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So this summer I'm finally going to be able to build my first desktop. My parents gave me a 3k budget which blew my mind away. I'm a medium pc gamer right now, but plan on going hardcore with my new desktop (since my old laptop couldn't do much). Im in college right now and have to run a bunch of different soil, animal, plant, migration and a billion other simulations and dont feel like going to the lab to be able to run them. So I just wanted some help and some ideas, I already have a wishlist made on Newegg, but thought I should get a second opinion. My only request is to have ONLY MSI and Corsair Products if possible. and enough money at the end for a nice gaming monitor :). Have fun guys and thank you so much for your time. 

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So this summer I'm finally going to be able to build my first desktop. My parents gave me a 3k budget which blew my mind away. I'm a medium pc gamer right now, but plan on going hardcore with my new desktop (since my old laptop couldn't do much). Im in college right now and have to run a bunch of different soil, animal, plant, migration and a billion other simulations and dont feel like going to the lab to be able to run them. So I just wanted some help and some ideas, I already have a wishlist made on Newegg, but thought I should get a second opinion. My only request is to have ONLY MSI and Corsair Products if possible. and enough money at the end for a nice gaming monitor :). Have fun guys and thank you so much for your time. 

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3OO8q

 

You can grab two of those monitors now, and a third after. 

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Midwest USA 

 

Add that info to you OP so people only ask once.

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This will be fun

lol, what do you mean?

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3OO8q

 

You can grab two of those monitors now, and a third after. 

Are you actually putting a mATX in a $3000 build? And a 1080p monitor with 780 sli....

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Are you actually putting a mATX in a $3000 build? And a 1080p monitor with 780 sli....

Notice how i suggested going three 1920x1080 monitors. OP is in college. There is not a lot of room in college dorms. 

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Notice how i suggested going three 1920x1080 monitors. OP is in college. There is not a lot of room in college dorms. 

Now, think about how hot 2 780 will get in a mAtx case. And as you said there is not a lot of room in college dorms, so why go with 3 monitors 

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mATX Variant

 

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

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3OOzN

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3OOzN/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Best Buy) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Corsair Neutron Series GTX 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($111.26 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($73.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($506.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($506.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Corsair 350D MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($99.98 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor  ($478.98 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $2728.12
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-22 10:43 EDT-0400)

 

Mid Tower Variant

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3OOG2

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3OOG2
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3OOG2/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 MPOWER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Corsair Neutron Series GTX 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($111.26 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($73.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($506.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($506.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($99.98 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor  ($478.98 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $2798.12
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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CPU:  Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ NCIX US) 

CPU Cooler:  Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Best Buy) 

Motherboard:  MSI Z97-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($184.99 @ Amazon) 


Storage:  Corsair Force Series GS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($144.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.43 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($629.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($629.99 @ Amazon) 



Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 

Monitor:  Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor  ($478.98 @ Amazon) 

Total: $3008.31

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-22 11:03 EDT-0400)

CPU: i9-13900k MOBO: Asus Strix Z790-E RAM: 64GB GSkill  CPU Cooler: Corsair H170i

GPU: Asus Strix RTX-4090 Case: Fractal Torrent PSU: Corsair HX-1000i Storage: 2TB Samsung 990 Pro

 

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by MSI and Corsair products I'm guessing you'd like a red/black theme to the build? I gotta admit... I kinda splurged on this one :3 (This is my dream build!! :P)

 

 
CPU:  Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler:  Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard:  MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage:  Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($196.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($629.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($629.99 @ Amazon) 
Case:  Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($102.98 @ Newegg) 
Monitor:  Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($157.58 @ Newegg) 
Monitor:  Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($157.58 @ Newegg) 
Wireless Network Adapter:  Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($27.98 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $3044.02
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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