New Build maybe

jasone96

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Aug 31, 2013
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Hey guys i have always been fascinated by computers and all of technology really but i am new to how computers work and all that stuff. I been making youtube videos for about 2 years and love it, but my macbook pro isn't cutting it for all that i would like to do. I decided i need a pc and need it to be great for the following: Gaming, Rendering, video editing stuff like that, recording my games, and live streaming. This is what i put together on a website after some research but thought you guys could help me. Tell me whats a waste of money and what needs upgrading. Thank you so much


CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad-Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 (All Venom OC Certified)
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (2TB x 2 (2TB Capacity) Raid 1 High Performance with Data Security [+133])
MEMORY: 32GB (8GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Quad Channel Memory [+175] (Corsair Vengeance [+0])
MOTHERBOARD: * (4-Way SLI/CrossFireX Support) GIGABYTE X79-UP4 Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ Ultra Durable 5, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 4 Gen3 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1 & 1 PCI [+13]
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+305] (EVGA Superclocked ACX Cooling)

It came out to 3,500 dollars with the monitors and other extra stuff so yeah thanks
 
I'd drop that 2011 i7 to an 1150 i7 or even an i5 (depends on how much video editting/rendering/etc you do) This really depends on your workload and if you will be say rendering while playing a game at the same time. (not really recommended) You might also look into grabbing only 8/16gb of ram now then upgrade later if needed. (if you think you are gonna upgrade to 32 then you should start with 2x8 since dual channel is a thing)

Oh and grab an SSD, for recording a mechanical hdd is a bigger bottleneck than one would thing. (atleast with fraps)

I don't record myself so this is really just what I've picked up from other users.