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Apollo68

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Hey I need a parts list for the best gaming/video rendering computer system. Right now I do not have a cap on price but will cut down once parts are named to me (most likely $6,000-$9,000). I know how to build a computer and I prefer newegg parts.

Parts I think are good (feel free to change):
intel i7 3960X
Asus Rampage 4 Extreme Motherboard
32gb G. Skills RAM 2400 Mhz
2 Nvidia 690 4gb GDDR5 graphics cards

wut I really need help on are hard drives (looking for around 4 tb hdd space with about 500-750 gb of SSD) and power supply (how much power do I need for this system as well as future upgrades), which I'm looking for an 80+ Gold power supply. I also need monitors (3 way setup???, 3D???), keyboard (Logitech G510?), and gaming mouse.

I know that many of these parts are overkill but I do plan on using them, plus who doesn't love overkill. Thanks for the help!
 
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Friend, I will list some recomendations below and why get them, but let me share some insight for you regarding real market business first.

-Lets say you get a $500 videocard today. Best available. 2 years from now, a recently released $100 videocard will run twice as fast as the previowslly purchased $500 card.

If you happen to be rich, then by all means, get an insane system. But if you are looking for "future proof", this doesnt exist. It doesnt matter if you get best or worst current hardware, whatever you get will be obsolete in 2 years.

So, my philosophy when building is allways "get current technology" but not the top of the line flagship product. Having said that, some parts will stay with you for 10 years, if not forever. So these parts have to be chosen with great care.

If this your first build, I know exaclty how you feel. You may fear that if you dont get best of the best, you wont be able to run your games at maximum. But trust me, last year tech would already do that. Get current, just to be safe. I will list my recomendation of parts in a post below
 
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here are my suggestions

1) if you are spending 6-9k total with a flexible budget.
then the micromanaging the remaining parts in your build is somewhat inconsequential.

2) PSU:
Just get something massive from like seasonic maybe this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151105
There's little point in arguing over saving $100 here and there, WHEN YOU"RE SPENDING $9000!


3) SSDs
Samsung 830 and crucial m4 are popular choices in this forum.

4) Harddrives, are commoditized. Just get whatever 2tb drives you like the best.

5) Monitors. I suggest you don't skimp on monitors as this is actually something that actually does not go obsolete, not drastically improve; so is something you not really need to replace and can make full use of now. Even if you're just a gamer, if you want overkill, get something designed for graphic artists. Dell U-series is always a good bet.

6) keyboards and mouse are personal preference so you will need to try and find what you like. and who cares at this point, this might be like $100.

 
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Here is my suggestion if you don't like it no worries it's all good just showing you another option now you don't need 1050W PSU but because of the quality and low price i recommend you buy it i left you plenty of money for whatever monitors you want and keyboard,mouse,os elect. part list / Price breakdown by merchant / PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: TUNIQ Tower 120 Extreme 90.7 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($69.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M4 512GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($412.86 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($412.86 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Stryker (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($184.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 1050W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($211.82 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Sony AD-7280S-0B DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2608.41
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-08-04 23:31 EDT-0400)
 
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At that budget, he should include either an S- or H-IPS panel monitor.
 
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CPU: Simply get a Ivy Bridge processor, but dont invest on higher clock speed. As you are building desktop, TDP is not a concern, so get the ones with 77W, this will give you more clock speed already for the same or lower price. I recomend the i5 3.2Ghz.

Mobo:Ivy Bridge socket. I like having the most I/O integrated features. So look for bluetooth, Firewire, and Thunderbolt. Any Ivy Brdige socket will certainlly have USB 3.0

Memory: 8GB is a great standart, go for 16GB just to brag, get any speed you like that is compatible.

HDD. As apparently you have cash to burn, dont get internal HDDS. Go for an entire SSD system, as this will give you more speed, no noise and no heat. Do get a external HDD for backup purpuses. If yo dont do this, its a bad build. External HDDs are small, portable and no noise, and cheap. They can also serve as media storage, while you go upgrading your system to SSD. I recomend the WD My Passport series, but a lot of external HDD are wonderfull.

SSDs: 250GB SSDs are very cheap nowadays and 480GB are affordable. I sugest building what you need for now, and upgrading when needed incrementally. SSDs are 2.5", so you can have 14x SSDs in a case, they fit! For the adapter, check:

http://www.amazon.com/SILVERSTONE-SDP08-3-5-2-5-Inch-Converter/dp/B002BH3Z8E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344136815&sr=8-1&keywords=silverstone+adapter

NOW THIS IS IMPORTANT: the parts below are gonna be with you for an enormous amount of time. This is where you choose carefully

CASE: Get any case you feel its "so beautiful I almost cry" I like Bitfenix designs, and also Moneual.

PSU: As I belive you want a no noise system, I recomend the Cooler Master Silent Pro. This particular series has been of great buld quality.

FAN: For no noise Fans, Coolink makes some wonderfully silent fans. If you dont mind hearing low humming, the best company would be silenx. They have the best CFM ratio. Dont forget that you may plug 3pin headers from the fan to the motherboard, and control fan rotation with software under windows and thus reducing noise. You can use split headers for multiple fans on the same port.

Optical drive: Any Blu-ray drive recorder. This will probably be your last optical drive, as this thing may go away, just like floppy. Any brand is fine, but do try to get one blundled with some nice applications.

Speakers: I like Creative speakers, their desing are awesome. Logitech is a popular brand for the regular user.

Monitor: 22"is minimum and fine for most ocasions. If you can afford go 24". Samsung and Asus are currently popular brands, I prefer Samsung or LG. If you want to adventure in the 27", the Apple display is my only recomendation

Mouse: For everyday usage, get a touch mouse form Microsoft. For gaming, get a wheeled scrolled mouse from either microsoft or logitech.

Keyboard: I simply have to recomend this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Rain-Computers-KYB-RC-01-Aluminum-Keyboard/dp/B004ODRFG6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1344137642&sr=1-1&keywords=rain+aluminum+keyboard

Also, take a look at Logitech webistes for webacm, joystick and headset.

And to conclude....liquid cooling:

The best pump today is the Swiftech MCP35X. Its available as a unit, and also in integrated versions with the radiator/reservoir.

I cannot recomend you a videocard, as this is extremelly personal. If I were you, I would get a 2x $200 cards in SLI/Crossfire, and thats it. No need for 2x $500 cards today, as this same cards will be only $200 next year. You can get next year this setup for nly $400, and also selling the previews cars for some money.

Have fun dude.
 
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Hello my friend, i belive i will be the one who will help you more in this thread because i have a very similar system (i7 3960x with 4 GTX 680's and 32GB of RAM with a Asus Rampage IV Extreme - everything watercooled)

To be honest with you, i only bought the i7 3960x because i had the money and not because i needed it, IMO is not worth getting a i7 3960x over a i7 3930k

Before i list my recomendation, i would like to quote something:

-Lets say you get a $500 videocard today. Best available. 2 years from now, a recently released $100 videocard will run twice as fast as the previowslly purchased $500 card.
Click to expand...

So you're telling me that a 100$ GT 640 performs 2 times better than a GTX 480??

Anyways, here are my recomendations if you really want a true Gaming/rendering PC

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($564.99 @ TigerDirect)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100 92.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme EATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($429.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (8 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($223.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($223.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (CrossFire) ($447.55 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (CrossFire) ($447.55 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case ($166.92 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 1250W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($261.82 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VH238H 23.0" Monitor ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Asus VH238H 23.0" Monitor ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Asus VH238H 23.0" Monitor ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Keyboard: Logitech G19 Wired Standard Keyboard ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Mouse: Razer Naga Wired Laser Mouse ($86.97 @ Newegg)
Total: $4195.68

Notes:
* the 7970 is 4 times faster than the GTX 680 is rendering tasks thanks to the unlocked double precision floating point processing

*Most people will advise you NOT to buy closed loop watercoolers for your CPU but dont listen to then, they put less strain on your motherboard and do not interfiere with your RAM and if you buy some high quality aftermarket coolers you will get cooling capabilities that will match a real WC loop.

*The 2 SSD's go in RAID 0 mode and the rest of the drives can go in RAID 1 (if you need extreme reliability) RAID 0 (if you want extreme performance) or in default mode (if you only want them as storage devices)

*The RAM i picked is easily overclockable to ~2000Mhz, anything beyond that is not noticiable/worth it

*At first buy only two 7970's and see how they perform, if you think 2 GPUs are too much you can return 1 (dont forget to set it to stock clocks if you overclock it) or buy a third or forth GPU if you need more performance

*I recomend you to add a few more fans to improve the airflow of your case...altough its not needed, This one and this one

*The PSU i included is waaay more than enough for dual 7970's but since you might get 4 you better be prepared

*The keyboard and mouse combination is my personal favorite but you can change the mouse to a Cyborg R.A.T.9...it will be a bit more expensive but definetly better

 
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no no no...

*512GB SSD are relativily slow

*The i7 3930k is much better for rendering

*amazing cooler :love: one of my personal favorites

*The GTX 670/680 suck at rendering tasks, a 7970 will be much better or a Quadro card

*This guy originally wanted a Quad sli set up (Dual GTX 690's) so i assume he might consider getting 4 GTX 680/670 (hopefully i will tought him out of it) or 4 7970's (wich are faaar better for redenring but are a TINY little bit slower in gaming)

 
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* for rendering, a i7 3930k will be MUCH better than any i5 CPU, and in heavy gaming too (i game at 5760x1080 with maximun details and trust me....the i7 3960x comes in handy)

*Good advise but kind of obvious...almost every X79/Z68/P67 motherboard has a USB 3.0 port and features like Bluettoh is...meh, useless?

*8GB is ok for most people, 16GB is recomended for someone who is doing some rendering but 32GB is a definetly a good bonus for heavy rendering and gaming, some times i transcode up to 10 Video files and game @ full settings BF3 @ 5760x1080 (of course, with a 5Ghz Overclock and a LOT of help from my video cards) and i've seen my memory usage reach 20GB

*I wouldnt recomend to any one a Coolermaster PSU, there are far better choices.

*if i'd were the OP i will rather Liquid cool my whole system instead of the CPU only, the NZXT switech is perfect for that!
 
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+1

Money spent on good Monitors is well spent.

People easily will throw out $1000 on video cards (that will be obsolete in 2years), but then don't think of their monitor that goes obsolete much much slower. Sure, benchmark numbers are bragging rights, but end of the day, you're spending this money to actually view something with your eyeballs not just generate a benchmark number. With all the talk about bottlenecks that get thrown around, the display->eyeball is also a quality bottleneck.

24" dell u series (or multiple) are also very common choices among the computer near-elite (Heavy computer users who aren't actually graphic designers).

Anyway here are other recommendations:

http://www.flatpanelshd.com/focus.php?subaction=showfull&id=1229341472#grafikere

Look at both the graphics section and gaming section (you don't need to get 3d ones, most feel that is a gimmick). Click the Checkmark to read their review (not the link of the model name)
 
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i'd preffer getting 3 2560x1600 monitor (i simply like 16:10 better than 16:9)

Anyways....altough gaming at 7680x1600 would be completly awesome you would need AT LEAST 6GB of VRAM to play, lest say...BF3 or Metro 2033 maxed out, and trust me...it wouldnt be playable (i get on avg ~75 fps @5760x1080 with maximun details using 4 GTX 680's 4GB edition) so i doubt any PC could run those games at those settings
 
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3 2560x1440 will eat 1/2 of the lower end of his budget, or 1/3 of the higher end while 2560x1440 will only use like 1/5th on the low end (to as low as 1/6th) or 1/10th of his higher-end budget.
 
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Hmmm... why that huge price diference between 2560x1600 vs 2560x1440...i tough 2560x1600 was more common :s
 
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