$3100 gaming PC build.

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djl2882

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I'm looking for some input on this build. I am looking to do a custom water cooling loop and I have no clue which case to get. Trying to do a black and silver theme. Im playing games at 1920x1080 120hz and 2560x1440 60hz. I play fps games on the 1080p and most other games on the 1440p. The parts are:

Case: ? 200.00 limit usd
CPU: i7 4770k 299.99
Motherboard: Asus sabertooth z87 239.99
Ram: 16gb corsair dominator platinum (4x4gb) 309.99
HDD. Seagate barracuda 2tb 7200rpm 64mb cache 99.99
SSD: 2x adata xpg sx900 256gb 159.99 each 319.98
PSU: silverstone sst-st1200 1200w modular 80 plus gold 249.99
GPU: 2x gtx 780ti 699.99 each 1399.98
Total 2919.91 w/o case

I know it seems like overkill which is what I want. I do want to do a custom water cooling loop and have a $1600 budget for that. Any input would be nice.
 
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g-unit1111

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Dominator Platinum = do not buy. It is a ridiculous waste of money ($309 per 16GB kit vs. $149 for every other 16GB kit) as is most of what's in your rig. Putting SSDs in RAID mode will set them up for failure far more than a SSD - HD combo will. No reason to get the second. No reason to get a 4770K either.

This is what you should do:

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X60 98.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($117.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($117.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($65.45 @ Newegg)
Storage: Plextor M5S Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($184.78 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($699.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($699.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Phantom 630 (Gunmetal) ATX Full Tower Case ($201.59 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: NZXT HALE90 V2 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2614.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-04 00:28 EST-0500)

That is a much wiser use of funds. There is just no reason to overpay for the PSU, RAM, or the second SSD when you don't have to. Spend the difference on OS license and a nice mechanical keyboard and mouse.
 
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Tradesman1

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For mobo would go the Asus Maximus VI Hero, 470K is fine, DRAM go for a 2x8GB set rather than 4x4GB - less stress on the MC (memory controller) and a hair faster, somthing like 2133 GSkill Tridents (don't waste time with entry level 1600, Haswell scales up nicely with faster DRAM:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell

For a case if midtower which should be fine look at the HAF 922 (or even 912)
 
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$3100 build, $50 case? Why?
 
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Tradesman1

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Simple - great cases (both $100/$50) why spend a lot of money when no need too? With that type of budget, I'd rather look to the future a bit more, better higher freq DRAM (16GB- prob 2133 min, pref 2400), especially when Haswell scales so well to DRAM and games becoming more DRAM centric and looking for more DRAM - i.e. BF4 8GB recommended, I don't think DRAM use is going to drop in future games and most pre-built computers these days are min of 6-8GB with more and more starting at 16GB -

Same w/ CPU cooling, here with Haswell, most CPUs won't really even OC well enough to require liquid cooling, which often calls for a larger case, but Asus did some testing with a couple hundred 4770Ks and found only about 30% of them could run at 4.6 stable, 20% at 4.7 and only 10% at 4.8, by far the bulk (70%) were limited to 4.5 and a decent air cooler can handle that (the 212 EVO at 4.4/4.5 unless running 24/7) , the Noctuas, the Phanteks are fine through 4.6, I went with a CM GTS V8 which runs 4.6 24/7.

Just because there's a large budget doesn't mean it ALL needs to be spent - on the desktop, we're looking at Haswell for the next year or so, so it or even better, X79 is a good choice, but in looking at all going on - I seldom recommend SLI/XFire from the outset either, the 780TI is cream of the crop right now, yet nVidia is due to release their new line next month, which among other things means may be a new top dog and prices on the 780TIs may well fall (and AMD may come out with something to try and battle that), to that end, I think here I'd be looking at a better PSU than an 850 also, and going single 780TI for the moment.

Think too many try and go for 'this minute' rather than sitting back and exploring all options current and extreme near future, so I try and take all into play, that way a client doesn't come back a month later upset that their near new PC is suddenly running (literally) yesterdays tech

 
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