Hardware & Technical 1/2 built rig, help plz?

[Histati]

I started piecing together a gaming rig months ago. I have a concerns that my original road map has changed due to new products on the market.
Where do I go from hear?
This is what I have acquired so far:

Cooler Master - Storm Stryker (White) SGC-5000W-KWN1

CPU cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 240M AIO Liquid cooler

SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB

Blu-Ray: Asus Black Blu-Ray RW / DVD RW / CD RW

Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers

X 55 Hotas

Mad Catz S.T.R.I.K.E. 3 White Wired Gaming Keyboard

About $1000.00 left in budget

 

[Aleksej]

I cannot see even 1/2 of a rig here.

CPU, MB, GPU, PSU all are the most important components for PC and especially for gaming and they are not chosen yet.

Do you plan overclocking? What screen resolution are you planning to use?

If OC is planned:
CPU - i5 4690K or i7 4790K
MB - something on Z97 chipset
RAM - 8GB (although, I would recommend 16 GB)
SSD - I would suggest going for at least 250GB
GPU - GTX760/R9 280 and above
PSU - 600-650W

 

[Cmdr Andy B]

with 1k left in the budget stick with the ssd you have and add a hybrid instead. install windows on the ssd and your games to the hybrid.

something like this will do you:

Segate 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive $85

Mobo/cpu/ram - i'd go with amd here, just to save a bit of cash

ASUS M5A99FX $135 AMD FX 6300 - 6 core 3.5Ghz $120

i'll let someone else do the rest but the total so far is $340, you can add at least $100 to that for 8 gb of memory, $200 for a power supply and another $200 for a graphics card and out of your budget you should just about have enough left to buy a copy of windows.

Note: its worth spending a few bucks more on the PSU to get one with a 5 year warranty as its the part of the system most likely to break.

 

[Histati]

Thanks for the input so far. What do you really gain from over clocking? I mean is it worth to build around it?
I'm buying a motherboard and CPU this week. looking at spending 600$
I know I'll hit over budget from OP

I do not need to buy everything now, if it means holding off a little to get a setup that will last a while, then so be it

 

[HipToss]

I am not sure if links to other sites are okay here, but IM me for a great site for building a gaming rig. Great bunch of folks at this site, and it has a system builder tool.

Enter in what you already have and the system will tell you what is compatible with your existing parts. It will even calculate the volts so you are not buying the wrong PSU.

l8ter

 

[Sir.Tj]

Moved to hardware.

 

[Cmdr Andy B]

Thanks for the input so far. What do you really gain from over clocking? I mean is it worth to build around it?
I'm buying a motherboard and CPU this week. looking at spending 600$
I know I'll hit over budget from OP

I do not need to buy everything now, if it means holding off a little to get a setup that will last a while, then so be it

you gain a little bit of performance by overclocking, not really worth it in my view as it stresses the hardware. besides, chances are good that there will be a faster cpu along any day so instead of overspending to overclock frrom 1st build save some for an upgrade later if you find you really need extra performance.

I am not sure if links to other sites are okay here, but IM me for a great site for building a gaming rig. Great bunch of folks at this site, and it has a system builder tool.

Enter in what you already have and the system will tell you what is compatible with your existing parts. It will even calculate the volts so you are not buying the wrong PSU.

l8ter

yes, links are permitted - its not as if FD builds PC so no issues there.

those configuration tools are quite good BUT, if i tell it i want to use 600w of hardware the tool tells me to get a 650 w PSU, no headroom for upgrades AT ALL. if you are going to use one take your future needs into account, for example you may be finew with onboard grphics to get you started, but fairly soon you'll want to add a power hungry graphics card, maybe some extra memory and another hard drive or maybe an 8 core chip instead of a 4 or 6 core.

it all adds up and if you short change yourself with a PSU that can handle your current config and not a lot else you'll end up with an unstable system and a bill for a larger replacement PSU

 

[Rog]

CPU: If you're buying this week, the i7-4790K 'Devils Canyon' is the fastest thing you can realistically get (and is probably overkill).

MOBO: I would suggest a (socket 1150) Z97 based board, not much different from the previous Z87s, but likely to be compatible with the next bunch of desktop Broadwell CPUs (if that matters much). Don't go way overboard with mobo features you'll never use though.

RAM: 8GB (2 sticks of 4GB) will almost certainly be enough, and in a 4 RAM slot board leave you room for future addition should you feel the need. Something like this maybe.

GPU: If you can hold on for a short while (use the Intel on-board graphics for now), the Maxwell Geforce GTX 800 Series should be out *very* soon and offer a heck of a lot at a decent price, with low power consumption.

 

[Histati]

Thanks for the replies, I have taken everything that was posted into consideration.
Taking the time to share your expertise with others is a big help.