My Rig

[lupinus1]

So a few months ago, I got tired of not being able to do crap on my old laptop that barely chugged along on low settings for some of what I wanted to play and just not being able to anything with most of it. So after some research and debating with myself, I put together my first PC. Looking at the games I play and wanted to play, and that I'm not going to cry if I have to turn a couple settings down a hair, I went with the following-

MOBO: MSI Z87-G45
CPU: I5-4670K with a CM Hyper 212 Evo
PSU: Corsair CX750m
DVD: Basic DVDr salvaged from an old desktop
Case: Corsair Carbide 300r
HDs: Samsung 840 EVO 120gb and WD Blue 1tb
Mem: G. Skill Sniper 2X4GB DDR3 1866
GPU: EVGA 750ti superclocked 2gb

So far I haven't bothered with OC'ing as I haven't felt a need to. It's also played all the games I've been interested in (ESO(not that that lasted long...), Skyrim, BF4, small goofy games, and a couple bigger strategy games like Crusader Kings 2 and Total War titles) and done so at settings I've been happy with.

That said, thoughts on how I did? Advice on the first things to consider upgrading a little down the road?

[Chetty82]

Firstly a Bigger GPU

[matonster]

Thisll last for a few more years, idd say 4-5 years tops and then get a new rig entirely.

[H3ll0J3ll0]

Thisll last for a few more years, idd say 4-5 years tops and then get a new rig entirely.

that gpu wont last that long it will handle mid-high max 2-3 year

[matonster]

that gpu wont last that long it will handle mid-high max 2-3 year

that GPU is pretty strong, you can overclock that thing a lot, but once DirectX and OpenGL versions become outdated you might want to switch to a new Video Card. Other components can last you up to 5 years tops.

[thehamilton]

umm, hmmm, welll, instead of replacing anything, add a couple of SSD, and one more 750GPU(have to look up the motherboard if i can SLI) and you should be good for many years, that or upgrade your GPU, and you could get a better a CPU but your good on the 4th generation 4670k you can over clock that sucker i'm sure to 4ghz (stable)with the right cooling.
But i'd have to run the numbers on that.
For now you have a great mid range rig that will last you for a while.

ind of a rush to write this so i will check i later to add more 2cents.

MAX SETTINGS HAM

[H3ll0J3ll0]

umm, hmmm, welll, instead of replacing anything, add a couple of SSD, and one more 750GPU(have to look up the motherboard if i can SLI) and you should be good for many years, that or upgrade your GPU, and you could get a better a CPU but your good on the 4th generation 4670k you can over clock that sucker i'm sure to 4ghz (stable)with the right cooling.
But i'd have to run the numbers on that.
For now you have a great mid range rig that will last you for a while.

ind of a rush to write this so i will check i later to add more 2cents.

MAX SETTINGS HAM

Just so you know, you cant sli 750's.

[thehamilton]

really why not?

[matonster]

really why not?

No port for it, GTX 750ti runs on PCI only, no PSU input not SLI cable slot