Buying a new high end rig...thoughts?

[haddockd]

Hi All!

I am buying a new rig but want your input before pulling the trigger. The main goal is to play any and all GC and Wii games with no lag. I plan on playing games at 3x IR with no AA and assume LLE just in case! Thoughts?

Case: [color=#222222]Cooler Master HAF X - High Air Flow Full Tower [/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119225

Mobo: [color=#222222]ASRock Z97 Extreme4 LGA 1150 Intel Z97[/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157503

GPU: [color=#222222]EVGA 04G-P4-3975-KR GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit [/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487088

PSU: [color=#222222]EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 220-G2-0850-XR 850W [/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438018

CPU: [color=#222222]Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5GHz LGA 1150 - OC'ed to 4.5GHz[/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372

RAM: [color=#222222]G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600[/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231536

Cooler: [color=#222222]CORSAIR Hydro Series H105[/color]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181060

Total budget is around $1400 USD

[NKF98]

GTX 970? That's a tad exotic for running Dolphin, but you are probably playing other games as well, so.

Your build will play anything Dolphin at excellent framerate.

[haddockd]

Thanks! You are correct, but what do you mean by exotic?

This machine will also be used for emulating PS2, PSP, DS and PS3 games (in the future).

[tuanming]

I don't know Asrock brand but Asus is well known in the industry and can get your CPU to 5+GHz . Also, I'd recommend air cooler because it's safer and easier to clean with almost zero maintenance.

Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608041
New $70

Mobo: ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO LGA 1150 Intel Z87
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132016&cm_re=ASUS_MAXIMUS_VI_HERO-_-13-132-016-_-Product

Refurbished $118
New $155

Also, in the long run I'd go with 16GB of RAM to future proof your system. In this case, faster speed rating and higher capacity more is better!

[kirbypuff]

(03-21-2015, 09:43 AM)tuanming Wrote: I don't know Asrock brand

But you know Jack, do you? (LOL)

It's an ASUS spin-off that produces cheap, but still high-quality (best bang for the buck) motherboards and PC accessories.
ASUS + "Rock-solid" = AsRock

[NKF98]

By exotic I mean that Dolphin runs just fine on less.

WARNING -- http://rpcs3.net/ hosts the ONLY PS3 emulator available. Don't expect to be running anything for at least a year...

[haddockd]

(03-21-2015, 12:42 PM)NKF98 Wrote: WARNING -- http://rpcs3.net/ hosts the ONLY PS3 emulator available. Don't expect to be running anything for at least a year...

I know but I am planning for the future

[TehGuy]

Could possibly go with the GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (not MX) for a bit (~$5) more, moves you up an entire tier

[cyrax33]

(03-21-2015, 12:42 PM)NKF98 Wrote: By exotic I mean that Dolphin runs just fine on less.

WARNING -- http://rpcs3.net/ hosts the ONLY PS3 emulator available. Don't expect to be running anything for at least a year...

Your forgetting Citra, the first and only 3DS emulator in dev. Again give it about 2 years or so for this one which I'm sure that Devil's Canyon can handle it.

[haddockd]

I just bought most of the parts. I will buy the others in a few weeks so hopefully in a month I will have one bad mofo. Updating my sig