Is this a good build for gaming rig?

[boboru9934]

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($174.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($126.92 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Corsair Force Series GS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($379.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.45 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($644.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Black Pearl) ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Cooler Master V850 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($134.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $2071.26
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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[roguecatfish]

I don't even know why you're asking this question? It's a 2000 dollar computer with a 780 and a 500GB SSD. This will last you for many years and will serve your obviously power hungry gaming needs well!

 

[boboru9934]

Hmmm, Well any suggestions on Parts/ swap for almost similar power, and such I am open to suggestions, or better Build for Less with same potential. Thanks

 

[roguecatfish]

Alright I'll get right on that. Your budget is $2000 for the operating system and components correct?

 

[roguecatfish]

Alright this is the best hardcore gaming/anything you could ever want to do machine

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($327.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($111.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($167.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($129.00 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.00 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($389.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($389.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($122.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2018.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-09 21:23 EDT-0400)

This build is anyone's dream build. With two 770's, you will be able to play games on Ultra 1080p+ for the next five years, two of these cards are more powerful than a GTX 690 which is a $1000 card and are a hell of a lot more powerful than one 780. I own a majority of the parts in this build, the case, the power supply, RAM, Motherboard, Hard Drive, but I'm over on team red. While I am a huge fan of AMD and their cards have phenomenal price to performance ratio, I don't think I can recommend an AMD card in a build of this caliber. Simply because with crossfire on AMD cards you have lots of micro stutter and they USUALLY have worse drivers than Nvidia cards. The motherboard supports two way SLI, has killer lan, some sort of sound chip thing, and is just an amazing board with a huge feature set. The CPU and Water Cooling will work great together because you can very easily bring this thing up past 4.5Ghz with a H110, it's practically risk free and will be great with such a good and expensive processor. The case also has silence foam in it and has a really sleek sort of understated look to it that is great. Everything else is pretty much standard, great SSD, fast hard drive, PSU with enough wattage to SLI and is 80 Plus Gold (Very power efficient). If you have any questions, be sure to ask me.

 

[boboru9934]

Yeah I needed the OS in there as well. A little over budget isn't that bad though... Pref Win 7 Pro at least though.

With the memory, Is it better to have 2 8g Sticks, or 4 4g? And is it all dependant on the CAS?

I thought having the SLI and such caused alot of stutter issues as well? Thats kind of why I was goin with the 1 780.

as far as the Op Drive, I need something with Blu-Ray....

and maybe 2 SSD's for Raid 0 for better load times and start up If possible. Is it do-able under $2200?

Including the OS?

 

[roguecatfish]

Yeah I needed the OS in there as well. A little over budget isn't that bad though... Pref Win 7 Pro at least though.

With the memory, Is it better to have 2 8g Sticks, or 4 4g? And is it all dependant on the CAS?

I thought having the SLI and such caused alot of stutter issues as well? Thats kind of why I was goin with the 1 780.

as far as the Op Drive, I need something with Blu-Ray....

and maybe 2 SSD's for Raid 0 for better load times and start up If possible. Is it do-able under $2200?

Including the OS?

1. No, it is not necessarily better performance wise to have 2x8 but it does get rid of expand ability in the future to 32GB.

2. The micro stutter issues in SLI and Crossfire on one monitor have been pretty much 100% fixed. SLI 770's vs one 780 is a massive difference, I would recommend going for the SLI 770's if you are using like one 1440p monitor or a 144Hz one. But if your budget cant fit it I'd say go for a 780.

3. Alright I'll add that in

4. I would recommend just going for something like a 512GB SSD over 2x256GB's, it's a lot cheaper and adds for more expandability

5. I'll factor the OS in this time.

 

[roguecatfish]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($327.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($111.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($167.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($319.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($644.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($124.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($56.23 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $2163.14
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-10 17:19 EDT-0400)

 

[boboru9934]

Ah I see, Yeah my Monitor I use is my 47" LCD TV, I put my res on 1080, but I have no idea if its actually putting that out right or not.

I like EVGA for my cards usually just because I've never had any issues with them, and I like there warranty. I appreciate the help rouge.

So you are saying Raid 0 setup with two SSD's is not worth it?

Also I would need Win 7 Pro or better for 64 Bit ( 16gigs of Mem)

 

[roguecatfish]

Ah I see, Yeah my Monitor I use is my 47" LCD TV, I put my res on 1080, but I have no idea if its actually putting that out right or not.

I like EVGA for my cards usually just because I've never had any issues with them, and I like there warranty. I appreciate the help rouge.

So you are saying Raid 0 setup with two SSD's is not worth it?

Also I would need Win 7 Pro or better for 64 Bit ( 16gigs of Mem)

Yeah see, I'm not sure if it's worth it to be using a 60Hz monitor/tv at 1080p with a card as beastly as yours. I'd recommend either going for a Asus VG248QE 144Hz monitor (My monitor) or going for something like a single 770 or 7970. I think you should go with a single 512 GB SSD because then you save money, and you can put it into RAID 0 for 1TB of SSD which is incredibly overkill for any kind of build.

 

[boboru9934]

What would you say about the EVGA GTX 760 (SLI) 4GB Cards vs the 770s?

The only reason I find it hard to go back to smaller monitors after gaming with 47" forever haha.

 

[roguecatfish]

What would you say about the EVGA GTX 760 (SLI) 4GB Cards vs the 770s?

The only reason I find it hard to go back to smaller monitors after gaming with 47" forever haha.

SLI 760's definitely give you better performance but that removes all expand ability, I would always recommend going for a single powerful to mid range card and then SLIing in the future.

 

[boboru9934]

What about this build?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($111.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($157.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($177.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($177.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($122.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2016.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-10 20:39 EDT-0400)


Or, Do you think I will have enough power for the time being with just 1 GTX 760 4gb, for gaming for now, then can always SLI it later? That way I can save another $300 atm, and bring the cost to about $1700

 

[roguecatfish]

What about this build?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($111.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($157.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($177.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($177.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($122.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2016.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-10 20:39 EDT-0400)

This is a really nice build, I never said you'd be getting bad performance with 2x760's, but there are two issues with SLIing two weaker cards. Firstly, some games don't take advantage of dual card setups so it only uses one of the cards so if you're using a weaker card, you'll get worse performance, this wont usually be a problem in modern day games though. Secondly, the only way to get better performance for games in the future is to sell both of those used which they will only go for half the price you bought them for because the Mobo only has 2 graphics card slots. This build would suit you well for many years but just be ready to have to upgrade in the future.

 

[boboru9934]

Ah, Well Upgrading in the future is inevitable....But for a few years this would be solid then? Even with 1 760?

 

[roguecatfish]

Of course, to be playing games on medium to high settings on one monitor on 1080p will be no problem for the 760 what so ever. I'd say go with the entire build you listed above except without the second card. As much as I like this setup though, I can't help but to say that I think your best value would be to get a 7970, it's the same price as the 760 which is a 660 Ti equivelant but the 7970 is the same and sometimes even better than a 680. Cards on nvidia side go 660 Ti, 670, then 680 which was $550 up until very recently. The 7970 is about the same price as the 760 and can get well over 60 FPS on ultra 1080p on BF3 never dropping below 60FPS. The 760 may struggle running max quality at above 60FPS. It's up to you but I would recommend getting an AMD on this one because the 7970 also comes with 3 free games such as Saints Row IV, Far Cry 3, Hitman Absolution, Far Cry Blood Dragon, Tomb Raider, etc. Check it out.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202008

 

[boboru9934]

Gotcha, yeah my only thing is I have never been a fan of AMD Cards, have had issues in the past with them, and have never gone back since. Will BF4 utilize SLI? and the next gen games? more so then older games? I think I might just go with the single 760 and can always SLI it later down the road when its even cheaper or something.