Upgrading around Christmas.

[ThatSweetGamer]

So I like my build that I have right now, but when I built it I was a noob and didn't research all the components. So here's my chance to fix them. So I want to go with an I7 because me and some of my friends are starting a YouTube channel and I want to render videos fast. I'm getting 16GBs of RAM because I don't need 32 right now and the ridiculous speed is just for shits and giggles. The MoBo is an important one because of the placement of the PCIe slots. I need the top one to run at x16 speed and the very bottom one to run at x8 for when I'll go SLI (I'll do that later), the middle one is running at x4 and I'll put my capture card there. That's really all the important things you need to know for right now. What do you think?

 

Build:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hBdkqs

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hBdkqs/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($338.95 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste  (Purchased For $8.23) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($131.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V2 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $110.91) 

Storage: OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $110.91) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 750GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $380.00) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $108.95) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (Purchased For $499.99) 

Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $189.98) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (Purchased For $94.99) 

Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (Purchased For $184.99) 

Case Fan: Rosewill Hyperborea 57.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($9.99 @ Amazon) 

Case Fan: Rosewill Hyperborea 57.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($9.99 @ Amazon) 

Case Fan: Rosewill Hyperborea 57.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($9.99 @ Amazon) 

Case Fan: Rosewill Hyperborea 57.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($9.99 @ Amazon) 

Case Fan: Rosewill Hyperborea 57.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($9.99 @ Amazon) 

Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 Wired Gaming Keyboard  (Purchased For $111.91) 

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse  (Purchased For $41.99) 

Headphones: ROCCAT Kave XTD 5.1 Premium 5.1 Channel Headset  (Purchased For $169.99) 

Other: ORICO Aluminum 5.25 inch to 2.5 or 3.5 - inch All-in-1 Hard Drive Converter Mounting bracket  ($9.99)

Other: AVerMedia Live Gamer HD (Purchased For $173.22)

Total: $3066.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-26 16:05 EDT-0400

[Pugs501]

Holly SHIT!

What is this going to used for!?

[ThatSweetGamer]

Holly SHIT!

What is this going to used for!?

Farming potatoes.

[lavdi]

I dont see the point in two 120 gb ssds except if you are going to do raid and i would probably go with a 980 or maybe 970 since it still outperforms the 780

[s4spencer]

I would suggest the same as lavdi. Might want to look over your storage solution again. As for the GPU you may want to look around while the GTX price drop is going on, across the border here in Canada I managed to pick up a 780ti for a fair bit cheaper. 

[ThatSweetGamer]

I dont see the point in two 120 gb ssds except if you are going to do raid and i would probably go with a 980 or maybe 970 since it still outperforms the 780

This is an upgrade, not a whole new build. Everything that is purchased is in my build right now. And the two 120 SSD's are in raid 0.

[ThatSweetGamer]

I would suggest the same as lavdi. Might want to look over your storage solution again. As for the GPU you may want to look around while the GTX price drop is going on, across the border here in Canada I managed to pick up a 780ti for a fair bit cheaper. 

I've had my 780 since last Christmas. Everything that is purchased is in my build right now. This is an upgrade, not a whole new build.