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July 11, 2014 11:19:49 PM

Hi,

I am looking at building a good gaming ATX Desktop and my budget is meant around $2000, but it seems I can not mange to keep it that low.

WHAT I NEED
I would like this build to be able to handle the newest games (and ones to come) very well on high settings. I would also like to do quite a lot of video and photo editing with photoshop and after effects. This PC would also have to be able to handle game development, but that is not normally very taxing on the PC in my instance.

CURRENT BUILD IDEA
I am currently looking at this setup I have put together here:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($143.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($102.80 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($900.00)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX Full Tower Case ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($164.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Accessory: NZXT Hue LED Controller ($28.04 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse Wired Laser Mouse ($53.82 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Logitech G930 7.1 Channel Headset ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Other: MoBo Link
Other: XSPC Water Cooling ($209.00)
Total: $2576.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Any suggestions?

QUESTIONS

What is a good water cooling kit for this build? I would like a custom loop, but don't know what a good kit is. I have heard XS-PC and Aquatunning have some good ones.

What would I need to cool in the build? Would I just need a water block for the CPU aor would I need to cool the GPU also?

How does water cooling this board work? I know that it has slots to connect it, but where does it go in the loop?

Anyone know where I can get a good, cheaper 780 ti?

Would it be better to get two 770's or one 780 ti?

Will I still need fans with water cooling and where?

Check out the orignal thread here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2214976/mini-itx...

Well, that's about all from me.
Thanks for any help!

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July 12, 2014 8:48:38 PM

4Ryan6 said:
Do yourself a favor and read this first?

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2196038/air-cooling-water-cooling-things.html

Then see if anything you learn changes what you have listed?


Thanks, that has helped a lot!
So do you think I should (cheaply) water cool or air cool with something like a Noctua for this build? I am also trying to make the build green and black, as you can see from the parts.
I will admit that I thought that water cooling was a perfect cure all for cool, but I now realize air cooling may be just as good.

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July 13, 2014 1:43:12 AM

It depends on whether you have high overclocking goals of the 4770K? (Past 4.7ghz)

If you don't then air cool, if you do however? then consider water cooling, but go big or don't do it.
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July 13, 2014 4:00:55 AM

I would prefer it to be cheaper, so I think I will air cool.
How many fans would I need in my case? (CM Storm Trooper)
I am thinking of getting some quite Corsair fans and then spray painting them green to match the green and black theme.
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a c 248 K Overclocking
July 13, 2014 4:22:40 AM

Instead of spray paint consider spray plastic dye, a lot of case modders use that for optical drive face color changes and such, don't ask me where they find it IDK. Just Google it?

The spray plastic dye should be more fan friendly and hopefully keep the fans from going out of balance.
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