Advice for a new rig

[lalaboy92]

Using it for gaming purposes for any possible new games coming out.

Is my this rig okay? building it next month

CPU+MB: MSI B85-G43 Gaming + i5 4690 - $418
RAM: Kingston Hyper X PC1600 CL10 8gbx2 - $210
SSD: Samsung 250GB 840 - $175
HDD: W Digital 1TB Blue or green - $67.5 or $69
GPU: GTX 960 coming out on next month - $300 - $400
PSU: Seasonic X 650W MODULAR - ?
CASING: CORSAIR CARBIDE 540 AIR

This is my second time building, wish to diy myself.
Is this video able to educate me on installing the hardwares? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAsD1VJjjZE

 

[royfrosty]

Im guessing your budget should be around $1.6k

I think you can do better by reducing the RAM and the CPU. And get a better GPU.

MSI B85 G43 Gaming + i5-4460 ~ $374
Gskills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $115
WD Blue 1tb ~ $67
Crucial MX100 256gb ~ $155
MSI GTX970 4gb Twin Frozr ~ $575
Superflower HX500 500w 80+ Gold Semi Modular PSU ~ $88
Corsair Carbide 540 AIR ~ $160
LG DVD Drive ~ $21

Total ~ $1555. Buy at tradepac. You can follow my pic guide from here

 

[lalaboy92]

I am currently reading your thread. Thanks for your time for posting and guiding. Its very important to people who is doing it the first time. Just want to ask you , after installing hardware on casing, how do i know which connector connect to which connector? And also how do i install the required programs for my system like graphics card and etc?

 

[royfrosty]

I am currently reading your thread. Thanks for your time for posting and guiding. Its very important to people who is doing it the first time. Just want to ask you , after installing hardware on casing, how do i know which connector connect to which connector? And also how do i install the required programs for my system like graphics card and etc?

Is all in the guide on what are the connectors needed to connect.

As for the programs for GPU, download MSI Afterburner. Google it. It allows you to toggle all your settings you want from it.

Other than that is the drivers to download. Head over to Nvidia webpage.