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FarForge

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Approximate Purchase Date: Anytime

Budget Range: $2,000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, internet, movies

Parts Not Required: Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers, Optical Drive, Operating System

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon, Newegg

Country: USA

Parts Preferences: No AMD CPU

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: In the future

Monitor Resolution: N/A

Additional Comments: Will probably go slightly over my budget but I still need a case and power supply. More concerned about getting a good PSU instead of an attractive case. Not sure about the CPU cooler either.

I haven't upgraded in six years so I'm looking to get the best CPU and board now so I can make it last longer(gonna learn to overclock). Tons of storage and memory aren't necessary so I'm cutting costs there along with the Radeon R9 290x which I hear is great but runs hot. Will consider learning liquid cooling because how much I'm budgeting and overclocking but that might not be for a while. Any advice welcome because I'm a huge novice at this. Thank you.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Ke1w
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Ke1w/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Ke1w/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($565.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus X79 DELUXE ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($345.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($87.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card ($579.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1848.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-30 13:11 EST-0500)
 
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If you're not doing very intense editing/rendering, the i7-4930k is a major waste of money. Try to move down to at least i7-4770k. You technically don't even need a i7 for a gaming/browsing rig but you have a large budget.. so.
Also, I recommend you to instead get a air cooler, they are much quiet and has just as good performance ex. Noctua NH-D14.
Then of course you need to change the mobo if you drop down to i7-4770k. Something like ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO should be good.
I highly recommend you to get 250gb of SSD. If you're planning on installing your OS and games on the SSD, 120GB fills up very very quickly.
Then with the extra money, I would grab the 780ti instead of the 290x. Higher performance for sure and 290x has noise and heat...
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HeyyScott

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If you're not doing very intense editing/rendering, the i7-4930k is a major waste of money. Try to move down to at least i7-4770k. You technically don't even need a i7 for a gaming/browsing rig but you have a large budget.. so.
Also, I recommend you to instead get a air cooler, they are much quiet and has just as good performance ex. Noctua NH-D14.
Then of course you need to change the mobo if you drop down to i7-4770k. Something like ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO should be good.
I highly recommend you to get 250gb of SSD. If you're planning on installing your OS and games on the SSD, 120GB fills up very very quickly.
Then with the extra money, I would grab the 780ti instead of the 290x. Higher performance for sure and 290x has noise and heat problem.
 
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FarForge

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Six cores on the 4960k not worth it? I was thinking of years down the line. With your replacements in I have this:

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($327.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($73.74 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($87.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card ($699.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1634.65
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-30 13:48 EST-0500)

About $200 cheaper with the swaps and a bigger SSD. Is the RAM correct? What would be a good psu? I noticed if I SLI the 780ti I don't require 950+ but instead a 700+ psu. Also not sure what to look for in a case, smaller the better unless it creates too many space issues.
 
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Case: Thermaltake Chaser Series Chaser MK-I (VN300M1W2N) Black SECC ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Storage: Seagate Hybrid Drive ST2000DX001 2TB MLC/8GB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s NCQ 3.5" Desktop SSHD
Storage: SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Wifi adapter: ASUS USB-AC56 Dual-band Wireless-AC1200 USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter Up to 300+867Mbps Wireless Data Rates WPA2
Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Rx 7.1 Channels PCI Express x1 Interface Sound Card
Power supply: SILVERSTONE Strider Gold S Series ST85F-GS 850W ATX 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
RAM: G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C11D-8GSR
Mobo: ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770
Liquid cooling: NZXT Kraken X60 RL-KRX60-01 Ultra Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler 280MM
Video card: GIGABYTE GV-R929XOC-4GD Radeon R9 290X 4GB 512-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Video Card
Free Headset: Gigabyte GP-FLY 3.5mm Connector Lightweight Super Bass on-Ear Headset (This is a free add-on)
Total cost: (including shipping/tax) $1,995.52
(Everything comes from newegg with 3-day shipping.)
Hope this helps, this is a great build in my opinion, you can use this or similar. (P.S. If you have an analogue monitor (VGA) you will have to get an adapter for VGA to DVI.
 
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HeyyScott

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I'm sorry but this is awful and waste of money build.
You just wasted money on more things that are unnecessary. You also didn't consider any parts that OP needed and actually seems like you didn't read OP's post at all.
 
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A lot of this stuff is completely unnecessary for a build, and there's no reason to pay that kind of money for last year's hardware. Do something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Extreme 99.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($158.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($121.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card ($699.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case ($110.98 @ Best Buy)
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 ($23.14 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1748.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-30 14:51 EST-0500)

For the OP's uses an i7, let alone a 4930K is not necessary.
 
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FarForge

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Thanks for all the responses everyone.

g-unit1111, I was browsing for cases for awhile until I read your post. Really like that Fractal case and the PSU. Here is what my final build is, if there are any discrepancies let me know:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($327.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($73.74 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($87.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card ($699.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($113.98 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: NZXT HALE90 V2 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1917.61
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-30 16:29 EST-0500)

*Edit
Had to change memory b/c of voltage
 
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HeyyScott

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Looks perfect. Nothing to add/change.
 
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Yeah the Fractal Design is one of the best cases money can buy in that price range. And the NZXT Hale 90 is made by Super Flower and is one of the best 850W units on the market. You still don't need an i7 for your uses though, you could drop that to an i5 and then invest money elsewhere - such as storage or anything else.
 
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FarForge

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Yea I know it's overkill. Saving a couple hundred wouldn't get me another video card to SLI though and storage isn't a concern right now. I do have interests in other hobbies I didn't list that someday I might spend money on. Photography, digital-painting, etc. So I'm basically just splurging on the cpu.
 
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