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Also, one last question. Lets say I was playing Watchdogs or any other open-world games (or any other CPU intensive games) how much performance would you approximate I would be losing from a i5 v. an i7?

Little to none. 

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Hello Everybody! It is my first time on the LinusTechTips forums, been a long-supporter of the Linus Media Group and have just recently stopped being a lurker and decided to be assimilated into the community. Anyways, I'm going to be building a new computer soon, and what other place would I go to and try to seek help from my neighborhood geeks (well theoretically speaking since we're a community)

 

Here are some things that I am looking for in the rig:

NVIDIA Card (Thinking of a GTX 780 Superclocked)

i7 4770k Processor

16GB RAM

 

And that's about what I really want. If anyone could really help me out with the other choices or even better choices of the above, please leave a reply below. Thank you very much LTT Community!

 

EDIT: Okay, I may have spoiled myself abit. I guess the budget has been raised :D Any suggestions to change?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3ctgD

 

Looking to shop on mostly Amazon, but anything that will save me (keeping in mind shipping to U.S.)

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Where are you shopping/located? What currency are you using?

Do you need a copy of Windows or any peripherals? What's the system being used for?

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Where are you shopping/located? What currency are you using?

Do you need a copy of Windows or any peripherals? What's the system being used for?

22,000/22731 post are this. :D  the other 731 are ones from the forum and features suggestions topic. :P

lol jks. we here appreciate your presense and help here for those of us left who care. no disrespect. :lol:

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only a GTX 1080, just a single 1080, where my glorious PC once stood....

For that is all I need, For the Emperor of Man, Jen-Hsun Huang, protects. We march for Nvidia, and we shall know no fear!

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what anime is this?!  :angry:

Hyouka.

 

Edited, also to answer the other questions, I will be shopping online.

So what's the system being used for?

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what anime is this?!  :angry:

Hyouka, a personal favorite of mine.

 

Edited, also to answer the other questions, I will be shopping online.

Your build looks good, I'd get a IPS Panel if you don't need the extra refresh rate. Personally would go for quality Headphones and just buy a modmic. Either that or get a gaming headset from Sennheiser or Audio Technica. 

 

You won't need the I7 for gaming, unless you plan on doing video rendering or if you just want to have it for the sake of being a power user. 

 

Btw your avatar is making me hungry...

 

yHu58r6.gif

 

Hyouka.

^ +1

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Hyouka, a personal favorite of mine. Your build looks good, I'd get a IPS Panel if you don't need the extra refresh rate. Personally would go for quality Headphones and just buy a modmic. Either that or get a gaming headset from Sennheiser or Audio Technica.  You won't need the I7 for gaming, unless you plan on doing video rendering or if you just want to have it for the sake of being a power user.  Btw your avatar is making me hungry... yHu58r6.gif ^ +1

What gaming headset would you recommend? Looking for around the same price point as the v2s so any solution (headset or headphones with mod mic) would be okay with me as long as it's around the same price point

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First off, thanks for the suggestions everyone. The monitor is for the refresh rate as I play a lot of CSGO and it really makes a big difference for me. The computer will be for gaming and the i7 will be for rendering.

What are you rendering? What else are you going to play? CSGO doesn't take much to run at all.

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What gaming headset would you recommend? Looking for around the same price point as the v2s so any solution (headset or headphones with mod mic) would be okay with me as long as it's around the same price point

Hmm $55 is hard to work with. Lets see.... 

 

Superlux HD-668 B jumps from $30 - $60 Surprisingly great for the price. 

And here the famous Modmic: http://www.modmic.com/

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Yes, the CSGO part was to answer why I was going with my monitor choice. and I will be just rendering Youtube videos, 1080p of course.

Just gameplay videos? Programs being used?

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Sony Vegas, mostly gameplay (Fraps footage, Adobe AE, etc;)

You don't need an i7 for that. The i5 is already plenty. 

Are you planning to sli?

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No, I am not planning to sli. So, the i5 would be enough for me to render things in a timely manner and not bottle-necking my GTX 780?

Your video encoding should be accelerated by the gpu. The i5 shouldn't actually do much if any of the rendering at all. 

No, it wouldn't bottleneck. 

 

Edits: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3cYPO

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Your video encoding should be accelerated by the gpu. The i5 shouldn't actually do much if any of the rendering at all. 

No, it wouldn't bottleneck. 

 

Edits: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3cYPO

 

Wow, thank you so much for all you've done for me. It's insane that you've shaved off enough to even throw in a BenQ and still be cheaper than my other build. Also, with the i5 and the non-stock coolers, I should be able to overclock this correct?

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Wow, thank you so much for all you've done for me. It's insane that you've shaved off enough to even throw in a BenQ and still be cheaper than my other build. Also, with the i5 and the non-stock coolers, I should be able to overclock this correct?

Yep. That k series cpu, z87 chipset, and aftermarket cooler are for oc'ing.

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Yep. That k series cpu, z87 chipset, and aftermarket cooler are for oc'ing.

Also, one last question. Lets say I was playing Watchdogs or any other open-world games (or any other CPU intensive games) how much performance would you approximate I would be losing from a i5 v. an i7?

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Also, one last question. Lets say I was playing Watchdogs or any other open-world games (or any other CPU intensive games) how much performance would you approximate I would be losing from a i5 v. an i7?

Little to none. 

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
Also, make sure to quote a post or tag a member when replying or else they won't get a notification that you replied to them.

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