Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next two weeks
Range: Price isn't an object, but if i had to put a price on it, under 4-5k (this is to be a gift from another person and they insist they do not care on the cost)
System Usage: from Most to Least Important: Gaming, recording vid while playing a game/streaming, Converting of videos, Entertainment such as movies and the like, Wordprocessing, photoshop, basic computer use and browsing.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes, 3 of them for eyefinity.
Parts to Upgrade: Not upgrade but buy. Which is.. basically everything. CPU, Cooler, Mobo, Graphics, PSU, Storage (getting both an ssd and hdd).. Everything
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Location: Dallas, TX.
Parts Preferences: Intel i7 processor, AMD graphics (If you can provide justification for nVidia over amd, that does not include "drivers get updated faster" or something silly like that it would then become negotiable. I personally have never really had an issue with AMD card's they work just fine for me but as i said, if you can provide a good justification, i'd actually consider it)
Overclocking: Yes, in the future.
SLI or Crossfire: Yes.
Your Monitor Resolution: This is actually one of the things I need help with choosing, i'm not quite sure.
Additional Comments:Alrighty, This is the portion where I talk, I think. Here's to hoping I am correct. The two things I haven't chosen thus far are a case, and monitor's. When it comes to monitor's i just draw a blank, So many question's and not exactly straight forward answers, because one person says x is fine and a person say's it's horrible and they can't live without Y. So i really have no idea what would be best for a monitor. All i know is, I would like it to be accurate color wise with a thin bezel, and good viewing angles. Both for eyefinity. I'm unsure what resolution to go for, i would assume 1080p would be sufficient, but im really deferring to your guy's expertise on this. I do know that I would like my eyefinity set up to be three monitors in landscape (not 5 in portrait) Just because I feel portrait would "feel" better and more immersive to me. It'll feel more "normal". I would like thin bezel's as already specified, but im unsure about the rest. I did see something about a monitor having a light sensor to control the brightness which would be rather fantastic, it wouldn't be a deal breaker if the suggested monitor's didn't have that feature seeing as i am unsure how popular it really is.
As for the case I would very much prefer black in color, with good cable management and windowed. if i want any bling like light's or what not I can easily add them later via cathodes/LED fan's and the like. I'm unsure if full or mid would be best, I think for the cooling i think i'd be just fine with air cooling for everything and a water cooler for the CPU (something like the h100 or something) and when/if i need more, go for straight water cooling. But that will be at a later time when my 2 7970's are no longer powerful enough to run eyefinity at max. As for OS, i only chose Retail incase my mobo failed, but i would be fine with OEM I think.
The 3770k is negotiable and i am aware it heat's up more then a comparable SB when OC'd, which i probably will do at a later date, I just thought the 3770k would be a better choice since it's more "future" proof. But i could be mistaken on that.
For some things i've included more then one link, I did this because I was unsure of what to choose. Even if there is only one link, by all mean's suggest something else if you think it would be better or if you know it's a better choice/ if something isn't worth the price etc. So in a nutshell, I need a case suggestions, monitor suggestion's, and lastly just suggestion's/advice on the part's for the build. Any and all suggestion's are more then welcome, and i thank you in advance for your time also apologies for talking/typing too much. I just wanted to be thorough. I figured the more detail's on how the build will be used and such would make your guy's job much easier with offering advice. But please forgive me if I typed too much.
As for software; Things like arkahm city, skyrim, BF3 possibly, Assassins creed, MMO's (like swtor/GW2 etc), Deus EX HR, Things of that nature. As well as conversion program's for video's to put on my other devices or just to re encode. Photoshop. Etc.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I am building a new system because my current isn't all that fantastic, it was a budget prebuilt. I figured i would just be better off building a new system, and giving my old system to my parent's as a desktop to replace there aging computer since it would be more then enough for them.
On with the links! I didn't include link's to things like thermal paste, speakers, keyboard, mouse, headphones, optical drive and things of that nature because they really have no bearing on the build it's self. But if I need to by all mean's ask and I shall post.
Links:
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K
Mobo: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
PSU: SeaSonic Platinum-1000 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Power Supply
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
XFX ProSeries P1-1000-BELX 1000W ATX12V V2.2 & ESP12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
Graphics: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (11197-01-40G)
XFX Double D FX-797A-TDBC Radeon HD 7970 Black Edition 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
MSI R7970 Lightning Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Cooler: CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/AM3+
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Storage: Boot Drive ; SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC256B/WW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Storage/data drive Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
SoundCard: ASUS Xonar Essence STX Virtual 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Express x1 Interface 124 dB SNR / Headphone AMP Card
Range: Price isn't an object, but if i had to put a price on it, under 4-5k (this is to be a gift from another person and they insist they do not care on the cost)
System Usage: from Most to Least Important: Gaming, recording vid while playing a game/streaming, Converting of videos, Entertainment such as movies and the like, Wordprocessing, photoshop, basic computer use and browsing.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes, 3 of them for eyefinity.
Parts to Upgrade: Not upgrade but buy. Which is.. basically everything. CPU, Cooler, Mobo, Graphics, PSU, Storage (getting both an ssd and hdd).. Everything
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Location: Dallas, TX.
Parts Preferences: Intel i7 processor, AMD graphics (If you can provide justification for nVidia over amd, that does not include "drivers get updated faster" or something silly like that it would then become negotiable. I personally have never really had an issue with AMD card's they work just fine for me but as i said, if you can provide a good justification, i'd actually consider it)
Overclocking: Yes, in the future.
SLI or Crossfire: Yes.
Your Monitor Resolution: This is actually one of the things I need help with choosing, i'm not quite sure.
Additional Comments:Alrighty, This is the portion where I talk, I think. Here's to hoping I am correct. The two things I haven't chosen thus far are a case, and monitor's. When it comes to monitor's i just draw a blank, So many question's and not exactly straight forward answers, because one person says x is fine and a person say's it's horrible and they can't live without Y. So i really have no idea what would be best for a monitor. All i know is, I would like it to be accurate color wise with a thin bezel, and good viewing angles. Both for eyefinity. I'm unsure what resolution to go for, i would assume 1080p would be sufficient, but im really deferring to your guy's expertise on this. I do know that I would like my eyefinity set up to be three monitors in landscape (not 5 in portrait) Just because I feel portrait would "feel" better and more immersive to me. It'll feel more "normal". I would like thin bezel's as already specified, but im unsure about the rest. I did see something about a monitor having a light sensor to control the brightness which would be rather fantastic, it wouldn't be a deal breaker if the suggested monitor's didn't have that feature seeing as i am unsure how popular it really is.
As for the case I would very much prefer black in color, with good cable management and windowed. if i want any bling like light's or what not I can easily add them later via cathodes/LED fan's and the like. I'm unsure if full or mid would be best, I think for the cooling i think i'd be just fine with air cooling for everything and a water cooler for the CPU (something like the h100 or something) and when/if i need more, go for straight water cooling. But that will be at a later time when my 2 7970's are no longer powerful enough to run eyefinity at max. As for OS, i only chose Retail incase my mobo failed, but i would be fine with OEM I think.
The 3770k is negotiable and i am aware it heat's up more then a comparable SB when OC'd, which i probably will do at a later date, I just thought the 3770k would be a better choice since it's more "future" proof. But i could be mistaken on that.
For some things i've included more then one link, I did this because I was unsure of what to choose. Even if there is only one link, by all mean's suggest something else if you think it would be better or if you know it's a better choice/ if something isn't worth the price etc. So in a nutshell, I need a case suggestions, monitor suggestion's, and lastly just suggestion's/advice on the part's for the build. Any and all suggestion's are more then welcome, and i thank you in advance for your time also apologies for talking/typing too much. I just wanted to be thorough. I figured the more detail's on how the build will be used and such would make your guy's job much easier with offering advice. But please forgive me if I typed too much.
As for software; Things like arkahm city, skyrim, BF3 possibly, Assassins creed, MMO's (like swtor/GW2 etc), Deus EX HR, Things of that nature. As well as conversion program's for video's to put on my other devices or just to re encode. Photoshop. Etc.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I am building a new system because my current isn't all that fantastic, it was a budget prebuilt. I figured i would just be better off building a new system, and giving my old system to my parent's as a desktop to replace there aging computer since it would be more then enough for them.
On with the links! I didn't include link's to things like thermal paste, speakers, keyboard, mouse, headphones, optical drive and things of that nature because they really have no bearing on the build it's self. But if I need to by all mean's ask and I shall post.
Links:
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K
Mobo: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
PSU: SeaSonic Platinum-1000 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Power Supply
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
XFX ProSeries P1-1000-BELX 1000W ATX12V V2.2 & ESP12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
Graphics: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (11197-01-40G)
XFX Double D FX-797A-TDBC Radeon HD 7970 Black Edition 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
MSI R7970 Lightning Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Cooler: CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/AM3+
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Storage: Boot Drive ; SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC256B/WW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Storage/data drive Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
SoundCard: ASUS Xonar Essence STX Virtual 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Express x1 Interface 124 dB SNR / Headphone AMP Card