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Alex78

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Nov 24, 2013
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Hi everyone, have a nice day/evening,
I need to build PC for gaming / video editing,
I did my home work and I came to that I need to build my PC around:
- i7-4770K Box <3.50GHz, 8Mb, LGA1150 (Haswell).
- AMD r9 280x.

- Please pair in mind:
1- I might not OC in beginning but I want be able to in future.
2- In future I might add another AMD GPU as crossfire.
3- I am not upgrading my PC every year or even tow.
4- I went crazy in the past from hardware incompatibility issues so please guys tell my your opinion based on personal knowledge / experience.

So my questions is:

Q1: Motherboard (brand/model)?
Q2: Ram (brand/model)?
Q3: SSD 120 or 128 (brand/model)?
Q4: Power supply compatible with Haswell (brand/model)?
Q5: What is best company making the 280x (Asus - Gigabyte - etc.. ?

Sorry for asking a lot of quesions guys I am originally Mac user and please I need your help.

Big Thanks Bros.

 
Solution


ASUS Z87-A or Z87 Pro
G.Skill Ripjaws or Sniper
Samsung 840EVO/Crucial M500
Corsair, Seasonic, Cooler Master or Antec 750W or higher 80 Gold PSU (since you may add a second card)
ASUS or Gigabyte video cards are great brands, always among the best available.

Dark Lord of Tech

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($68.85 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Cooler Master V1000 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $808.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-24 16:15 EST-0500)
 

RealBeast

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ASUS Z87-A or Z87 Pro
G.Skill Ripjaws or Sniper
Samsung 840EVO/Crucial M500
Corsair, Seasonic, Cooler Master or Antec 750W or higher 80 Gold PSU (since you may add a second card)
ASUS or Gigabyte video cards are great brands, always among the best available.
 
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Alex78

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Nov 24, 2013
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Thank you guys for quick answers I also forgot to ask what is the better way to go for CPU cooling?
a- BOX version with stock fan?
b- non BOX version and after market CPU cooling? and if so which is a good one? I will play some hard gaming and video editing .