Seeking advice on gaming pc building and PSU, I am not a pro, but maybe you are. Please help!

Hardpchow

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Hi Tomshardware people!!!

I am Hardpchow, I am building my first ever self-build real gaming PC (cannot use my GT430 anymore :p)

I am here to seek help..
i) Any suggestion on my rig?

ii) is 850W PSU enough for my rig? from what I described below I got i7-4770k, 780ti, some ssd and harddisk, cpu cooling fan and some default fan from the case, I will most probably add in a sound card too, also I may learn to overclock and SLI in years too come (maybe not now)




Approximate Purchase Date:
This week. (was waiting for too long already haha)

Budget Range:
The cheaper the better... however not as cheap as what I can get in US

System Usage from Most to Least Important:
High End gaming ( I need this, cannot stand against my old GT430 anymore)
Video editing
normal web surfing...

Are you buying a monitor:
Yes, will buy and overclock it later, (buy the main rig 1st then only think about that)





Parts I wanted to use:

CPU: i7-4770K (may overclock, next time, still new to that)


CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler


Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero (Z97) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard


Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory


Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk

Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (maybe the storage size is too large, see how)

unknown brand harddisk from old pc (by unknown I mean forgot already)



Video card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB DirectCU II Video Card :)Dfinally, no more GT430)

Case: Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case (I guess there are several fan included)


Power supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Soundcard: will get one, maybe from creative, haven't look through yet...

Optical drive: May use old pc's samsung drive

monitor: will buy a overclockable 27' monitor (not thinking about that yet, wanted grab my main rig 1st!:bounce:)

From Pcpartpicker , total and cheapest is about USD2200, but to buy the same thing in my country it costs about 20% more (etc USD2700):(


Do you need to buy OS:
Yes, will buy window 8.1 (price not included in the figure above)


Preferred Website(s) for Parts:
Newegg, amazon, pcpartpicker, etcetc... but I do not live here in US, so only for reference (not buying from here, no chance)

Location: I hope I can buy in US, but no chance.:(



Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 27" ( should be 1920 x 1200, correct me if I am wrong)

Additional Comments: Just want a good gaming pc, reliable, max out all game, last for more years.


Include a list of any parts you have already selected with descriptively labeled links for parts. Please do not post only links.
 
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Ahh, alrighty then. With that being said, your system is perfectly fine. 850w is enough. Friend of mine got two 680s in SLI with a 800w PSU.. it ran fine until now. He even OC it sometimes. Although, for futureproofing, putting a 1000w wouldn't hurt. The decision is completely up to you. You have more money and want to spend it for a 1000w PSU? Fine. Or you want to save up for some parts later down the road? OK too. Either way is fine.

You'll love your new rig. Happy Gaming!

raihan4

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What is your exact budget, to be clear?

And, do you plan to use this for gaming and video editing only (No heavy 3D editing, modelling, etc)?

If so, then

1) Scrap out the 16GB RAM. It's an overkill. 8GB is enough. Even most games nowadays could barely bypass 3GB of memory in use. So you shouldn't be worried with an 8GB.

2) You don't need that i7-4770k IF you only game. At this point, there's no use to squeeze out your cash for that CPU in gaming. Get an I5-4670K, it should be powerful enough, ASSUMING that you just game and don't do rendering/heavy 3d editing. You should be happy already with this CPU, both in games and video editing, rather than squeezing out ridiculous amount of money on a CPU that you barely need. (You said cheaper is better, so..)

3) About the motherboard. Do you really need it? That board is designed to overclock the 4670K/4770K to like 5GHz. For that option, it would be great ofcourse. But the question is, do you really need it? If i were you, i would just replace it with the cheaper Z87 Mobo (like Asus Z87 PLUS or MSI Z87-G45, they OC well already). But, if you do need the Hero, then go for it. It's a really great motherboard.

And yes, your PSU should be fine. It even gives some headroom if you want to do SLI later. As long you dont OC it crazily. If, at some point, you want to overclock those GPUs like crazy, i would recommend going to 1000W, just to be safe.

With a price point, we could give even more suggestions on your build.

 

Hardpchow

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Hi thanks raihan4 for your reply!!

To answer your question...
My budget is around the price i shown above... i think about USD2800 max.
I prefer performance, reliability, and long lasting for years to come as priority in considering this pc building.
(budget comes second, in order to get such system, I will pay for it)
I think the system I listed down is the best (or the most costly system) I can afford.

I do need this pc to do photoshop, and to be able to do some engineering calculation (run some software, might not be too heavy), May use this pc in future for learning overclock, and create some indie game (interest)

I will still take i7-4770k as I guess i wont regret to have this powerhorse for the years to come.

for the motherboard, I trusted Asus, and I think Hero is full of features, so I picked it.

I might SLI in the future, but who knows maybe few years down the road single GTX880Ti is better than two 780ti in SLI... haha.



And whether to OC or not, SLI or not, is for the future already.

I dont think I will OC single 780ti like crazy, or OC SLI 780ti like crazy, (at least for now I am new, never think of that yet ahhaaa)


Overall, What I listed down
4770k,
VII hero,
ssd and hdd,
creative sound card,
single asus directCUII 780ti,
the 16gb ram,
some fan,

are the things that I mostly confirmed to be put in my rig, will 850w definitely enough? I learnt that always put some headroom is good.
 

raihan4

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Ahh, alrighty then. With that being said, your system is perfectly fine. 850w is enough. Friend of mine got two 680s in SLI with a 800w PSU.. it ran fine until now. He even OC it sometimes. Although, for futureproofing, putting a 1000w wouldn't hurt. The decision is completely up to you. You have more money and want to spend it for a 1000w PSU? Fine. Or you want to save up for some parts later down the road? OK too. Either way is fine.

You'll love your new rig. Happy Gaming!
 
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