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1. Budget & Location
Hello everyone, I live in the United Arab Emirates. My total build costs 12850 AED which is around 3500 USD.

2. Aim
I built my computer mainly for gaming, streaming and video editing, perhaps some 3D editing in the future.

3. Why are you upgrading?
I upgraded because my pc because it started to be slow at modern games like Far cry 3 and Crysis 3.

My new PC specs:


  • Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
  • Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
  • Processor: Intel Core i7 3820 CPU @ 4.41GHz
  • CPU Cooler: Corsair H80
  • RAM: 12.00 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2000 MHz (the store ran out of good ram)
  • GPU: x2 ASUS GeForce GTX660 Ti DirectCU II OC
  • Screen: SAMSUNG SM2333T 23'' 1920 x 1080
  • Power Supply: Corsair AX1200i
  • Drives: x2 WD 2 TB Caviar Black
  • Case: Cooler Master Haf XM
  • Mouse: Razer Mamba
  • Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2013
  • Headset: Razer Megalodon 7.1 Surround
  • Fans: Front: x1 200m (intake) , Side: x2 140m (intake) , Back: x2 120m (intake, through a radiator) , Top: x2 200m (exhaust)

And here's some picture I took while building my pc.


All the boxes
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Motherboard
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Ram
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CPU
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The CPU installed
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Corsair H80 radiator installed
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Corsair H80 block
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Corsair H80 block installed
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PSU
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Cable management
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HDD's installed
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First side fan installed
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Second side fan installed
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GPU's installed
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SLI bridge installed
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Final build
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And.... a huge mess
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Operating System: Windows 10 Ultimate 64-bit  Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme  Processor: Intel Core i7 3820 CPU @ 4.41GHz  CPU Cooler: Corsair H80 with SP120
RAM: 16.00 GB 4 x 4 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 MHz  GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti  Screen: SAMSUNG SM2333T 23'' 1920 x 1080  Power Supply: Corsair AX1200i 
Drives: x2 WD 2 TB Caviar Black + x2 WD 2 TB Caviar Green + Corsair Force GS 128GB  Case: Cooler Master Haf XM  Mouse: Razer Mamba  Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2013  Headset: Razer Megalodon 7.1 Surround

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Love the build. EVGA cards does look good, but Asus cards cool great and have excellent performance.

Current build: Antec P180, Asus P8Z68 Pro, Intel i5-2500k, Asus GTX 570 2GB, Patriot 16GB 1600MHz, Corsair HX 650W.

New build: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/11270-video-editing-workstation-build/

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