You could. Then you'd have 880gb less storage, a small almost useless ssd and a slow hdd. Great value xD
Personally I'd go with the 290x and maybe even consider a cheaper PSU. 750 Watt seems pretty overkill for this system, although it gives some headroom for future upgrades, such as another 290x for some crossfire action.
But the money you save on getting a 290x use those on an SSD. Money spent on an SSD is money best spent. You could probably even go with an i5 CPU easily without affecting performance in games at all...
Tbh considering the fact this guy probably won't actually need a 4790K and could just go with a 4690K, with the money saved, you could probably get an even better SSD + HDD combo.
@vrtnipatuljak, seems a bit odd that you're sticking a 212 EVO in a $1300 build.
I wouldn't go with greater than 8GB of RAM from the get-go as you might find that you won't use more than that, and it doesn't cost much nowadays to add an extra 8GB if you find you need it (can get an 8GB kit for like £35-40 here in the UK).
With the money saved changing the above and switching out the motherboard for something a bit less pricey (someone a bit more knowledgeable about mobos might have a better recommendation), I upgraded the CPU cooler to an NH-D15 so you should be able to get some damn fine overclocking done on that 4690K, put in a 500GB SSD seeing as @vrtnipatuljak seems to think that 240GB isn't enough for "3 games" (facedesk, you'd probably be fine with a 240GB if you want to drop the price for a 16GB kit of RAM if you really think you'd need it I suppose), and upgraded the case to something that'll fit the NH-D15. The last choice, about the case, is entirely subjective though - you might prefer something else, a major part of a PC case is the aesthetics.
I tried to keep everything fairly black, the NH-D15 obviously, is brown. An alternative if you really want to avoid the colour could be a Phanteks TC14PE or a Cryorig R1 universal.
They're both a tad over budget, no more than 20$.
Bam: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/68ybQ7
Alternate version with 16GB RAM and a 250GB SSD: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rJRNHx
NOTE: Some of the decisions made are assuming things about what you're actually going to be doing with this system, again, I recommend you read the thread I linked in my previous post here.
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Your original build is way out of whack for a gaming machine. - board that cant oc paired with a overclocking cpu, paired with a low end gpu.
$1300 yields a beast. -- http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ybWYCJ - xeon w/HT & cooler, 16gb ram, 2tb hdd, 250gb ssd, gtx980, excellent psu, nice case, optical drive
if you wanted to do a 240gb ssd you could also upgrade to a 980 ti.
@SpaceCat
I'm sticking an EVO in a 1300$ build as the guy for who its for I think doesnt plan on overclocking so its just something to replace the stock cpu and I personally dislike the Noctua because its too big and makes it hard to reach the ram slot(yes could have put a regular 4790 then but its 30$ difference so why not K)
I Know quite a bit about motherboards as I've beeen servicing computers for 15 years, so I dont think cheaping out on a motherboard is wise because there is no need in the budget. I've had even Asus Formulas die(a lot actually) but I've never had a Sabertooth die. I even use a salvaged "defective" one myself because it works fine. And yes, modern games are huge, like mmos are 80-100gb, you can fit about 3 on an 240gb SSD. He can always add it if he wants to later.
The builds above are no faster than mine, they use the same gpu, some are even worse because you sacrifice an i7 for an unnecesarry ssd, because you are indoctrinated you MUST have one at any cost when in reallity it doesnt give more fps and is a waste of Money.
That said all the posted builds are nice, I especially like the look of the case SpaceCat used
About the overclocking, I'm not even sure OP's aware of what it is. They haven't stated whether they want to or not yet. Hence why I told OP to go read the topic I linked earlier. If he did want to overclock, as I assumed in that build, "because it makes the RAM hard to get to" seems like a pretty darn petty reason to significantly limit your overclocking capabilities in terms of cooling (I think some of the differences in our suggested builds are probably due to these differing assumptions we've made).
About the i5, the benefits in most games from having a hyperthreaded quad core over a quad core would be marginal, and only really noticeable in some games if multiple programs are left to run in the background. This, for $100 more, not worth it IMO. Money better spent elsewhere.
If he doesn't want to overclock, I think @deejeta has the best build there assuming the OP's looking to do some productivity work, but considering he's coming from a console I'd reckon this is only really for games.
facedesk, I don't know who's tried to tell you an SSD gives you greater FPS. The benefits are mainly in loading/boot times for the programs stored on it.
Cmon guys, don't confuse me. Is this good enough or not?
Intel i7
Intel z97 motherboard
AMD 290x
Corsair cs750 PSU
Cooler master nepton 140XL
LG Internal DVD burner
Seagate Baracuda 2TB
So is this good enough to run games on max?
Intel i7
Intel z97
AMD 290x
Corsair cs750 PSU
Cooler master nepton 140XL
LG Internal DVD burner
Seagate Baracuda 2TB
Depending upon what games you're playing and what resolution you're running at, possibly... but there are parts in there that, depending upon what you're doing with the system, would be a wasteful use of money. In short its probably not the best value, you can do much better for the money. This is the 4th and final time I'm saying this but I suggest you read the topic I linked yonks ago, and give the information it asks of you so we can give you better recommendations for your use scenario.