Guys what do you think about this build?
I would like to stay under or around €1000, so if you have any suggestion on how to improve this build, you're more than welcome. I tried to use pc part picker but it doesn't enlist all the shops, just amazon.
I'm only interested in a gaming build, i currently have a 16:10 (1680x1050) monitor but i would like to buy a 16:9 1080p monitor very soon (if you have suggestions about this also, please go ahead).
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz (EUR 218.49 @ Amazon.it)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212EVO (EUR 28.70 @ Amazon.it)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Socket 1150, Z97, DDR3, S-ATA 600, ATX (EUR 144.53 @ Amazon.it)
Memory: HyperX Fury Memory Black, 1866 MHz (2 x 4GB) DDR3 (EUR 85.43 @ Amazon.it)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (EUR 65.34 @ Amazon.it)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (EUR 53.99 @ amazon.it)
Video Card: GIGABYTE - GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GDDR5 Pci-E Dual-link DVI-I / DVI-D / HDMI / 3 x DisplayPort G1 GAMING (EUR 379.99 @ Eprice.it)
Case: Corsair Carbide 200R Mid Tower Black (EUR 57.50 @ Amazon.it)
Power Supply: SeasonicM12-II 520 EVO (EUR 66.67 @ Amazon.it)
Total: EUR 1100.67
I've managed to find cheaper parts that won't affect the performance much. I don't know much about eprice.it and nexths.it, but they do seem to have cheaper prices than Amazon for some things. I got the cost to go as low as €1024, but it may not factor in the cost of shipping from eprice and nexths. Sorry, I don't know much about monitors so I can't make any recommendations.
PCPartPicker part list:
http://it.pcpartpicker.com/p/NDx7ZL
Price breakdown by merchant:
http://it.pcpartpicker.com/p/NDx7ZL/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (€218.49 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€76.58 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€65.34 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€59.28 @ Amazon Italia)
Other: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€33.69)
Other: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card (€359.99)
Other: Antec GX500 ATX Mid Tower Case (€43.69)
Other: Seagate ST1000DM003 (€51.50)
Other: MSI Z97S SLI Plus (€115.90)
Total: €1024.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-12 18:28 CET+0100
The custom parts marked as "other" will have links to the product when you click on them, they aren't recorded in the PCPartPicker Italian database.
I have a question about windows product keys that I'm hoping somebody here will be able to answer. I googled for this but couldn't find any answers.
You know how when you activate windows for the first time, the product key is paired with your motherboard serial number and this pair of values is stored in an MS database somewhere right? Starting from that moment, you'll always be able to install windows on the same PC but not on any other right? (well actually installing it would work but you won't be able to activate it).
Now, is it ok to give your product key away to somebody? I'm thinking, since it's already been used, what's the harm? Worse that will happen is that the installation will work but the activation will fail because the code has already been used right?
I'm asking because I put together this PC I was selling. I sold it with a legit copy of windows 8. While the guy was here, he asked me if I had windows 7. I said yes. Then he asked if I could make a copy for him to use on his other PC. I said sure. I made a copy of the disk but I didn't give him my product key. I was uncertain if it was wise to do so or not. Now, he has my phone number so he might call at some point to ask for the key. Is it ok to just give it to him?
Making copies of Windows installation media is absolutely fine. Only the key matters. You can give him your key if you want, it wouldn't work for him anyway, assuming the computer you first used the key to activate Windows with is still running. I don't recall if Windows 7 connects to the internet when it asks for the key during installation - some Windows 7 installers ask for the key during installation, some don't, some even allow key entry to be skipped (just leave the fields blank and click 'next').
If he wants a key, you can tell him to go to Reddit's microsoftsoftwareswap. He can get a new, working, unique Windows 7 license key from there for $10-15 or so.
question about i5 4440 vs 4440s. Is it worth the lower wattage worth it? Is the difference insignificant between the two for speed?
Where are you buying them from, and for what prices? The 4440S has a slightly slower base clock speed than the 4440 (2.8GHz vs 3.1GHz) but both will ramp up to the same turbo clock speed of 3.5GHz.
There's barely enough difference between them to matter, although I suppose the 4440 is slightly better. The wattage and temperature difference won't matter too much even with the stock cooler, and it matters even less with a non-stock CPU cooler.