first gaming build

[patrick.hillman]

hey guys, just took the leap from just PC gaming into the building the computer on my own. I'm going to be overclocking, and running graphics intensive games and doing a little video editting. any advice on the build would be much appreciated.

 

 

Case: NZXT Phantom 530

CPU: i5 4670K

Motherboard: ASUS Z87 Deluxe

GFX Card: Evga SuperClocked GTX 780

RAM: Corsair Vengence LP 16GB

HDD: SeaGate Barracuda 2tb

SDD: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB

PSU: Evga SuperNOVA 1000W

Optical: ASUS black Blu-Ray driver

 

total cost (minus monitors): 1827.92$USD

 

 

As i said any advice on the build would be much appreciated

 

 

 

 

 

[WoodenMarker]

Budget? Region?

 

Psu is overkill. A 600w would do. A decent 750-800w would do if for sli.

[patrick.hillman]

Budget? Region?

 

Psu is overkill. A 600w would do. A decent 750-800w would do if for sli.

budget is 2400$ including a monitor

[patrick.hillman]

and i forgot to mention because its not on my newegg build wishlist.... I have a fully custom watercooling loop (not included in the budget) which is a mcp655 swiftech pump, EK X3 250 res, and 2 240 rad, with FZ LED orange fans from NZXT, GPU water block by koolance and the EK supremacy 

[JoshM]

wait for 9 series

[Air tree]

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1wLk0) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1wLk0/by_merchant/) / [benchmarks](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1wLk0/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74770k) | $324.99 @ NCIX US
**Motherboard** | [Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-maximusvihero) | $209.99 @ SuperBiiz
**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmy16gx3m2a1866c9r) | $134.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7te250bw) | $178.99 @ NCIX US
**Storage** | [seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | $62.99 @ NCIX US
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-03gp42784kr) | $659.99 @ Amazon
**Case** | [Corsair Obsidian Series 800D ATX Full Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc800dw) | $209.98 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [Corsair 760W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-ax760) | $159.99 @ Amazon
**Optical Drive** | [Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-optical-drive-drw24b1stblkbas) | $14.98 @ Outlet PC
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-wn700404) | $83.88 @ Outlet PC
**Monitor** | [Asus PB238Q 23.0" Monitor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-pb238q) | $194.99 @ NCIX US
 | | **Total**
 | Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $2235.76
 | Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-27 04:38 EDT-0400 |

 

 

Everything in a nice build, You can make it cheaper in places but It's still below your budget and you have a lot of room for your watercooling setup, Monitor is good, Big ssd, you can change the graphics card to something different if you like since your watercooling. Good stuff. Also you can bump up the hdd if you want. All in all i think it's nice.

 

Also if you feel you don't need a 4770k just bump down to a 4670k,

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/airtree/saved/2gk2

[Tris15]

PSU is really overkill you can add two 780 more with 1000w

[WoodenMarker]

and i forgot to mention because its not on my newegg build wishlist.... I have a fully custom watercooling loop (not included in the budget) which is a mcp655 swiftech pump, EK X3 250 res, and 2 240 rad, with FZ LED orange fans from NZXT, GPU water block by koolance and the EK supremacy 

budget is 2400$ including a monitor

How's this look? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1wLnP

What kind of editing are you doing?

Are you sure you need a bluray drive? Most people don't even need a dvd drive nowadays.

[patrick.hillman]

How's this look? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1wLnP

What kind of editing are you doing?

Are you sure you need a bluray drive? Most people don't even need a dvd drive nowadays.

im just doing small video editing, like youtube videos, maybe a few other things for family, and as for the blu-ray drive, i watch a lot of movies in blu-ray and this will be hooked up to my tv at times, and i have no clue how to do the set up for the OS without the disk lol

[WoodenMarker]

im just doing small video editing, like youtube videos, maybe a few other things for family, and as for the blu-ray drive, i watch a lot of movies in blu-ray and this will be hooked up to my tv at times, and i have no clue how to do the set up for the OS without the disk lol

Get one if you must: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-optical-drive-uh12ns30

You can install Windows via usb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFJwiILbsdo