$2000 gaming Rig :D

[nanospy]

Sorry i know I had a $1000-$1500 post and as I progressed it kind of evolved into a $2000 build so I felt it was wrong to post this there.

Approximate Purchase Date: Next 2 weeks or so.
Budget Range: $2000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: GAMING, surfing, minor edditing every now and again. Then basic stuff like work(office), occasional movie watching, etc.
Parts Not Required: Mouse, speakers, printer. (need a monitor though.)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Neweggs fine, because there prices are good
Country of Origin: I'm from India but I live in Singapore, don't worry about the newegg shipping tho i got a way of getting it to singapore quite cheaply.
Parts Preferences: Like I said, Im a bit of a noob, but id prefer to stick with an intel cpu.
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Monitor Resolution: 1920/whatever's worth it.
Additional Comments: Please dont get angry with me if I don't get what your telling me, like i said, Im a bit of a noob.

So Ideas? I was going with this;


US$

GPU
---------
MSI GTX 580 Lightning Xtreme Edition (XE) 3GB- $600

SSD
Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CW120G3K5 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive - $215

HDD
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $60

PSU
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro RSA00-AMBAJ3-US 1000W ATX12V v2.3 - $160

DVD
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM - $20

RAM
Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz/
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBXL - $50

MOBO
ASRock Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - $190

FAN/CPU HEATSINK
Hyper 212 pLus

CASE
Corsair Obsidian Series 650D - $190

Monitor
ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 ASCR 20000:1 (1000:1) W/Speakers - $180

Which comes to about $1965.

So. You think this is good? I saw the marathon $2000 thing and liked someone's idea of using a 3x sapphire 6950 toxic card.

I like iRaiden's build http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/317198-31-bestconfigs-poll-high-intel-gaming but was uncertain about the whole watercooling thing. Im new to pc building, is it very hard to setup?

 

[nanospy]

Anyone?

 

[rvilkman]

I would probably switch the PSU to Corsair HX1050 instead of that cooler master. Nice warranty and better quality overall.
Other than that looks pretty good.

CPU is missing from the list below. But i guess it is still counted in.

 

[008Rohit]

rocessor : Intel Core i5 2500K - $220

HSF : CORSAIR H80 (CWCH80) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - $90

Motherboard : ASRock Extreme3 Gen3 Z68 - $125

RAM : 2 x (CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866) - $170

Graphics : MSI N580GTX Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - $500

Hard Disk : Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB - $60

SSD : Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F120GB3A-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - $180

Optical Drive : LITE-ON Black 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu-ray 3D feature SATA - $100

PSU : CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850 (CMPSU-850AX) 850W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - $190

Case : COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED, 1x 140mm rear, 1x 230mm top, and 1x 230mm side - $160

Monitor : ASUS VW246H Glossy Black 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor - $200

Total : $1995 before rebates

The perfect all rounder. Everyone will just keep staring at your PC.

You can handle games like Crysis 2 or Mafia II at max settings at 1920x1080

Liquid Cooling System to help you overclock the i5 over 5Ghz.

Good Luck with the build.

 

[nanospy]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I ended up pretty much copying that build and changing a few things (case, psu and the old gpu cos it made me drool on my keyboard If You think I should spend the extra $20 on anything please let me know.

Processor : Intel Core i5 2500K - $220

HSF : CORSAIR H80 (CWCH80) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - $90

Motherboard : ASRock Extreme3 Gen3 Z68 - $125

RAM : G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL- $52

Graphics : MSI N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 3072MB - $600

Hard Disk : Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB - $60

SSD : Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F120GB3A-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - $180

Optical Drive : LITE-ON Black 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu-ray 3D feature SATA - $100

PSU : CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850M 850W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular High Performance Power Supply - $150

Case : Corsair Obsidian Series 650D (CC650DW-1) - $200

Monitor : ASUS VW246H Glossy Black 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor - $200

Total : $1977

 

[008Rohit]

You actually did a good job improving my original build. I don't know how 16GB RAM (useless for gaming) got into my build, that too 1866Mhz.

Just that case is an ATX Mid Tower one. I think you may get into troubles fitting GTX 580's in an ATX Mid Tower. Check the specs of the case and the GPU to see if the case will fit the GPU or not.

BTW, your lightning GTX 580 costs $525 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127579

Nice one with 3 fans for $465 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162073

 

[stingstang]

Small liquid cooling units do not cool better than large heatsinks. For a liquid cooling system to work well, you'll need a 2x120mm radiator or larger, and a real cpu block with copper pins inside for heat dissipation. Also, getting 5ghz on an i5 isn't realistic, even with proper liquid cooling.
Your gtx580 is too expensive. You don't need 3gb of gddr5 memory for anything less than a 3-monitor setup.
One more thing. You're buying a 2000 dollar computer. You're not going to want a slow hard drive with it. Get something with a little more zing for a little more cha-ching.

 

[farrengottu]

two 560 TIs would outperform the 580 and save nearly $200
allowing you to upgrade to a much better monitor. a lovely 27"
this is the one i wish i bought 3 of instead of my 3 samsung P2770FH
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001481

 

[nanospy]

Thanks guys I probably am going to go for 1 GTX 580 instead of 560ti sli because later I can sli two gtx580s by buying one card, hence future proofing. Does this make sense? Anyway, any suggestions on what gtx 580 I should buy? I really liked the $600 one just because the 3gb meant that it could probably play games far into the future. So, should I save and buy a hyper 212 plus instead of a H80 water cooling thing. That means I could blow the extra cash on a super pretty monitor

 

[rvilkman]

Yes get the air cooler instead.

But if you really intend to run GTX580 SLI, you won't be spending the money you save on monitor, but a 1000W PSU.
Corsair HX1050 is a solid choice for that and Corsair TX950 'might' just cut it wattagewise, but if you can afford the hx1050 it is a better unit.

 

[008Rohit]

You can get the 212+ and avoid the hassles of water cooling.

You don't NEED 3GB of video memory. Its for multiple monitor setups or ultra high resolutions.

@ rvikman

850W is fine for GTX 580 SLI. Cards doesn't consume as much as you're thinking in reality, its just the trick of their manufacturers to force you to buy an overkill PSU because most of the people buy cheapo 1000W units than quality 850W products.
650 for 560 Ti SLI, 750 for 570 SLI and 850 for 580 SLI.

 

[nanospy]

Great, so any suggestions on what GTX 580? And the shiny monitor

 

[rvilkman]

I've seen total system power consumptions listed in the 771W+ range. For GTX580 SLI now add a slight overclock to the GPU and a hefty one for the CPU and you are looking at more than I would be comfortable letting an 850W PSU to handle. Where as the 950W or 1050W is not capping out the capacity but still runs at a slightly better range.

 

[nanospy]

Lol guys when I buy another gtx 580 I might upgrade the power supply but that's irrelevant now cos honestly I just need to figure out WHICH gtx 580 and a suuuuper shiny monitor (cos im saving some cash from the gpu cos I dont need the 3gb).

 

[008Rohit]

These are under-rated PSUs. They're actually capable of delivering more than 850W, so shouldn't be a problem.

I'd recommend HX1050 incase of GTX 590 SLI.

 

[008Rohit]

Guru3D says : "System Wattage with GPUs in FULL Stress = 719W"

Thats on a X58 (LGA 1366) motherboard and i7 (nehalem) overclocked.

www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-580-sli-review/14

 

[nanospy]

K, thanks again, any ideas on WHICH gtx 580 brand to buy and also my shiny monitor which now I assume is feeling quite lonely

 

[008Rohit]

This Galaxy GTX 580 with 3 fans : www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162073

Monitor : SAMSUNG S24A300B High Glossy Black 24" Full HD LED BackLight LCD Monitor
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001486

This one looks better and costs $50 more but the Asus monitor that I mentioned already is better for gaming. (2ms response time)

 

[nanospy]

Yay! I haz teh shiny monitorz.

Anyway, I was worried about the galaxy card just because I haven't really heard of them before, is the customer support good? and also do you think it will fit in my case?

 

[JP88]

Look at Evga Gtx 580's most have lifetime warranty.

 

[Why_Me]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139009 $129.99 - $114.99 after mail-in rebate card FREE SHIPPING
Corsair Carbide Series 500R Black Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

or that same case but in white....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139010 $129.99 - $114.99 after mail-in rebate card FREE SHIPPING
Corsair Carbide Series 500R White Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.732099 $683.98 FREE SHIPPING
CORSAIR Professional Series HX1050 1050W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Power Supply
MSI N580GTX Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157269 $279.99
ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 $219.99 FREE SHIPPING
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231468 $99.99 FREE SHIPPING
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.696126 $68.48 $5 off w/ promo code EMCKAHH23, ends 9/28
LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM
Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442 $196.99 FREE SHIPPIN
Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Total: $1,679.41 *not including shipping and rebates


http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Z68%20Extreme7%20Gen3 <----- a better look at that board

http://www.asrock.com/microsite/PCIe3/ <----- PCI-E 3.0

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/4272/asrock_z68_extreme7_gen3_intel_z68_motherboard_review/index.html <----- review of that board

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-stutter-crossfire,2995.html <----- review done here on toms showing boards like the one above with the NF200 Bridge (dual cards @ x16 & x16) help to reduce micro stutter

 

[nanospy]

Cool, I really like my 650d though >_<
anyway is this ok?

Processor : Intel Core i5 2500K - $220

HSF : CORSAIR H80 (CWCH80) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - $90

RAM : G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL- $52

Graphics : MSI N580GTX Lightning GTX 580 (Fermi) 3072MB - $525

Hard Disk : Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB - $60

SSD : Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F120GB3A-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - $180

Optical Drive : LITE-ON Black 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu-ray 3D feature SATA - $100

PSU : CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850M 850W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular High Performance Power Supply - $150

Case : Corsair Obsidian Series 650D (CC650DW-1) - $200

Monitor : ASUS VW246H Glossy Black 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor - $200

MOBO
Extreme 7 Gen 3(Could someone explain to me the difference between the gen3 extrem 4, 3 and 7?

So basically just need help with the motherboard, whats the difference? and again H60 vs hyper 212 plus.

 

[Why_Me]

You want a psu with more watts and amps than that 850w psu if you plan on running two of those cards. If you have any doubts, or if anyone on here tells you different, then post that question on the Nvidia and/or EVGA forums and they will say the same thing... 950+watt psu for two of those 580's.

As far as the extreme 3,4, and 7

1) the extreme3 doesn't have a front USB 3.0 header for front USB 3.0 ports...it just has the two rear ones

2) the extreme4 has that front USB 3.0 header giving you two front USB 3.0 ports on top of the two in the rear.

3) the extreme7 has a NF200 Bridge allowing dual cards to run @ x16 & x16 instead of the usual x8 & x8 or you can run three cards on that board..all @ x8.


The difference with dual cards running at either x8 or x16 is minimal ...like maybe a 2-3 fps difference.

 

[nanospy]

So it looks like the extreme 4 is the best option. And the cooling setup?

 

[008Rohit]

Extreme4 is the best option as you'll probably never 3way SLI GTX 580's.

You'll never need more than a 850W PSU to run 2 GTX 580 overclocked and i5 2500K overclocked. They'll never ever consume more than 750-800W under full stress. I guaranty!