Suggestions to tweak my build

Griever114 · Aug 1, 2014

Here is my current setup that I plan to build in October.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/L84xRB

CPU Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing
Motherboard Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150
Memory Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Storage Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" SSD
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX
EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX
Case Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply Corsair 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V
Optical Drive Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer

Just a few notes.

1. Ram may drop to 16gb. But since im going windows 8 (stupid newegg stopped selling windows 7).

2. May drop one of the 780ti's for cost purposes. Im skeptical on new 880 series. If not, YOLO, dual 780ti's.

3. Yes thats 2 blu ray drives. I have my reasons.

4. Im looking to stick with MSI/ASUS and have UEFI bios (really liked it on my current computer). Any suggestions? I dont really keep up with MOBO's

Thanks!

flamefire999 · Aug 1, 2014

What are you planning on doing with a $3000 build? Because unless you need 6gb's of ddr5 vram you should get rid of one of the GPU's. Also are you planning to OC?

JuniorPCBuilder · Aug 1, 2014

Are you going to be rendering with this? If this is a pure gaming computer, drop the 32 Gigs of ram for 16, As unless this is used solely for rendering applications, 32 Gigs of ram is useless.

And YOLO? Really??

Calnin · Aug 1, 2014

PSU: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-120g21000xr

Motherboard, it's fine.

Any reason for the 1TB SSD and not just going with a 240-250GB SSD and them maybe getting a 1-2TB HDD?

Cooler, get the evo over the plus.

@flamefire the vRAM wouldn't add up for my understanding.

Griever114 · Aug 1, 2014

flamefire999 :

1. No not planning to OC. Mixture of gaming/rendering.

2. Suggestions about the MOBO?

flamefire999 · Aug 1, 2014

Also if you have a $3000 computer wouldn't you want some faster RAM? What you could do is drop the 32gb of 1600 and get some 2666. This is a much better build than what you had and it's cheaper: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/btpt99
You could also do what Calnin said and not waste your money on the ssd

flamefire999 · Aug 1, 2014

Griever114 :

You might want to OC as the h100i that I put in for you will handle the cooling.

flamefire999 · Aug 1, 2014

Calnin :

He has 2 3gb graphics cards.

Calnin · Aug 1, 2014

Yes, and SLI doesn't go 3+3.

flamefire999 · Aug 4, 2014

Calnin :

Then how does it go?

Calnin · Aug 4, 2014

It just uses whatever the lowest card has as far as I'm aware.

flamefire999 · Aug 4, 2014

Calnin :

I thought that the point of SLI was to double the cards up and make the games run better.

Calnin · Aug 4, 2014

It adds up the processing power, not the vRAM.

flamefire999 · Aug 4, 2014

Calnin :

Oh ok. Thanks for clearing that up.

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