Questions about build of the month.

[Sgtkreoss]

Budget: 1800$
Resolution: I dont know
Games / Settings Desired: anything coming out and hopefully on highest settings. Not needing 4k support
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc)
Country: US
Parts that can be reused: I doubt any, I figure most of everything will go bad after around 6 years.
Do you need an OS? yes
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)? Nope have all of this.

hey guys. Im finally replacing my rig after like 6 years. I keep looking at the setup of the month I scraped together around 1800$ to replace it. I was looking at the Unicorn build on the front page, but I dont know what thats good or not. So I don't know. Like I see the i5 vs i7, and I have no clue. I know with my current computer if I run Skype, Chrome, League, and any other program I get wiked hardware lag. So I wanna make a machine that when I see a game come out I know I can play it and play it on super nice settings. Like for instance Starcraft 2 I have to run on bare base settings to get it to run, but wow can run on medium? I can put it up to max on wow but I get like really really choppy. So I guess my questions are, is the unicorn build a good build, Should I get the i7 looking toward the future, and any other reccomendations yall might have.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($226.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($125.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($98.19 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Toshiba Product SeriesT01ACA 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($549.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($47.50 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.95 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1509.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

You could change the Videocards. Two 970s instead of the 980 or add the 2nd 980.

[Sgtkreoss]

Thats another good question. Will 2 970's be that much of a performance upgrade over 1 980?

[Lathais]

Thats another good question. Will 2 970's be that much of a performance upgrade over 1 980?

I think a single 980 is actually a little better then dual 970s.

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Its not. 970 sli blows 980 out of the water, by 40-50% . The deal is on what resolution you play. Obviously depends on how good each game in supporting the sli to start with. Have a look at some benchmark on games on this review.

[moremana]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($226.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($125.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($98.19 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Toshiba Product SeriesT01ACA 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($549.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($47.50 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.95 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1509.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

You could change the Videocards. Two 970s instead of the 980 or add the 2nd 980.

He has $1800 budget and these parts are what you recommend?

Terrible PSU, HDD and why use Team memory to save 15 bucks on a budget like his?

[Lathais]

Its not. 970 sli blows 980 out of the water, by 40-50% . The deal is on what resolution you play. Obviously depends on how good each game in supporting the sli to start with. Have a look at some benchmark on games on this review.

Once again I got things backwards I guess.

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Since you don't want to go for 4k but you can later on, this is what i would get, for a single gpu setup to max all games up to 1440p@60hz.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($324.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_RD 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.SNIPER Z97 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($136.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($195.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($549.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Titanium) ATX Mid Tower Case ($117.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1716.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-31 15:28 EDT-0400

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A little more gpu power, if you need it:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($324.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock 2 87.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.SNIPER Z97 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($136.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($195.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G-750 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($108.88 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1822.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-31 15:45 EDT-0400

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He has $1800 budget and these parts are what you recommend?

Terrible PSU, HDD and why use Team memory to save 15 bucks on a budget like his?

Get the fuck out of here, Newbie! You have no idea what you are talking about.
RAM makes no difference and only idiots pay for "special" more expensive RAM, which makes no difference at all. The PSU is great and can even power Dual 980s. And the HDD is the best 2TB on the market. WD Black/Toshiba > Samsung > Seagate

970 sli blows 980 out of the water, by 40-50% . The deal is on what resolution you play. Obviously depends on how good each game in supporting the sli to start with.

No, maybe 20% if you are lucky. The problem with SLI is it scaled terrible, gives you a lot of problems and you always need to wait for SLI profiles.

[moremana]

Get the fuck out of here, Newbie! You have no idea what you are talking about.
RAM makes no difference and only idiots pay for "special" more expensive RAM, which makes no difference at all. The PSU is great and can even power Dual 980s. And the HDD is the best 2TB on the market. WD Black/Toshiba > Samsung > Seagate

Anyone that calls someone a "Newbie" Obviously is a 12 year old.

Your advice is garbage. Anyone with a budget of $1800. can afford much better parts. Why buy a budget PSU when you dont have to?

Nvm dont answer.

[Lathais]

Get the fuck out of here, Newbie! You have no idea what you are talking about.
RAM makes no difference and only idiots pay for "special" more expensive RAM, which makes no difference at all. The PSU is great and can even power Dual 980s. And the HDD is the best 2TB on the market. WD Black/Toshiba > Samsung > Seagate

No, maybe 20% if you are lucky. The problem with SLI is it scaled terrible, gives you a lot of problems and you always need to wait for SLI profiles.

The guy with 16 posts calling another poster a newbie? While giving bad advice? Classic MMO-C.

That PSU is not great. It's the CX line. The CX line uses a poor OEM that uses low quality capacitors and other parts and has poor QA. These things have a tendency to go out quickly. It's well documented all over the place.

Not saying go for fancy expensive gaming RAM, just to not go for low quality RAM from an cheap manufacturer. RAM arrives DoA and RAM goes bad. Buy a good brand, not some cheap brand. Doesn't have to be fancy expensive RAM, just not the cheapest piece of shit out there.

I don't know where you get your HDD info, but the Seagate Barracudas are just as good as the WD Blues. Also, the only real difference between the Blue and the Black is the warranty. The Blues are just fine and more than enough for consumer use. If your running a file server or have real business need of a black then you would know. Otherwise, for your average gamer/consumer, a Blue/Barracuda is more than enough.