Looking for help on picking parts for a 3000 gaming pc
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- May 31, 2012
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Something like this is what you should be looking at for 144hz:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($309.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220-X 55.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK2 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($148.50 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($81.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($157.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($549.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($549.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($94.99 @ B&H)
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($799.98 @ NCIX US)
Total: $2958.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-08 08:21 EST-0500
I think i just got an e-boner just looking at that build sheet. 4k ready bro!~
My own opinion will be http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qbq2Bm
CPU Intel i7-4790k
CPU Cooler Corsair H55
RAM Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Boot Drive Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage Drive Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card
Case Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit)
Monitor Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor
Total $2971.86 before $40 in instant saveings and $10 in mail in rebates
In my own opinion the change in hard drives are going to bump up your loading and saveing times, also 1 480GB SSD isnt going to last you to long unless you only have games on it and barely anything else as 480GB gets eaten up quickly when you start with Music and Video files thus 1 256GB SSD and 1 4TB HDD so the SSD for the OS and games while the HDD for all the saves and personal files of yours.
Added an optical drive as you are buying windows and windows comes on a DVD-ROM thus a optical drive is needed.
went from 2x8GB of DDR3-1866 to 2x8GB of DDR3-1600 as te as the extra 266MHz can be overclocked to if wanted and RAM speed really doesnt effect it that much but the price was reduced alot by doing so while still sticking with a Major Brand.
change in case mainly just to get the optical drive to fit inside it but also for the 2 USB 3 ports to match what you had in the front of yours though as i didnt releize that your case also had 2 USB 2 ports i didnt proritize that on mine.
Changed CPU liquid cooling system as i believe that the Corsiar H55 is better than what you had on the list.
In a differnece from from maxalge to me i do not think 2 GTX 980s will benefit 1080p gaming at all and if you want to do 4k gaming in the future you can always firstly get a 4k monitor / TV and another 980 to add in.
CPU Intel i7-4790k
CPU Cooler Corsair H55
RAM Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Boot Drive Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage Drive Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card
Case Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit)
Monitor Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor
Total $2971.86 before $40 in instant saveings and $10 in mail in rebates
In my own opinion the change in hard drives are going to bump up your loading and saveing times, also 1 480GB SSD isnt going to last you to long unless you only have games on it and barely anything else as 480GB gets eaten up quickly when you start with Music and Video files thus 1 256GB SSD and 1 4TB HDD so the SSD for the OS and games while the HDD for all the saves and personal files of yours.
Added an optical drive as you are buying windows and windows comes on a DVD-ROM thus a optical drive is needed.
went from 2x8GB of DDR3-1866 to 2x8GB of DDR3-1600 as te as the extra 266MHz can be overclocked to if wanted and RAM speed really doesnt effect it that much but the price was reduced alot by doing so while still sticking with a Major Brand.
change in case mainly just to get the optical drive to fit inside it but also for the 2 USB 3 ports to match what you had in the front of yours though as i didnt releize that your case also had 2 USB 2 ports i didnt proritize that on mine.
Changed CPU liquid cooling system as i believe that the Corsiar H55 is better than what you had on the list.
In a differnece from from maxalge to me i do not think 2 GTX 980s will benefit 1080p gaming at all and if you want to do 4k gaming in the future you can always firstly get a 4k monitor / TV and another 980 to add in.
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It all depends on what you're using the computer for... Say you gaming on 1080p 1 monitor you should run 2 970 for overpower gaming pc or you can run a surround gaming setup @ 5750x 1080 or something like that. forgot. 2 980 will bottleneck monitors @ 1 monitor 1080p res. 2 980 is preferably for 1440p- 4k
the monitor in the OP's pcpartpicker list was a 1440p 144Hz monitor so 2 970s should be enough for a long time and unless he / she wants to wait for the 980 8GB edition for "futureproof" as 8GB is enough for 4k on mulple screen just nVidia will have to adjust how big the aggrogate memory bus is to get it to work.
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Having 8GB of VRAM isn't going to make a GPU "future proof". Maybe if your future PC expansion plans include multiple 4K monitors but for the most part 4K just is not practical yet. 1440P will be fine for most uses.
I would do something like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($182.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($569.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($569.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($92.99 @ Directron)
Total: $2599.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-17 23:45 EST-0500
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