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January 22, 2014 10:19:12 AM

Hi all. After much lurking and researching, I have decided to drop the ball, join and ask the big question. This will be my first time building a rig, and I have saved up for quite some time for this.

I need some help with checking whether the set up will work well or if any component may conflict with others.

This is aimed to:


    Primarily be used (at present) for NVIDIA Surround set up for FFXIV/ARR on max settings, res 5760x1080
    Be future-proof, for at least 5 years(?)
    Accommodate another GTX 780 Ti in SLI at a later stage


Here's what it looks like at the moment:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2FEEv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2FEEv/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2FEEv/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($337.98 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($162.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.67 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card ($709.99)
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Desktop Case ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($183.98 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.92 @ Amazon)
Total: $2204.49
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-22 12:50 EST-0500)

My Main concerns are:


    The PSU - Is this a good pick, or is there a more suitable choice/alternative? Would it be in appropriate to drop the it to the Gold/Bronze 850W?

    Will this single GTX 780 Ti be able to handle FFXIV/ARR Surround on max settings without the SLI? As someone who's always been sporting laptops withs ATIs, I don't consider myself picky on performance, but I do wish to have the most this game can offer me.


Cutting down on cost without compromising performance is also greatly welcome!

Any input, advice, recommendations etc. are all welcome and much appreciated.



P.S. In case you may be wondering, the supplier has been set deliberately to Amazon by default for all parts ;) 

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January 22, 2014 10:31:39 AM

I've found that pc part picker does not always have the best prices for the OS but if you want to buy it all from amazon i suppose thats the best price they have. Since you want to be going SLI in the future and i assume you are overclocking, you may want to think about getting a higher wattage PSU but i may be wrong.
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January 22, 2014 11:06:29 AM

Stu 95 said:
I've found that pc part picker does not always have the best prices for the OS but if you want to buy it all from amazon i suppose thats the best price they have. Since you want to be going SLI in the future and i assume you are overclocking, you may want to think about getting a higher wattage PSU but i may be wrong.


I'm buying all from Amazon because I have a buddy who can get me a direct price cut ;) 

Anyone who OC'ed and has a similar build, please do enlighten me about the PSU.
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