2200 Graduation Gift

DrShade · Jun 2, 2014

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/c9m44D

Just graduated high school and I have enough to purchase this beast. For the fans, I'm switching the blue LED that comes with the case for the purple LED fans I'm purchasing. Purple is love; purple is life.

Any comments/help/suggestions would be appreciated.

Jacob McIntosh · Jun 2, 2014

I take it this will be used for gaming?

vagrantsoul · Jun 2, 2014

personally, not a fan of the case, thinking more along the lines of a silverstone tj or ft02, corsair obsidian or graphite or http://pcpartpicker.com/part/phanteks-case-phes813pbl , but the case is more a personal choice thing

DrShade · Jun 2, 2014

Jacob McIntosh :

Primarily for gaming, yes.

g-unit1111 · Jun 2, 2014

First off you're spending way too much money on case fans which will be pretty useless until you actually buy your case and you can see how many mounts it has. If you're going for a color scheme you could save some money and buy a light strip like the NZXT Hue that allows you to change colors. You could drop all that stuff and go for a 780TI setup like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B SE2 37.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($145.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M550 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($156.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.54 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card ($759.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Blackout with Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($138.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($23.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1828.43
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-02 17:14 EDT-0400)

Then with the difference you can add whatever monitor, keyboard and mouse you want.

DrShade · Jun 2, 2014

g-unit1111 :

First off you're spending way too much money on case fans which will be pretty useless until you actually buy your case and you can see how many mounts it has. If you're going for a color scheme you could save some money and buy a light strip like the NZXT Hue that allows you to change colors. You could drop all that stuff and go for a 780TI setup like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B SE2 37.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($145.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M550 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($156.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.54 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card ($759.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Blackout with Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($138.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($23.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1828.43
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-02 17:14 EDT-0400)

Then with the difference you can add whatever monitor, keyboard and mouse you want.

Is this processor better than the i7 4770k? Just curious.

schau314 · Jun 2, 2014

No, but you don't need an i7 for just gaming.

The xeon 1230v3 is an i7 without overclocking for around 250 if you really want the i7. Are you planning to sli or run two video cards.

Also why do you need 16gb of ram

DrShade · Jun 2, 2014

schau314 :

Wasn't planning on SLI, but maybe in the future

16 gigs for future proof

g-unit1111 · Jun 2, 2014

DrShade :

They perform about identical, but the i5-4670K is cheaper and allows you to get the 780TI.

Wasn't planning on SLI, but maybe in the future

16 gigs for future proof

That's not going to make a PC future proof. There really isn't anything that will other than planning ahead of time for future upgrades and expansion.

DrShade · Jun 2, 2014

So will 16GB really not benefit me more than 8GB? Because some games today recommend 8GB and I wanted to be sure I had room for a bit more, if that makes sense.

schau314 · Jun 2, 2014

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3075720.html
Look at the second response, I really think that 8gb is fine. Worst case scenario you have to buy another 2 sticks of 4gb later on. Buy the time 8gb is outdated, ddr4 will be out and the cpu will be outdated.

enemy1g · Jun 2, 2014

One thing, there's no such thing as future proof. The parts in your list, no matter how good they are, will be old news within months. The tech world moves fast. 16GB of RAM is overkill for gaming, especially when 8GB will do the trick, and DDR4 is right around the corner.

I'd go with the i5-4670k if you wish to overclock, and get a GTX 780 Ti. Otherwise, wait and get an i5-4690k and an 8xx series card.

RazerZ · Jun 2, 2014

DrShade :

Most games don't even take full use of 4GB of ram, so 8GB is all you need.

g-unit1111 · Jun 2, 2014

enemy1g :

Exactly what I've been saying. I'm guessing there will probably be zero difference in performance between the 4670K and 4690K except for maybe improved Intel HD graphics and a slightly higher stock clock.

DrShade · Jun 2, 2014

I've made some changes, how does it look?

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/firebolt059/saved/Mmx2FT

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