First Gaming Build

[Riot]

Hello everyone.

 

I'm planning to build a new PC for gaming soon.

My budget is around the price of this build.

Does my parts have any potencial bottleneck?

Should i switch anything in this build?

 

Part List:

CPU: Intel Core i7 4930k

Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB(4x4) 2133Mhz CL9

VGA: EVGA GTX 780 ti Superclocked (2 way SLI)

Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D

Power Supply: Corsair AX1200i

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 2x

Fans:

Radiator: Corsair SP120 PWM Quiet Edition 2x

Front Intake: Noctua NF-P14s Redux 1200 2x

Back Exhaust: Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition

Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM

 

 

Peripherals:

Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB

Headset: Audio-technica ATH-ADG1

Mouse: Steelseries Rival

Mousepad:Corsair MM600

 

Corsair Individually sleeved cable kit + 24pin.

 

So, budget should be around:4500$

I know of lot of stuff is unnecessary and overpriced, but i pick up everything at factory price+shipping.So i'm not gonna pay 4500$ at the end.

I might build a custom loop and add 1 or 2 more monitor(s) in the future.

Also, the 1200 power supply is to have headroom for future upgrades.

Any suggestions?Any potential bottlenecks?

Should i go with superclocked Video cards or not?I want to stick with the reference design because it looks too sexy.

The IPS monitor is because i prefer image quality and color accuracy over fast response times because i don't really play any FPS games.

 

Thanks in advance.

Riot.

 

 

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to mention i'm bringing my OCZ-Vertex 3 from the old build into this one.Should i get a 2nd SSD for raid 0?

[KPZ211997]

That's WAY.TOO.MUCH money invested in CPU and mobo

 

By the way, Dell Ultrasharp 27'' is pretty good but also expensive, I'd recommend something like Asus PB278Q

[Fluxx]

Well this will run any game on ultra with no bottlenecks but it's really overkill just for gaming.

[ZacDaMan72]

Wait for the 880 Ti and X99. @KPZ211997 if he can afford it, why the fuck not? OP, if you must:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($576.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.95 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($239.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($419.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($419.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($599.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($599.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($137.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($299.99 @ NCIX US) 

Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer  ($21.74 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit)  ($12.50) 

Monitor: Acer K272HULbmiidp 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($24.99 @ Amazon) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($24.99 @ Amazon) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($19.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($19.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($19.98 @ OutletPC) 

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K95 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 

Mouse: SteelSeries Rival Wired Optical Mouse  ($49.19 @ NCIX US) 

Headphones: Audio-Technica ATH-ADG1 Headset  ($299.00 @ Amazon) 

Total: $4582.18

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-05 06:54 EDT-0400

 

Better spend of money on this, assuming you NEED to be using X79.

[ShadowCaptain]

Looks perfect to me

 

 

That's WAY.TOO.MUCH money invested in CPU and mobo

 

 

He is getting 2x780tis too

 

 

But it is not your place to say what is too much money, its their money

[Riot]

I heard that 800 series might not reach the peformance of the 780ti?I'm i wrong?

[Fluxx]

I heard that 800 series might not reach the peformance of the 780ti?I'm i wrong?

that wouldn't make any sense at all if nvidia did that.

[NationsAnarchy]

With this much money, going all out with X79 + 4930K isn't bad I think. Plus he gets 2 GTX 780 Ti's. 

Nice build  

[Riot]

That's WAY.TOO.MUCH money invested in CPU and mobo

 

By the way, Dell Ultrasharp 27'' is pretty good but also expensive, I'd recommend something like Asus PB278Q

That monitor seems good.I'll check some review on it.

[KPZ211997]

Looks perfect to me

 

 

 

 

He is getting 2x780tis too

 

 

But it is not your place to say what is too much money, its their money

I didn't say it was a waste, I just say that Op's investing a lot of money on cpu and mobo which is pretty overkill for gaming

[Fluxx]

What about an SSD ?, seems to be the only thing missing from this build.

[Riot]

What about an SSD ?, seems to be the only thing missing from this build.

 

I'm bringing my old Vertex-3 from my old build that is mid-range and wasn't for serious gaming.But i could get more SSD(s) for Raid0.

[Riot]

That's WAY.TOO.MUCH money invested in CPU and mobo

 

By the way, Dell Ultrasharp 27'' is pretty good but also expensive, I'd recommend something like Asus PB278Q

 

What do you think about the Viewsonic VP2770?It is a bit on the pricey side but i read that it has better colors,quality control and no bleeding.If that's true i can shell out a little more for a better experience.

[Riot]

 

Wait for the 880 Ti and X99. @KPZ211997 if he can afford it, why the fuck not? OP, if you must:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($576.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.95 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($239.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($419.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($419.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($599.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($599.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($137.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($299.99 @ NCIX US) 

Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer  ($21.74 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit)  ($12.50) 

Monitor: Acer K272HULbmiidp 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($24.99 @ Amazon) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($24.99 @ Amazon) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($19.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($19.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($19.98 @ OutletPC) 

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K95 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 

Mouse: SteelSeries Rival Wired Optical Mouse  ($49.19 @ NCIX US) 

Headphones: Audio-Technica ATH-ADG1 Headset  ($299.00 @ Amazon) 

Total: $4582.18

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-05 06:54 EDT-0400

 

Better spend of money on this, assuming you NEED to be using X79.

 

 

That build looks nice but i still want to go with EVGA because of customer service and reference because it looks too sexy

Also, I want the system to be eye candy that's why i want to go with the ASUS board and Dominator RAM.But thanks for the suggestion on those SSDs.I will consider that.Maybe an ASUS RAIDR Express for the games.

I don't need the windows 8 tho.I use little "modified" version of windows 7.

[KPZ211997]

What do you think about the Viewsonic VP2770?It is a bit on the pricey side but i read that it has better colors,quality control and no bleeding.If that's true i can shell out a little more for a better experience.

There's nothing better than seeing the monitor for yourself than listening to people telling what monitor, same thing for audio. If you've already seen the monitor and prefer it then get it 

[Riot]

There's nothing better than seeing the monitor for yourself than listening to people telling what monitor, same thing for audio. If you've already seen the monitor and prefer it then get it 

Sadly the only thing we have in my town is a Media Markt that doesn't have that big range of displays and stuff.So i also have to read a lot of reviews and i'm lucky if i can try it out in real life.

[KPZ211997]

Sadly the only thing we have in my town is a Media Markt that doesn't have that big range of displays and stuff.So i also have to read a lot of reviews and i'm lucky if i can try it out in real life.

I would prefer Dell Ultrasharp than anything else but their 27''+ is expensive compare to AOC, Asus 

 

BTW, you should go with 4790K and invest on a custom loop rather than 4930K and custom loop later. That i7 is will not bottleneck anything for gaming, here's my idea http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6WxLFT. With 1000$ leftover you can spend on a pretty decent loop and peripherals

[Guest]

Going for a X79 for a pure gaming pc is just plain silly imo. You won't get any better performance from that cpu than you would from an i5 4690K in 99% of games. Just stick with a haswell build. 

[Riot]

I would prefer Dell Ultrasharp than anything else but their 27''+ is expensive compare to AOC, Asus 

 

BTW, you should go with 4790K and invest on a custom loop rather than 4930K and custom loop later. That i7 is will not bottleneck anything for gaming, here's my idea http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6WxLFT. With 1000$ leftover you can spend on a pretty decent loop

 

I don't want to go with the Asus monitor because it has PWM Backlight and people tend to say very bad things about that.

As someone sitting infront of the Monitor 8-14 hours a day.Playing games, also working as web-designer next year, my eyes are bad already and start to hurt and be dry often.I don't want to put more stress on them.

I mostly wanted to go with the Black edition board because the eye candy and i can shell out money for it.

I have always used air-cooling so getting used even to AIO is gonna be hard because having water in my pc, i might not sleep at night very well, let alone with a custom-loop but i will consider that configuration.I really like that RAIDR Express.I hope the thing about it's speed isn't just marketing.

Also, if i can work out to get the watercooling parts at factory price too it should come fairly cheap.

[Riot]

Going for a X79 for a pure gaming pc is just plain silly imo. You won't get any better performance from that cpu than you would from an i5 4690K in 99% of games. Just stick with a haswell build. 

 

Keep in mind i get everything at factory price.Fairly cheaper than in the store.And 6 core, 12 threads should be more future proof isn't it?

[KPZ211997]

Keep in mind i get everything at factory price.Fairly cheaper than in the store.And 6 core, 12 threads should be more future proof isn't it?

Why do you need workstation-like CPU anyway? For gaming you should focus on how your GPU performs

[Riot]

Why do you need workstation-like CPU anyway? For gaming you should focus on how your GPU performs

 

Considering that i already have 2 780ti-s planned and might get a 3rd one later on i don't think i have to worry about the GPU performance.And i don't have the agreement for factory prices lifetime.Only a little more than 1 year.So better get the best CPU that i don't have to upgrade in a few years probably.

[KPZ211997]

Considering that i already have 2 780ti-s planned and might get a 3rd one later on i don't think i have to worry about the GPU performance.And i don't have the agreement for factory prices lifetime.Only a little more than 1 year.So better get the best CPU that i don't have to upgrade in a few years probably.

Then wait for Haswell-E, X99 and DDR4 RAM if you can afford

[Riot]

Then wait for Haswell-E, X99 and DDR4 RAM if you can afford

 

Yes, as the only game i want to play releases around next-year Q4 i will wait for the new stuff and see what changes.Thanks for the input.