Going to build a new computer soon...

[Mikal]

I just found this gorgeous looking thing...

Sorry, I love looks just as much as functionality.

[Omri]

Trust me on this one, use the extra bucks and get a 970 than the 960. I made the mistake to buy a 960 and then later I upgraded to a 970 card.

[Mikal]

Well I just realised that the CPU is going to cost me about £180, so I'm going to stick with the 4GB GTX 960, (which one did you have Omri?), I'm also going to forget liquid cooling completely, after looking into it, it seems there's just alot of fan boys who brag about having water cooled computers and how great they are, but in reality, air cooling is just as good if not better in some cases.

Still not 100% sure on what CPU will go with the 4GB GTX 960, and what CPU air cooler I should get for it...

[Omri]

Well I just realised that the CPU is going to cost me about £180, so I'm going to stick with the 4GB GTX 960, (which one did you have Omri?), I'm also going to forget liquid cooling completely, after looking into it, it seems there's just alot of fan boys who brag about having water cooled computers and how great they are, but in reality, air cooling is just as good if not better in some cases.

Still not 100% sure on what CPU will go with the 4GB GTX 960, and what CPU air cooler I should get for it...

I totally go after the powerful Intel i5 4690K and if you want a pretty decent air cooler go for the Hyper Evo 212. Worth every penny and does the trick pretty good!

[Mikal]

Ok so...

GPU: Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 Strix Direct CU II, 4GB VRAM
CPU: Intel i5 4690 Quad Core CPU, 3.50 GHz, 6 MB Cache, 84 W
Motherboard: ??

Edit:
How come the GHz on the Intel i5 4690 is only 3.5? It's 4.0 on my current computer with an AMD FX-4100, and I was told even that bottle necks my GTX 650...

[brian1996]

Ok so...

GPU: Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 Strix Direct CU II, 4GB VRAM
CPU: Intel i5 4690 Quad Core CPU, 3.50 GHz, 6 MB Cache, 84 W
Motherboard: ??

Edit:
How come the GHz on the Intel i5 4690 is only 3.5? It's 4.0 on my current computer with an AMD FX-4100, and I was told even that bottle necks my GTX 650...

It's not all about GHz. Architecture plays a vital role.


As for your motherboard, as long as it's Asus you can't go wrong.

[rid]

Imho if you're going for a 4690 (non-K) then most cheap motherboards will do, be it Gigabyte, MSI, ASRock, Asus, etc, as you're probably not going to overclock it. And because of that, the boxed cooler will do just fine - but if you buy the version without the cooler, then just get something like a Hyper TX3, cheap and it's more than what you'll need if you don't plan in overclocking.

[Mikal]

Well I don't know the difference between the k and not the k...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-4690K-Processor-LGA1150-Socket/dp/B00KPRWB9G/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1455582980&sr=1-1&keywords=Intel+i5+4690

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Cache-Graphics-Technology-Socket/dp/B00K5J2252/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1455582980&sr=1-2&keywords=Intel+i5+4690

Honestly I want it to look good since I'll be buying a case with a clear side panel, don't really want an ugly stock CPU fan.

[Omri]

Well the K just gives you the ability to overclock the CPU
Always good to have that option in the future, I just got water cooling in my machine and planning to play a bit with overclocking when the time is for it.

[Mikal]

Alright thanks, I'll get the K then as I'll probably need to over clock in the future if I don't want to upgrade the whole thing again, now I'm onto memory and such I guess, another thing I have no idea about, what's this about SSD's? Is it good to have them?

[rid]

Hell yes. My computer boots to a completely usable state in less than 13 seconds, counting since I press the power button, and half of that time is not even Windows loading. If I had a higher end motherboard it'd probably be even a little faster.

SSDs are just much faster than traditional hard drives - and more expensive. It makes loading/opening programs & games much faster. It does NOT make the actual games faster (FPS remain the same), but it will reduce loading times and in open world games such as GTA V (the "pop in" effect when loading the world objects around you) and improve your overall PC experience, provided you have your operating system installed in it.

If you don't have a lot of money, perhaps it's best to stay away from SSDs and leave that for a future upgrade - for example, if I had to choose between a SSD + HDD + GTX 960 combo or a HDD + 970 combo, i'd definitely go with the last one since that'd give me a lot more FPS in games, and then later get a SSD.

After all SSD technology is still evolving, so in a year or so we'll probably get much better choices for the same price, while HDDs aren't evolving that fast.

Most people who have SSDs also have HDDs for storage, because SSDs, like I previously mentioned, are significantly more expensive.

[Omri]

You should get a SSD if you ask me too .
I have 120 and that is enough for me as I have a second one that I just took from a laptop and wupti 500 GB extra.

[Mikal]

I just looked at a video called SSD's vs HDD's and wow, the difference in loading speed is amazing, I do want an SSD but I'm trying to save money, so I'll just go with the HDD, I don't mind waiting for 10 seconds for now, will upgrade to an SSD in the future.

Also, can someone tell me what System Reserved (F:) is, I don't recall having 2 HDD's...

Edit:
SSHD's seem good, and they are more affordable.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-ST1000DX001-Hybrid-Internal-Solid/dp/B00ELAVIQ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455614115&sr=8-1&keywords=1TB+internal+SSHD

[Fuzzy]

System reserved is your Windows Boot Manager partition, it shouldnt be mounted normally.. You could go in disk management and unmount its letter so it wont show up.

[Janar]

I totally go after the powerful Intel i5 4690K and if you want a pretty decent air cooler go for the Hyper Evo 212. Worth every penny and does the trick pretty good!

I'd still suggest the Skylake platform and i5-6600(k) if you want some future-proofing. While the CPU performance gain isn't that big, then Z170 (and other Skylake chipsets) bring a lot of upgrades along compared to Z97.