Gaming Rig Setup

thame0200

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So, do you guys ever get tired of us noobs getting on here and asking about our setups? Anyways! lol. I am trying to set up a gaming rig as says in the title. This is what I come up with

1. IN WIN GRone Gray 0.8mm SECC Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811108423 (<-- so you can take a gander at it.)

2.AMD FX-9370 Vishera 4.4GHz Socket AM3+ 220W Eight-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition ( now I have heard this guy runs hot..but I wanted to set up a water cooling setup to it. Any suggestions on that would be helpful.)

3.ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

4. CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory

5.SAPPHIRE 100364-4GL Radeon R9 270X 4GB GDDR5 Video Card

6. WD BLACK SERIES WD1003FZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Ok so what I want this to do is of course play games, but also run multiple monitors (maybe just 2) and not have to upgrade it for a long time. I am at oh around $1100 total price for this? (according to newegg anyways)

Now my questions, As I said earlier I want to set up Liquid cooling to the CPU for sure. What about the gpu and or anything else? And what do you recommend?

Second... the HDD.. now I have been reading up on RAID settings and I also read a thread on here that it really won't have much a impact on gaming at all. I have read elsewhere that something like a raid 10 setup will boost preformance a little. ( of the pc not gaming.)

My budget to be honest would like to keep maybe not to far above $1500 range for total system...below that would be even cooler. I have heard Liquid cooling setups are kinda pricey though. What are your thoughts? Would you make any altercations to this set up?

I play MMO's like wow or GW2... but I would like to have a system so I could get into Battlefield 4 or Crisis... would be sweet.

Anyways thanks for taking to time to read and respond.
 

thame0200

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Oh and COOLMAX ZU Series ZU-900B 900W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply 900w should be more then enough right?
 
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CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.16 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($197.27 @ TigerDirect)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($133.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($324.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1322.34