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New Gaming Build $5000 Budget

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Hey Everyone,
 

I'm planning on putting together a new rig soon (around the holidays) for gaming (and hopefully learning Photoshop). Currency is USD. This is what I've worked out so far:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XD6dMp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XD6dMp/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($564.99 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste  ($5.97 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($498.98 @ NCIX US) 
Memory: Corsair DOMINATOR Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($459.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($429.00 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($101.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($559.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($559.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($289.99 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: LG BH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($89.99 @ Best Buy) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($129.94 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($18.22 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($18.22 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($18.22 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($18.22 @ OutletPC) 
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($169.99 @ NCIX US) 
Mouse: Razer Ouroboros Wireless Laser Mouse  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $5086.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Do you have any suggestions for any change? I'm open to anything, but I'd like to stick with Nvidia for the graphics. Thanks! 

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you don't need 1200watts are 2 980's... they use like 180watts overclocked each max. personally i'd watercool everything for 5k. but looks good :)

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what ever you decide to build make sure you post pics on here as you go. 

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I think it seems fine, but may I ask why you have a Razer mouse? Just my personal opinion, but they don't really deliver for the price.

 

On a build that expensive you might want to have 32GB of RAM.

also this. I suggest not getting 16GB dominators and get 32 GB of either vengeance pro ram or hyperx ram.

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I've heard the Ouroboros is quite good, do you have any suggestions for a mouse? And you're probably right about the RAM.

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CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($94.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($203.99 @ NCIX US) 


Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($429.00 @ Amazon) 


Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($549.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($549.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 


Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($90.26 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 

Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre Pro LED 148.7 CFM 200mm  Fan  ($17.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre Pro LED 148.7 CFM 200mm  Fan  ($17.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($21.98 @ Newegg) 

Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($21.98 @ Newegg) 

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($169.99 @ NCIX US) 

Mouse: Razer Ouroboros Wireless Laser Mouse  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $4047.62

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-20 01:34 EDT-0400

 

New-comer to Photoshop doesn't necessarily need X99, so I go for Z97 and make the build 1k$ cheaper

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CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($94.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($203.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($429.00 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($549.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($549.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($90.26 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($807.58 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre Pro LED 148.7 CFM 200mm  Fan  ($17.98 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre Pro LED 148.7 CFM 200mm  Fan  ($17.98 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($21.98 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($21.98 @ Newegg) 
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($169.99 @ NCIX US) 
Mouse: Razer Ouroboros Wireless Laser Mouse  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $4047.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-20 01:34 EDT-0400
 
New-comer to Photoshop doesn't necessarily need X99, so I go for Z97 and make the build 1k$ cheaper

 

maximus vii hero? nope

 

Go for Formula

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Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe - CPU: I7 5820k @4.4 ghz 1.225vcore - GPU: 2x Asus GTX 970 Strix edition - Mainboard: Asus X99-S - RAM: HyperX predator 4x4 2133 mhz - HDD: Seagate barracuda 2 TB 7200 rpm - SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB SSD - PSU: Corsair HX1000i - Case fans: 3x Noctua PPC 140mm - Radiator fans: 3x Noctua PPC 120 mm - CPU cooler: Fractal design Kelvin S36 together with Noctua PPCs - Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Cherry gaming keyboard - mouse: Steelseries sensei raw - Headset: Kingston HyperX Cloud - Build Log

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I've heard the Ouroboros is quite good, do you have any suggestions for a mouse? And you're probably right about the RAM.

I have pretty much fallen in love with Razer tech as of the last 5 years, I try out other brands every so often to check and see if they have innovated above razer standards but I always find they just dont get things right in the way razer does.

now I have no idea how the systems they make stand up seeing as I dont buy the tablets and laptops they make, but the mice and keyboards are where I stand behind them, I can tell you that I have a 4 year old razer naga molten edition that hasnt had a single issue and has been borrowed around by friends multiple times and even taken traveling, the naga molten just doesnt want to quit and its been enhanced over and over again each year into what is now the "epic" to be even better( I have gotten 3 different versions of the naga over time and none of them have broken as of yet but 1 and 2 years old isnt really worth mentioning for the other 2 I bought), the ouroboros is nice too but its more of a form factor than an increase in performance, its razer aiming for the people that perfer modular and R.A.T like mice designs when it doesnt really do anything better than the naga does, if you like the feel of that style of mouse then go for it, I much perfer the smooth one piece style of mouse such as the Naga epic, Mamba, Deathadder...ect.

I can also say that I have had the N7 Mass effect edition black widow since its release and never had even a hiccup from it along with a death stalker with a much shorter life so far but its still working just fine also, the chroma would be what I would suggest if your going for that rainbow look unless you want super high end in which case the deathstalker ultimate is a dream.

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