$3500 Gaming PC! Need help finding Parts.

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chaos_gamer

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Hey,
I'm wondering if someone can help me find parts for my pc. It needs to be $3500 before taxes (CAD). Including Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard, speaker system. If you can please use tigerdirect and newegg.ca only please.
 
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Because it would cost more and be much slower.

1. Two 970s toast the 980 by as much as 62%

2. Spending more does not always result in more performance, gamers would only benefit significantly form Haswell E if using 3 or more GFX cards. In high demand SLI 1080, 4790k beats5930k in 3 outta 5 games with one of the margins being almost twice as fast, the rest were minimal, certainly no where near the 62% above

What's better .... 26.8 or 43.3 ?

crysis3_2560_1600.gif



http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1316?vs=1260

Game = 5930 fps / 4790 fps

F1 2013 SLI, Minimum FPS = 101.6 / 98.1
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You can do the work of finding the parts on ya favorite sites.....prices shouldn't change much

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($349.78 @ DirectCanada)

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($348.95 @ Vuugo)

Memory: Mushkin Redline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($179.90 @ Canada Computers)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($138.98 @ DirectCanada)

Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($109.98 @ Amazon Canada)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($407.95 @ Vuugo)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($407.95 @ Vuugo)

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case ($169.99 @ Amazon Canada)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.95 @ Vuugo)

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($898.95 @ Vuugo)

Keyboard: Mad Catz S.T.R.I.K.E. 3 White Wired Gaming Keyboard ($83.50 @ Vuugo)

Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M95 Wired Laser Mouse ($64.99 @ NCIX)

Speakers: Logitech Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers ($79.99 @ Memory Express)

Total: $3360.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 19:30 EDT-0400

Add in the Swiftech H220-X (240-X is outta stock) - $155
http://www.ncix.com/detail/swiftech-h220-x-all-in-one-liquid-cooling-6b-93547.htm

As to the why's ....

-The M7F MoBo is a superb board with built in water block ..... also very perty and pairs well with the 4790k
-2133 16GB is the sweet spot cost wise right now but 2400 is within reach of ya wanna go there.
-SSD Boots ya system faster, SSHD loads ya games faster and automatically switches the games you are playing most frequently to the fastest part of the drive.
-2 x 970 has lower cost per frame than 1 x 980.... lets you play every game > 40 fps including Crysis 3
crysis3_2560_1600.gif

-Beautiful case, works well for both air and water cooling, has built in fan controller, LED RGB Color changing and LED controller
-PSU has great build quality and performance
-Monitor is best gaming monitor ever made.... G-Sync equipped.
-Kept with the white theme for KB and Mouse

As to the cooler ... look at the graph and read the conclusions.

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http://www.hitechlegion.com/reviews/cooling/liquid/40870-swiftech-h220-x-open-loop-240mm-cpu-cooler-review?showall=&start=3

Id move up to the H240-X
http://www.ncix.com/detail/swiftech-h240-x-all-in-one-liquid-cooling-6d-102715.htm

 
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That takes away all the fun :) ..... but anyone who'd charge me $50 I wouldn't trust. That build would take me well 2 -3 hours by time I tucked all the cables away neatly, ran fan auto tuning, did stress tests, tweak BIOS . .... overclocking CPU and GPUs prolly a full day or 2 more (2 hours per test).

Id rather do it myself then I know it's set up the way I want and I know my way around it.
 
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Where's the fun in having someone build it for you?!? I don't care how much you spend on it, build it yourself! The pride and the ability to call it YOURS is well worth the very minor trouble you MAY go through putting it together.

Back on topic, you suggested a good build for him although I think the ROG Swift monitor is a little overkill. Also, you didn't include an aftermarket CPU cooler...at least add the Hyper EVO 212 onto that build. Anything is better than the stock heatsink and fan.

Maybe consider a less exspensive monitor and grab a new I7 5000 series chip with an X99 Mobo and some DDR4 RAM.

 
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I will agree with Haswell-E in this build.

Here is an overbudget rig.

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/vsPcyc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/vsPcyc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($419.79 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Memory Express)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($246.61 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Value 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($294.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: AMD 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($334.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($407.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($407.95 @ Vuugo)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($149.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.95 @ Vuugo)
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($898.95 @ Vuugo)
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard ($159.08 @ DirectCanada)
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M95 Wired Laser Mouse ($63.98 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $3599.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 20:02 EDT-0400
 
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He said $3500 so I shot for $3,500

X99 doesn't do enough for you to justify the cost unless you go to 3rd GFX card and budget not there for that. As for the Swift.... there's nothing to compare it with and comes with G-Sync which is H U G E. As you see I included not only the best cooler on the market but also one that allows him to water cool the motherboard.

Adding X99 also reduces the money available for cooling .... $3,500 build w/ a $30 cooler would make no sense.
 
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Because it would cost more and be much slower.

1. Two 970s toast the 980 by as much as 62%

2. Spending more does not always result in more performance, gamers would only benefit significantly form Haswell E if using 3 or more GFX cards. In high demand SLI 1080, 4790k beats5930k in 3 outta 5 games with one of the margins being almost twice as fast, the rest were minimal, certainly no where near the 62% above

What's better .... 26.8 or 43.3 ?

crysis3_2560_1600.gif



http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1316?vs=1260

Game = 5930 fps / 4790 fps

F1 2013 SLI, Minimum FPS = 101.6 / 98.1
Bioshock Infinite SLI Minimum FPS = 16.5 / 28.3
Tomb Raider SLI, Minimum FPS = 70 / 72
Sleeping Dogs SLI, Minimum FPS = 56.9 / 59.3
Battlefield 4 SLI, Minimum FPS = 86.9 / 82.3
 
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