Hello,
I was wondering if the community could take a look at my build and provide any comments you might have. This is primarily a gaming build with some video editing and heavy multitasking:
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/MDdTVn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/MDdTVn/by_merchant/
CPU: *Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.00 @ Canada Computers)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($424.06 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: *Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($594.34 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($789.84 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($789.84 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: *Seagate 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($191.97 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($224.00 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($224.00 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Classified K|NGP|N Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($998.97 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Classified K|NGP|N Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($998.97 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: *Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($486.00 @ shopRBC)
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($175.25 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $6226.24
The price is a bit steep, but I would like to get a high-end replacement for my current system which has served me well but is coming towards its end. I will annotate some of the above.
CPU: Not interested in Broadwell unlocked desktop whenever it comes out, Intel don't seem too keen on it and Skylake is coming out right after it, although I have the LGA 1150/Z97 setup for it if anything spectacular comes out in Broadwell. Skylake is too far out and if you keep on waiting for the next thing, well, you know. Plus I'm not sure how much of an upgrade they will be. Some say Cannonlake will be the good one, who knows. Haswell-E doesn't seem to be much of a gaming CPU even though the 5960X has some very good performance overall. The 4790k/Devil's Canyon seems fairly well reviewed (excepting some complaints about high temperatures that might be more about the user than the hardware) and is a nice price point. I'll be looking to overclock it but nothing exotic, fan and Corsair H100i probably.
Motherboard: A bit of overkill and it has gotten some dicey reviews but you can always RMA it. I like its 2x16 PCIe for my dual-GPU setup - if I were to go for Haswell-E I'd go for the 5820K which drops the PCIe lanes down to 28, not sure how much of a difference that makes but it isn't a better gaming CPU and has a higher TDP. Also, I'm not interested in DD4. Is there a better Z97 alternative? ASUS maybe?
RAM: I'm thinking about dropping down to 16GB and seeing how it works, but then you have to get 2x8 if you want to upgrade later and its better to do 4x4 or 4x8, so I might just stick with 32. I am a little bit concerned about the voltages on the Corsair Dominator Platinum not matching the CPU/mobo even though they nominally go together, I might try something else but I'm not sure what. I don't know how much stress the CPU/GPU will put on the RAM, I am using a 2700k and dual 580's in SLI with 16GB of RAM and it works fine, so I don't know if I'd need to upgrade to 32GB or not.
HDs: I do a lot of gaming (and like to keep the games loaded even when I'm not playing them) so I'll space out the games and OS across the two SSDs. I'm not sure about the hybrid, if it has any value if you aren't using it as your boot drive, I might drop it. The other two WD Caviars are fairly self-explanatory, generally reliable I think, they've worked well in the past. Maybe throw in a WD Velociraptor, maybe not. 2TB's of SSD should be more than enough for the OS and games and then a few apps to load quickly. No RAID.
GPU: I have a dual-GPU SLI setup right now and really like it (despite Ubisoft screwing up SLI in their games recently) so I'm going to stick with that. I might go for a higher-binned model of the 780 Ti, but otherwise I don't see any point in going for a 980, Titan, Titan Black, Titan X/Y/Z. the 780 Ti's are a good price and have excellent reviews and numbers. I usually only game on a single monitor so even the dual-GPU is a bit of overkill. While I am not worried about the 3GB of VRAM going forward for the next 3-4 years, should I be?
PSU: Maybe a bit of overkill again, I could very easily drop down to the Corsair AX1200i, what do you guys think, for this setup, some light OC'ing of the CPU and GPU?
Windows: Obviously not Windows 8.1 (sorry to those who like it, but no). Actually, I already have Win7x64Pro, could I use it on the new system, are you allowed to do that?
I haven't selected a case yet, though it will probably be a larger Corsair though I like some of the HAX designs, I don't need a monitor or any of that stuff.
What do you guys think? Any fat that can be trimmed, or better value for money? I am looking for high performance for the next few years, but do you think the build will go together well?
Thanks.
I was wondering if the community could take a look at my build and provide any comments you might have. This is primarily a gaming build with some video editing and heavy multitasking:
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/MDdTVn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/MDdTVn/by_merchant/
CPU: *Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.00 @ Canada Computers)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($424.06 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: *Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($594.34 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($789.84 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($789.84 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: *Seagate 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($191.97 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($224.00 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($224.00 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Classified K|NGP|N Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($998.97 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Classified K|NGP|N Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($998.97 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: *Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($486.00 @ shopRBC)
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($175.25 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $6226.24
The price is a bit steep, but I would like to get a high-end replacement for my current system which has served me well but is coming towards its end. I will annotate some of the above.
CPU: Not interested in Broadwell unlocked desktop whenever it comes out, Intel don't seem too keen on it and Skylake is coming out right after it, although I have the LGA 1150/Z97 setup for it if anything spectacular comes out in Broadwell. Skylake is too far out and if you keep on waiting for the next thing, well, you know. Plus I'm not sure how much of an upgrade they will be. Some say Cannonlake will be the good one, who knows. Haswell-E doesn't seem to be much of a gaming CPU even though the 5960X has some very good performance overall. The 4790k/Devil's Canyon seems fairly well reviewed (excepting some complaints about high temperatures that might be more about the user than the hardware) and is a nice price point. I'll be looking to overclock it but nothing exotic, fan and Corsair H100i probably.
Motherboard: A bit of overkill and it has gotten some dicey reviews but you can always RMA it. I like its 2x16 PCIe for my dual-GPU setup - if I were to go for Haswell-E I'd go for the 5820K which drops the PCIe lanes down to 28, not sure how much of a difference that makes but it isn't a better gaming CPU and has a higher TDP. Also, I'm not interested in DD4. Is there a better Z97 alternative? ASUS maybe?
RAM: I'm thinking about dropping down to 16GB and seeing how it works, but then you have to get 2x8 if you want to upgrade later and its better to do 4x4 or 4x8, so I might just stick with 32. I am a little bit concerned about the voltages on the Corsair Dominator Platinum not matching the CPU/mobo even though they nominally go together, I might try something else but I'm not sure what. I don't know how much stress the CPU/GPU will put on the RAM, I am using a 2700k and dual 580's in SLI with 16GB of RAM and it works fine, so I don't know if I'd need to upgrade to 32GB or not.
HDs: I do a lot of gaming (and like to keep the games loaded even when I'm not playing them) so I'll space out the games and OS across the two SSDs. I'm not sure about the hybrid, if it has any value if you aren't using it as your boot drive, I might drop it. The other two WD Caviars are fairly self-explanatory, generally reliable I think, they've worked well in the past. Maybe throw in a WD Velociraptor, maybe not. 2TB's of SSD should be more than enough for the OS and games and then a few apps to load quickly. No RAID.
GPU: I have a dual-GPU SLI setup right now and really like it (despite Ubisoft screwing up SLI in their games recently) so I'm going to stick with that. I might go for a higher-binned model of the 780 Ti, but otherwise I don't see any point in going for a 980, Titan, Titan Black, Titan X/Y/Z. the 780 Ti's are a good price and have excellent reviews and numbers. I usually only game on a single monitor so even the dual-GPU is a bit of overkill. While I am not worried about the 3GB of VRAM going forward for the next 3-4 years, should I be?
PSU: Maybe a bit of overkill again, I could very easily drop down to the Corsair AX1200i, what do you guys think, for this setup, some light OC'ing of the CPU and GPU?
Windows: Obviously not Windows 8.1 (sorry to those who like it, but no). Actually, I already have Win7x64Pro, could I use it on the new system, are you allowed to do that?
I haven't selected a case yet, though it will probably be a larger Corsair though I like some of the HAX designs, I don't need a monitor or any of that stuff.
What do you guys think? Any fat that can be trimmed, or better value for money? I am looking for high performance for the next few years, but do you think the build will go together well?
Thanks.
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