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green themed haswell build for the wife, suggestions?

Pnudran
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My wife wants me to build her a gaming pc. these are the things she wants "Green powerful up todate and something you would actually use"

 

So what I am thinking for my computer is:

 

Case = Corsair 900D

MOBO = Gygabyte G.1. Sniper 5

CPU = Core i7-4770K

BOOT = Samsung 840 pro

ODD = Asus BW-14d1xt

RAM = Kingston HyperX

Graphics card(s) = (I am thinking) Dual GTX 780 or single GTX 780/Titan (please post ideas on this one.) 

Power Supply = Not chosen yet

 

Water Cooling

 

Tubing = Clear hard tuping (for main runs after I get all runs perfect)

Radiators = not chosen yet

Pump = Not chosen yet

Res = Maelstrom 5 1/4" Dual Bay Reservoir ( I want some form of dual bay res and a tube res aswell

Waterblock = Swiftech Apogee HD

Coolant = UV reactive green (please suggest what is good with low maintance or would you guys suggest distilled water and UV green tubing?)

 

and for hers:

 

Case = In Win GRone or Phantom 820

everything else is about the same thing, she will be having HDD 

 

 

If I have any "does not blend" items on here please tell me, if you have suggestions please tell me as well. I am open for any suggestions. 

 

 

 

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900d is a massive case , are you sure about this?

Cpu: Intel i7 4770k @4.4 Ghz | Case: Corsair 350D | Motherbord: Z87 Gryphon | Ram: dominator platinum 4X4 1866 | Video Card: SLI GTX 980 Ti | Power Supply: Seasonic 1000 platinum | Monitor: ACER XB270HU | Keyboard: RK-9100 | Mouse: R.A.T. 7 | Headset : HD 8 DJ | Watercooled

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Looks like a really powerful build! I would say go with the SLI'd 780s, as it is only $200 or so more expensive than a titan, but delivers much better performance. The 900d is a massive case, but it would be amazing if you filled it up with a bunch of rads.  :D

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I want the 900D because I like large cases. Last case was a TJ07 and I thought it was too small. I never move my computer though so it doesn't bother me size 

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I was thinking the 780's was a better idea for a small price increase. I forgot to mention on hers I am thinking either single 7990 or double aswell. She wants small but loads of power, this is going to be her first PC thats over the 200$ bracket. 

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Get the Corsair AX860i PSU.

Sorry if my English is not perfect, but it isn't my native language :)

 

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She plays crysis 3 BF3 portal Diablo Starcraft LoL WoW sinal fantasy series COD mass effect minecraft. emulators. IDK beyond that. She (and I) will play anything you will put infront of us

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Sick system but if money isn't problem, why not? ;)
and GTX 780 SLI's will do better job than single Titan.

| CPU: i7 3770k | MOTHERBOARD: MSI Z77A-G45 Gaming | GPU: GTX 770 | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Trident X | PSU: XFX PRO 1050w | STORAGE: SSD 120GB PQI +  6TB HDD | COOLER: Thermaltake: Water 2.0 | CASE: Cooler Master: HAF 912 Plus |

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Get the Corsair AX860i PSU.

thank you

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Sick system but if money isn't problem, why not? ;)

and GTX 780 SLI's will do better job than single Titan.

money is a problem but this is going to be a "linus build" meaning I am going to take a year or two to build for personal xD 

thats why everything is latest and greatest that way when its done its not super outa date lol

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and about PSU... What do you think about this?
http://www.amazon.com/Enermax-Platimax-Multiple-Platinum-EPM850EWT/dp/B006X6VTR8/ref=sr_1_42?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1369548735&sr=1-42

| CPU: i7 3770k | MOTHERBOARD: MSI Z77A-G45 Gaming | GPU: GTX 770 | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Trident X | PSU: XFX PRO 1050w | STORAGE: SSD 120GB PQI +  6TB HDD | COOLER: Thermaltake: Water 2.0 | CASE: Cooler Master: HAF 912 Plus |

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would you guys suggest getting a corsair H___i series prefilled, gut it and use it as a CPU block and pump? that way i get the h__i features

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thats good too but if I go with the corsair "i" series don't I get the communication between the different components? thinking that would be good for my wife but the one you link might be good for my system aswell

 

EDIT: Corsair link is the name, had forgot what it was called

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You mean this?
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Professional-Digital-Platinum-AX860i/dp/B00A0HZNDW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369549378&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+ax860i

| CPU: i7 3770k | MOTHERBOARD: MSI Z77A-G45 Gaming | GPU: GTX 770 | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Trident X | PSU: XFX PRO 1050w | STORAGE: SSD 120GB PQI +  6TB HDD | COOLER: Thermaltake: Water 2.0 | CASE: Cooler Master: HAF 912 Plus |

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I want the 900D because I like large cases. Last case was a TJ07 and I thought it was too small. I never move my computer though so it doesn't bother me size 

You thought it was too small. Haha ha ha..

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You thought it was too small. Haha ha ha..

I like to run a lot of water cooling and I usually pack my computers with a ton of hard drives. 

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just now getting started on the build -_- had car problems. A woman cut me off while riding my motorcycle, I was forced to T-bone her

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