- Jul 11, 2013
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So I haven't built a computer since I was a (little) kid, and I generally knew the rules - but keeping up with technology is hard work (there are GPUs with 4 gigs now, what?) My rig has long since died, and my macbook for the past couple of years is reaching the end of its life. Not having a real computer for a while, I decided to drop around 2,000 on parts now that Cyber Monday is coming up. So, my new objective is this: gaming, gaming, gaming.
I briefly looked at some benchmarks, and I decided on an over-clocked EVGA GTX 780, and making sure my rig is SLI-ready in case I'll get another one. And after some browsing, I found people generally stick to the i5 3750k chip, so I'll make that my second cornerstone. WD Black Caviar 1tb (I don't need more, 1 tb sounds ridiculous to me, personally), and the Samsung 840 series SSD are other favorites that I'll keep, too. Peripherals, accessories, and all non-essentials aside, I wanted to make a rough draft of what I should get. My biggest problem right now is choosing a great mobo that will leave me with enough capability to throw in a bunch of gadgets later on so I can keep this rig going for what... a decade? There's a crazy amount of expansion slots out there, capture cards, lights, LED fan controllers (I was eyeing the NZXT Sentry, it's completely useless but oh-so-pretty), just having SATA III/USB 3.0 ports, and also enough space for throwing a radiator, something like a Corsair H100i.
I'm partial to Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte.
Size is not an issue.
So to recap, I want to build a rig, I'll take any suggestions for required parts that would fit around a:
Quiet
SLI-ready
Over-clocked
- EVGA Overclocked GTX 780
-i5 3750k 3.4 (3.8)
-WD Black Cav 1tb
-Samsung 840 Series 128g SSD
Side notes: I was looking at RAM - and there are now speeding at 2400 (for the same price as 1600, which confuses me) - but they're maaaaaasive. (More specifically, the G.Skill Trident X Series 2 sticks of 4g). Are they worth the space for the power? Also - I was also looking at other builds, and very rarely do people get more than 8 gigs, regardless of powerful their gaming set up is, so should 8 gigs of RAM be set in stone?
Playing with PCPartPicker, I built some mock builds and I decided on some fully modular gold-standard 1000w PSU.
I'll also take suggestions on other things - I remember TV Tuners, but now there's a bunch of video capture cards, dozens of new routers, and whatever nifty toys you guys can come up with.
Apologies if I ruined the forum law on here, I mean no harm.
Cheers
I briefly looked at some benchmarks, and I decided on an over-clocked EVGA GTX 780, and making sure my rig is SLI-ready in case I'll get another one. And after some browsing, I found people generally stick to the i5 3750k chip, so I'll make that my second cornerstone. WD Black Caviar 1tb (I don't need more, 1 tb sounds ridiculous to me, personally), and the Samsung 840 series SSD are other favorites that I'll keep, too. Peripherals, accessories, and all non-essentials aside, I wanted to make a rough draft of what I should get. My biggest problem right now is choosing a great mobo that will leave me with enough capability to throw in a bunch of gadgets later on so I can keep this rig going for what... a decade? There's a crazy amount of expansion slots out there, capture cards, lights, LED fan controllers (I was eyeing the NZXT Sentry, it's completely useless but oh-so-pretty), just having SATA III/USB 3.0 ports, and also enough space for throwing a radiator, something like a Corsair H100i.
I'm partial to Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte.
Size is not an issue.
So to recap, I want to build a rig, I'll take any suggestions for required parts that would fit around a:
Quiet
SLI-ready
Over-clocked
- EVGA Overclocked GTX 780
-i5 3750k 3.4 (3.8)
-WD Black Cav 1tb
-Samsung 840 Series 128g SSD
Side notes: I was looking at RAM - and there are now speeding at 2400 (for the same price as 1600, which confuses me) - but they're maaaaaasive. (More specifically, the G.Skill Trident X Series 2 sticks of 4g). Are they worth the space for the power? Also - I was also looking at other builds, and very rarely do people get more than 8 gigs, regardless of powerful their gaming set up is, so should 8 gigs of RAM be set in stone?
Playing with PCPartPicker, I built some mock builds and I decided on some fully modular gold-standard 1000w PSU.
I'll also take suggestions on other things - I remember TV Tuners, but now there's a bunch of video capture cards, dozens of new routers, and whatever nifty toys you guys can come up with.
Apologies if I ruined the forum law on here, I mean no harm.
Cheers
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