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$2K Gaming PC - Finalized in post #16

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Had a idea of a budget of about $2Kish. This is my second build ever, and my first time dabbling into any type of liquid cooling. Will also be my first Intel system. :) My current build is overclocked on air, and has been running strong for 4 years. (AMD Phenom II x6 @ 3.85Ghz and Radeon 6970 900/1400)

 

Purpose of the build is for 100% gaming on 1920 x 1080 res at this time. I primarily play Planetside 2, which is very CPU intensive. I am CPU bottlenecked with my current system. I also wish to be ready for future games.

 

I want to add a few things to convey my train of thought on some parts chosen...

 

*Going with a AIO CPU liquid cooler, because the room I game in gets hot during the summer, and I plan to overclock.

 

*Decided upon the Swiftech H320 over the H220, because they are both the same price!

 

*The RAM was the best I could find with low CAS, and tight timings for a nice price. Not sure why I went 1866 though.

 

*1000W power supply, as I may add a 2nd Video card when the price drops.

 

*Will probably upgrade to a higher res monitor in the future.

 

 

Let me know what you think, I am open to suggestions and tips.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H320 55.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($184.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill TridentX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($186.07 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card  ($679.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Switch 810 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case  ($175.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($186.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2107.97
 

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that systems waaaaaaaaaaaaaay over kill for 1080p go with this and save some money for a 1440p monitor use the quote button if you want my help 

 

 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($116.99 @ Mac Mall) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($379.99 @ NCIX US) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($13.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1428.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($116.99 @ Mac Mall) 


Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ TigerDirect) 


Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($379.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($379.99 @ NCIX US) 



Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($13.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1918.68

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 12:02 EDT-0400

 

2 Thousand dollars is a lot of money

 

*shrugs*

Specs: 4790k | Asus Z-97 Pro Wifi | MX100 512GB SSD | NZXT H440 Plastidipped Black | Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler | MSI 290x Lightning | EVGA 850 G2 | 3x Noctua Industrial NF-F12's

Bought a powermac G5, expect a mod log sometime in 2015

Corsair is overrated, and Anime is ruined by the people who watch it

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@P-Stig,

 

A nice build. But 1000W is far too much, even for SLI. Something like the EVGA 220-G2-0850-XR would be more than enough.

 

For not much more cost, storage could be made more reliable, quieter, larger, and on average faster. I would suggest dropping the Velociraptor and 250GB ssd in favor of a 1TB ssd.

 

If the budget will take it, I would suggest going with the i7-4790K.

 

You might consider going with a smaller and less expensive case.

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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that systems waaaaaaaaaaaaaay over kill for 1080p go with this and save some money for a 1440p monitor use the quote button if you want my help 

 

 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($116.99 @ Mac Mall) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($379.99 @ NCIX US) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($13.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1428.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 09:33 EDT-0400

 

 

It may be overkill at this time on 1080. However, I did mention I planned on getting a higher resolution monitor in the future. I like my systems to last about 4-5 years.

 

The i7-4790K is not going to provide any advantage over the i5-4690K for gaming. As you probably know, most games are not optimized to utilize its potential. With the money saved by going i5, it frees more money to be put into a better GPU. Which will have more noticable performance boost for gaming.

Why would I spend more money on the slower Kingston RAM? The RAM I listed is cheaper, faster frequency, and faster timings.

 

What's the deal with the Mobo you listed?

 

I'd recommend getting a slightly smaller SSD so you can get more ram

And @SAV1OUR you said his build was overkill, then added an i7 instead of an i5

 

Thanks for the SSD advice. However, why would I possibly need more than 16GB of RAM on a gaming computer? Most people do fine with 8GB.

 

 

 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($116.99 @ Mac Mall) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ TigerDirect) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($379.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($379.99 @ NCIX US) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($13.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1918.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 12:02 EDT-0400
 
2 Thousand dollars is a lot of money
 
*shrugs*

 

 

Again, the i7 processor is likely a waste of money for my purposes, and the RAM you listed is both inferior and more expensive than what I listed. Interesting choice on the Crossfire 290x's. Will I benefit at all from SLI or Crossfire on a single monitor setup, even when I upgrade to a 1440P monitor?

 

@P-Stig,

 

A nice build. But 1000W is far too much, even for SLI. Something like the EVGA 220-G2-0850-XR would be more than enough.

 

For not much more cost, storage could be made more reliable, quieter, larger, and on average faster. I would suggest dropping the Velociraptor and 250GB ssd in favor of a 1TB ssd.

 

If the budget will take it, I would suggest going with the i7-4790K.

 

You might consider going with a smaller and less expensive case.

 

850W will be enough to run two 780ti in SLI, the CPU liquid cooler, case fans, future overclocking of componenets, etc..?

 

I really like your suggestion on storage. Agree with you, and have decided upon a 1TB SSD from Samsung. My current system has a 1TB HDD, and I'm only using 400GB with all my stuff on it.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7te1t0bw

 

I figured I will need the larger case to fit the 360mm CPU radiator in. And a larger case should allow for better heat dispersion and dissapation of componenets. My house gets really hot in the summer. And with overclocked componenets, they need all the cooling they can get. That is the primary reason I have decided upon a liquid cooler as opposed to the very nice Noctua air cooler.

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It may be overkill at this time on 1080. However, I did mention I planned on getting a higher resolution monitor in the future. I like my systems to last about 4-5 years.

 

The i7-4790K is not going to provide any advantage over the i5-4690K for gaming. As you probably know, most games are not optimized to utilize its potential. With the money saved by going i5, it frees more money to be put into a better GPU. Which will have more noticable performance boost for gaming.

Why would I spend more money on the slower Kingston RAM? The RAM I listed is cheaper, faster frequency, and faster timings.

 

What's the deal with the Mobo you listed?.

ram's there because i like the looks of it and the motherboards arguably the best z97 board because of price to features 

Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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850W will be enough to run two 780ti in SLI, the CPU liquid cooler, case fans, future overclocking of componenets, etc..?

 

I really like your suggestion on storage. Agree with you, and have decided upon a 1TB SSD from Samsung. My current system has a 1TB HDD, and I'm only using 400GB with all my stuff on it.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7te1t0bw

 

I figured I will need the larger case to fit the 360mm CPU radiator in. And a larger case should allow for better heat dispersion and dissapation of componenets. My house gets really hot in the summer. And with overclocked componenets, they need all the cooling they can get. That is the primary reason I have decided upon a liquid cooler as opposed to the very nice Noctua air cooler.

 

The build with an additional gpu should not draw more than 700W, even with a cpu oc. That should leave sufficient room to oc the gpu and add a little more storage & memory.

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($116.99 @ Mac Mall) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ TigerDirect) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($379.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($379.99 @ NCIX US) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($13.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1918.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 12:02 EDT-0400
 
2 Thousand dollars is a lot of money
 
*shrugs*

 

 

I would go with this one for $2000. Although, I would go with a blower style on the 290's, or another brand with their cooler. The Windforce cards are LOUD. I have a GTX660 Windforce and just with 2 fans its loud. I regret not going with a reference card or EVGA with the ACX cooler. 

Desktop: i7-5820K, SLI GTX 980 Ti, 16GB 2666MHz, H440

Laptop: Razer Blade 2015 QHD

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2x290 about 600w Draw+ CPU overclock at most 750.
850 powersupply is more than enough for both 780ti+cpu, additional fans/controller and lightstripes.
if only gaming. do u need z97-ud5h black edition MB? probabbly can save that money get another SSD/storage

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I have done some more research and adjustments to this rig. Went with a cheaper mobo. I just want to overclock my CPU some, and I don't need a bunch of fancy shit I'll likely never use.

 

What do you think of this?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($329.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill TridentX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($209.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($88.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card  ($679.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1998.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-15 06:22 EDT-0400

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Not for gaming He doesn't. The i7 only comes into it's own if rendering or using other programs that make use of Hyperthreading. For purely gaming then the i5/i7 are very evenly matched.

 

I was pretty much set on the i5, and you are indeed correct at this time.

 

However, upon second thought,  I do tend to run many programs in the background while gaming. Music, various monitoring software, possibly streaming, etc...

 

In addition, developers may optimize future games to take advantage of what the i7 has to offer. In all likelyhood they probably will within the next couple years, but no one really knows for sure.

So by spending $100 more now, you are future proofing. The i5 and i7 will be relevant for gaming up to 2018.

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like he said before he is going to use it only for gaming so why use i7 ? waste

@p-stig yes in 2018 when your cpu will be outdated and you want a new one then there will be even a 6core for the cheaper price of an i7 from this year.

 

well i see everybody wasting money on stuff that i can get you even 2 290X

2 SSD for raid 0

and like most people 1TB i hook you up with a 2TB hdd

and a blowing 1000 watt full modular PSU 80+ GOLD

all for a wooping price of 1993$ and 7$ for you 2 cold beers to build it

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.67 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($86.24 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($127.24 @ TigerDirect)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Toshiba  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($74.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: Diamond Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($482.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Diamond Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($482.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower Case  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($154.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1993.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-15 10:43 EDT-0400

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Here is what I finally settled upon. Found some open box items that really dropped the price on higher quality components.

 

I'm tired... where's that beer.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.67 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Amazon)

MOBO: ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 ($109.24)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($144.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: PowerColor PCS+ AXR9 290X 4GBD5-PPDHE ($384.99)
Video Card: PowerColor PCS+ AXR9 290X 4GBD5-PPDHE ($384.99)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($211.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.24 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($131.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($21.80 @ Amazon)
Total: $1912.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-16 01:56 EDT-0400

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