Creating Gaming System

Zainox

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I am currently saving for a computer that I intend to use for max gaming (OC), video editing/rendering and a bit of 3d/2d animation. My budget is $3k-$4k and I live in Australia.
I have a bit of money, so I was wanting something fairly decent. I plan to get what I can now and add on and upgrade the rest later. I'm very new to this so I'm not 100% sure if everything works well with everything. I have done my research and as far as I can see it's ok, but I thought I would post here and get some opinions.

MOBO - Rampage IV Gene
Processor - Intel I7 4960X
VGA - Saphire OC 7970 (I plan to buy two and XFire them)
RAM - 16g 1866 G.Skill Ripjaw X (I plan to eventually upgrade to 32g, I mostly chose this due to wanting a red(ish) system.
SSD - Samsung 840 Pro Series SATA3 128g
HD - Western Digital, Black 2TB.
Power Supply - Corsair HX850-VZ
CPU Fan - Noctua NH-D14 (Once I can afford it, I tend to take this out and set up custom water cooling throughout my PC)
Tower - Thermaltake Chaser MK-I
Blueray reader/writer

I also plan to get the 1ms Benq XL272OT for my gaming Screen.



If you guys think of something else that may work better or could let me know if this is fine, that would be great!

~Thanks for any advice/help!
Zainox
 

Zainox

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Ahh sorry, I will answer in this post and add it to the top for others too see.

My budget is $3k-$4k
I live in Australia
 

Marcopolo123

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($679.00 @ PCCaseGear)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H320 55.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($169.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($250.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($219.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($112.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($399.00 @ Scorptec)
Case: NZXT H630 ATX Full Tower Case ($179.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($149.00 @ PLE Computers)
Total: $2255.00
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-09 03:48 EST+1100)


fx8350 or i7-4770k would be my choice.
better p/p, way cheaper
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-4960x-ivy-bridge-e-benchmark,3557.html
 

Zainox

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I'm more than willing to spend the little bit extra even if it's just a bit better. If I can OC even 1 or 2 GHz more are make it that little bit faster, I will take it. Any other system suggestions? Will the system I created work?