First gaming pc build..

[Phil6]

Hello,

Was just going through my parts list for my first gaming pc and I thought I'd run it by you guys.

I know it seems very ambitious for a first build but I have a friend who's built his own and has agreed to help me if I get stuck..

List of specs:

Case - Corsair Obsidian 750D

Motherboard - Asus VI Maximus Formula

CPU - Intel I7 4770K

GPU - 2x Asus R9 290X's

RAM - Corsair 16GB Vengeance DDR3

PSU - Corsair RM1000

SSD - 2x Samsung 840 500 GB

HDD 2x 3TB Western Digital Green

CPU cooler - Corsair H100i

OS - Windows 7

Monitors - Asus SonicMaster MX239H 23" x3

Mouse - Corsair M95

Keyboard - Corsair raptor rgb

Fans:

Corsair AF 140mm x3

Corsair SP 120 mm single

Corsair SP 120mm double pack

Cheers phil

[mandrigald]

You could probably save yourself a bit of money and get rid of that 4770k, it is pretty overkill for gaming. But hey, if you've got the money to spare go for it. Build looks pretty good!

 

edit: Also, I would swap out those 290Xs for GTX 780s (which are roughly the same price, and have a much better price to performance ratio) or get a 780ti.

[WoodenMarker]

That's a lot of money...

You could get the same performance for much less.

[CoolBeans]

Get a 290, over 290x if you haven't already bought everything

[Phil6]

I'm not to bothered about the money, I thought I'd just do it right and get the best things I could..?

[Phil6]

Get a 290, over 290x if you haven't already bought everything

2x 290x's sound better

[WoodenMarker]

2x 290x's sound better

The performance difference is almost within margin of error.

[mandrigald]

I'm not to bothered about the money, I thought I'd just do it right and get the best things I could..?

If you've got no budget and want the best performance possible than get 2 GTX 780tis. 

[zxcvbnmmssdh]

Will you be running your storage drives in a RAID config? If not, why not just get this for the SSD's http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147251 If you want RAID and don't mind dropping another $200 for 2 of those drives, you would be pretty happy. Also, I would get a 7200 RPM HDD, the WD Green are only 5400 RPM if I'm not mistaken. Also, I would get 2 780's over 2 290x's. The 290x's are so hot and loud, the performance increase, if any, if negligible with the noise and heat it outputs only with that performance. But 2 780 ti's would give you the best performance. 

[Phil6]

Will you be running your storage drives in a RAID config? If not, why not just get this for the SSD's http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147251 If you want RAID and don't mind dropping another $200 for 2 of those drives, you would be pretty happy. Also, I would get a 7200 RPM HDD, the WD Green are only 5400 RPM if I'm not mistaken. Also, I would get 2 780's over 2 290x's. The 290x's are so hot and loud, the performance increase, if any, if negligible with the noise and heat it outputs only with that performance. But 2 780 ti's would give you the best performance.

The r9 290xs I will be buying are not the stock ones they are the asus direct cu II with custom coolers..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-330-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

[Coombzy]

well you have no budget I suppose personally for just a gaming rig I would of ditched the i7 and gone for an i5 then looked around at what else would literally not matter in a gaming build and cut it

[brob]

Please choose any other hdd than WD Green.

 

Unless the plan is to RAID 1 the two SSD a gaming system will realize better real world performance with a single SSD.

[zxcvbnmmssdh]

The r9 290xs I will be buying are not the stock ones they are the asus direct cu II with custom coolers..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-330-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

What about the drives? The 780 would still be better because it would give you a little bit more performance potentially, a.d imo, the games bundle is better (780 comes with AC4, Splinter Cell Blacklist, and Arkham Origins where as the 290x comes with Never Settle Forever Gold but the games to choose from aren't as good as the Nvidia one) Also, there is Shadowplay with the 780 along with compatibility with Nvidia Shield .