WhOaMi's Build Log - End Date = Black Friday Sales

WhOaMi-Gaming · October 7, 2015

Introduction:
I have and will continue to snipe parts until Thanksgiving. I plan to purchase anything I still need on Black Friday. For displays I have already purchased x2 34' ULTRA WIDE LG and an
ASUS VG248QE Black 24" 144Hz. NOTE: I have NO intentions of keeping either of these monitors (at least at the price I paid). I bought them at Best Buy and told the sales rep I am planning to buy during Black Friday Sales and wanted to buy a few to test + return / exchange on Black Friday. Not a problem he said (love best buy, too bad, in the end, they rarely keep my money).

Basic Formatting:

1. Budget (excluding mice, keyboards, headset, and microphone) = Best I can get with black Friday sales up to 1,800$ (USD). I am located in the domestic United States and will be in SW Florida for Thanksgiving / Black Friday.

2. Aim
Advanced Data Mining, Web browsing, 3D modeling (personal use not countries), programming, gaming (never gamed at 4k or had the desire until recently.. I mainly play e-sports games when I game (csgo/dota2/sc2) making this not a huge deal). That being said I want all of my key components (motherboard, gpu, cpu, etc) to have supported drivers coming out for as long as possible (980's aren't supported anymore? Need to confirm). If that's true I will be 100% buying a 980 TI or an AMD if I feel confident enough.

3. Monitors
TBD

I am using my first 144mhz monitor this past week. If I feel it's a "must have" or g-sync than I will exchange mine on Black Friday for the best value 27in'. I need the 34in ultrawides or something similar for business and other "activities" I use my workstation for.

My Goal for displays (3 total) = no more than 999.99$ -
x1 24 (prefer 27'+) 144mhz monitor

x1 34in ultra wide or similar.

I will need a 256+ SSD

5. What parts do you already have?
x2 Logitech g910 Orion Spark, x1 502 Proteus core, x1 mx master, x1 dota 2 steelseeries amex 8000 (rbg gaming keyboard), headphones, snowball (mic).

These are parts I have but most likely will not be using them in my new machine. I may build a 200-300$ pc with these parts or sell (undecided).
Ge-force GTX 550 TI, GTS 540, x2 4 gig ddr 3 1600mhz (ripjaw), 500 GB HD, 1TB HD, x4 4gig ddr 3 1300 mhz, old dvd/cd burner, 650w power supply, more I'll edit in later.

5. Why are you upgrading?

The workstation I just built recently (in my history here) - I cannot even put in words what happened as it brings me tears. However, it did let me figure out it wasn't enough.

SPECS = http://linustechtips.com/main/user/166031-whoami-gaming/

I need a personal workstation for 2016-2018/2020. I have been researching off and on (to avoid getting burnt out) and checking /r/pcsales /r/hardwareswap, build logs, YouTube videos, and ofc just doing my homework and learning what the most advanced technology there is at this time to figure out what I need for me. Which is capable of handling all my multimedia, gaming, photo/video editing, data mining + analysis, and most importantly it needs to be more powerful than my damn phone and other devices.. This build I do not plan to focus on ascetics (RBG motherboards, water cooling, window case, etc..). I imagine this will become my "work" workstation within 18 months.

I need to sleep but I'll be back tomorrow to finish this up with my ideal build but I am going to go for any sales / b stock (must have 1+ year warranty or I will not buy it).

I appreciate any advice and suggestions but this is a personal build log where I can post the parts I do end up getting and the results once my build is complete. I'm a pc building virgin about to lose my cherry.

EDIT:

This is the laptop I bought and plan to return with the monitors mentioned above on Nov 2nd and re-buy then re-exchange on Black Friday for what I really want.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-17-3-laptop-intel-core-i7-24gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-256gb-solid-state-drive-black/9826256.p?id=1219438695425&skuId=9826256

If I didn't buy or rent something until I completed my build this was/is my fall back that I pulled out of a closet (lol)
http://imgur.com/a/nCVvC

Streetguru · October 7, 2015

Introduction:

Well, if you have a bit more throw in an SSD and you should be golden.

But overall you're going to want a 4k display over a 144hz for any kind of productivity.

On the bright side there's a 4k free-sync display that's IPS and it costs less than that G-sync 1440p 144hz display

The build is also meant to have a second GPU down the line, but you could upgrade to a 390x OC it and be pretty well off for playing those games at 4k, since you have a bit more room in your budget

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/F7zvJx

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/F7zvJx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($311.99 @ NCIX US)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($162.99 @ Directron)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($46.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.50 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Cooler Master HAF XB EVO ATX Desktop Case ($85.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: Rosewill 1050W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.99 @ Newegg)

Monitor: LG 27MU67 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($547.83 @ Amazon)

Total: $1683.26

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-07 05:49 EDT-0400

A 390 and 390x are going to be a fair bit faster than the card in the video

WhOaMi-Gaming · October 9, 2015

I put my budget for the workstation / gaming rig separate from the displays. I will spend up to 1,000$ on multiple displays (including x1 27' + 144mhz).

Technically, my "budget" is 2,800 (with 1,000$ reserved for Black Friday sales on displays). I do not plan or want to spend the budget amount or I'd have bought all the parts now. I am kind of testing to see how much I can save on Black Friday ( never tried it before with computers).

This is my first "high end" build since I graduated UF this year. Even then.. I never built anything friends helped me out /shame on me

I do not know if this is the best approach when planning ahead 90i+ days to build a new workstation (that aligns with black Friday) but I know for damn sure I want supported drivers for everything for the next 1-3 years. The 980 TI, i7, etc... I hate that feeling of building a new workstation to find out you just build some piece of shit that requires you to use "Optimal GPU" drivers from two years ago.

Thanks for sharing. I am taking everything into consideration and data mining prices / sales at all major retailers in the U.S. (amazon, best buy, etc).

TLDR:

I agree that I could easily get by without the 5th gen i7, ddr4, etc but I want driver support for everything for as long as possible. The one I just "broke" was the 970, i5, etc etc.. I have a SSD but I will need another as I doubt my buddy will give it back now .

Well, if you have a bit more throw in an SSD and you should be golden.

But overall you're going to want a 4k display over a 144hz for any kind of productivity.

On the bright side there's a 4k free-sync display that's IPS and it costs less than that G-sync 1440p 144hz display

The build is also meant to have a second GPU down the line, but you could upgrade to a 390x OC it and be pretty well off for playing those games at 4k, since you have a bit more room in your budget

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/F7zvJx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/F7zvJx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($311.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($162.99 @ Directron)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($46.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master HAF XB EVO ATX Desktop Case ($85.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Rosewill 1050W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: LG 27MU67 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($547.83 @ Amazon)
Total: $1683.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-07 05:49 EDT-0400

A 390 and 390x are going to be a fair bit faster than the card in the video

Edit I will look at the "Fury X" I believe is the Radeon version if the 980 TI. I cannot picture myself wasting money on ta 980 (if I go with Nvidia). Either the 970 or 980 TI (Especially, when 980 TI "B" stocks are/were 520$ a few days ago.

Edited October 9, 2015 by WhOaMi-Gaming

Streetguru · October 9, 2015

I put my budget for the workstation / gaming rig separate from the displays. I will spend up to 1,000$ on multiple displays (including x1 27' + 144mhz).

Wait, what do you mean driver support? my 7850 is pretty old now and is still going strong, I think nvidia is the only one who's recently been accused of gimping performance for older cards, I think it happened with The Witcher 3

Well if your budget is closer to that then:

I'll always end up being a performance per dollar kinda guy.

You could also always drop a GPU in favor of a second 4k display

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2CqrFT

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2CqrFT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($378.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X99 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($309.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($88.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.33 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($554.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Cooler Master HAF XB EVO ATX Desktop Case ($86.99 @ Amazon)