Building a new system, would love feedback and opinions

octodecoy

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This is my first time using Tom's hardware forums, been impressed with the feedback that I have seen on many other threads. I am going to be building a new system, and I am also looking into water cooling since the hardware I have chosen is expensive, so I would like to make sure it is all taken care of as long as it can be and into future upgrading. I MAY be overclocking, but that will be decided later. Main purpose is gaming. The parts and case I have chosen are as follows:

Case - Corsair 900d
PSU - Corsair RM1000 Gold
MoBo - ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
GPU (only one at the moment) - EVGA GTX 780ti Classified
CPU - I7 4930k
RAM - Mushkin Enhanced Redline 16gb (4x4gb)
SSD with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit and a couple different HDDs for game/movie storage.

I guess my main question is if anyone sees any possible compatibility issues with the above hardware.

Secondary question, which I can leave for a different thread if needed, is what water cooling stuff would be recommended for a single loop for this CPU and GPU, if everything is indeed compatible.

I have NEVER done water cooling myself but I have some friends who have...dabbled I guess you can say, but not enough to truly guide me through it. I feel that I have read enough over the past month that I believe I understand it enough to try it.

Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!



 
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That is a rather extreme build...The 4930k Will not get you any extra performance for gaming over something like a 4770k or even a 4670k, so unless you plan on hacking into the pentagon, it's quite overkill. It's even more insane knowing that you would need to overclock with all that power at stock. I don't mean to sound like an asshole, and maybe it's just the jealousy talking since I couldn't afford this build, but you're spending A LOT of extra money and gaining nothing in the form of gaming performance. I just want you to know that. You said your main purpose is gaming, and this is way more than you need to spend.

With that said, and you still want to use this build, there are no compatibility issues. A custom water loop is nice...

Quakemz

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That is a rather extreme build...The 4930k Will not get you any extra performance for gaming over something like a 4770k or even a 4670k, so unless you plan on hacking into the pentagon, it's quite overkill. It's even more insane knowing that you would need to overclock with all that power at stock. I don't mean to sound like an asshole, and maybe it's just the jealousy talking since I couldn't afford this build, but you're spending A LOT of extra money and gaining nothing in the form of gaming performance. I just want you to know that. You said your main purpose is gaming, and this is way more than you need to spend.

With that said, and you still want to use this build, there are no compatibility issues. A custom water loop is nice and effective, but also VERY expensive, and again, unnecessary for gaming.

What resolution do you plan on playing at, and how many monitors?
 
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Hmm, no optical drive? Not needed.
The parts should play well together, I see no compatibility issues.

For water cooling, I've come to use kits such as the XSPC Raystorm EX360 Universal CPU Water Cooling Kit w/ D5 Variant Pump as a basis for a loop (I haven't been able to source parts cheaper than in a kit) and build upon the loop from there. There are other kits available, I happen to like the XSPC offerings
If you haven't read through this thread, I'll also suggest that http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/277130-29-read-first-watercooling-sticky

 

octodecoy

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First of all I don't think you sound like a asshole at all, I think you sound very honest and informative :)

My main goal aside from gaming performance, is to not have to upgrade anything for a long time...a long time in hardware terms isn't that long I suppose, but, as long as possible. I have not built a system for quite a while and I guess I may have just looked up hardware based on how new it is. I'd like to have a system that runs any game at the highest settings, and can do that for a long time, both in terms of running a game for 24hrs non-stop, and being able to do so for years.

The monitor I am currently using is the ASUS VG248QE 144hz 1920x1080 Only plan on one monitor at the moment.




 

octodecoy

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Thanks for the reply on the water-cooling. I have looked over the water-cooling sticky before, but some stuff still just eludes me :p
Those kits look great, I think my only question about them would be; in order to expand on the kit for the GPU, would the only things that I would need be a GPU waterblock and fittings?
 

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Well I appreciate it, bro.
Well lets get into it, then. Since you are playing on a single 1080p monitor, a single 780ti will give you great performance. It is likely to range in the 80-120fps depending on game. Like I said before, the 4930 will NOT get you any extra gaming performance over the 4770k or 4670k, which are both very overclockable. If this is strictly a gaming build, the 4670k will work perfectly fine. If you plan on doing more CPU intensive work, the 4770k is the best choice, as you get the maximum out of your games, and a hyper-threaded quad-core (essentially 8-cores.)

The 4770k and the 4930k are both from the same generation and thus they are about equally as old, which is only about 7 months. the 4770k will be quite relevant for some time, and unless you are doing some INSANE CPU work, it will do everything you want it to and laugh at you when it's done. Also, you can OC it if you REALLY need the extra power. That mobo is great, but again it's REALLY expensive and generally meant to be severely overclocked and just plain look pretty, which it does. But it is still ridiculously expensive even for the most hardcore gamers.

If money is NOT an issue at all, then the build you have selected is completely fine and incredibly powerful, just a lot of it is unnecessary for gaming and moderate CPU work like editing, rendering, recording, etc.
Also, a full custom water loop is kind of unnecessary for you I think, too. But that is just my opinion. A really good liquid CPU cooler is a great idea if you're going to OC, and potentially a waterblock for the 780ti if you really want it, although the fans will keep it at a decent temperature provided your case is clean and has good air-flow.

But if you are trying to budget at all, I can be of help for sure.
 


and some additional tubing if necessary... yep, that'd be it. With the D5 pump you'll be covered for quite a bit of expansion