- Mar 14, 2014
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So, I'm new to the whole PC building thing. All that I've done before is upgrade ram and a GPU, though I am very tech savvy. I record/stream gameplay videos, I do some 3D modeling, and I also edit videos, so I need a pretty powerful PC.
I have decided to water cool, because then I can(probably) get a pretty nice OC and it looks like a cool thing to do, not to mention it looks absolutely awesome.
I've decided on a green color scheme, on the LGA1150 socket. a 4770K seems to be the best choice. Because of the green color scheme, there was only one motherboard to go with, the Sniper M5. The RAM is pretty simple, just get some that doesn't stand out and has decent specs. I went with a simple 1TB caviar blue, I've never used an SSD and therefore I don't really need one. I might upgrade to an SSD in the future, only time will tell. I want to go Crossfire/SLI, only partially due to bragging rights. AMD GFX cards seem to be a good choice, when you can find a non-inflated one. They have a lot of cool looking "technologies" and I was wondering how much of that is just marketing? And how would 2 290s hold up to three 760s? I will be making a custom case, built around this PC. I went with an EVGA 750w gold rated PSU, if I should have a higher wattage, please tell me. I favor the looks of XSPC's water blocks, the LED lighting looks really nice. I've heard good things about Black Ice rads, so I decided to use one of those. I will most likely use distilled water with a killcoil in it, maybe alongside some biocide. The one thing I'm not sure about is the SLI/Crossfire connector, which one should I use?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($173.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($439.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($439.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Micro Center)
Other: Fedex Shipping For WC parts ($15.48)
Other: XSPC D5 Pump/Photon 270 res/ pump combo ($159.95)
Other: XSPC Sniper M5 waterblock ($67.95)
Other: XSPC Raystorm CPU block ($52.99)
Other: XSPC Black Chrome G1/4 to 3/8 ID, 5/8 OD Compression Fitting 12x ($47.88)
Other: XSPC Green tubing, 3/8 ID, 5/8 OD 5 Feet ($11.25)
Other: XSPC Razor 290 Full cover/backplate 2x ($355.80)
Other: Black Ice GT Stealth 360 rad 2x ($135.90)
Total: $2484.11
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-09 16:41 EDT-0400)
I have decided to water cool, because then I can(probably) get a pretty nice OC and it looks like a cool thing to do, not to mention it looks absolutely awesome.
I've decided on a green color scheme, on the LGA1150 socket. a 4770K seems to be the best choice. Because of the green color scheme, there was only one motherboard to go with, the Sniper M5. The RAM is pretty simple, just get some that doesn't stand out and has decent specs. I went with a simple 1TB caviar blue, I've never used an SSD and therefore I don't really need one. I might upgrade to an SSD in the future, only time will tell. I want to go Crossfire/SLI, only partially due to bragging rights. AMD GFX cards seem to be a good choice, when you can find a non-inflated one. They have a lot of cool looking "technologies" and I was wondering how much of that is just marketing? And how would 2 290s hold up to three 760s? I will be making a custom case, built around this PC. I went with an EVGA 750w gold rated PSU, if I should have a higher wattage, please tell me. I favor the looks of XSPC's water blocks, the LED lighting looks really nice. I've heard good things about Black Ice rads, so I decided to use one of those. I will most likely use distilled water with a killcoil in it, maybe alongside some biocide. The one thing I'm not sure about is the SLI/Crossfire connector, which one should I use?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($173.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($439.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($439.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Micro Center)
Other: Fedex Shipping For WC parts ($15.48)
Other: XSPC D5 Pump/Photon 270 res/ pump combo ($159.95)
Other: XSPC Sniper M5 waterblock ($67.95)
Other: XSPC Raystorm CPU block ($52.99)
Other: XSPC Black Chrome G1/4 to 3/8 ID, 5/8 OD Compression Fitting 12x ($47.88)
Other: XSPC Green tubing, 3/8 ID, 5/8 OD 5 Feet ($11.25)
Other: XSPC Razor 290 Full cover/backplate 2x ($355.80)
Other: Black Ice GT Stealth 360 rad 2x ($135.90)
Total: $2484.11
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-09 16:41 EDT-0400)
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