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First Build, Advice/Suggestions?

EDong
By EDong
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Hello everyone, firstly, thank you for your time!

 

Budget (USD): $800-$1000 (Preferably, under $900)

Aim: 3D Design, Light Video Editing, Gaming (CS:GO, GTA IV, GTA V (When it comes out), Insurgency, Minecraft, etc.)

Monitors: Currently, a 20” 1600x900 VGA monitor. I am planning on eventually having a duel VGA or HDMI setup.

(So either buying a duplicate of my current, or 2 new HDMI/VGA)

Peripherals: I am planning on getting a Zowie FK1, any suggestions are appreciated. I am planning on keeping my stock keyboard. Any suggestions for a good headset or headphones and mics would be great. I will need a copy of Windows.

Why are you upgrading? I am upgrading because my current rig isn’t enough for what I do now.

 

Questions:

Would I be able to take my old Optical Drive and put it into the new rig?

Would I be able to take my old Hard Drive and put it into the new rig? (Have 2 drives)

Is there anything else that I should buy? (Thermal Paste, Wires, Anti-Static Mats, etc.)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor

Motherboard: Asus Z97-C ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory

Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 4GB Video Card

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Supply: Raidmax Vampire 800W 80+ Gold Semi-Mod ATX Power Supply

Base Total: $825.94

Mail-In Rebates: -$30.00

Total: $795.94

 

Thanks everyone, and have a GREAT day! :D

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Hmm... **Shameless insert** FRC# 2375

AMD FX-8350, GTX 960, Nanoxia Deep Silence 1, 16GB RAM, OCZ 120GB SSD

PCPartPicker List: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/edong/saved/ZJhcCJ

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change to a 4690k for OC

[spoiler= Dream machine (There is also a buildlog)]

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe - CPU: I7 5820k @4.4 ghz 1.225vcore - GPU: 2x Asus GTX 970 Strix edition - Mainboard: Asus X99-S - RAM: HyperX predator 4x4 2133 mhz - HDD: Seagate barracuda 2 TB 7200 rpm - SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB SSD - PSU: Corsair HX1000i - Case fans: 3x Noctua PPC 140mm - Radiator fans: 3x Noctua PPC 120 mm - CPU cooler: Fractal design Kelvin S36 together with Noctua PPCs - Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Cherry gaming keyboard - mouse: Steelseries sensei raw - Headset: Kingston HyperX Cloud - Build Log

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You could probably cheap out on the motherboard if you want. You also probably don't want a 760 and you really don't want 4GB VRAM for your setup. Let's wait for a partlist builder to come along.

 

Thanks for being super optimistic!

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


 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($72.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($62.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.98 @ Directron) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $895.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-02 19:10 EST-0500

xeon is i5 price with hyperthreading for video editing and streaming

970 is a very good card, much better than the 760 and still under $900

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($72.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($62.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.98 @ Directron) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $895.91

Could you cut this down a bit, if possible, by $50 or so? Thanks.

**EDIT: I reconsidered streaming, I would need to get a better upload speed for that, also, I mean light video editing, sorry.

Hmm... **Shameless insert** FRC# 2375

AMD FX-8350, GTX 960, Nanoxia Deep Silence 1, 16GB RAM, OCZ 120GB SSD

PCPartPicker List: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/edong/saved/ZJhcCJ

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

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

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1226 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($72.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($62.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.98 @ Directron) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $851.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-02 19:44 EST-0500

here ya go.

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1226 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($72.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($62.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.98 @ Directron) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

This actually looks great! Thanks!

I'll keep this open to suggestions for other things.

Hmm... **Shameless insert** FRC# 2375

AMD FX-8350, GTX 960, Nanoxia Deep Silence 1, 16GB RAM, OCZ 120GB SSD

PCPartPicker List: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/edong/saved/ZJhcCJ

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