First large build

[Bloodraghe]

This is my first major build in a long time. Looking for tips, things to look out for and to keep in mind. I have two different builds I'm debating on which to do. Constructive feed back is greatly appriecated

Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core

Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150

G.Skill TridentX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866

OCZ Vector 150 Series 120GB 2.5" SSD X2

Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 6GB Superclocked ACX

X2

EVGA 1000W

Asus Xonar Phoebus

Logitech G502 Wired Optical

Asus ROG Front Base

Corsair Graphite Series 780T

Corsair Cherry MX Red K95 RGB

Custom CPU/GPU Loop

AMD FX-9590 4.7GHz 8-Core

Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z ATX AM3+

G.Skill TridentX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866

Storage OCZ Vector 150 Series 120GB 2.5" SSD X2

Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM

Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB DirectCU II X2

Corsair 1200W ATX12V / EPS12V

Asus Xonar Phoebus

Logitech G502 Wired Optical

Asus ROG Front Base

Corsair Graphite Series 780T

Corsair Cherry MX Red K95 RGB

Custom CPU/GPU Loop

[TheSLSAMG]

Intel rig no doubt. The FX 9590 is a hot, overpriced power hog which will sometimes lag behind the i7 in performance. But switch the GPUs for R9 290X DCUII cards. The 6GB VRAM on the 780s makes near to no difference.

[Firearm2112]

Do you plan on doing 4K? If not I dont believe the 6GB flavors x2 are necessary.

[Silver Knight]

@Bloodraghe - Intel build, but change that mobo, way too expensive, and i'd also suggest you use 7200 RPM HDD, and to save money, change 780's to 290x's

[Goodmane]

Is RAM C9? I think there are some C9 1866 Mhz RAM's out there.
I've recently watched the

. And the guy there was using 760 RoG with 4GB and he mentioned that Games are starting to use more RAM due to being console ports. As he said 'Basicly Consoles don't have dedicated Video Memory. They use the whole thing. And watch dogs was using 3.5 GB of video memory So I suggest keeping the 6GB for upcoming games.

 

If you were going for non custom water cooling I would have suggested a smaller case that support same or higher amount of Fan Mounting space. Since you can create a higher pressurized case that way. But I think you are ok with that case. Just make sure you have enough radiator mounting space at that case.

 

For my personal preference I would stay away from OCZ or anything related to Toshiba. Because my experiance with their hardware was not ok.

 

And since you are running custom loop for both CPU and GPU don't even bother looking for which card runs less hot then other. Just look at the performance and keep in mind that Console Ports might require more VRAM or might not. But with graphical increases I think more is always better. And you won't be needing to upgrade in close future.

 

Another personal preference, I never liked being on the edge, I mean if a game uses only 3.5 GB next big title can use even more then that and I don't want to get cornered to reduce my graphic settings.

 

All your choice in the end.

 

Edit: What monitor you'll be using btw?

[Bloodraghe]

Im putting this together mainly for Star Citizen, and everything I've read says it will take everything you can throw at it.

The ram is cas 8 and the monitors are going to be three way VG248QE

[Goodmane]

Yea If Star Citizen is really going to be what they say it is. Then I think it's going to be like when first Crysis launched. So I suggest not dropping below 6GB of ram even if you use Mantle (AMD based cards) because of 3 monitor setup you are going to have. There is a chance of at least 2 to 3 times more texture buffering is going to be needed. Depending on how they'll issue the multi monitor gaming.

[Bloodraghe]

One thing I have heard is Star Citizen will have mantle support. I've wondered whether an R9 295X2 would be a better choice.

[Goodmane]

It also has 4GB of memory. Companies are saying total amount of RAM on the device to trick you to think it has twice the memory. Yes Mantle might give you better frame rate if you don't cap your 4GB of memory with that 3 monitor of yours. There are lots of debate about the performance of R9 295X2 and 780Ti Sli but I don't think anyone can provide you with accurate information at this point. Because game is not out yet. And after game comes out it has to be stabilzed with patches, driver updates. So As I said it's up to you. 295X2 looks like a beast. But in the coming months, we might need more RAM or we might not. For Current games 4GB is the edge though.