I decided to build a computer in October and I have been extremely indicisive when it comes to picking a case and form factor. I started with ATX in mind, then I went to ITX, and now I have settled for mATX. My parts list includes:
Case: Fractal Design Node 804 - Purchased
Motherboard: ASUS H97 mATX - Purchased
CPU: Intel i5 4440 Quad core
RAM: HyperX Fury 8GB Kit - Purchased
GPU: MSI GTX 750Ti Twin Frozr OC - Purchased
Power Supply: EVGA 600wt
HDD: Western Digital 500GB Blue
OS: Windows 8.1
Comments and critiques are appreciated :D
The 4440 is decent but if you can swing it, it is a fair bit more, grab a Xeon 1231V3. It is essentially an i7-4770 without the iGPU and $100 off. It is quite a capable CPU and will last for quite some time.
For the HDD get a 1TB Blue. They can be had for just a bit mor and it is worth it.
Shame you bought the 750 Ti. So many better options for the same or less money right now. Overall it looks good though. Try and get an SSD. The MX100 is great and not that expensive. Will really help performance and overall responsiveness.
Thank you! the 1TB drive definetely seems like a better deal, about the GPU, I don't really play alot of graphically intensive games, I mostly play Counterstrike so the 750Ti was in my budget, it was kind of an impulse buy..lol. Will that Xeon you recommended have any trouble with bottlenecks with the GPU?
Yeah but you can get a better card than a 750 Ti for the same or less money. So it doesn't matter what you play. Still a better deal but I get it.
No. The Xeon will not bottleneck any GPUs. Even multiGPUs. It is insanely fast. Better than the i5 any day,
OK, cool I am definetely considering the Xeon thank you again :) I might even upgrade to a 970 down the road.
+1 to this, although I'm not too sure if he should bother with a Xeon E3-1231 V3 since he's only running a 750 ti lol.
Well he said he wanted future upgradeability. The Xeon will allow him to do that and it is a good choice especially on an H97 board.