- Feb 17, 2014
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Hey all,
I am in the starting process of putting together a build for my wife. The idea/requirements would be:
Must be able to play the games she likes (WoW and Skyrim) and a few newer ones as time goes on.
Fast for programming on virtual machines, sometimes several at once.
Overall, just.... future proof. I'm obviously fine with upgrading machines over time, but the less I have to do the better. So, the build:
CPU - i7 4790K
MB: AsRock Fatal1ty z97X Killer
RAM: Corsair Vengeance, 16GB (4x4) @ 1600
Storage: Samsung 840s - 128GB as a boot/programs drive, 256GB as a Steam/other games drive, and a 1 TB WD blue 1TB 7200RPM for "other"
Video card: EVGA GeForce 780 Ti w/ 3GB of DDR5 384 Bit
Case: NZXT Phantom 820. She liked the look of it and I don't hate the airflow etc.
PSU: Corsair Ax760i
Optical drive: some generic $20 piece of crap. No need for much.
Monitors: Giving her 2 of my old ones and replacing them with some new Asus ones at a total cost of 269 each.
Keyboard: Apex Steelseries (again, her choice)
Mouse: She has one and likes it.
I'd appreciate any constructive comments on this one. I understand that most of the build is overkill compared to the only-so-good video card, but the idea is to eventually add one or 2 more of the same one in SLI, but for now it will work. Beyond that, please feel free to comment.
I am in the starting process of putting together a build for my wife. The idea/requirements would be:
Must be able to play the games she likes (WoW and Skyrim) and a few newer ones as time goes on.
Fast for programming on virtual machines, sometimes several at once.
Overall, just.... future proof. I'm obviously fine with upgrading machines over time, but the less I have to do the better. So, the build:
CPU - i7 4790K
MB: AsRock Fatal1ty z97X Killer
RAM: Corsair Vengeance, 16GB (4x4) @ 1600
Storage: Samsung 840s - 128GB as a boot/programs drive, 256GB as a Steam/other games drive, and a 1 TB WD blue 1TB 7200RPM for "other"
Video card: EVGA GeForce 780 Ti w/ 3GB of DDR5 384 Bit
Case: NZXT Phantom 820. She liked the look of it and I don't hate the airflow etc.
PSU: Corsair Ax760i
Optical drive: some generic $20 piece of crap. No need for much.
Monitors: Giving her 2 of my old ones and replacing them with some new Asus ones at a total cost of 269 each.
Keyboard: Apex Steelseries (again, her choice)
Mouse: She has one and likes it.
I'd appreciate any constructive comments on this one. I understand that most of the build is overkill compared to the only-so-good video card, but the idea is to eventually add one or 2 more of the same one in SLI, but for now it will work. Beyond that, please feel free to comment.
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