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January 1, 2014 6:03:06 PM

I'm Looking to build a new system very soon, my budget is under 4500. Here is what im thinking:

AZZA Genesis 9000 Case
Intel Core i7-4930K Ivy Bridge-E
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme LGA 2011
CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DR3 2133
2x Crucial M500 240GB in Raid 0
2x MSI GTX 780Ti GAMING in SLI (16x on each port due to 2011 arc.)
2x Western Digital Red NAS Hard Drive in raid 1 (storage)
Antec HCP-1300 Platinum 1300W
CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i (add 2 fans for push pull)

I will be running this off of a 4k monitor in the future, but for now a single 28" 1080p@60hz


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January 1, 2014 6:37:17 PM

lol, no im not gonna add a third, I just like to have enough power should I decide to water cool everything at some point.
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January 1, 2014 6:43:30 PM

Ivy Bridge-E is not really recommended for gaming. Haswell (Z87) is much better. No reason for the 1300W PSU or putting SSDs in RAID mode. Corsair H100i isn't good - the NZXT Kraken X60 or Thermaltake Water 3.0 are much better. And definitely no reason for a $400 motherboard when it won't do anything to improve performance. 32GB is an absolute waste for gaming, and the Dominator Platinum is really overrated and overpriced. Putting SSDs in RAID mode will set them up for drive failure far more than running the drives independently.

Anything over $2500 is really an anomaly as it means you're spending money just to spend money. A $400 motherboard won't do anything that a $200 board will do. Dominator Platinum won't do anything that standard RAM won't do. 32GB just is not necessary for gaming.

Do something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Extreme 99.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($82.05 @ NCIX US)
Storage: OCZ Vector 150 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($87.98 @ SuperBiiz)
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: Silverstone FT02S-USB3.0 ATX Mid Tower Case ($234.99 @ 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 ($24.29 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $2694.25
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-01 21:45 EST-0500)
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January 1, 2014 7:23:55 PM

Im not kocking you for your response at all, so dont take it that way. But this is my input to your response:

The main reason i want to go with the MB is because it allows for dual 16x PCI-E 3.0, While most do not. Also I wanna use this system for benchmarking as well. I can agree that 32 gig is more than needed for gaming but i was tring to stay with a CAS of 9 if possible. I like the SSD's better that the ones i had listed for sure so i will be looking into those vs the m500. Most of the reviews I've read over have stated that Haswell is not that great for gaming. As for the Case, I hate mid towers, I've always gone full tower cases for the cable management and room to install tripple rads if needed for a total water cooling solution for later on. I do also like the water cooling block's you have sugested as well.
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January 1, 2014 7:27:18 PM

Pandamidian said:
Im not kocking you for your response at all, so dont take it that way. But this is my input to your response:

The main reason i want to go with the MB is because it allows for dual 16x PCI-E 3.0, While most do not. Also I wanna use this system for benchmarking as well. I can agree that 32 gig is more than needed for gaming but i was tring to stay with a CAS of 9 if possible. I like the SSD's better that the ones i had listed for sure so i will be looking into those vs the m500. Most of the reviews I've read over have stated that Haswell is not that great for gaming. As for the Case, I hate mid towers, I've always gone full tower cases for the cable management and room to install tripple rads if needed for a total water cooling solution for later on. I do also like the water cooling block's you have sugested as well.


There's two groups of people who don't think Haswell is good for gaming - hardcore overclockers and die hard AMD fanboys. The hardcore overclockers don't like Haswell because of the claim that it gets very hot when overclocking, but they said the same thing about Ivy Bridge, and then about Sandy Bridge, and so on and so forth. Their complaints are a lot of nit picking. If you set up your cooling solution right you won't have that problem. The OCZ Vector 150 is one of the fastest SSDs on the market and ranks up there with the Samsung 840 Pro: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vector-150-ssd-revi...
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January 1, 2014 7:34:41 PM

That was my concern with the haswell is that it gets much hotter faster than the ivy does due to the smaller die size. Can I even use the haswell on a 2011 board that supports dual 16x pci-e 3.0? I thought haswell was only 1055. Just wondering, put next to eachother, the 4670k Haswell and the 4930k Ivy, Which do you think would hold it weight longer since multi threaded applicatons are becoming more and more viable including games.
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January 1, 2014 8:23:52 PM

Pandamidian said:
That was my concern with the haswell is that it gets much hotter faster than the ivy does due to the smaller die size. Can I even use the haswell on a 2011 board that supports dual 16x pci-e 3.0? I thought haswell was only 1055. Just wondering, put next to eachother, the 4670k Haswell and the 4930k Ivy, Which do you think would hold it weight longer since multi threaded applicatons are becoming more and more viable including games.


Hard to say, the 4670K is the less expensive option but it won't work on a LGA 2011 board. The thing is games don't take full advantage of 6 or 8 core CPUs and won't for several years to come. If you're doing something other than gaming then X79 is worth it. But for gaming purposes it really isn't.
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