Hey guys.
Still working on putting together a parts list, so far has been a lot of excellent advice.
I have built before, but have been out of the loop for about 3-4 years, so catching up with everything that is available is making my head spin.
The two potential builds I am looking to put together vary about 10% in price, and supposedly 10% in performance, at least from the readings I have been doing.
I have been reading a lot of reviews on all of these parts too and tried to pick out the one ones which people seem to praise the most.
Info on uses:
Definitely 98% gaming, little video editing. I do like fast machines....hence my gravitation towards the i7, not the i5. Also, I do not see a gigantic difference in price to go for a slower machine.
I will not be doing (at least not thinking about or planning to OC ,but do want liquid cooling it is something new to me, and everyone seems to be raving about the H100 but I would not mind spending a little more for a better cooler)
Eventually I plan to SLI the rig, if I need to (who knows, maybe by then there will be better and cheaper GPUs, so I will end up getting a new one) and I would like to have 16 gigs of ram.
The reason for going a bit over the top, is that I like hefty machines with a lot of potential and headroom. Resolution i will be playing in 1080 so I do not think I need to go too too crazy
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.93 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: TUNIQ TX-2 Extreme 1g Thermal Paste ($10.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($234.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($173.58 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX Full Tower Case ($144.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1831.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-23 17:55 EST-0500)
This supposedly is a heftier machine, but also more expensive.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($479.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.93 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: TUNIQ TX-2 Extreme 1g Thermal Paste ($10.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($306.98 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($173.58 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX Full Tower Case ($144.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2083.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-23 17:58 EST-0500)
If I over did on some parts andif you would change something and let me know (also, prefer the why.....I am not doubting any decision, I just like to learn and know why things are done the way they are)
Still working on putting together a parts list, so far has been a lot of excellent advice.
I have built before, but have been out of the loop for about 3-4 years, so catching up with everything that is available is making my head spin.
The two potential builds I am looking to put together vary about 10% in price, and supposedly 10% in performance, at least from the readings I have been doing.
I have been reading a lot of reviews on all of these parts too and tried to pick out the one ones which people seem to praise the most.
Info on uses:
Definitely 98% gaming, little video editing. I do like fast machines....hence my gravitation towards the i7, not the i5. Also, I do not see a gigantic difference in price to go for a slower machine.
I will not be doing (at least not thinking about or planning to OC ,but do want liquid cooling it is something new to me, and everyone seems to be raving about the H100 but I would not mind spending a little more for a better cooler)
Eventually I plan to SLI the rig, if I need to (who knows, maybe by then there will be better and cheaper GPUs, so I will end up getting a new one) and I would like to have 16 gigs of ram.
The reason for going a bit over the top, is that I like hefty machines with a lot of potential and headroom. Resolution i will be playing in 1080 so I do not think I need to go too too crazy
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.93 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: TUNIQ TX-2 Extreme 1g Thermal Paste ($10.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($234.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($173.58 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX Full Tower Case ($144.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1831.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-23 17:55 EST-0500)
This supposedly is a heftier machine, but also more expensive.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($479.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.93 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: TUNIQ TX-2 Extreme 1g Thermal Paste ($10.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($306.98 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($173.58 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX Full Tower Case ($144.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2083.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-23 17:58 EST-0500)
If I over did on some parts andif you would change something and let me know (also, prefer the why.....I am not doubting any decision, I just like to learn and know why things are done the way they are)
yeah! go 2011 build! 
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