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chrisbk88
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Hi! Planning a new gaming rig and looking for build suggestions. Main reason I'm looking for suggestions is because every day I find something new to change about this build, and this forum and linus helped me with a lot of those changes. This is what it's looking like so far...

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2DSSE

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Windows 7 'til 2077 CPU Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8GHz HSF Noctua NH-D14 GPU EVGA 780 TI ACX DISPLAY 2x ASUS VN248H-P RAM 6GB G.SKILL 1333Mhz MOBO ASUS P6T Deluxe SOUND ASUS Xonar Essence STX PHONES Sennhesier HD598 SSD Samsung 840 PRO 128GB HDD Western Digital Black PSU Corsair HX620 CASE Corsair Graphite 600T Artic White  MOUSE Corsair M65 Artic White KEYBOARD Corsair K70 MX Brown PAD Corsair MM200


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If its for just gaming switch the i7 for an i5 and get 8GB of RAM unless you plan to render or have extreme multitasking habits its not necessary also another thing I would do since you are getting 2 780's and its for gaming get a 120Hz monitor to take advantage of the FPS you will be getting. If you don't care about that get a nice IPS one.

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Is this just for gaming? get an i5, 8gb of ram and ditch the velociraptor and grab a 256gb ssd and a 1-2tb hdd

 

EDIT: Didn't see the ssd in there originally. Either way, a raptor is not really needed so I would still up the capacity on your ssd and grab a slower hdd

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If its for just gaming switch the i7 for an i5 and get 8GB of RAM unless you plan to render or have extreme multitasking habits its not necessary 

 

That is definitely an option to save money. Really don't want to put an i5 into my system though just because of novelty. I'm a first generation Core i7 920 user and I don't want an i5 in my build -- Just because it's an i5. That's my current thought process, but is not set in stone. I may very well do exactly what you said.

 

 

Is this just for gaming? get an i5, 8gb of ram and ditch the velociraptor and grab a 256gb ssd and a 1-2tb hdd

 

EDIT: Didn't see the ssd in there originally. Either way, a raptor is not really needed so I would still up the capacity on your ssd and grab a slower hdd

 

 

 

I actually already have that exact SSD in my current build. Planing on transferring it over and getting a slower hdd to keep my current build running and getting the raptor for extra storage in the new build. I've also heard reports of the raptor being faster than SSDs, I don't know how true that is because my SSD is pretty damn fast. So I'd like to put it to the test. 7200 RPM is not an option for my new rig.

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Windows 7 'til 2077 CPU Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8GHz HSF Noctua NH-D14 GPU EVGA 780 TI ACX DISPLAY 2x ASUS VN248H-P RAM 6GB G.SKILL 1333Mhz MOBO ASUS P6T Deluxe SOUND ASUS Xonar Essence STX PHONES Sennhesier HD598 SSD Samsung 840 PRO 128GB HDD Western Digital Black PSU Corsair HX620 CASE Corsair Graphite 600T Artic White  MOUSE Corsair M65 Artic White KEYBOARD Corsair K70 MX Brown PAD Corsair MM200


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also another thing I would do since you are getting 2 780's and its for gaming get a 120Hz monitor to take advantage of the FPS you will be getting. If you don't care about that get a nice IPS one.

 

 

I made a thread about IPS Vs Hertz earlier, this is one of the changes this forum has helped me out with. The QNIX monitors that were suggested that I have in this build are 1440p IPS monitors with widespread reports of being able to safely overclock to 96 or 120Hz.

 

EDIT: meant to edit, not double post.

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Windows 7 'til 2077 CPU Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8GHz HSF Noctua NH-D14 GPU EVGA 780 TI ACX DISPLAY 2x ASUS VN248H-P RAM 6GB G.SKILL 1333Mhz MOBO ASUS P6T Deluxe SOUND ASUS Xonar Essence STX PHONES Sennhesier HD598 SSD Samsung 840 PRO 128GB HDD Western Digital Black PSU Corsair HX620 CASE Corsair Graphite 600T Artic White  MOUSE Corsair M65 Artic White KEYBOARD Corsair K70 MX Brown PAD Corsair MM200


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I'm a first generation Core i7 920 user and I don't want an i5 in my build -- Just because it's an i5.

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CPU: i7 8700 GPU: Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 Mobo: Gigabyte Z370 Gaming 5 Ram: 16GB EVGA SuperSC SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB PSU: TX650M Case: NZXT S340 Elite OS: Windows 10 Mouse: Logitech G403 Mouse Mat: HyperX Fury S Pro XL 
Keyboard: CM Masterkeys Pro S (reds) Headphones: Sennheiser HD598 Monitor: Asus 24' MG248QR Devices: IPhone 11 Pro Max + 13' Macbook Pro

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lol...

 

You can laugh! But remember, Core i7 was the first and i5 and i3 did not exist until the second generation

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Windows 7 'til 2077 CPU Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8GHz HSF Noctua NH-D14 GPU EVGA 780 TI ACX DISPLAY 2x ASUS VN248H-P RAM 6GB G.SKILL 1333Mhz MOBO ASUS P6T Deluxe SOUND ASUS Xonar Essence STX PHONES Sennhesier HD598 SSD Samsung 840 PRO 128GB HDD Western Digital Black PSU Corsair HX620 CASE Corsair Graphite 600T Artic White  MOUSE Corsair M65 Artic White KEYBOARD Corsair K70 MX Brown PAD Corsair MM200


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You can laugh! But remember, Core i7 was the first and i5 and i3 did not exist until the second generation

Point being? Does not make it any less. lmao. If your not video editing i5s are just as good so I will be happy to watch you throw out your money on an i7 xD

CPU: i7 8700 GPU: Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 Mobo: Gigabyte Z370 Gaming 5 Ram: 16GB EVGA SuperSC SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB PSU: TX650M Case: NZXT S340 Elite OS: Windows 10 Mouse: Logitech G403 Mouse Mat: HyperX Fury S Pro XL 
Keyboard: CM Masterkeys Pro S (reds) Headphones: Sennheiser HD598 Monitor: Asus 24' MG248QR Devices: IPhone 11 Pro Max + 13' Macbook Pro

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Actually i was thinking go with the 780Ti instead of the dual 780's, and then buy another 780Ti further down the road - you seem to have the money for it.

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I actually already have that exact SSD in my current build. Planing on transferring it over and getting a slower hdd to keep my current build running and getting the raptor for extra storage in the new build. I've also heard reports of the raptor being faster than SSDs, I don't know how true that is because my SSD is pretty damn fast. So I'd like to put it to the test. 7200 RPM is not an option for my new rig.

The velociraptor is definitely not faster than any decent modern ssd. It's also so loud that I'd throw it in a fire before I would use one even if it was free.

 

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