8MB Cache Retail

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 80 Plus Gold Fully 850W Modular Power Supply

ASUS Maximus VII Hero ATX LGA1150 Z97 3PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 SATA3 USB3.0 CrossFireX/SLI HDMI Motherboard

G.SKILL F3-12800CL10D-16GBXL Ripjaws X 16GB 2X8GB Kits 240PIN DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory

Western Digital WD1003FZEX Black 1TB SATA3 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache 3.5in Hard Drive OEM

Samsung 850 Pro 2.5in 256GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive

MSI GeForce GTX 970 Golden Edition TwinFrozrV 1317MHZ 4GB GDDR5 HDMI 2x DVI DP PCI-E Video Card 

Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Window Case Black 2X5.25 1X3.5 8X3.5INT 2X2.5SSD No PSU

Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H100I CPU Cooler System LGA1150 1155 1156 1366 2011 AM2 AM3 FM1 & FM2

ASUS DRW-24F1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer Black

 

 

 

Just curious if anyone can spot any issues/missing things...Going for a system that can play anything top end for a while.  Cities Skylines, Star Citizen are 2 that are mind.  Have AMD stuff now, and it cant handle new MMOs etc due to horrible IPC on AMD.  

 

Thanks!

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That's a pretty spot on rig there..

If you wanted to be super fancy you could install liquid cooling and get a Blu-Ray drive...

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I like it but I recommend against anything MSI. I've seen numerous reports there support sucks and there hardware isn't the best. I would go with evga. Great company and lifetime warranty. I've been upgraded twice because of my lifetime warranty. The only reasons I've had to rma my cards were first one was launch day and had a overheating issue. I could've fixed it with thermal paste but I got a new better 1 gen newer haha. Second time fans blew out cause I worked the card hard and I manually set my fan speeds so it wasn't really a defect but they considered it a defect and I got a newer gen card.

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I like it but I recommend against anything MSI. I've seen numerous reports there support sucks and there hardware isn't the best. I would go with evga. Great company and lifetime warranty. I've been upgraded twice because of my lifetime warranty. The only reasons I've had to rma my cards were first one was launch day and had a overheating issue. I could've fixed it with thermal paste but I got a new better 1 gen newer haha. Second time fans blew out cause I worked the card hard and I manually set my fan speeds so it wasn't really a defect but they considered it a defect and I got a newer gen card.

 

I did lots of reading, theres constant revisions of the evga 970's due to coil whining and fan issues.  Even  the newest that came out recently has issues.  

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Replace the memory with DDR3-1866mhz if possible, it does make a small difference. I don't think the Samsung 850 Pro is worth the premium price it carries, for approx. the same price you could get a 512GB Crucial MX100 on which you could install all your games and applications and leverage the improved speed over the HDD a lot more. Not sure what you're looking for in the ASUS Maximus Hero either, or in a 850W PSU. In short there's nothing wrong with your build (except the RAM) but you're paying a lot of money for what you're getting and it would pay to do some research for better priced parts and rationalize what you actually need.

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Maybe go i5 and 980, although at this point, I'd wait for AMD's 300 series. If the multiple rumors are true, they'll be spanking Maxwell hard and that includes the unlocked GM200. PSU is also a little overkill in the wattage department.

 

Good build overall and thanks for the heads-up on the R5. Didn't know it was out.

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I would look at  your ram selection. 1866 at least or 2133.

The MSI Golden Edition isn't worth the premium over the regular gaming. If you were looking at the back plate there are other options (Gigabyte, Asus, Evga FTW+)

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Intel Core i7 4790K Unlocked Quad Core HT 4GHZ/4.4GHZ Processor LGA1150 Haswell 8MB Cache Retail

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 80 Plus Gold Fully 850W Modular Power Supply

ASUS Maximus VII Hero ATX LGA1150 Z97 3PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 SATA3 USB3.0 CrossFireX/SLI HDMI Motherboard

G.SKILL F3-12800CL10D-16GBXL Ripjaws X 16GB 2X8GB Kits 240PIN DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory

Western Digital WD1003FZEX Black 1TB SATA3 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache 3.5in Hard Drive OEM

Samsung 850 Pro 2.5in 256GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive

MSI GeForce GTX 970 Golden Edition TwinFrozrV 1317MHZ 4GB GDDR5 HDMI 2x DVI DP PCI-E Video Card 

Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Window Case Black 2X5.25 1X3.5 8X3.5INT 2X2.5SSD No PSU

Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H100I CPU Cooler System LGA1150 1155 1156 1366 2011 AM2 AM3 FM1 & FM2

ASUS DRW-24F1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer Black

 

 

 

Just curious if anyone can spot any issues/missing things...Going for a system that can play anything top end for a while.  Cities Skylines, Star Citizen are 2 that are mind.  Have AMD stuff now, and it cant handle new MMOs etc due to horrible IPC on AMD.  

 

Thanks!

 

Looks great to me.

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Looks great to me.

 

I would look at  your ram selection. 1866 at least or 2133.

The MSI Golden Edition isn't worth the premium over the regular gaming. If you were looking at the back plate there are other options (Gigabyte, Asus, Evga FTW+)

 

I updated the part list:

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Rekzer/saved/vvRH99

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I would look at  your ram selection. 1866 at least or 2133.

The MSI Golden Edition isn't worth the premium over the regular gaming. If you were looking at the back plate there are other options (Gigabyte, Asus, Evga FTW+)

 

May I ask why? You made the same suggestion in another thread and when asked about it you didn't explain yet.

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May I ask why? You made the same suggestion in another thread and when asked about it you didn't explain yet.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell/10

For discrete GPU users, recommending any kit over another is a tough call. In light of daily workloads, a good DDR3-1866 C9 MHz kit will hit the curve on the right spot to remain cost effective. Users with a few extra dollars in their back pocket might look towards 2133 C9/2400 C10, which moves a little up the curve and has the potential should a game come out that is heavily memory dependent. Ultimately the same advice also applies to multi-GPU users as well as IGP: avoid 1600 MHz and below.

 

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I play a lot of modern games (including MMOs) and never had any problems with my AMD 8320, so  dont use it as an excuse to spend your money, its yours, you dont need an excuse lol

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I play a lot of modern games (including MMOs) and never had any problems with my AMD 8320, so  dont use it as an excuse to spend your money, its yours, you dont need an excuse lol

 

Its not an excuse, its a reason.  There have been many games that I tried to play that I couldnt have because of AMD's poor performance.

 

Wildstar - Totally unplayable by most AMD processors (a few users got it running on the 6cores etc, but overall unplayable on non intel/nvidia)

Evolve - While it lagged for everyone, AMD as usual felt it the first because raw performance is still less than intel

Simcity - Doesnt lag badly, but the game runs in 2 threads and it gets capped out pretty quickly.

 

I dont iike lag or limited performance, or having to wait months and months for a game to fix AMD issues.  AMD Videocards are also horrible, no fancy features and they were promised in their 14.12 drivers but then they didnt deliver lol. 

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Its not an excuse, its a reason.  There have been many games that I tried to play that I couldnt have because of AMD's poor performance.

 

Wildstar - Totally unplayable by most AMD processors (a few users got it running on the 6cores etc, but overall unplayable on non intel/nvidia)

Evolve - While it lagged for everyone, AMD as usual felt it the first because raw performance is still less than intel

Simcity - Doesnt lag badly, but the game runs in 2 threads and it gets capped out pretty quickly.

 

I dont iike lag or limited performance, or having to wait months and months for a game to fix AMD issues.  AMD Videocards are also horrible, no fancy features and they were promised in their 14.12 drivers but then they didnt deliver lol. 

 

Well I cant tell for Evolve and Simcity but Wildstar runs fine here on my AMD/ATI :s odd unless you are trying to use a old processor or something

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Well I cant tell for Evolve and Simcity but Wildstar runs fine here on my AMD/ATI :s odd unless you are trying to use a old processor or something

 

 

Evolve ran fine in the latest beta.  Wildstar took months to run on non intel.  Its an amd 8350, so its not old or slow.  Its just no one codes for it, or makes their stuff multi threaded enough to compensate for the poor IPC performance on AMD. 

 

Either way, im not debating that.  

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