Everytime I am looking to purchase a new computer my friends always encourage me to build my own so I have decided to finally take their advice after all these years and give it a shot since I just got a promotion at work and have a little extra money to spend.
Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP (I'm like a kid on Christmas morning)
Budget Range: Around $1000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Running multiple virtual machines, entertainment.
Are you buying a monitor: Not at this time I currently have one but would like to upgrade to 3 higher resolution monitors in the near future. (Would like 4K if the price is right)
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Location: Tampa, FL
Parts Preferences: No preference
Overclocking: Yes- in the future
SLI or Crossfire: Yes- Once I can afford a second video card
Your Monitor Resolution: Not sure what the exact res is of my monitor at home as I am writing this at work right now but it is a couple years old so it's probably not that high of a resolution but I would like to upgrade in the future to 3 higher res monitors.
Additional Comments: It doesn't need to be pretty but I would like it to be as future proof as possible. I would like to expand on this build throught 2015 to add the new monitors and an addition video card.
I have made 2 wishlists on Newegg with a few different components but I do have a few questions...
1.) Will the 850w power supply be able to handle 2 video cards?
2.) Do you see any major bottlenecking issues anywhere in the builds?
3.) What about cooling? If I do not plan to OC initially(or run a second video card) should I purchase an after market fan/cooling system?
4.) I have 2 different R9-280X 3GB cards in both builds any suggestions on the card I should go with would be appreciated.
5.) I feel as though my 2 main concerns are the Motherboard and the Power Supply to be as future proof as possible. As I said before I want to eventually run 2 R9-280x's with 3 monitors and I'm lazy... don't want to have to upgrade the Motherboard for a while.
6.) I'm sure I'll think of more questions after I publish this...
Any help or suggestions is appreciated!
P.S.- I already have a 1TB Hard drive that I can use.
Build 1:
Case-
NZXT Source 530 CA-SO530-M1 Matte Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Motherboard-
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Pro Gaming with Killer Networking & Sound Blaster Intel Motherboard
Video Card-
XFX Black Edition Double D R9-280X-TDBD Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Power Supply-
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 220-G2-0850-XR 850W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Power Supply Intel 4th Gen CPU Compatible 10 Year Warranty
CPU-
Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell Quad-Core 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I54670K
SSD-
SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Memory-
CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 Desktop Memory Model CMY8GX3M2A2400C11
Optical Drive-
LG Black 16X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner WH16NS40 - OEM LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA BDXL Blu-ray Burner, Bare Drive, 3D Play Back (WH14NS40) - OEM
Build 2:
Case-
NZXT Source 530 CA-SO530-M1 Matte Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Motherboard-
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
Video Card-
HIS iPower IceQ X² Boost Clock H280XQM3G2M Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Power Supply-
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 220-G2-0850-XR 850W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Power Supply Intel 4th Gen CPU Compatible 10 Year Warranty
CPU-
AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor FD8350FRHKBOX
SSD-
SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Memory-
CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 Desktop Memory Model CMY8GX3M2A2400C11
Optical Drive-
LG Black 16X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner WH16NS40 - OEM LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA BDXL Blu-ray Burner, Bare Drive, 3D Play Back (WH14NS40) - OEM
Thank you!