First High End Build - Suggestions

Manos Kabourakis · Mar 25, 2013

Hello,

I want to build my high end setup.

This is my first setup so i want to be sure that all parts fit together.

I am from Greece and the parts i want, will be bought from Greece or inside the EU in order not to pay customs.

I want you to suggest me anything that will make my pc better but please don't tell me about RAM speed.
I will probably overclock my CPU. I will use my pc for gaming, programming and to run virtual machines.
Please inform me if my parts are compatible.

Case:
CoolerMaster Storm Trooper ~ 150.00€

Power Supply:
XFX ProSeries 850W Core Edition Full Wired Bronze ~ 100.74€

Motherboard:
ASUS P9X79 ~ 223.00€

Processor:
Intel Core i7 3820 ~ 278.00€

Graphics Card:
EVGA GeForce GTX680 Superclocked 2GB ~ 383.45€, 513.00€

Boot Drive:
Crucial M4 128GB 6GB/s SSD ~ 113.17€

Hard Drive:
Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB ~ 128.01€

Cooler:
Corsair Hydro Series H100i ~ 109.00€

RAM:
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1866 Dual Kit ~ 63.54€
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1866 Quad Kit ~ 131.68€

Monitor:
Asus VG278H 27-Inch 3D Full-HD LED Monitor ~ 454.00€, 580.56€

~~~ External Parts ~~~

DVD - CD:
Samsung SE-208DB ~ 31.52€

WiFi Card:
TP-LINK TL-WN722NC ~ 13.00€

Speakers:
Logitech Z506 Speakers ~ 71.10€

Inside LED:
NZXT Orange Led Sleeved Kit Blue ~ 13.00€

~~~ Parts To Be Bought In The Future ~~~

Mouse:
Logitech G700 Wireless ~ 79.60€

Keyboard:
Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard ~ 91.99€

Hard Drive:
Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB ~ 128.01€

Total Sum: Nearly 2500€ Without Mouse, Keyboard & 2nd Drive

Please suggest me some changes in parts or anything else you think.

Thanks

Rammy · Mar 25, 2013

It's a little confusing. X79 is a good workstation platform but if games is your focus (with the rest coming second etc), then it's likely a more conventional platform is a better choice.

One thing that immediately jumps out is the RAM, why do you have both dual channel and quad channel kits? If it's a mistake, and you are just using the quad channel kit, that is fine. If it's not, then you are killing off any performance gains (and the point of buying a quad channel kit) as your 6 sticks will operate in dual channel mode.

With graphics, the GTX680 is a hard sell because of the affordability of the GTX670/HD7970.

yasserBasha · Mar 25, 2013

ok .... first let me say this is a great build you have

but some suggestions i might give you :

if you plan to OC your cpu then you should get core i7 3930k < the K series helps you to overclock easily

RAM is not compatible with the processor because the i7 supports ram speed max. 1600 and your ram is 1866 , so when you turn on your pc the ram speed will drop to 1600 to work with cpu
so my advice is to get 16gb quad kit 1600 instead of 1866

other than that .... you have the perfect high-end built brother =D

duhduh_13 · Mar 25, 2013

No point going for X79 platform if you don't get i7-3930K.

Get the Quad channel memory kit.

Get HD7970 and 2TB WDC Black instead, add Green or Red WDC for storage later on.

pauls3743 · Mar 25, 2013

CPU/mobo - I would either upgrade to i7-3930K or downgrade to i7-3770K, more likely i5-3570K, with Z77 motherboard. I recommend you downgrade, it'll save money and you won't notice the difference in performance.

Graphics Card - I've got to go with rammy, the GTX670 is ~£100 cheaper for barely less performance.

Memory - If you do downgrade to lga1155 go with dual channel kit, but if you decide to stick with lga2011 it's got to be quad channel. For your VMs, 16GB is a good starting point, you'll probably yearn for more.

Hard drive - for high performance I would avoid green anything.

Manos Kabourakis · Mar 25, 2013

Rammy :

i typed in two types of ram in order to let you choose if it is better to use two or four sticks
Thanks for the quick response

pauls3743 · Mar 25, 2013

yasserBasha :

This is not true, it's an overclock setting which you can set in bios to get those speeds. I currently run 2133MHz in 2 systems, it runs at 2133MHz with my i5-3570K and 2080MHz with my i7-3930K.

Manos Kabourakis · Mar 25, 2013

duhduh_13 :

is the black better or it is because it has 2tb instead of 3tb i don't know much of drives :pt1cable:

Manos Kabourakis · Mar 25, 2013

pauls3743 :

ok thanks, i will stick with the lga2011 and i will use the i7 3930k, but will i be able to use 1866 ram with this cpu?
also i will buy the 670 and then maybe buy a second one in sli.
also i will buy the black 2tb
thanks for the quick response

Manos Kabourakis · Mar 25, 2013

Anything else about the external stuff, will it fit in?
Is my cooler compatible with the case and where it fits?

Manos Kabourakis · Mar 25, 2013

yasserBasha :

thanks you man, but the 3930k which i will probably take, says to be capable of even 1866 ram speed up to 64gb is it true?

yasserBasha · Mar 25, 2013

thanks you man, but the 3930k which i will probably take, says to be capable of even 1866 ram speed up to 64gb is it true?[/quotemsg]

http://ark.intel.com/products/63697/Intel-Core-i7-3930K-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz#infosectionmemoryspecifications

look at memory specs. will see that it suppotrts ram 1600

yasserBasha · Mar 25, 2013

pauls3743 :

ok ... this is new info for me , but will the original person who asked be able to do that?
thanks 4 the new info brother

Manos Kabourakis · Mar 25, 2013

yasserBasha :

http://ark.intel.com/products/63697/Intel-Core-i7-3930K-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz#infosectionmemoryspecifications

look at memory specs. will see that it suppotrts ram 1600[/quotemsg]

sh*t, with what cpu i will be able to use 1866 ram?

yasserBasha · Mar 25, 2013

Manos Kabourakis :

sh*t, with what cpu i will be able to use 1866 ram?[/quotemsg]

AMD FX-8350 ... BUT YOU WON'T GET THE SAME PERFORMANCE AS THE I7 .... STICK WITH IT

Manos Kabourakis · Mar 25, 2013

yasserBasha :

AMD FX-8350 ... BUT YOU WON'T GET THE SAME PERFORMANCE AS THE I7 .... STICK WITH IT[/quotemsg]

ok, so now with the changes you guys suggested the pc will be like this

i7 3930k
gtx 670
16gb quad kit 1600/1866

right?

duhduh_13 · Mar 25, 2013

Manos Kabourakis :

Black is better and faster and longer warranty, 5 years, of course more expensive $/GB. But you'll want fast secondary HDD to install games and applications on, since you won't be able to fit everything inside 128GB SSD.

As for RAM, if you go Quad Channel and 4 DIMM, you'll have better chance going over 1600. I haven't been able to confirm 8 DIMM going over 1600 on X79 platform. Personal experience I can go 2133 just fine on 4x4GB DIMM, but only 1600 on 8x4GB DIMM. Might be compatibility issue, but I haven't bothered buying new set of RAM just to test it out.

Manos Kabourakis · Mar 25, 2013

duhduh_13 :

Manos Kabourakis :

Black is better and faster and longer warranty, 5 years, of course more expensive $/GB. But you'll want fast secondary HDD to install games and applications on, since you won't be able to fit everything inside 128GB SSD.

As for RAM, if you go Quad Channel and 4 DIMM, you'll have better chance going over 1600. I haven't been able to confirm 8 DIMM going over 1600 on X79 platform. Personal experience I can go 2133 just fine on 4x4GB DIMM, but only 1600 on 8x4GB DIMM. Might be compatibility issue, but I haven't bothered buying new set of RAM just to test it out.

thanks you for the new info bro i will stick with 4 sticks at 4gb per stick at 1866
i think it will work, now i want to know how to put the sticks because i think the mobo has 8 slots

duhduh_13 · Mar 25, 2013

Manos Kabourakis :

If you are getting the P9X79, install ea. DIMM on the blue slots.
Just make sure read the manual.

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