Check my system, and give me an estimation of "How long will this last?"

Guest · Apr 23, 2013

I have saved up enough money to build the ultimate Gaming PC. I just want to know how long this would last, and if the CPU and GPU are bottlenecking, because i have never worked with something so high end.

System Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk and Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: PNY Quadro 6000 6GB Video Card
Sound Card: Asus Xonar Essence STX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply.

I have a Thermal compound, CPU cooling, and case cooling, with a nice case too. I havent decided to stick with windows 7 or try Windows 8.

tiny voices · Apr 23, 2013

This GPU is meant for video editing and encoding. It won't game well at all.

64gb RAM is pure stupidity. 16gb will be more than enough for many years.

that CPU is overkill and a normal 3770 or 3570 will be more than enough for quite a while.

You don't need a sound card.

jtenorj · Apr 23, 2013

A hyper threaded 6 core CPU may be beneficial to gaming sooner rather than later, but don'tspend 1000 bucks on a 3970 x when a 3930k for less than 600 will work just as well( and still be compatible with your chosen mobo ). Quadros are workstation cards and not designed for gaming. 64 GB of ram is total overkill for gaming and 16 GB will serve you well for a long time. Hope this helps.

hang-the-9 · Apr 23, 2013

Check the system builder articles, they go though picking a good value build. No need to get many of the parts you chose. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-a-pc-tahiti-le-crossfire-overclocking,3454.html

You can probably save close to $1,000 and use that towards a great monitor instead with maybe some nice speakers. And have $500 left for pizza.

smeezekitty · Apr 23, 2013

Way more ram then necessary. Drop it to 16GB and it will be plenty.

g-unit1111 · Apr 24, 2013

That system won't last one month honestly. The Quaddro is not, never has been, nor ever will be a gaming GPU. It's meant for professional rendering and video and photo editing applications.It's also old, slow, and a major power hog. That sound card is expensive and unnecessary. And unless you're rendering video you don't need that much storage. It'll play games but it renders incredibly slow. The X79 platform isn't really meant for games either - it's also made for intense multimedia and A/V applications.

This would be better:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($80.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ Vector Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case ($134.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1907.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-24 16:12 EDT-0400)

You don't need the quad core i7, and 64GB of RAM is a ridiculous waste of money. Dropped the sound card and the professional GPU. Also changed out the PSU and storage configuration. Use the cost difference from the original build and invest in a nice 1440P display or two and whatever keyboard and mouse you want.

mastrom101 · Apr 24, 2013

Hi,

For a simple gaming rig, a 1-1.4k gaming rig will do the trick. Such a build will last you about three years without any upgrades.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme6 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($154.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.25 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($403.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($107.30 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($73.50 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1181.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-24 17:43 EDT-0400)

In your situation, where a lot of money has been saved up, you may want to look into a higher end build. Such as this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($499.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220 55.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Formula ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($334.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($115.06 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Corsair Neutron Series GTX 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($187.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 690 4GB Video Card ($982.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Phantom 630 (Gunmetal) ATX Full Tower Case ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 1050W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DVDE818A7T/BLK/B/GEN CD Reader, DVD Writer ($18.32 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $2658.30
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-24 17:53 EDT-0400)

This build will give you more than enough power an will last for years to come. I focused in on picking out some of the best parts possible while keeping a reasonable price

erformance ratio (for a 3k build). Every single part in this build is designed to give you more than enough performance, and there is definitely room for future upgrades.

It is worth noting that Haswell is on it's way, so you might want to delay your purchase until then.

Good luck on your build!

g-unit1111 · Apr 24, 2013

mastrom101 :

What's the point? Anything over an i5-3570K yields no gain in performance on gaming and that Crysis chart that's been posted 1,000,000,000 times already is kind of a baseless benchmark to compare CPUs with. There's no game on the market that takes advantage of six cores and no game will for quite some time. Buy a $2K rig and put the rest in a nice 1440P display or two and then save the rest. X79 is a ridiculous waste on a gaming rig.

mastrom101 · Apr 24, 2013

g-unit1111 :

mastrom101 :

What's the point? Anything over an i5-3570K yields no gain in performance on gaming and that Crysis chart that's been posted 1,000,000,000 times already is kind of a baseless benchmark to compare CPUs with. There's no game on the market that takes advantage of six cores and no game will for quite some time. Buy a $2K rig and put the rest in a nice 1440P display or two and then save the rest. X79 is a ridiculous waste on a gaming rig.

For someone who had originally wanted an 3970x, a 3930k is a great compromise. The additional cores will help with games down the road, but more importantly the extra PCI-E lanes allow for 3-4 graphic cards to be added if desired. I'm not saying it's the smartest way to spend $3K, because my first build that was less than half the price of my second would be more than sufficient. But if the OP wants a system that will break benchmarks and last an incredibly long time, I would have to recommend the 3930K.

Remember his original build was over $5K

g-unit1111 · Apr 24, 2013

mastrom101 :

Yeah but it won't though. The software is always going to be several generations behind the hardware - which is why I always say there's no such thing as future proofing. You don't even need more than two graphics cards if you aren't running an array of like 12 monitors.

The smartest thing for any gaming rig is to not blow tons of money on the CPU. You'll be replacing it in two years anyways. The GPU you'll keep for about 2 - 3 years before you buy a new one. So to pay $4000 for a quadruple Titan setup is beyond ridiculous. People have done it, but is it necessary? No. Where you should be putting money is in the video card and get something that's around the $800 mark. Then invest in displays. The monitors are something that you'll carry from build to build. I have a four year old Acer 24" display and someone would have to steal that thing from me before I replace it. If you get a couple of really nice 1440P displays that would be a much wiser purchase than two additional cores that will go to waste.

smeezekitty · Apr 24, 2013

g-unit1111 :

Not true at all. Many pieces of software expect too much from the average users hardware at the time they were written.
Remember Windows Vista. When it was released the average RAM was around 1GB and most system could barely run it.

mastrom101 · Apr 24, 2013

g-unit1111 :

mastrom101 :

Yeah but it won't though. The software is always going to be several generations behind the hardware - which is why I always say there's no such thing as future proofing. You don't even need more than two graphics cards if you aren't running an array of like 12 monitors.

The smartest thing for any gaming rig is to not blow tons of money on the CPU. You'll be replacing it in two years anyways. The GPU you'll keep for about 2 - 3 years before you buy a new one. So to pay $4000 for a quadruple Titan setup is beyond ridiculous. People have done it, but is it necessary? No. Where you should be putting money is in the video card and get something that's around the $800 mark. Then invest in displays. The monitors are something that you'll carry from build to build. I have a four year old Acer 24" display and someone would have to steal that thing from me before I replace it. If you get a couple of really nice 1440P displays that would be a much wiser purchase than two additional cores that will go to waste.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you entirely. After about $1500, the money spent simply does not equate to the performance gained. I think that a $1200-1500 build every 2-4 years is the best way to handle things. But I threw the second option out in case the OP wanted a more expensive choice.

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