So after reading a lot of what goes wrong when you build your own I am taking a look at these rigs. I have a 3k budget, and would like to squeeze max FPS/longevity to the rig. These are what I came up with and would like recommendations/thoughts with the setups and the retailers. I know I could save like 200 to build my own, but having no experience in the last 14 years makes me nervous....
Sorry for my indecisiveness to those who have helped me look at building my own. Still up in the air but I like the look of these rigs. I am sure there are pros/cons as the parts are a little different (mainly the mother boards, no idea if they make a serious difference). Please help!
I know GEEKBOX OCs everything for free. Not sure if Maingear OCs their Vybe or not or if they overclock the GPUs.
MAINGEAR Vybe [Z87] Quickship - Ultimate (system-MGZ-Z87-X30)
-Chassis: Vybe 2012 Chassis - Red on Black Color
-Motherboard: MSI® Z87-G45 Gaming [Red on Black color] 2x SLI/CrossFire
-Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 4770K 3.5GHz/3.9GHz Turbo 8MB L3 Cache HD 4600
-Processor Cooling: MAINGEAR EPIC 120 Supercooler
-Memory: 16GB Corsair® Vengeance™ DDR3-1600 1.5V (2x8GB)
-Graphics and GPGPU Accelerator: 2x NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 780 6GB Total GDDR5 in SLI w/PhysX [ENTHUSIAST]
-Hard Drive Bay One: 256GB Plextor® M5S SSD SATA 6G (w/TRIM) [540MB/s Reads]
-Hard Drive Bay Two: 2TB Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200rpm 64MB Cache SATA 6G
-Power Supply: 750W EVGA® SuperNOVA 80 Plus Certified PSU - GTX 780 SLI Ready
-Optical Drive One: 24X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive
-Audio: 7.1 Channel High Definition Surround Sound Supporting S/DIF Optical Out
-Ethernet Adapter: On-board Gigabit Ethernet
-Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Product Subtotal: $2,974.00
Ego Z87 (GEEKBOX.COM)
Corsair TX850 850 Watt Bronze Certified Power Supply
ASUS Z87-A Z87 Chipset LGA 1150 Motherboard
Intel Core i7-4770K (unlocked) Haswell 3.5GHz Quad Core
Corsair H80 CPU Liquid Cooling Solution
16 GB Corsair Vengeance (2x8GB) DDR3 1866MHz Memory (CMZ16GX3M2A1866C9)
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB
Western Digital Black Edition 1TB SATA3 6Gb/s 7200 RPM
ASUS 24x DVDRW +/- Dual Layer
ASUS On-Board Audio
Microsoft® Windows 8™ 64-Bit
Total: $3,007.00
ODE V3 DIGITAL STORM ONLINE
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Digital Storm ODE V3
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50 GHz (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-C (Intel Z87 Chipset)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Seagate (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Video Card(s): 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB (Includes PhysX)
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Corsair H100i 240mm Radiator Liquid CPU Cooler (Extreme-Performance Edition)
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
CPU Boost: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Graphics Boost: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 8 (64-Bit Edition)
Total: 3,131.00
MAINGEAR F131 Super Stock [Z87] (system-F131m-z87-ss)
Chassis: F131 with VRTX Cooling Technology
Exterior Finish: Black Brushed Aluminum
Motherboard: Asus® Maximus VI Gene [Red on Black color] 2x SLI/CrossFire
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 4770K 3.5GHz/3.9GHz Turbo 8MB L3 Cache HD 4600
Processor Cooling: MAINGEAR EPIC 120 Supercooler
MAINGEAR Redline Overclocking Service: YES! - Redline™ Overclock My System!
Memory: 16GB Corsair® Dominator™ Platinum DDR3-1600 Extremely Low Latency 1.5V (4x4GB)
Graphics and GPGPU Accelerator: 2x NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 780 6GB Total GDDR5 in SLI w/PhysX [ENTHUSIAST]
Hard Drive Bay One: 1TB Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200rpm 64MB Cache SATA 6G
Power Supply: 800W Corsair® Gamer Series 80 Plus Certified PSU
Optical Drive One: 8X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive Slot Loading SATA
Audio: Integrated High Definition Audio
Ethernet Adapter: On-board Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Product Subtotal: $3,139.00
Product Subtotal: $3,139.00
Sorry for my indecisiveness to those who have helped me look at building my own. Still up in the air but I like the look of these rigs. I am sure there are pros/cons as the parts are a little different (mainly the mother boards, no idea if they make a serious difference). Please help!
I know GEEKBOX OCs everything for free. Not sure if Maingear OCs their Vybe or not or if they overclock the GPUs.
MAINGEAR Vybe [Z87] Quickship - Ultimate (system-MGZ-Z87-X30)
-Chassis: Vybe 2012 Chassis - Red on Black Color
-Motherboard: MSI® Z87-G45 Gaming [Red on Black color] 2x SLI/CrossFire
-Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 4770K 3.5GHz/3.9GHz Turbo 8MB L3 Cache HD 4600
-Processor Cooling: MAINGEAR EPIC 120 Supercooler
-Memory: 16GB Corsair® Vengeance™ DDR3-1600 1.5V (2x8GB)
-Graphics and GPGPU Accelerator: 2x NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 780 6GB Total GDDR5 in SLI w/PhysX [ENTHUSIAST]
-Hard Drive Bay One: 256GB Plextor® M5S SSD SATA 6G (w/TRIM) [540MB/s Reads]
-Hard Drive Bay Two: 2TB Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200rpm 64MB Cache SATA 6G
-Power Supply: 750W EVGA® SuperNOVA 80 Plus Certified PSU - GTX 780 SLI Ready
-Optical Drive One: 24X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive
-Audio: 7.1 Channel High Definition Surround Sound Supporting S/DIF Optical Out
-Ethernet Adapter: On-board Gigabit Ethernet
-Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Product Subtotal: $2,974.00
Ego Z87 (GEEKBOX.COM)
Corsair TX850 850 Watt Bronze Certified Power Supply
ASUS Z87-A Z87 Chipset LGA 1150 Motherboard
Intel Core i7-4770K (unlocked) Haswell 3.5GHz Quad Core
Corsair H80 CPU Liquid Cooling Solution
16 GB Corsair Vengeance (2x8GB) DDR3 1866MHz Memory (CMZ16GX3M2A1866C9)
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB
Western Digital Black Edition 1TB SATA3 6Gb/s 7200 RPM
ASUS 24x DVDRW +/- Dual Layer
ASUS On-Board Audio
Microsoft® Windows 8™ 64-Bit
Total: $3,007.00
ODE V3 DIGITAL STORM ONLINE
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Digital Storm ODE V3
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50 GHz (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-C (Intel Z87 Chipset)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Seagate (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Video Card(s): 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB (Includes PhysX)
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Corsair H100i 240mm Radiator Liquid CPU Cooler (Extreme-Performance Edition)
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
CPU Boost: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Graphics Boost: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 8 (64-Bit Edition)
Total: 3,131.00
MAINGEAR F131 Super Stock [Z87] (system-F131m-z87-ss)
Chassis: F131 with VRTX Cooling Technology
Exterior Finish: Black Brushed Aluminum
Motherboard: Asus® Maximus VI Gene [Red on Black color] 2x SLI/CrossFire
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 4770K 3.5GHz/3.9GHz Turbo 8MB L3 Cache HD 4600
Processor Cooling: MAINGEAR EPIC 120 Supercooler
MAINGEAR Redline Overclocking Service: YES! - Redline™ Overclock My System!
Memory: 16GB Corsair® Dominator™ Platinum DDR3-1600 Extremely Low Latency 1.5V (4x4GB)
Graphics and GPGPU Accelerator: 2x NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 780 6GB Total GDDR5 in SLI w/PhysX [ENTHUSIAST]
Hard Drive Bay One: 1TB Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200rpm 64MB Cache SATA 6G
Power Supply: 800W Corsair® Gamer Series 80 Plus Certified PSU
Optical Drive One: 8X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive Slot Loading SATA
Audio: Integrated High Definition Audio
Ethernet Adapter: On-board Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Product Subtotal: $3,139.00
Product Subtotal: $3,139.00
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