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NEED EXPERT ANALYST is this a good PC build?

Dec 2, 2015 1:45PM PST
CASE
Antec 900 Black Steel Frame ATX Mid Tower

CPU / PROCESSOR
Intel Core I7-5820K

MOTHERBOARD
Asus-X99-A LGA

HARD DRIVE / SSD
Western Digital Black 1TB 3.5 Sata
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB

RAM
GSkill RipJawsX (2x8GB)
Or should I go down to 12GB all together?

CPU FAN
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
DON’T WANT THIS FAN! Any suggestions on a different one?

GRAPHICS CARD
GeForce GTX 670
IS THIS A GOOD CARD? Is there a better cheaper one?

POWER SUPPLY
EvGA SuperNova 650 G2

What optical drive should I get?
Is this a good all-around build for gaming and video editing?

Also are there any other parts i could go with that would just as efficient but less expensive?

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Seems overkill on CPU, and never the SSD size for me.
Dec 2, 2015 2:25PM PST

120GB is just too small to avoid space issues. Last week the 512GB SSDs were 120 bucks (I picked up 2!) and 240GB were in the 65 buck range. Why skimp and curse about it later?

Why the dated GPU? Recycling?

16GB RAM is a great place to be.

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What do you recommened?
Dec 2, 2015 3:27PM PST

Is this not a good GPU, i know its out of date just trying to save some money somewhere haha. What do you recommend though?
You said overkill on CPU you think I should go down to i7-3370?

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It's a great CPU.
Dec 2, 2015 3:42PM PST

Just could be expensive and you are shortchanging areas that can lose you time (after time after time.)

The 120GB SSD is such a thing. I've watched builds on that and the time lost is enormous. Try 240GB or larger.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117402 is currently 390USD.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html is worth a read.

I don't know the 660 GPU price so I can't compare yet. But let's compare the newer 950 to the 660 for today.
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-950-vs-GeForce-GTX-660

Nod to the 950 for many reasons. The 50 Watt lower wattage is bonus.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html finds you picked the leader today. Maybe you should stick with that but my take is that the scrimping on a small SSD is going to dog you until you toss it for the next size up.

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Yes
Dec 3, 2015 8:39AM PST

I hear from others and you that i should get more SSD so i planned on bumping up to 250GB. Thanks other than that and the graphics card hows it look. Im trying to stay with DDR4 so i can upgrade down the road when DDR4 becomes more common.
Is that a trusty mother board with plenty of room for updates?

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For me I rarely need motherboard "room"
Dec 3, 2015 8:54AM PST

I need a PCIe x16 slot for the GPU. I am not a fan of dual or more GPU cards as they tend to be what folk bring us to get working. Irksome things.

As to the slots, today I'll want 8 to 16GB RAM. And 2 more PCIe x1 slots for say a WiFi card (which can be USB!) so it doesn't take slots like it did years ago.

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Asus-X99-A LGA
Dec 3, 2015 10:39AM PST

So with the Asus X99 I should be good with ram slots and wifi card slot?

Also are there any parts that will bottle neck others. I want the parts to complement each other and all work at their fullest potential.

For instance will this motherboard bottle neck with the CPU and Ram DDR4. If I upgrade in the future will it bottle neck with better tech?

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Bottleneck? Where? Years ago this.
Dec 3, 2015 10:45AM PST

"Our tests demonstrate fairly little difference between a $225 LGA 1155 Core i5-2500K and a $1000 LGA 2011 Core i7-3960X, even when three-way graphics card configurations are involved. It turns out that memory bandwidth and PCIe throughput don't hold back the performance of existing Sandy Bridge-based machines. "
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-4.html

You appear to be running a single GPU with a top end CPU so no bottleneck there.

The only big thing to me is the puny SSD. It will cause most to lost days as they work to keep it clean. But I see you are seeing that.

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Ram
Dec 2, 2015 10:41PM PST

Is that ddr3 ram?
If so it's the wrong ram.

Do consider a build around:
Cpu..I7 4790k should be all the cpu power you need.
Gpu..gtx960/70/80 whatever the budget allows.

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Trying to go DDR4
Dec 3, 2015 8:44AM PST

The reason I'm going with that CPU is because I wanted a DDR4 platform. I want to be able to upgrade down the road when DDR4 starts to become the regular.
Any other suggestions?

Is my motherboard reliable and does it have room for upgrades?

I'm going to go with 2x8GB RAM= 16GB.

What do you recommend for a cheap but efficient graphics card?

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Ram
Dec 3, 2015 12:12PM PST

That mobo does not support ddr3 ram.
I doubt that ram will even fit in the slot.

Gpu...I don't know what your budget is.
I mentioned 3 types if that's above your budget then shop for a gtx 750 ti.

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Im pretty sure it does.
Dec 8, 2015 10:54AM PST

Im almost positive this is mother board supports DDR4.

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Yes
Dec 8, 2015 2:58PM PST

The mobo supports ddr4.

The GSkill RipJaws X series I see are ddr3.

If your plan is to install ddr3 at the start and then upgrade to ddr4 later you might want to rethink that.

I don't think that mobo supports ddr3.