nicknitewolf
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If you have windows 8, just upgrade it to windows 10... I hope windows 10 would fix the annoying bugs on windows 8
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You said gaming/media, right? What are you going to do with 32 gigs of ram? Only SSD? Quad core AMD APU? I am fairly new to all this, but I don't understand why you picked these things. XDI use Win7. Also, updated build:
AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor
Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (two kits, for 32GB total)
Corsair Vengeance Airflow Memory cooling fan
Corsair Force LX Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Already acquired)
Aerocool DS-Cube Red MicroATX Mid Tower Case
Aerocool DS Red fan (1x 140mm replacing rear 120mm case fan, 2x 120mm replacing the H100i's stock fans)
Aerocool DS Cube Case Window Panel (The illuminated fans demand it!)
200mm Ultra Thin Flexible Fan Dust Filter (0.45mm Thick) (For the front case fan)
SeaSonic 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Replacing the Corsair 760W - SS is their OEM anyway)
Rosewill RNX-N250PC2 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter (Replacing its PCI-Express version)
To-be-determined video capture card?
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
To be honest, performance is wasted in several areas here. Here is what I would go with:I use Win7. Also, updated build:
AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor
Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (two kits, for 32GB total)
Corsair Vengeance Airflow Memory cooling fan
Corsair Force LX Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Already acquired)
Aerocool DS-Cube Red MicroATX Mid Tower Case
Aerocool DS Red fan (1x 140mm replacing rear 120mm case fan, 2x 120mm replacing the H100i's stock fans)
Aerocool DS Cube Case Window Panel (The illuminated fans demand it!)
200mm Ultra Thin Flexible Fan Dust Filter (0.45mm Thick) (For the front case fan)
SeaSonic 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Replacing the Corsair 760W - SS is their OEM anyway)
Rosewill RNX-N250PC2 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter (Replacing its PCI-Express version)
To-be-determined video capture card?
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
To be honest, performance is wasted in several areas here. Here is what I would go with:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($87.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($122.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($140.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($329.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Fire Red MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($146.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill RNX-N250PCe 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($18.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1261.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 08:03 EST-0500
The i5, while being only 4 cores/4 threads, definitely performs better with media tasks than the A10 APU you have (There's probably enough room in the budget for an i7 if you need more power). RAM is RAM, and the one I included is at a nice sweet spot (also, you won't see tangible benefits past 16GB unless you do very heavy multitasking/rendering). You don't need to cool your memory, that's why the heat spreaders are there. Since you already own an SSD, I just added an HDD for storage. If you liked that Aerocool case, you'll like this Bitfenix case (very popular with small-form-factor builders). Most cases, this one included, come with dust filters. Since you already have a PSU that's enough wattage (probably enough for 970 SLI), I left one out of the list (Unless you don't plan on reusing it; in this case, I'd use a 550-750W depending on your needs). You won't need case fans as this case comes with 2 already. Wireless network adapter is pretty much the same but in PCI-E (To be honest here, unless you're going for portability, I'd use wired ethernet, or if you don't want to route cables everywhere, I'd use Ethernet over Power). If you plan on using any more than 16GB of RAM, go with Win7 Pro because Home Premium only supports 16GB.
RAM is not RAM
...and you suggested quad channel RAM when the motherboard supports dual channel RAM.
Also, Windows 8.1 is not very bad as it introduced a lot of changes to the framework of Windows while also fixing a lot of problems with 8. Windows 10 sounds like it will be the next Windows 7 though, so hopefully it turns out great and improves on a bunch of things like it sounds like it will!
I will be "upgrading" my computer sometime next week or the week after, so I will post my list of goodies here once I buy them!
I can tell you now, you will never use that computer to it's full potential. But I have been there, and can attest with my computer that runs on two gtx 470s that it is nice to not have to worry about it for a long time. The only thing I could see your computer struggling to run is Star Citizen, in 4k, upon release.Double post for significant alteration to the build: I decided I wanted SLI capability, but that limited me to using a mobo with an Intel chipset (and thus an Intel CPU) and kicked the final build cost to about two grand. On the other hand, that seems to be the average for homebuilt gaming rigs, and an i7-4790k OC'd to 4.8GHz with twin GTX 970s = much computer, so power, very speed. wow. So I shouldn't have to add or change anything (except maybe HDDs) for at least five or six years. Oh, and the new mobo can Crossfire as well, so if AMD can ever match nVidia with something that doesn't run twice as hot (or more) they'll be an option, too.
With past machines, first time I saw the specs I was always like "Holy crap, I'm never gonna need all this." Three years later, "Holy crap, I need to upgrade all this!" So with this one I'm sticking to my five-year estimate. That being said, if I decided to sacrifice a bit of overall value to get the thing up and running sooner (using a single graphics card and cheaper Intel CPU, then still buying the i7 and 970s later) what would be a reasonable minimum? The R7 250X caught my eye at $75, just need to know how thrifty of a processor I can get away with. LGA1150 socket, of course, so I don't have to buy two mobos.