My Upcoming Build (advice appreciated)

MakGibbs · April 26, 2015

Hello there reader,

I'm Jordan (MakGibbs), and I love computers. I am planning on getting a job this summer to then be able to build this awesome OP Computer

PC Specs

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K Processor

CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro H100i GTX High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

GPU: 2-EVGA Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 980 in SLI

RAM: 32 Gb Corsair Vengeance

Motherboard: MSI ATX Z97 Gaming 5

Memory: 1Tb WD Blue (for games and storage) & 1Tb WD Black (for OS)

Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i High Performance Power Supply ATX12V/EPS12V

Case: NZXT H440 Black/Red

LED Lighting: SUPERNIGHT 16.4ft 5M Non-waterproof Flexible Strip w/ 44 button remote (not that I would need 16.4 ft.

Peripherals:

Keyboard: Redragon Karura K502 USB Gaming Keyboard

Mouse: Razor Naga

Headset: Logitech G230 Stereo Gaming Headset

Controller: Xbox 1 Controller for Windows

Monitors: 3-Dell D2015H 19.5-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitors 1080p Full HD

Monitor Stands: Mount-It! Triple Freestanding Monitor Stand

MAYBE

Webcam: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920, 1080p Widescreen Video

Microphone: Audio Technica ATR 2500 USB

mrswagbhinav · April 26, 2015

I am face palming my face into the wall. Your build is pretty much a n00b getting high and blowing all his money on useless crap.

STRMfrmXMN · April 26, 2015

Hello there reader,

I'm Jordan (MakGibbs), and I love computers. I am planning on getting a job this summer to then be able to build this awesome OP Computer

PC Specs

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K Processor

CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro H100i GTX High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

GPU: 2-EVGA Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 980 in SLI

RAM: 32 Gb Corsair Vengeance

Motherboard: MSI ATX Z97 Gaming 5

Memory: 1Tb WD Blue (for games and storage) & 1Tb WD Black (for OS)

Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i High Performance Power Supply ATX12V/EPS12V

Case: NZXT H440 Black/Red

LED Lighting: SUPERNIGHT 16.4ft 5M Non-waterproof Flexible Strip w/ 44 button remote (not that I would need 16.4 ft.

Peripherals:

Keyboard: Redragon Karura K502 USB Gaming Keyboard

Mouse: Razor Naga

Headset: Logitech G230 Stereo Gaming Headset

Controller: Xbox 1 Controller for Windows

Monitors: 3-Dell D2015H 19.5-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitors 1080p Full HD

Monitor Stands: Mount-It! Triple Freestanding Monitor Stand

MAYBE

Webcam: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920, 1080p Widescreen Video

Microphone: Audio Technica ATR 2500 USB

Replace mouse and PSU plz tanks

For actual info, get something from EVGA NOT under the Supernova NEX name or any Seasonic PSU you want that can fulfill modularity and also wattage for ya. For the mouse, PM me as I'll get into pretty good detail with ya

Comessy · April 26, 2015

I can't read it, there are too many colors

Use PCpartpicker

CalebTheEternal · April 26, 2015

That case has awful airflow. Known from personal experience. I'd get bigger monitors. Why do you need such a big HDD for just your OS?

Zerolessmusic · April 26, 2015

Get a better keyboard.. Something like a Corsair k65/70, WASD 104/87 or a Das Keyboard

Like CalebTheEternal said, why such a big drive for only OS?

For the mouse go with something like the Corsair M65 or Logitech G502

I'd go with a SeaSonic PSU: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-x1050

pugnaq · April 26, 2015

Get an SSD for the OS and 2 TB HDD for games and apps man.

Exp · April 26, 2015

I assume this is for gaming?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($231.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($96.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card ($481.92 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($129.99 @ Best Buy)
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($769.22 @ Amazon)
Total: $2294.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-25 23:00 EDT-0400

Reasoning:
CPU: For gaming, this i5 is probably close to the best price/performance right now. If you wanted to do some content creation, an i7 would definitely be a good upgrade.
CPU Cooler: I'd personally favor the Noctua D-15 over the H100i because they both have somewhat similar performance, with differences being noise and size (Noctua being much larger but quieter).
Memory: You'd be fine with 8GB, but for this price, I'd say 16GB couldn't hurt. 32GB for just gaming is definitely overkill though.
Storage: An SSD for the OS is much better than a WD Black drive. If you wanted to store more applications on it, you can upgrade it to at least the 250GB version. 2TB Seagate drive for other mass storage.
GPU: I'm pretty conflicted here. With the next generation of GPUs coming out aimed at higher resolutions, I think it may be a good idea to just get a single 980 (or R9 290x) right now, and perhaps upgrade it to SLI or a next-generation GPU later on.
Monitors: For gaming, I'd say one high-performance monitor is a better experience than 3 lower-tier ones (at least for everything except driving simulators). I included a smaller 1080p monitor as a secondary, which is always nice.

brob · April 26, 2015

If you could provide an outline of how the system will be used and a budget it would help.

In general, the psu is far too large, there is no ssd, there are better coolers than the H100i GTX that fit in the H440 case, 32GB is an awful lot of memory and generally not needed.

Do you already own the monitors?

MakGibbs · April 27, 2015

If you could provide an outline of how the system will be used and a budget it would help.

In general, the psu is far too large, there is no ssd, there are better coolers than the H100i GTX that fit in the H440 case, 32GB is an awful lot of memory and generally not needed.

Do you already own the monitors?

To answer brob, My budget is to stay uunder $3600 and to get everything off amazon to get free shipping with Prime. The reason for no ssd is because i want at least 2tb of storage and a ssd might put me over, but the prices have gone down so I am open to suggestions of a good ssd of about 250gb (I think that would be good for os) I might get a ssd from kingston for about $96 for a 240gb. I do want to get enough power to the two graphics cards but I also think 1000W is a bit much so I am open to suggestions. I am going to stay with the H100i GTX and the H440. The reason for the 32GB of RAM is because I am going to do some heavy gaming as well as video editing, rendering, and animations (hopefully). I do want to thank all of you who have responded. Also if any of you have seen a good video for diy case led installation for the leds like the ones I have chosen.

MakGibbs · April 27, 2015

To answer brob, My budget is to stay uunder $3600 and to get everything off amazon to get free shipping with Prime. The reason for no ssd is because i want at least 2tb of storage and a ssd might put me over, but the prices have gone down so I am open to suggestions of a good ssd of about 250gb (I think that would be good for os) I might get a ssd from kingston for about $96 for a 240gb. I do want to get enough power to the two graphics cards but I also think 1000W is a bit much so I am open to suggestions. I am going to stay with the H100i GTX and the H440. The reason for the 32GB of RAM is because I am going to do some heavy gaming as well as video editing, rendering, and animations (hopefully). I do want to thank all of you who have responded. Also if any of you have seen a good video for diy case led installation for the leds like the ones I have chosen.

If you could provide an outline of how the system will be used and a budget it would help.

In general, the psu is far too large, there is no ssd, there are better coolers than the H100i GTX that fit in the H440 case, 32GB is an awful lot of memory and generally not needed.

Do you already own the monitors?

No I dont own the monitors

brob · April 28, 2015

To answer brob, My budget is to stay uunder $3600 and to get everything off amazon to get free shipping with Prime. The reason for no ssd is because i want at least 2tb of storage and a ssd might put me over, but the prices have gone down so I am open to suggestions of a good ssd of about 250gb (I think that would be good for os) I might get a ssd from kingston for about $96 for a 240gb. I do want to get enough power to the two graphics cards but I also think 1000W is a bit much so I am open to suggestions. I am going to stay with the H100i GTX and the H440. The reason for the 32GB of RAM is because I am going to do some heavy gaming as well as video editing, rendering, and animations (hopefully). I do want to thank all of you who have responded. Also if any of you have seen a good video for diy case led installation for the leds like the ones I have chosen.

A few suggestions:

Kraken X61 cpu cooler, better than the H100iGT
Asus Hero motherboard; because I find Asus motherboards more reliable with a better BIOS and support utilities
16GB of memory, more than enough for the usage outlined; any more would most likely remain unused almost all the time
500GB ssd because it really makes a difference
2GB hdd
Excellent and well sized EVGA G2 psu
IPS panel monitors with appropriate VESA mount compatibility; better viewing angles and color reproduction

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($338.99 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($208.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($111.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($227.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($579.99 @ Amazon)

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($116.38 @ Amazon)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($101.79 @ Amazon)

Monitor: AOC i2369V 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($149.99 @ Amazon)