My Build - Thoughts/Advice?

[whiplash4]

Here is my build. Almost all parts are in and I will start building Friday. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MpYbcf

 

I also have TP-Link Archer C8 (AC wireless) with NAS (2TB external hard drive).

 

What are your thoughts? Do you think its necessary to water cool the MOBO and GPU? Yes, it would be nice, but this is my first build and I cannot afford custom water loop. You think I will be find with Air cooled? I am going to upgrade front fans on 750d to pressure optimized fans. Down the road, I will consider 780 SLI for second monitor and the 860 W PSU will support upgrades for future.

 

Any advice given that the parts are "set in stone" (I have already purchased them)? Do you think I have any major bottle necks? 

 

My ultimate game plan is to game on the 1440 monitor, and stream HD content to smart TV via AC wireless.

 

EDIT: I also will utilize PC as engineering workstation and I might dabble with overclocking (although, probably not too much right away - in the future, for sure).'

 

OOPS* I didn't mean to double post!

 

You think it's totally worth returning the 780 for a 970?

[79wjd]

Go with an R9 290/GTX970. And 8gb of Ram if you're just gaming. Also, an EVGA G2 850w would be cheaper (and still quite good). 

 

screw stone

 

Anyway, I see no bottlenecks; other than the 3gb VRAM possibly causing issues at 1440p in the future. 

[LemonSpice]

Dont post twice especailly with different topics names ill check it out though

[VillagersSpawn]

Please don't double post threads. This can be considered as spam.

[Semper]

This system will not produce any bottlenecks for the forseeable future.

 

Not knowing the objective of this system (exclusively gaming?) it's either a very solid system, or completely overkill.

 

One thing I would have changed, would have been to go with a 970, very comparable performance to a 780Ti, while using less power, and costing less. The 780 is a beautiful card though. I love mine.

 

There's no reason for the lay-techie to watercool their motherboard. GPU is a bit of a different story, but the Direct CU II works well, when it works (read)

 

And finally, Razer. Bad idea all around.

[xinfernus]

Get an Evga 650w and a GTX 970.

 

If you REALLY want to water cool get a Swifttech 220X (I think), an ASUS ROG Poseidon and some tubing and fittings. 

[whiplash4]

Please don't double post threads. This can be considered as spam.

I got message that post did not process... so I reposted. My bad, I did not mean to double post.

[VillagersSpawn]

I got message that post did not process... so I reposted. My bad, I did not mean to double post.

No worries.

[whiplash4]

I have not opened up the GPU yet. You think it's totally worth returning the 780 for a 970?

[Semper]

I have not opened up the GPU yet. You think it's totally worth returning the 780 for a 970?

That's up to you.

They may charge you a restocking fee.

The performance difference isn't going to be huge.

[whiplash4]

That's up to you.

They may charge you a restocking fee.

The performance difference isn't going to be huge.

I purchased from Amazon (prime) I do not think there is restocking fee.

[Semper]

I purchased from Amazon (prime) I do not think there is restocking fee.

See the "Restocking Fee" section.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200708240

[whiplash4]

See the "Restocking Fee" section.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200708240

Ah. Unfortunate. 

 

Based on Linus's video the GTX 780 performs better than GTX 970 anyways. 

 

[Semper]

Ah. Unfortunate. 

 

Based on Linus's video the GTX 780 performs better than GTX 970 anyways. 

At stock speeds, yes. The wonderful thing about the 900 series is their overclock-ability, however.

Like I said, it's not going to be a huge performance difference, it just would have been what I would have done had I been building a system right now.

[whiplash4]

At stock speeds, yes. The wonderful thing about the 900 series is their overclock-ability, however.

Like I said, it's not going to be a huge performance difference, it just would have been what I would have done had I been building a system right now.

I just called Amazon, they said I have the option to return the item (as it has not been opened) free of charge. 

[Semper]

I just called Amazon, they said I have the option to return the item (as it has not been opened) free of charge. 

Well, again, it's up to you. You'll see similar performance, with the likelihood of having plenty of room to overclock, on a lower power consumption card.