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Approximate Purchase Date: Late August 2014

Budget Range: 1500-2000$ (Minus Keyboard and Mouse)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming/Streaming (BF4, Titanfall, Crysis 3, MMOs), Editing/Rendering (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop), College work

Are you buying a monitor: Yes, (and would like suggestions) and just one monitor for now

Do you need to buy OS: Yes, included in budget, figured I'd try Win8.1 out

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Whatever is cheapest and most reliable! I also have a microcenter nearby.

Location: New Jersey (The greatest state in the country) ;)

Parts Preferences: Intel/Nvidia

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Possibly in the future

Your Monitor Resolution: At least 1920x1080 but not opposed to suggestions on others, (the high the res the more editing room I have with one monitor)


I have a build and will write a short comment after each part, if you could provide suggestions on different parts, reviews on others that would be great. As computer parts come out so often, is there anything that's upcoming between now and August that will severely drop the price of certain components? My budget is pretty flexible, so if you think I should upgrade here, or downgrade there let me know. I'd prefer to keep it in the window but I can budge. Thanks a lot Tom's! Let me know what you think!


**CPU** | [Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74770k) | $269.99 @ Micro Center

Went with the i7 for hyperthreading, the 4820k wasn't enough of an improvement and I don't believe I should go for the 4930 model because I'm not THAT serious about rendering.

**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | $31.99 @ Mwave

I'll be doing at least a slight overclock and I've read this is the most bang for your buck at the moment, I plan on making a custom loop later on, so I didn't want to go with something like a h100i or anything like that.

**Motherboard** | [Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-maximusvihero) | $199.99 @ Micro Center

I 'shopped' around on mobos and it was between this one and the Sabertooth, I like the aesthetics of the Hero, and I've heard great things.

**Memory** | [G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f32400c10d16gtx) | $189.99 @ Newegg


I was a little concerned with the 1.65v rating as I am not the most keen on Overclocking yet, but I've read enough reviews and most of them end up with "Put it on XMP profile 1" and everything sorts itself out. If you could suggest different ram, different frequencies go for it! But the price between the 1866 and 2400 wasn't much at all.


**Storage** | [Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7te250lw) | $149.99 @ Micro Center


"Once you go SSD you can never go back" Was thinking about possibly increasing this to a 500GB, but don't really need to. What do you think?


**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm001) | $83.98 @ Best Buy
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm001) | $83.98 @ Best Buy

I've never ran RAID before, and I wanted to try it out, was going to do RAID 0 (aware of the non-redundancy) but also I was thinking of a RAID 10 - I've read you need at least 4 drives for this, so should I get 4 - cheaper 1TB hard drives? Maybe Cav Blues or something.

**Video Card** | [Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn770wf34gd) |-

For whatever reason the price isn't coming up on this, this component is my main concern though. I'm stuck in the -Maybe I should just dish out the extra cash now and not deal with it later- mentality. I was originally on the GTX 770 2GB, then I read BF4 and Crysis3 hit past the 2gb Vram mark, so I figured at minimum I need the 4GB. But then I get to the point where I go "Well the 780 isn't THAT much more, then when I decide the 780 I'll think, well the 780 Ti isn't THAT much more. So on and so forth. I REALLY need help deciding on this one TH, should I just stick to the 770 4gb? Go 780? 780 Ti?

I know the obvious choice is "If you can afford it, go for it" But is it really worth it at this point - as I can just SLI down the road
Also, by August I would assume the prices of these cards would drop slightly with new components coming out. Please help!



**Case** | [Cooler Master Storm Stryker (White) ATX Full Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-sgc5000wkwn1) | $154.99 @ Newegg

I searched hours upon hours and it finally came to this case, I like the size, easily liquid cooling ready, and I've heard great things.

**Power Supply** | [XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1750bbefx) | $119.99 @ NCIX US

Have the 750 for possibly SLI in the future

**Optical Drive** | [Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-optical-drive-drw24b1stblkbas) | $16.99 @ Newegg

**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-wn700615) | $89.98 @ OutletPC

**Case Fan** | [Xigmatek CLF-F1255 68.3 CFM 120mm Fan](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xigmatek-case-fan-clff1255) | $13.98 @ OutletPC
**Case Fan** | [Xigmatek CLF-F1255 68.3 CFM 120mm Fan](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xigmatek-case-fan-clff1255) | $13.98 @ OutletPC
| | **Total**

Going for a White/Purple build, these were the best reviewed purple fans I could find.


| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $1389.82

The price isn't accurate because the GPU wasn't showing up, but it was another 340$ so this build would be ~1740$ Minus the keyboard/mouse/monitor


For the monitor, I've been poking around but can't really seem to decide, the 1920x1200 Asus Vs24AH caught my eye, but I'm not definite on it. Should I just keep it simple at stay at 1920x1080p?
Something with a slim bezel would be ideal for possibly having three monitors in the future.

I plan on buying the Max Tesoro Gungnir H5 ~50$ and am in between about the Max Nighthawkx8 (purple) and the Tesoro Lobera. The two keyboards are around the same price, but I can find very few reviews about Tesoro as I believe they are a new player in the game.

So where can I cut costs? Where can/should I spend more? Thanks TH for always being so helpful!


 
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With a 780ti you should be fine with 3 1440p monitors if you so chose. However, if you did go with 1080p monitors i'd...
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Looking quite nice! If you want to do a raid, you have to understand that you do run an increased risk of losing the data. once you understand that, if you are still happy to do it for the better speed, then you can. however since you already have an ssd there doesn't seem to be much of a reason to have fast storage disks.

If you still want to do a raid hehe you should get a raid card to go in your pci slots. Software raid is noticeably more dangerous and uses cpu time when you are getting anything from the drives.
 
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Looking quite nice! If you want to do a raid, you have to understand that you do run an increased risk of losing the data. once you understand that, if you are still happy to do it for the better speed, then you can. however since you already have an ssd there doesn't seem to be much of a reason to have fast storage disks.

If you still want to do a raid hehe you should get a raid card to go in your pci slots. Software raid is noticeably more dangerous and uses cpu time when you are getting anything from the drives.
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Thank you! The main reason I wanted to try it out is for faster write speeds for when I'm rendering video. I'm not too keen on RAID cards, any suggestions on which ones? I'm aware of the RAID0 risk, that's why I was considering getting four 1TB and throw them in a RAID 10.
 
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Well here it's your choice :) If you're happy to use it as RAID 10 then defiantly thats what you should do.
The only problem with not using a raid card, especially if you're doing something cpu intensive, is that the cpu takes the extra work of doing the raid aswell
 
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Update: Now I am just reading on the new generations of cpu/mobos. Should I grab the i7 4790k (is there a 'k' model out yet? I couldn't get much clarification) and I would just grab the Asus Max VII Hero (to work with the i7 4790k)

Also, I believe I'm going to take the hit and grab the GTX 780 - Which brand should I buy?

Please everyone read the OP (I know it's long, but I definitely need suggestions!)
 
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Sorry I was away so long >.< I have 20 notifications x3
That i7 is not out yet. its merely leaks and rumours. You can tell because searching its name does not come up with the intel website on it. They would pay google to get first place if it was out.
The 780 is a good card. Choose any brand.
 
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Rugnir,

Thanks for responding, I am definitely going for the GTX 780 (at least) and contemplating (and trying to justify) buying the 780Ti at the moment.

As far as waiting for Devil's Canyon, I'm waiting until August/Sep anyway (won't be home until then) so hopefully it comes out by then. So at that point I'll grab the Max Hero 7 with i7 4790k.

Any recommendations on monitors? I believe I am going to buy two at the moment (to help with editing), and a third later on, so something with a smaller bezel would be great. I take it I should stay at 1080p for a three monitor set up (that isn't too crazy cost-wise)

 
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With a 780ti you should be fine with 3 1440p monitors if you so chose. However, if you did go with 1080p monitors i'd just pick one with a style you like that's cheap. Perhaps i've been lucky, but i've never had any problems with any monitors i've had and i just go for the cheapest one I can find without any glaring faults (read customer reviews etc.)

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One thing to remember is that 3 monitors doesn't cause much of a problem on its own, its just when you try to put 3d programs across the lot, such as games, where you're basically using it as one huge monitor, thats when it's really taxing. on its own, I can run 3 monitors can run on windows desktop/youtube/skype/old strategy games even on my old laptop.
 
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