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May 14, 2014 4:29:50 AM

Hi Everyone,
I haven't built a PC in nearly ten years and am looking to build a PC specifically to play Elder Scrolls Online and maybe use MS Office and Visio for work. I'd really like a PC that is relatively quiet and can play the game at max settings. Perhaps have the option to go to Liquid cooling in the future.

I have an older NEC 30" monitor (3090WQXi) which does 2560 x 1600 resolution so it needs to be able to drive that, but also would like the option in the future to go to UHD across multiple displays.. I'm willing to spend up to $2500.00 but happy to spend much less if I can meet all my requirements.

Any help or suggestions on components/parts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,

Cyc.

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May 14, 2014 6:18:30 AM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($71.25 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC Force ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($73.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($495.00 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($495.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($108.98 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2157.16
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-14 09:17 EDT-0400)

A bit under budget, but will max out whatever you want at that resolution. Also has support for a third 290X if you do end up doing an EyeFinity setup in the future.

You could save $140 and lose the SSD, but with this amount of money, I would want everything loading as fast as the rest of my computing is lol
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May 14, 2014 6:23:36 AM

This one here is a beast. As I'm not sure about your preferences, I made up the list with assumptions and you could always change the parts to suit your need.

If you don't need an optical drive and OS(assuming you've got yourself an OS already), this one would be perfectly great.

If you want to go all AMD rig, just tell. I would try to help you with that as well. Peace!
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May 14, 2014 6:27:09 AM

That is extremely overkill/overpriced on the RAM, and a single 780 won't max out games at 2560x1600....
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May 14, 2014 7:41:58 AM

Thanks so much for the quick response, the specs look great, wondering how quiet this system would be though? I used to have a Dell XPS and then later an Alienware Aurora (as a replacement under warranty for the dell xps since the motherboard died) that were way too noisy... i'm a bit spoiled because my primary machine right now is a mac mini..
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May 14, 2014 7:49:43 AM

T-Bag said:
This one here is a beast. As I'm not sure about your preferences, I made up the list with assumptions and you could always change the parts to suit your need.

If you don't need an optical drive and OS(assuming you've got yourself an OS already), this one would be perfectly great.

If you want to go all AMD rig, just tell. I would try to help you with that as well. Peace!

Thanks for the suggestions.. the 32GB of RAM seems overkill though since I doubt anything I would run would utilize all that?
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May 14, 2014 7:53:15 AM

HiTechObsessed said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($71.25 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC Force ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($73.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($495.00 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($495.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($108.98 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2157.16
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-14 09:17 EDT-0400)

A bit under budget, but will max out whatever you want at that resolution. Also has support for a third 290X if you do end up doing an EyeFinity setup in the future.

You could save $140 and lose the SSD, but with this amount of money, I would want everything loading as fast as the rest of my computing is lol


Thanks for the recommendation.. yes I was definitely planning on the SSD.. I'm assuming this system would be super noisy? what option do I have to keep the system cooled and relatively quiet?
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May 14, 2014 6:38:10 PM

The D14 will remain extremely quiet, and only really get loud if you do stress testing.

The 290x's will be noticeable, though the Tri-X cooler is pretty good. The Define R4 is optimized more for noise dampening, so that would help as well. With this setup, it would only be slightly louder than running an NVIDIA equivalent dual-card setup.
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May 15, 2014 6:07:12 AM

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Thanks for the suggestions.. the 32GB of RAM seems overkill though since I doubt anything I would run would utilize all that?

I chose the 32GB (2400Mhz) RAM just because of the price range you've given. lol. Well, you can reduce the RAM to 4x4 GB or 2x8 GB and make it work in dual-channel mode and get a GTX 780Ti superclocked edition. That can run games at the given resolution.

The updated list can be found here and the price breakdown by merchant can be found here. Do you need an optical drive? I mean you can always get an external drive and hook it up when you need, right?

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May 22, 2014 10:14:59 AM

HiTechObsessed said:
The D14 will remain extremely quiet, and only really get loud if you do stress testing.

The 290x's will be noticeable, though the Tri-X cooler is pretty good. The Define R4 is optimized more for noise dampening, so that would help as well. With this setup, it would only be slightly louder than running an NVIDIA equivalent dual-card setup.


Thanks I've seen some of the 290X's sold with the coolers already installed but they get really bad reviews and seem to be defective.. how hard is it to install t he Tri-X cooler on your own?
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May 22, 2014 10:16:23 AM

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Thanks for the suggestions.. the 32GB of RAM seems overkill though since I doubt anything I would run would utilize all that?

I chose the 32GB (2400Mhz) RAM just because of the price range you've given. lol. Well, you can reduce the RAM to 4x4 GB or 2x8 GB and make it work in dual-channel mode and get a GTX 780Ti superclocked edition. That can run games at the given resolution.

The updated list can be found here and the price breakdown by merchant can be found here. Do you need an optical drive? I mean you can always get an external drive and hook it up when you need, right?

Optical drive might be convenient to install the OS at first, then maybe take it out... for the liquid cooling CPU, does that part include the radiator.. how hard is it to install a closed loop liquid cooling for the CPU?


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May 22, 2014 10:22:30 AM

The Tri-X straight from Sapphire is great. Most reviews you see are only from people who get defective ones because they want to 'warn' people that they are horrible and awful lol In reality, the failure rate is very low, and swapping out the cooler on your own will void your warranty.
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