With your guys help last year I built a heck of a rig and my buddy decided to follow suit, he sent me the list of parts he was thinking of and I have input them into PCpartpicker. I am trying to find ways to optimize his build and get a little more bang for the buck but he is firm on "Future Proofing" his rig. I believe his budget is around $1200 and he plans to game, work, and graphical editing on it.
Initially I wanted to downgrade the CPU however for only $100 more it seems worth to stick with 4770k
I do think 8gb of faster ram would be more beneficial than 16gb. Are there any brand/speeds you guys think would fit?
I also think the Case is wasting its USB 2.0 ports on the USB 3.0 header motherboard. Any similar cases with usb 3.0 ports?
Additionally I need to locate a good heatsink for his processor (no water cooling)
The reason for all amazon is that he has cards for it so all parts must be available on Amazon
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($337.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($258.27 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Guardian 921 RB ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($21.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $1184.15
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-23 00:52 EST-0500)
Initially I wanted to downgrade the CPU however for only $100 more it seems worth to stick with 4770k
I do think 8gb of faster ram would be more beneficial than 16gb. Are there any brand/speeds you guys think would fit?
I also think the Case is wasting its USB 2.0 ports on the USB 3.0 header motherboard. Any similar cases with usb 3.0 ports?
Additionally I need to locate a good heatsink for his processor (no water cooling)
The reason for all amazon is that he has cards for it so all parts must be available on Amazon
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($337.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($258.27 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Guardian 921 RB ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($21.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $1184.15
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-23 00:52 EST-0500)
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