Black Savings

[ryanmmax]

So I just finished the system build! Black Friday I purchased the Tower only caring forward the WD Black and 2 Fans from my previous build.

 

PC Hardware

 

In addition to the PC hardware I have finalized my peripherals and feel that I have reached a balance with cost to performance. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/b/mZNNnQ

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For $250.00) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $45.00) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (Purchased For $95.00) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (Purchased For $62.00) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $71.00) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $43.00) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (Purchased For $225.00) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $60.00) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $80.00) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Full (32/64-bit)  (Purchased For $10.00) 
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2739WM 27.0" Monitor  (Purchased For $300.00) 
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard  (Purchased For $110.00) 
Mouse: Logitech G9x Wired Laser Mouse  (Purchased For $65.00) 
Headphones: Sennheiser HD 598 SE Headphones  (Purchased For $98.00) 
Speakers: Mackie CR4 28W 2ch Speakers  (Purchased For $125.00) 
Other: Headphone Stand (Purchased For $11.00)
Total: $1650.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-23 21:56 EST-0500

[ryanmmax]

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[Stardar1]

5 minutes ago, ryanmmax said:

So I just finished the system build! Black Friday I purchased the Tower only caring forward the WD Black and 2 Fans from my previous build.

 

PC Hardware

 

In addition to the PC hardware I have finalized my peripherals and feel that I have reached a balance with cost to performance. 

 

PC System

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For $250.00) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $45.00) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (Purchased For $95.00) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (Purchased For $62.00) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $71.00) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $43.00) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (Purchased For $225.00) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $60.00) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $80.00) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Full (32/64-bit)  (Purchased For $10.00) 
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2739WM 27.0" Monitor  (Purchased For $300.00) 
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard  (Purchased For $110.00) 
Mouse: Logitech G9x Wired Laser Mouse  (Purchased For $65.00) 
Headphones: Sennheiser HD 598 SE Headphones  (Purchased For $98.00) 
Speakers: Mackie CR4 28W 2ch Speakers  (Purchased For $125.00) 
Other: Headphone Stand (Purchased For $11.00)
Total: $1650.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-23 21:56 EST-0500

Nice specs, would be killer with CrossFireX

 

I question your choice in color (red mobo, blue case...) but that means very little.

[ryanmmax]

Just now, Stardar1 said:

Nice specs, would be killer with CrossFireX

 

I question your choice in color (red mobo, blue case...) but that means very little.

Yeah, they only had blue in stock at the time and at the time i was more price concerned....  I did Paint all the blue black, EXCEPT the dang blue LED.   I do plan to desolder the blue LED and replace with a red one to match the keyboard (maybe on the monitor as well)...  

[paddy-stone]

Only thing I would change would be to get the faster RAM, I have the same mobo and have the hyperX 2400 in mine, runs great on XMP profile 1

 

[edit] forget me, I thought this was a build log of one you were GOING to build, LOL.. sorry dude, that is a great setup

[ryanmmax]

PARTS REVIEW IN PROGRESS/PENDING: Will go into more detail as time provides and things progress

 

 

CPU: 4790K

I Lost the Lotto!  Core 3 will always run 4-7 degee C colder then 1,2,4 and I am not getting above 4.6   

GPU PowerColor R9-290

Wow I have a Lot to say about the RMA process...  I actually haven't had the card since DEC18!  So I will be posting a lot here

S340:

Love the Case!  Easy build!  Front Headphone IO came broken, RMA had a new Headphone/USB/Power IO on my doorstep inside 1 week.  RMA NZXT +1

HD-598 SE

Love the colors almost as much as the sound!

Mackie CR4 SE

Hey they match the HD 598 and sound just as clean!

Dark Rock 3

Can't say much on OC it doesn't seem to be the limiting factor (though its so quiet it may not be running)

850 EVO

First SSD need I say More

WD Black 1TB

Hate it... SO LOUD!  I have spin down in windows after 1 min of non-use

Viewsonic 27" 1080 1ms

Iv had this for 7 years or so... keeps on working

G9x

Iv had this for more then 7 years I dont know any other mouse

K70 Brown

Switching to Mechanical is amazing!

Prolimatech Vortex 14 Fans

I tried the noctua industrial and normal and I had to switch back!  Love them...  Will be trying the Silent wings 3 when they come out

RMx 750W

Silent and modular with good looking cables not much else to say

 

 

 

[ryanmmax]

14 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

Only thing I would change would be to get the faster RAM, I have the same mobo and have the hyperX 2400 in mine, runs great on XMP profile 1

Faster Ram?  Hmmm...  I was under the impression that it was a very minor thing.  I guess I have some reading to do!

[paddy-stone]

You probably wouldn't notice much in real world situations, was just saying for if you hadn't already bought that RAM, cos it's only about $10 or so difference right now I think.

[roctrebira]

1 minute ago, ryanmmax said:

Faster Ram?  Hmmm...  I was under the impression that it was a very minor thing.  I guess I have some reading to do!

it is a very minor thing you have very good ddr3 ram don't even worry about it.

[ryanmmax]

On 2/24/2016 at 10:27 PM, paddy-stone said:

You probably wouldn't notice much in real world situations, was just saying for if you hadn't already bought that RAM, cos it's only about $10 or so difference right now I think.

 

On 2/24/2016 at 10:27 PM, roctrebira said:

it is a very minor thing you have very good ddr3 ram don't even worry about it.

That's what i was thinking, thanks for confirming! 

 

Side note, My newly RMA'd GPU is in the mail...  lets see what Powercolor does when you send back a RMA!