Hey guys,
Long time reader but new poster. I've recently got a new job and the first thing on my agenda is to build a new kickass gaming machine. I am a huge gamer and not being able to play thing like, for heaven's sake, World of Warcraft on Ultra (have to turn the shadows off or I run at like 12 FPS) has been bugging me for months. Here's what I am looking at so far:
MoBo: Asus Sabertooth Z77
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=69881&vpn=Sabertooth%20Z77&manufacture=ASUS&promoid=1205
For the SRT setup I plan to use the following:
SSD: Crucial M4 64GB
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=60444&vpn=CT064M4SSD2&manufacture=CRUCIAL%20TECHNOLOGY&promoid=1260
HDD: WD Black 1 TB
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=50895&vpn=WD1002FAEX&manufacture=Western%20Digital%20WD&promoid=1027
My OS will be loaded on the SRT setup along with any and all my games. I plan to put 2 more of those 1 TB drives in a mirrored RAID for data storage that is not linked to games (such as screen recordings, school related stuff and my IDE).
RAM : Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (16 GB 4x4GB)
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=57076&vpn=CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9&manufacture=Corsair
That's about as far as I've gotten with my build, here are a couple things I'm considering:
- Budget: 1400-1500$
- I want Ivy Bridge tech
- I want to have the option to overclock it when it starts getting less up-to-date
- I would like a 6-core unless it is double or more the price of the quad
- I want to run Crossfire AMD cards
- I have resigned myself to the fact that I will need a well cooled tower and probably water cooling due to the fact that I want to overclock it.
Other than that I'm kinda unsure of where to go from here. All the info I've been reading/looking at says that the 3930k from Intel is a pretty powerful little card but that it's aimed more towards workstations or servers than gaming rigs. I don't need to pay extra for that.
I'd love to hear your suggestions, thanks in advance!
Greg from Canada
Long time reader but new poster. I've recently got a new job and the first thing on my agenda is to build a new kickass gaming machine. I am a huge gamer and not being able to play thing like, for heaven's sake, World of Warcraft on Ultra (have to turn the shadows off or I run at like 12 FPS) has been bugging me for months. Here's what I am looking at so far:
MoBo: Asus Sabertooth Z77
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=69881&vpn=Sabertooth%20Z77&manufacture=ASUS&promoid=1205
For the SRT setup I plan to use the following:
SSD: Crucial M4 64GB
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=60444&vpn=CT064M4SSD2&manufacture=CRUCIAL%20TECHNOLOGY&promoid=1260
HDD: WD Black 1 TB
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=50895&vpn=WD1002FAEX&manufacture=Western%20Digital%20WD&promoid=1027
My OS will be loaded on the SRT setup along with any and all my games. I plan to put 2 more of those 1 TB drives in a mirrored RAID for data storage that is not linked to games (such as screen recordings, school related stuff and my IDE).
RAM : Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (16 GB 4x4GB)
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=57076&vpn=CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9&manufacture=Corsair
That's about as far as I've gotten with my build, here are a couple things I'm considering:
- Budget: 1400-1500$
- I want Ivy Bridge tech
- I want to have the option to overclock it when it starts getting less up-to-date
- I would like a 6-core unless it is double or more the price of the quad
- I want to run Crossfire AMD cards
- I have resigned myself to the fact that I will need a well cooled tower and probably water cooling due to the fact that I want to overclock it.
Other than that I'm kinda unsure of where to go from here. All the info I've been reading/looking at says that the 3930k from Intel is a pretty powerful little card but that it's aimed more towards workstations or servers than gaming rigs. I don't need to pay extra for that.
I'd love to hear your suggestions, thanks in advance!
Greg from Canada