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July 30, 2014 10:03:06 AM

This is the card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Vapor-X Video Card

Below are my other specs:
Cpu: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC ATX LGA1150
Ram: Kingston KVR13N9S8K2/8
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" SSD
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5"
Case: CoolerMaster Elite 430 EVO
Psu: Corsair TX750M
Optical drive: Samsung SH-B123L
OS: MS windows 8 64-bit

My Budget is $1350, if anybody has a better card recommendation i will check it out.

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a b U Graphics card
July 30, 2014 10:04:44 AM

This will run most game high/ultra at 1080p. If you can afford it I'd recommend the 280 instead. 280 will max out most games with no issues.
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July 30, 2014 10:05:50 AM

DroneDroneDrone said:
This will run most game high/ultra at 1080p. If you can afford it I'd recommend the 280 instead. 280 will max out most games with no issues.

Any other cards within my budget

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July 30, 2014 10:08:14 AM

I'd pay an extra $5 to up that 500 GB HDD to a 1 TB.
the TX 750M Is heavy duty overkill, an XFX 550 will be plenty for any single GPU build
Swap the i7 to an i5-4690K and the mobo to the Z97 version of the same thing (will save about $80 on the cpu, while the mobo is maybe $5 more)
user the savings on the CPU and PSU to jump up to the R9 280, which can be had for at little as $199.99
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July 30, 2014 10:08:45 AM

What's your budget for just the video card alone?
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July 30, 2014 10:09:56 AM

MelonBullet said:
This is the card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Vapor-X Video Card

Below are my other specs:
Cpu: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC ATX LGA1150
Ram: Kingston KVR13N9S8K2/8
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" SSD
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5"
Case: CoolerMaster 430 EVO
Psu: Corsair TX750M
Optical drive: Samsung SH-B123L
OS: MS windows 8 64-bit

My Budget is $1350, if anybody has a better card recommendation i will check it out.


This isn't 1350 dollars is it? You should have enough room left for a R9 290 I think.
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July 30, 2014 10:10:03 AM

ScrewySqrl said:
I'd pay an extra $5 to up that 500 GB HDD to a 1 TB.
the TX 750M Is heavy duty overkill, an XFX 550 will be plenty for any single GPU build
Swap the i7 to an i5-4690K and the mobo to the Z97 version of the same thing (will save about $80 on the cpu, while the mobo is maybe $5 more)
user the savings on the CPU and PSU to jump up to the R9 280, which can be had for at little as $199.99


I only need a 500gb hdd
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a b U Graphics card
July 30, 2014 10:11:19 AM

MelonBullet said:
ScrewySqrl said:
I'd pay an extra $5 to up that 500 GB HDD to a 1 TB.
the TX 750M Is heavy duty overkill, an XFX 550 will be plenty for any single GPU build
Swap the i7 to an i5-4690K and the mobo to the Z97 version of the same thing (will save about $80 on the cpu, while the mobo is maybe $5 more)
user the savings on the CPU and PSU to jump up to the R9 280, which can be had for at little as $199.99


I only need a 500gb hdd



things will always expand to fill available space. You can never have 'too much' hard drive
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July 30, 2014 10:12:13 AM

MelonBullet said:
ScrewySqrl said:
I'd pay an extra $5 to up that 500 GB HDD to a 1 TB.
the TX 750M Is heavy duty overkill, an XFX 550 will be plenty for any single GPU build
Swap the i7 to an i5-4690K and the mobo to the Z97 version of the same thing (will save about $80 on the cpu, while the mobo is maybe $5 more)
user the savings on the CPU and PSU to jump up to the R9 280, which can be had for at little as $199.99


I only need a 500gb hdd


500GB fills up really fast and I'm sure you can find the extra 5 dollars. I have my PC for 2 weeks now and I already used 400GB.
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July 30, 2014 10:14:11 AM

ScrewySqrl said:
MelonBullet said:
ScrewySqrl said:
I'd pay an extra $5 to up that 500 GB HDD to a 1 TB.
the TX 750M Is heavy duty overkill, an XFX 550 will be plenty for any single GPU build
Swap the i7 to an i5-4690K and the mobo to the Z97 version of the same thing (will save about $80 on the cpu, while the mobo is maybe $5 more)
user the savings on the CPU and PSU to jump up to the R9 280, which can be had for at little as $199.99


I only need a 500gb hdd



things will always expand to fill available space. You can never have 'too much' hard drive


I would prefer to have a i7 bc i will be playing games and recording at the same time

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a b U Graphics card
July 30, 2014 10:14:33 AM

Any reason for getting the 500GB HDD over a 1 TB HDD? Also if this build is primarily for gaming the i7 is overkill, if it is going to be used for audio/video editing or workstation stuff then the i7 is fine. Also noticed you didn't have a CPU cooler for overclocking the CPU.

For less than the corsair tx you could get this PSU:

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ NCIX US)

It is equal or better quality, gold rated, fully modular, w/ a 10 yr warranty (make sure it is the EVGA G2 model)

For the parts you have now the the 270x or 280 are the best value. Gtx 760 if you prefer Nvidia cards.
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July 30, 2014 10:14:49 AM

Mounty_078 said:
MelonBullet said:
ScrewySqrl said:
I'd pay an extra $5 to up that 500 GB HDD to a 1 TB.
the TX 750M Is heavy duty overkill, an XFX 550 will be plenty for any single GPU build
Swap the i7 to an i5-4690K and the mobo to the Z97 version of the same thing (will save about $80 on the cpu, while the mobo is maybe $5 more)
user the savings on the CPU and PSU to jump up to the R9 280, which can be had for at little as $199.99


I only need a 500gb hdd


500GB fills up really fast and I'm sure you can find the extra 5 dollars. I have my PC for 2 weeks now and I already used 400GB.


What hardrive do you sugest
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July 30, 2014 10:15:58 AM

numanator said:
Any reason for getting the 500GB HDD over a 1 TB HDD? Also if this build is primarily for gaming the i7 is overkill, if it is going to be used for audio/video editing or workstation stuff then the i7 is fine. Also noticed you didn't have a CPU cooler for overclocking the CPU.

For less than the corsair tx you could get this PSU:

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ NCIX US)

It is equal or better quality, gold rated, fully modular, w/ a 10 yr warranty (make sure it is the EVGA G2 model)

For the parts you have now the the 270x or 280 are the best value. Gtx 760 if you prefer Nvidia cards.

i wont be overclocking this build
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July 30, 2014 10:18:21 AM

MelonBullet said:
Mounty_078 said:
MelonBullet said:
ScrewySqrl said:
I'd pay an extra $5 to up that 500 GB HDD to a 1 TB.
the TX 750M Is heavy duty overkill, an XFX 550 will be plenty for any single GPU build
Swap the i7 to an i5-4690K and the mobo to the Z97 version of the same thing (will save about $80 on the cpu, while the mobo is maybe $5 more)
user the savings on the CPU and PSU to jump up to the R9 280, which can be had for at little as $199.99


I only need a 500gb hdd


500GB fills up really fast and I'm sure you can find the extra 5 dollars. I have my PC for 2 weeks now and I already used 400GB.


What hardrive do you sugest


If you want 1TB get a WD Blue or WD Black. The Black is faster but a bit louder and more expensive but the Black also has a 5 year warranty where as the Blue has a 2-3 year warranty.
I have a WD Black 3TB.
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a b U Graphics card
July 30, 2014 10:19:13 AM

Mounty_078 said:
MelonBullet said:
Mounty_078 said:
MelonBullet said:
ScrewySqrl said:
I'd pay an extra $5 to up that 500 GB HDD to a 1 TB.
the TX 750M Is heavy duty overkill, an XFX 550 will be plenty for any single GPU build
Swap the i7 to an i5-4690K and the mobo to the Z97 version of the same thing (will save about $80 on the cpu, while the mobo is maybe $5 more)
user the savings on the CPU and PSU to jump up to the R9 280, which can be had for at little as $199.99


I only need a 500gb hdd


500GB fills up really fast and I'm sure you can find the extra 5 dollars. I have my PC for 2 weeks now and I already used 400GB.


What hardrive do you sugest


If you want 1TB get a WD Blue or WD Black. The Black is faster but a bit louder and more expensive but the Black also has a 5 year warranty where as the Blue has a 2-3 year warranty.
I have a WD Black 3TB.


other good drives are Seagate and Hitachi (now that Hitachi is owned by WD)
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July 30, 2014 10:19:40 AM

Mounty_078 said:
MelonBullet said:
Mounty_078 said:
MelonBullet said:
ScrewySqrl said:
I'd pay an extra $5 to up that 500 GB HDD to a 1 TB.
the TX 750M Is heavy duty overkill, an XFX 550 will be plenty for any single GPU build
Swap the i7 to an i5-4690K and the mobo to the Z97 version of the same thing (will save about $80 on the cpu, while the mobo is maybe $5 more)
user the savings on the CPU and PSU to jump up to the R9 280, which can be had for at little as $199.99


I only need a 500gb hdd


500GB fills up really fast and I'm sure you can find the extra 5 dollars. I have my PC for 2 weeks now and I already used 400GB.


What hardrive do you sugest


If you want 1TB get a WD Blue or WD Black. The Black is faster but a bit louder and more expensive but the Black also has a 5 year warranty where as the Blue has a 2-3 year warranty.
I have a WD Black 3TB.


what i plan on doing is geting a new hardrive when this one fills up
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a b U Graphics card
July 30, 2014 10:26:08 AM

If you aren't overclocking then there is no point to getting the i7 4770k or the z87 mobo, this is what I would do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($103.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($78.85 @ B&H)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.95 @ B&H)
Total: $1246.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 13:23 EDT-0400

The Xeon E3 1241v3 is basically an i7 with no integrated GPU and priced between the i5 and i7.
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July 30, 2014 10:28:43 AM

numanator said:
If you aren't overclocking then there is no point to getting the i7 4770k or the z87 mobo, this is what I would do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($103.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($78.85 @ B&H)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.95 @ B&H)
Total: $1246.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 13:23 EDT-0400

The Xeon E3 1241v3 is basically an i7 with no integrated GPU and priced between the i5 and i7.


Will this be good for Mid gameing with 1080p recording, plus light video editing?
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July 30, 2014 10:30:33 AM

numanator said:
If you aren't overclocking then there is no point to getting the i7 4770k or the z87 mobo, this is what I would do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($103.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($78.85 @ B&H)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.95 @ B&H)
Total: $1246.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 13:23 EDT-0400

The Xeon E3 1241v3 is basically an i7 with no integrated GPU and priced between the i5 and i7.


Lol thanks i never knew what Xeon was
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July 30, 2014 10:33:38 AM

numanator said:
If you aren't overclocking then there is no point to getting the i7 4770k or the z87 mobo, this is what I would do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($103.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($78.85 @ B&H)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.95 @ B&H)
Total: $1246.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 13:23 EDT-0400

The Xeon E3 1241v3 is basically an i7 with no integrated GPU and priced between the i5 and i7.


So, can you find a Xeon processer like the intel core i7-4790k that will work
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July 30, 2014 10:44:26 AM

numanator said:
If you aren't overclocking then there is no point to getting the i7 4770k or the z87 mobo, this is what I would do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($103.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($78.85 @ B&H)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.95 @ B&H)
Total: $1246.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-30 13:23 EDT-0400

The Xeon E3 1241v3 is basically an i7 with no integrated GPU and priced between the i5 and i7.


But xeon processers are meant to work in servers and multiprocessor configurations
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a b U Graphics card
July 30, 2014 10:53:27 AM

The build I posted would play games at max settings 1080p thanks to the r9 290. If you are looking for a Xeon clocked at 4.0 Ghz I don't think there is one but it is also $70 less. Keep in mind that the Xeons cannot be overclocked.

Edit: Older Xeons were different. The Current Xeons are the same exact chipset as the i7s but binned differently for lower power consumption and reliability. They are locked and do not have the iGPU but support EEC Ram (if your mobo supports EEC). I don't believe the 1150 socket E3 xeons can be used in multi-cpu configurations, I think you need a X79 mobo setup for that.
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July 30, 2014 10:55:31 AM

numanator said:
The build I posted would play games at max settings 1080p thanks to the r9 290. If you are looking for a Xeon clocked at 4.0 Ghz I don't think there is one but it is also $70 less. Keep in mind that the Xeons cannot be overclocked.


So ill look into the all the other changes you sent me, but i will keep the 4770k bc, i will be doing light video editing, gameing and 1080p recording


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July 30, 2014 10:58:57 AM

numanator said:
The build I posted would play games at max settings 1080p thanks to the r9 290. If you are looking for a Xeon clocked at 4.0 Ghz I don't think there is one but it is also $70 less. Keep in mind that the Xeons cannot be overclocked.

Edit: Older Xeons were different. The Current Xeons are the same exact chipset as the i7s but binned differently for lower power consumption and reliability. They are locked and do not have the iGPU but support EEC Ram (if your mobo supports EEC). I don't believe the 1150 socket E3 xeons can be used in multi-cpu configurations, I think you need a X79 mobo setup for that.


Plus the Mobo you told me to get has horrible customer rewiews

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a b U Graphics card
July 30, 2014 11:11:46 AM

If you are getting the 4770k or the 4790k then you would want a Z97 mobo.
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July 30, 2014 11:16:30 AM

numanator said:
The build I posted would play games at max settings 1080p thanks to the r9 290. If you are looking for a Xeon clocked at 4.0 Ghz I don't think there is one but it is also $70 less. Keep in mind that the Xeons cannot be overclocked.

Edit: Older Xeons were different. The Current Xeons are the same exact chipset as the i7s but binned differently for lower power consumption and reliability. They are locked and do not have the iGPU but support EEC Ram (if your mobo supports EEC). I don't believe the 1150 socket E3 xeons can be used in multi-cpu configurations, I think you need a X79 mobo setup for that.


I think this would be a better build
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tYkpzy


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