$2500 Extreme Gaming PC- Z87

[DarthVaderBacon]

My PC Build,

Case: Corsair Obsidian 750d

Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus VI Hero

CPU: Intel i7 4770k @4.25 ghz

CPU cooler: Corsair H80i

GPU: Asus DirectCU II 780 ti

SSHDD: Seagate 1 TB 7200 RPM 8GB (and yes I mean gigabyte) cache

SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB

Optical Drive: Asus 24x DVD reader/burner

Overall cost: $2300ish

I strongly recommend a Razer BlackWidow Ultimate!

Hope you enjoyed- got everything from newegg and had a great experience with them, I strongly recommend each and every one of these parts and newegg!

Hope this has been helpful,

Luke Skywalker's father

PS sorry about the upside down picture:)

[warmmilk]

with that budget, why H80i over an H100i?  not like you don't have the space for it in your case...

[TheDigitalRealm]

The cooler choice seems odd and mismatched, plus you've committed a colour-scheme crime, but other than that, nice build.

[paulsterio]

The cooler choice seems odd and mismatched, plus you've committed a colour-scheme crime, but other than that, nice build.

 

This. 

 

Red motherboard, blue RAM, green keyboard...I don't even...

[TheDigitalRealm]

This. 

 

Red motherboard, blue RAM, green keyboard...I don't even...

Yeah, it kinda burned my eyes at first. I'm planning a white build next. That means silver K90 keyboard, white Corsair M65, White painted Sabertooth...yeah. There's no excuse for not doing it anymore.

[paulsterio]

Yeah, it kinda burned my eyes at first. I'm planning a white build next. That means silver K90 keyboard, white Corsair M65, White painted Sabertooth...yeah. There's no excuse for not doing it anymore.

 

There is, one of my friends wanted the most powerful PC he could get for the lowest cost and effort. So he got the ugliest and most mismatched components he could find, including an R9 280X with a red PCB, but hey, it works, it's powerful and it's in an non-window Define R4. So yeah, if you're not going to show it off, I can see the merit in saving a few bucks by going mismatched colours. 

[Giancarlo124]

Welp. My neck hurts a little bit but it looks great. Nice job.

[adi518]

What's up with the pictures? You got to fix it. :\

[TheDigitalRealm]

There is, one of my friends wanted the most powerful PC he could get for the lowest cost and effort. So he got the ugliest and most mismatched components he could find, including an R9 280X with a red PCB, but hey, it works, it's powerful and it's in an non-window Define R4. So yeah, if you're not going to show it off, I can see the merit in saving a few bucks by going mismatched colours.

Nowadays you don't pay any more for a colour scheme. I mean the RoG series used to be the only way to get a red and black motherboard. Now we have MSI's gaming series, which can be had for £120.

[paulsterio]

Nowadays you don't pay any more for a colour scheme. I mean the RoG series used to be the only way to get a red and black motherboard. Now we have MSI's gaming series, which can be had for £120.

 

MSI's gaming series is still a premium priced board though. It might not be around here, but trying to convince someone who has no interest in aesthetics that he should pay more for a nice motherboard that will have zero effect on performance is difficult. 

[TheDigitalRealm]

MSI's gaming series is still a premium priced board though. It might not be around here, but trying to convince someone who has no interest in aesthetics that he should pay more for a nice motherboard that will have zero effect on performance is difficult.

Premium price? £120 is, at least in my country, an entry level price point, possibly entering mid-range. I would actually recommend people spend at least £100 on their motherboard ($120-$150, factoring in how much cheaper stuff is in the states). You don't pay more for the GD-45 for the aesthetics.

[paulsterio]

Premium price? £120 is, at least in my country, an entry level price point, possibly entering mid-range. I would actually recommend people spend at least £100 on their motherboard ($120-$150, factoring in how much cheaper stuff is in the states). You don't pay more for the GD-45 for the aesthetics.

 

I live in Australia, so I'm aware of the inflated prices. Here, we have GST, which is a tax on goods and services much like the VAT in the UK where you live. 

 

Anyway, the Z87-G45 Gaming from MSI is $160 at NewEgg. You can get a cheaper, worse looking board for $110, the Z87-G43. It looks worse, doesn't have as many features...etc. but to the non-enthusiast, I doubt the extra $50 is worth it, especially when they are getting no extra performance. 

 

The same goes with other things as well. For example, good looking RAM is expensive. Corsair Dominator Platinum kits are hell expensive, so are their Corsair Vengance DDR3-1600 kits. You can easily save yourself $20 or so by going with an 8GB kit of Corsair ValueRAM over their Vengeance kits, despite both being DDR3-1600. 

 

At the end of the day, you do pay a price for aesthetics. Yes, the price has decreased, but there is still a price to pay. For some people, e.g. you and me, that price is worth it, for others, saving $20 here and $30 there and $50 on another place adds up and the would rather just save the money because they don't care or put it towards performance, e.g. stepping up their GPU or upgrading from a 4670K to a 4770K. 

[Karumu]

Yeah, it kinda burned my eyes at first. I'm planning a white build next. That means silver K90 keyboard, white Corsair M65, White painted Sabertooth...yeah. There's no excuse for not doing it anymore.

why not a quickfire TK with mx browns? love that keyboard

[DarthVaderBacon]

Guys- I am really regretting the crap RAM- it is so nice though- just the color is awful- I like my keyboard and in my opinion asus is better then msi in all things(mostly quality though

[DarthVaderBacon]

Also a pro builder told me to use the H80i so I would have more room for future expansion- I'm a noob- and I'm 14