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Are these parts compatible with each other (planning on buying a new machine)

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February 17, 2014 3:43:58 PM

After viewing the sticky thread "How to ask for new build or upgrade advice", I'm going to go ahead and list all the questions/answers.

* My budget range is 1,500-2,000 (I might consider throwing in 100-150 bucks extra).

* I'm going to use the machine for gaming, watching movies, editing softwares like photoshop, 3ds max, etc.

* I might be buying a monitor, if I do then I'll stick with a 1080p resolution.

* Planning on building a machine from scratch.

* I'm probably going to have to buy an OS (sticking to windows 7 though)

* Shopping at newegg

* Living in NJ

* My parts preferences are intel for cpu and motherboard. Nvidia graphic card. Corsair for memory card. I am not sure if I picked a good PSU though.

* I am not overclocking.

* I might use SLI or crossfire if my budget permits

* monitor resolution 1920 x 1080

I'm upgrading because my current computer is becoming outdated. I can't run latest games on max settings anymore like I used to. My current pc setup is -

Intel core i7 920
Ati radeon 5850hd 1gb
8gb corsair memory
750w corsair PSU

And now for the list of parts I had already selected. I wanted to know if these components are compatible with each other.


Motherboard

ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131801


CPU

Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73930K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492


PSU

Gamer Series 980W ATX12V/EPS12V PCI-E Computer Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA30R1AR1596


Video card

EVGA 04G-P4-3778-KR GeForce GTX 770 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130925


Memory

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9
url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233142


Computer case

Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160


HDD

Seagate Hybrid Drive ST2000DX001 2TB MLC/8GB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s NCQ 3.5" Desktop SSHD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178380

Thank you for the help.

EDIT:

I forgot one thing I wanted to ask. Is it worth it to wait for the DDR5 memory ram to come out before buying a new computer?

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February 17, 2014 3:51:05 PM

you can get a 4930k instead of the 3930k, slightly newer

i don't like the idea of waiting for hardware... any tech is usually overpriced at launch
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February 17, 2014 4:10:33 PM

They are compatible. You really want 4 sticks of memory since that CPU supports quad channel. No reason to spend that much on the CPU if you are not going to fully exploit it. Get a quad channel kit along the lines of: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
You get a quad channel kit because they are certified / tested to work at rated speeds.

If you have budget think about getting a 256GB SSD like a Samsung 840 for the OS / programs and get a plain 2GB drive for storage of movies etc.

Your squeezing the budget, if gaming comes first and your not doing Photoshop / 3ds max for a living then you should consider an Intel Core i7-4770K which is $200 cheaper. Also it doesnt need a quad channel memory kit and the motherboard will be a tad cheaper. That would give you enough savings to get a 256GB SSD and a 2GB drive along with 16GB of memory.

Your thinking DDR4 not DDR5. DDR4 will hit at end of the year when Intel updates Sandy Bridge-E to Haswell-E.
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February 17, 2014 4:14:52 PM

I just ordered a system around the same price range myself. The parts you have listed are very nice and well though out but if you want a diferent option try this

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2V3KG

This build uses the newer haswell 4770K processor. Hexacore processors like the Sandy Bridge E architecture are wasted on gaming where the software isn't written to take advantage of all the cores.
I added 16 GB of ram which may be a waste most of the time but isnt much more expensive than 8 GB of ram and can be useful if you want to do video editing a little later.
I added a solid state hard drive for the boot drive, and bumped up the video card a little while dropping the watage of the power supply. A specific solid state drive will give you better performance booting than a hybrid drive will, and at 800 watts the PSU is more than enough do push 2 way SLI if you ever feel like you want a 2nd video card.

I went with a 780 video card over the 770 simply because of the budget. It is just a little better, and not really all that much of an improvement over the 770, but the money was in the budget.
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February 17, 2014 7:48:34 PM

Thanks for the replies guys, you've all been helpful. Now I'm figuring out how many fans I should buy and I noticed the CPU I chose doesn't come with a heatsink so I chose these two, don't know which I should get.

Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018

Cooler Master Nepton 280L – All-In-One CPU Liquid Water Cooling System with 280mm Radiator and 2 JetFlo Fans
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103198

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