Please forgive any poor grammar, I've been awake for almost 3 days straight...
Approximate Purchase Date: As soon as I settle on a good configuration (some pieces keyboard and monitors sale ends today)
Budget Range:I received $3700 from my enlistment bonus upon the completion of nuclear power school => less than or equal to $3700
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming/CAD/Movies (I may slightly be a videophile)
Parts Not Required: I have a super multi blue bluray burner (LG), 150GB 7200RPM drive, and 21TB of external storage
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, microcenter, tigerdirect, etc (pretty much whoever can give me the best deal)
Country: USofA
Parts Preferences: I prefer more well known brands (EVGA, GIGABYTE, MSI, ASUS)
Overclocking: I do plan on overclocking for max performance in 5760x1080 eyefinity
SLI or Crossfire: Yes, SLI
Monitor Resolution: 3x1920x1080P
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Here are the parts that I have picked out, please let me know if there is a better deal or if I am doing something stupid with the build (I'm not perfect and wont pretend to know everything, I do not).
CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor PRICE: $499@microcenter
CPU Cooler: CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler PRICE:
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (8 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL9Q2-32GBZH PRICE: $319.99@Newegg
(I really don't know how much RAM I should get, is this too much overkill?)
GPU: GIGABYTE GV-N680D5-2GD-B GeForce GTX 680 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card X2 PRICE: 524.99x2@newegg (currently sold out)
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED fan, 1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 230mm top fan, and 1x 230mm side fan PRICE: $139.99@newegg
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX1200 (CMPSU-1200AX) 1200W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 SLI Certified 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply PRICE: $279.99@Newegg
Is this overkill?
Optical Drive: Pre-existing bluray read/write drive
Primary Storage: No idea... I am thinking about a 64GB crucial drive, as I have heard a lot of problems with OCZ and figure crucial is a good name in flash based memory. Please feel free to recommend as I really dont know much in this regard.
Secondary HDD: 2TB slower speed hdd, not looking for 7200rpm and will look for drives on sale in the near future (can wait)
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD5 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard PRICE: $299, $279after rebate@newegg
Monitors: ASUS VS248H-P Black 24" 2ms HDMI LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 ASCR 50,000,000:1 PRICE: $184.99/Monitor, 3x$184.99@newegg
Keyboard: Not sure, Newegg has 15% off all of their keyboards until the end of today, So I will have to choose quickly,
Mouse: Thinking about rat5 or rat7, not sure though.
Thank you very much for reading, and I appreciate any help that is provided
P.S. I meant to post 7 hours ago, but I fell asleep
I still plan on looking for better prices on components, but my main question is if the build is good or should I tone back on certain areas?
Approximate Purchase Date: As soon as I settle on a good configuration (some pieces keyboard and monitors sale ends today)
Budget Range:I received $3700 from my enlistment bonus upon the completion of nuclear power school => less than or equal to $3700
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming/CAD/Movies (I may slightly be a videophile)
Parts Not Required: I have a super multi blue bluray burner (LG), 150GB 7200RPM drive, and 21TB of external storage
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, microcenter, tigerdirect, etc (pretty much whoever can give me the best deal)
Country: USofA
Parts Preferences: I prefer more well known brands (EVGA, GIGABYTE, MSI, ASUS)
Overclocking: I do plan on overclocking for max performance in 5760x1080 eyefinity
SLI or Crossfire: Yes, SLI
Monitor Resolution: 3x1920x1080P
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here are the parts that I have picked out, please let me know if there is a better deal or if I am doing something stupid with the build (I'm not perfect and wont pretend to know everything, I do not).
CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor PRICE: $499@microcenter
CPU Cooler: CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler PRICE:
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (8 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL9Q2-32GBZH PRICE: $319.99@Newegg
(I really don't know how much RAM I should get, is this too much overkill?)
GPU: GIGABYTE GV-N680D5-2GD-B GeForce GTX 680 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card X2 PRICE: 524.99x2@newegg (currently sold out)
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED fan, 1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 230mm top fan, and 1x 230mm side fan PRICE: $139.99@newegg
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX1200 (CMPSU-1200AX) 1200W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 SLI Certified 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply PRICE: $279.99@Newegg
Is this overkill?
Optical Drive: Pre-existing bluray read/write drive
Primary Storage: No idea... I am thinking about a 64GB crucial drive, as I have heard a lot of problems with OCZ and figure crucial is a good name in flash based memory. Please feel free to recommend as I really dont know much in this regard.
Secondary HDD: 2TB slower speed hdd, not looking for 7200rpm and will look for drives on sale in the near future (can wait)
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD5 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard PRICE: $299, $279after rebate@newegg
Monitors: ASUS VS248H-P Black 24" 2ms HDMI LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 ASCR 50,000,000:1 PRICE: $184.99/Monitor, 3x$184.99@newegg
Keyboard: Not sure, Newegg has 15% off all of their keyboards until the end of today, So I will have to choose quickly,
Mouse: Thinking about rat5 or rat7, not sure though.
Thank you very much for reading, and I appreciate any help that is provided
P.S. I meant to post 7 hours ago, but I fell asleep
I still plan on looking for better prices on components, but my main question is if the build is good or should I tone back on certain areas?