Ok, so i play games like GMOD, GTA IV Kerbal space program, minecraft, space engineers, FSX and The sims 4 etc. and i want to do some light video editing and have a strict £700 budget and have managed to squeeze these parts in. i wanna know if this build is good for these things or not.

Intel Core I5 4690K (i plan to overclock to 4.2GHZ)

Cooler master Hyper 212 EVO

MSI Z97 PC MATE

EVGA Supernova G1 750W

XFX Radeon HD R9 280X 3GB GDDR5

TP-Link 450MBPS

Corsair vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600MHZ

Corsair Graphite 230T case

Samsung 24X optical drive

Western digital caviar blue 1TB and 500GB Toshiba 5400RPM laptop drive (Ripped from old laptop) for storage

Sandisk X110 128GB SSD for bootdisk

Windows 8.1 64-Bit

 

Edited April 8, 201511 yr by ciaranhogg1

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Edited November 14, 20178 yr by Account Deleted

Looks pretty darn good to me. I'd only change the motherboard as I'm not sure how reliable that exact board is or how well it is for overclocking, but I have an MSI board and I LOVE it. You shouldn't worry about it though, just a personal preference.

 

Actually, I have no idea how much you're getting that case for, but if you get something cheaper (like an NZXT S340, beautiful case), then you might be able to get a slightly better motherboard. Unless you really like the case, then that's alright.

Edited April 8, 201511 yr by theninja35

I'm running the same GPU, and it's a beauty. I've yet to encounter any issues with it in terms of gameplay, or heat. However, as others have said, ensure that you have adequate airflow through the case to make sure that hot air isnt building up inside.

Im actually planning to get a Sapphire R9 380 or a Palit GTX 970 and saving money by getting the I5 4460 and swapping the motherboard for an Asus Z97-P, is that a good choice?

I use the Z97-AR with i7 4790k, 16gb of ram, and a 970 gtx, I have zero issues since build but has only been about 4 months now. I get around 60-70 fps steady in GTA5 with ultra settings mostly and even in a heavily modded GTA 4 I don't drop below 45ish even in heavy traffic with high settings. Games like Unity and Witcher 3 also run very smooth all ultra settings. Even if settle on the i5 your build will be great.

Edited July 1, 201510 yr by Hatreyu