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$2,600 Budget Gaming/Production PC (FIRST BUILD)

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June 5, 2014 5:53:01 AM

Hey peeps, this is my first PC to ever build after so many people told me to not use Cyberpowerpc and the like.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/G9xZFT This is my build, is there anything I should change? Anything I should add? Are the fans OK? Is the Motherboard good? I'm also planning to install my OS on the SSD, is that OK? Are the screens OK?

Also any tips and tricks on cable management will be greatly appreciated! Also how do people add LED's to light up the PC from the inside, and how do people have so many water cooling pipes when I could only add one as a CPU cooler?

I will also be swapping the i7-4770k with the new i7-4790K when I check out, but I put the i7-4770k as a placeholder.


I will be using this PC mainly for gaming and game development, as well as 3D Modelling/Sculpting/Animating.

Also don't mind the Nintendo 3ds :p 

I appreciate any help at all, thank you very much.

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a b 4 Gaming
June 5, 2014 5:57:56 AM

If you are going to swap the CPU, then save some money and get an i5 4670K. Other than that, everything looks good
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a b 4 Gaming
June 5, 2014 6:03:52 AM

Those are some great selections - I wouldn't worry about your proc: one of the largest differences between the 8 series and 9 series chipset is the built-in graphics so I don't think you would see any significant gains since you have a dedicated GPU in your build. There are some interesting features on ASUS' mid-level and high-end motherboards but several are more for home theater and media server applications. It's worth taking a peak but don't expect to find anything game-changing. If you have the cushion available in your build, I would probably look at a 780ti - the 780 is more than sufficient for high-end gaming @ 1080p these days but developers always push the envelope so expect the next BF to require more muscle to run the extra texture effects. The extra core clock and cuda cores to help with 3D animation as well - if you're planning to SLI, I would check to see if you can find a motherboard that supports dual x16 SLI so you can take full advantage of all that power. That will not be an insignificant difference in price, but if you're planning on adding another graphics card down the road, you'll appreciate the choice to not have to replace your motherboard or deal with less than great performance.
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a b 4 Gaming
June 5, 2014 6:23:39 AM

If it supports SLI, it would support 2waySLI or more and in this case it is Quad SLI
"Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI and SLI" - Newegg
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June 5, 2014 6:29:04 AM

Aspire77360 said:
If it supports SLI, it would support 2waySLI or more and in this case it is Quad SLI
"Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI and SLI" - Newegg


Well I don't think I would need a Quad SLI, do I keep the mother board as it is, or is there a cheaper/better alternative?
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a b 4 Gaming
June 5, 2014 6:30:26 AM

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97...
But I would stick with the Asus myself
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June 5, 2014 6:34:12 AM

Alright thanks, last thing I need to know is:

Are the fans OK? I'm also planning to install my OS on the SSD, is that OK? Are the screens OK? Also any tips and tricks on cable management will be greatly appreciated! Also how do people add LED's to light up the PC from the inside, and how do people have so many water cooling pipes when I could only add one as a CPU cooler?

I'm pretty sure all of this can be answered with a PC Building video, can anybody suggest me a good one that encompasses all these questions?
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a b 4 Gaming
June 5, 2014 6:37:47 AM

Fans are good, but quiet ones are from noctua
OS on SSD, bets idea
Screens = good
Cable management in the 750D should be easy to do
People buy led strips
People set up custom watercooling loops. pro - good performance and looks good. con - very expensive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtHDqdo5pR0
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a b 4 Gaming
June 5, 2014 7:12:37 AM

If you want better cooling and quieter cooling, get the NH-D15 instead.
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June 5, 2014 7:17:42 AM

So what about cable "sleeves" ? I'm guessing it's sort of a cable skin? How does that work?


Thanks a lot you guys for the help.
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a b 4 Gaming
June 5, 2014 7:26:41 AM

Just holds individual cables together for better cable management, they look quite nice if you get the matching colour to the second most used colour in your pc ie black pc with some red. use red sleeves
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a b 4 Gaming
June 5, 2014 3:27:41 PM

It's rough to find a mobo that supports dual x16 - I will keep hunting but it looks like this was the least expensive motherboard I saw showed running dual x16 for SLI:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Will keep hunting but just to give you an idea of what to check when you buy
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June 5, 2014 3:29:49 PM

Just a small thing, those fans come in single and Dual packages, should save you a little :) 
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a b 4 Gaming
June 5, 2014 3:44:09 PM

If you really want gpu power, look to a lga 2011. A 780ti can't max out the bandwidth of a PCI x16, be just as good to get a board with x8,x8, and a bunch cheaper and more usefull than a board like the WS, which fours nothing but tie in 4 Gpu's
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