I have an idea of parts in mind that I have my heart set on for my build and ill list what I plan to buy but their are still some missing components i'd love to get some advice on!
CPU- AMD FX-6300 CPU Cooler- Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo RAM- Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 (2x4gb) Case- Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-02 Power Supply- EVGA 500 W1 80+ Hard Drive- WD 1TB Black or Blue? Graphics Card- MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti
My questions are:
What operating system should I use? Is windows 10 the "latest and greatest"?
Do I really need such an expensive graphics card? (I plan on getting a 4k monitor or at least a nice 27")
For the motherboard I wanted an MSI 970 Gaming AM3+, but if I can go cheaper here and still get something solid to overclock with I could put the money towards a graphics card.
Display suggestions???
My machine will be for the occasional work assignment, but mostly dedicated towards gaming and streaming!
All suggestions are welcome, I don't know much but I really want to get back into PC gaming!
Around $1000 Ive considered a AMD- Fx 8350, I really like to idea of AMD but I'm open to an intel based system. Why is a cheap psu and an expensive graphics card a bad idea??
Because it will more than likely kill the PSU and damage other components of your system. If you have a thousand dollar budget 4K isn't really a good option to shoot for. You would be better of going with 1080p or 1440p. The 6300 and the 8350 will also bottleneck the 980ti really badly meaning you probably couldn't do 4K very well anyways. I'll post a build in a few minutes.
A cheap psu isn't always a bad idea, what you probably heard was to look out for cheaply made psu. This is especially bad for your system because psu has a higher failure rate if not made with quality components and with a high efficiency rating (Efficiency ratings show up in the form of "80 plus" from silver to platinum and some even higher). The psu supplies power to all your other components as the name implies and if there is so be a short it can kill any if in the worst case all your components rendering all your hard work and money spent a waist as there is very little you can do to fix them after a short. Some very highly praised PSU brands include Corsair, EVGA, Antec, CoolerMaster, Silverstone (just to name a few)
An expensive GPU or graphics card is looked down on by some because of a Price/Performance ratio where in most cases a $500 GPU will out perform a $300 GPU but to a lesser degree than a $50 GPU compared to that $300 one Think of it like counting where it starts easy then gets progressively harder (1, 2, 3, 4.. 5.. 6... 7.... 8....... 9........ 10) In most cases the $350 range of GPUs seem to have the highest Price to Performance ratio although it is never a bad idea to go higher if your budget allows
The 500b and 600b units (and w1) are made as cheap as possible and feature tackky chinese caps and components and these units do not even stay in there %80 efficiency rating (if i was evga ied be ashamed to have my name on these oem units)
What about fx-8320? It's a bit less expensive and it can be overclocked to same speeds as 8350 and it would give you more money for your PSU for example.
Heres my personal pick for a build The 8 core 8320 can be easily overclocked with this asus motherboard to meet the same specifications as the 8350 and even a bit better. Also the 8 cores are pretty good to stream with, very smooth frame rates. This R9 390 seems like an obvious choice with your budget and I'd coupple that with a nice 27" 1440p monitor and you my friend have a really nice gaming experience. As for ram even in this day and age i don't see anyone ever using more than 8gb even while streaming, and ram speeds isn't something you should be worried about unless you have an apu which is invalid with your budget http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XXXZyc
No SSD's aren't necessary but they're worth it because of there speed. 1TB should be plenty of room for games and other stuff, put your OS on the SSD. Also the performance increase of Skylake isn't that great so I would stick with the Haswell Refresh as used in my build. Also again AMD processors will bottleneck modern GPU's you are much better off going with an Intel at this time.
If you'd like you can change that 500gb ssd for a 250gb one and maybe get a cheaper case and you can fit the gtx 980 in there but In my opinion the build I suggested is probably the most satisfying and the 980 isn't much better than the r9 390 plus the sapphire card I chose has some of the best cooling for overclocking potential.