Looking to build this rig any comments?

[Geforce3]

Asus H97 Plus + Intel I5 4690
G Skill 8 gb Ram (thinking of getting 16gb)
Powercolor R9 280
HDD - I will use back my 2tb Seagate hybrid Drive + my older hdd
CM G750M PSU
CM 690 Casing

Any comments? TIA

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Asus H97 Plus + Intel I5 4690
G Skill 8 gb Ram (thinking of getting 16gb)
Powercolor R9 280
HDD - I will use back my 2tb Seagate hybrid Drive + my older hdd
CM G750M PSU
CM 690 Casing

Any comments? TIA

What do you really need from this H97 motherboard? Consider scaling down if there's none.

8GB RAM is ideal for gamers, having more is superfluous.

Please get a SSD.

High wattage PSU is overkill, and actually leads to low energy savings (due to lower energy efficiency at low loads).

 

[Geforce3]

any other chipset to recommend?

 

[MoneyFace =p]

any other chipset to recommend?

Even H81 will do fine if you just going for a working PC.

 

[ykrap1]

any other chipset to recommend?

ASUS Sabertooth 990FX + FX8350 AM3 ~~ Total = S$535
(comes with dual PCIe 2.0 x16 and equavilent to high end intel LGA2011 motherboard)

 

[Geforce3]

ASUS Sabertooth 990FX + FX8350 AM3 ~~ Total = S$535
(comes with dual PCIe 2.0 x16 and equavilent to high end intel LGA2011 motherboard)

Thanks, but I don't want to go the AMD route.

Anyway, I'm not buying a SSD because I just want to swap my old hdd into the new system. Will upgrade it once I spot a good deal.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

ASUS Sabertooth 990FX + FX8350 AM3 ~~ Total = S$535
(comes with dual PCIe 2.0 x16 and equavilent to high end intel LGA2011 motherboard)

No point offering dual PCIe 2.0 X16 for SLI/Crossfire when CPU gaming performance cannot even reach that of Core i5's.

 

[ykrap1]

No point offering dual PCIe 2.0 X16 for SLI/Crossfire when CPU gaming performance cannot even reach that of Core i5's.

no point argue amd or intel since TS not interested in amd

 

[wanhidayat]

No point offering dual PCIe 2.0 X16 for SLI/Crossfire when CPU gaming performance cannot even reach that of Core i5's.

This guy knows his stuff
Build a few rigs from his recommendation liao
Other than that fortan/ivan is awesome too, not sure if he is still around for his services these days lol

 

[Geforce3]

Even H81 will do fine if you just going for a working PC.

I plan to do some gaming

 

[GeForce]

(off-topic) Geforce3 why no take GeForce forum name?