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My prospective gaming rig

JCampbell

JCampbell

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I'm planning on building it this summer, so hopefully prices will fall on some of the parts, but I'll also be fine paying the current price.
Here's the wishlist I made for the full build: Newegg.com - Once You Know, You Newegg
I realize there isn't an HDD on the list. I'll be removing the enclosure from my 3 TB Seagate external and popping it inside.
Thoughts?
Ideas?
Recommendations?
 
It's backward compatible with DVD and CD, and I'm living in dorms now where I'm not allowed to have a TV. My plan is to be able to watch Blu-Ray discs on my 24" monitor (and eventually a projector).
 
Your build looks pretty good (as an EVGA employee, I would love for you to look into our motherboards, power supplies and NVIDIA graphics card solutions), but still a good looking build. The only issue I see is the 60 GB SSD. Are you planning on running multiples of those, or will you have a large data drive as well? On my personal PC, I regret that I have an 80 GB SSD, so my only thought would be to consider a 120 GB or higher SSD and then have 1 or 2 large traditional drives for data an optional program installs.
 
I'm not overly committed to my motherboard or power supply (depending on price), andI was originally going to go with an EVGA NVIDIA graphics card (GTX 680, I think), but it was just too expensive (~$480). I have a 3 TB spinner that I'll be using for data storage, the SSD is just a boot drive. If I can find a sweet deal on a 120 or even 256 GB SSD, I'd probably drop the money for it, and if it's a 256 I would just switch it out with the 120 in my laptop now.
 
I'll be honest, I've NEVER heard of Xion for power supplies. Once place not to skimp is on the power supply, it can cause you all sorts of issues that you'll think are actually something else.

Double check the suggested power supply for the video card (and keep in mind they err very much on the high side), but this power supply should be fine. It's the same one I have in my system (with a GTX470 video card) and I hardly put a dent in the available power from what I can tell.
Thermaltake Black Widow W0319RU 850W ATX 12V v2.3, EPS 12V v2.91 CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Newegg.com

Another thing that would steer me from that 1000W PSU is that for a 1000W PSU there is almost NOTHING as far as plug-ins for the modular cables. I count 6 on that 1000W PSU, my 850W PSU has 8, with more hard-wired lines (at least one video card line is hardwired) making the 850W more versatile.
 
I can second the Vengeance suggestion. Running 16 GB of Vengeance memory in my Mac (SODIMMS in a laptop) and it's been flawless.

Something else to keep in mind, this summer (or maybe early fall) Intel will be releasing the Haswell line of CPUs with improvements across the board.
 
mplevy said:
I'll be honest, I've NEVER heard of Xion for power supplies. Once place not to skimp is on the power supply, it can cause you all sorts of issues that you'll think are actually something else...

...Another thing that would steer me from that 1000W PSU is that for a 1000W PSU there is almost NOTHING as far as plug-ins for the modular cables. I count 6 on that 1000W PSU, my 850W PSU has 8, with more hard-wired lines (at least one video card line is hardwired) making the 850W more versatile.
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I hadn't heard of Xion either, but they do seem to be pretty well reviewed. I'm looking right now for a PSU with more modular cables, but I'm also looking for something over 900W. While my current build doesn't even need 500W, the full build I'm looking to have in the future (4 dimms of 8GB RAM, 2 video cards, 4 or more HDDs, VGA hybrid cooling, etc) will require upwards of 800W, and I wouldn't want to cut it close with an 850W PSU.

NYCHitman1 said:
I'd swap that Patriot RAM for Corsair Vengeance RAM, which is more reliable and cheaper.

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB)

I would also swap that ATi/AMD GPU for a Nvidia GPU.

MSi GTX 660 Ti
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I like the look of the Vengeance RAM a lot. I've swapped out the Patriot for 2 dimms of 8GB Vengeance (I wanna be able to add 16GB later, and my mobo only has room for 4 dimms). I originally started with a GTX 680 video card, but the AMD card is about $150 less, has more RAM, and is 384 bit vs the 256 on the original card. It just seems that I can't beat the performance for price of the AMD.
 
JCampbell said:
I originally started with a GTX 680 video card, but the AMD card is about $150 less, has more RAM, and is 384 bit vs the 256 on the original card. It just seems that I can't beat the performance for price of the AMD.
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I'm not sure you can't beat that performance for price. Check out the performance for price of running two of these cards in SLI:

Newegg.com - EVGA 02G-P4-3657-KR GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

It looks like they can beat the HD 7970
Geforce GTX 650 Ti BOOST running in SLI review:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost SLI Review | techPowerUp

I know this is probably not what you're looking for, upgrade-wise because your choice of GPU would take you beyond this performance if you doubled it up. I thought it was interesting though.
 
davoid said:
I'm not sure you can't beat that performance for price. Check out the performance for price of running two of these cards in SLI:

Newegg.com - EVGA 02G-P4-3657-KR GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

It looks like they can beat the HD 7970
Geforce GTX 650 Ti BOOST running in SLI review:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost SLI Review | techPowerUp

I know this is probably not what you're looking for, upgrade-wise because your choice of GPU would take you beyond this performance if you doubled it up. I thought it was interesting though.
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That's an interesting concept, for sure. Unfortunately, my motherboard only has two PCI 3.0 slots, so I wouldn't be able to upgrade it more. On the other hand, when it comes time to replace the GPU, it'll probably be about time to replace the CPU and motherboard anyway.
 
That looks like quite a build. I recently build my computer a few months ago, but it's not that powerful. You are going to have a good time gaming.
 
davoid said:
I'm not sure you can't beat that performance for price. Check out the performance for price of running two of these cards in SLI:

Newegg.com - EVGA 02G-P4-3657-KR GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

It looks like they can beat the HD 7970
Geforce GTX 650 Ti BOOST running in SLI review:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost SLI Review | techPowerUp

I know this is probably not what you're looking for, upgrade-wise because your choice of GPU would take you beyond this performance if you doubled it up. I thought it was interesting though.
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:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Oh man!

Each one of the 650Ti Boost's is around
 
Would still need a new motherboard, but by then, new sockets might be out :P

Thanks Davoid!

But @OP, if you can afford it, I'd say the 650Ti SLI, or maybe a 660 would be a good buy
 
Personally I can't stand those mammoth DH14 CPU coolers (or any big coolers for that matter) I would go for a smaller PSU and get an Antec H20 920 or a Corsair H100 hydro cooler , both of which I have had and can vouch for. Not only do they do a good job they let you see all the goodies inside your new PC.
 
Folks,

Please show the OP some courtesy and keep on-topic i.e. discussing his proposed build. If you have suggestions to improve to improve cooling/airflow within the specified chassis, I'm sure the OP will be glad of them.
 
Slug said:
Folks,

Please show the OP some courtesy and keep on-topic i.e. discussing his proposed build. If you have suggestions to improve to improve cooling/airflow within the specified chassis, I'm sure the OP will be glad of them.
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Who exactly are you referring to? When I say I cant stand those big coolers it is not disrespectful to the OP, simply an expression of personal preference.
 
I would recommend a Full Tower case. I got myself a Mid Tower case, and I don't think there is enough room. Later I plan on upgrading, by adding a lot more to the computer, like another graphics card, and probably 3-4 more hard drives. My current tower is not able to fit all that in there with ease.
 
I think my mid tower (CM Storm Enforcer ) is just right in its size. There's good airflow, and it's wide enough to allow for big aftermarket coolers, although it's not tall enough for SLI
 
Mehta23 said:
I think my mid tower (CM Storm Enforcer ) is just right in its size. There's good airflow, and it's wide enough to allow for big aftermarket coolers, although it's not tall enough for SLI
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Right and that is what I was gettin at. A mid tower is pretty good for most cases. But if you, and the OP intend to really upgrade the computer over time, you will probably be better off getting a full tower case.

As of now, my mid tower is not able to look the way I really want it too. It's not tall enough, and the depth is a bit short. I'll explain.
If I wanted to do SLI or Crossfire, I would not have room for 3 hard drives, because where the fan is on the graphics card gets in the way of the connectors of the hard drives. Therefore making me not able to put in the cable powering, or the SATA cable. It's just not going to happen. As of now, I am not able to have more than 2 hard drives because the bays, and my PSU cables are too close togeter, making the cable management look bad. (It's not that great in my computer, but I still have grerat air flow.
When you put this all together, it's really coming down to cable management. If you intent to have a high end computer, water cooling, custon tubing, giant raiderators, and CPU coolers. Of course you will want a Full Tower. That's only if you can see yourself there in the future. As for someone average, I think I should have gotten a better case for cable management.
OP that's something to look into, cable management. You want it to look nice right?
 
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