Approximate Purchase Date: By end of year
Budget Range: $1,500-$2,000 USD Before Rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important:
1) Gaming (Vindictus, Guild Wars 2, Planetside 2, ARMA 2&3, BF3, Blade & Soul)
2) Video Editing and Transcoding (Powerdirector 10), Video Capturing (Appian's Replay Media Catcher 5-6 RMTP streams at once)
3) p2p downloading and uploading (Vuze)
4) Video watching on web or on HDD (2-6 videos/streams at once)
5) Web Editing (Photoshop & Illustrator CS 5.5), playing and transcoding music (itunes and from youtube to mp3)
6) Word Processing (Word, Excel, OneNote)
Are you buying a monitor: Not for now. Using dual-monitor setup. Toshiba 24SL410U (1920x1080) and HP 2009m (1600x900)
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon.com, Newegg, NCIX, etc. (Any within US with reputable exchange/return policy)
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Parts Preferences:
CPU: Preferably at least i7 for the editing and transcoding, hosting games and files. Was thinking 2700k because I heard 3rd gen have thermal issues and also was planning on overclocking.
Media Storage: SSD for faster OS and game loading time plus a second 1TB or more (I have 1.5 TB so far of anime o_o) was considering a RAID 5 setup in the future to protect against crashes.
Case already purchased (Corsair Carbide 500R) so full ATX mobo
Motherboard: Looking for a good one that I can overclock and has good voltage regulation for longevity of parts.
GPU: open but leaning toward nVidia 680 or maybe 670. I plan on purchasing a second one to cross-fire for 3 monitor-gaming the following year. One with good reviews on temperature (sometimes it gets to almost 90Farenheight in my room x.x).
SLI or Crossfire: In the future, I would like to buy 2nd GPU for 3 monitor gaming.
RAM: at least 16 GB for video and photo editing and HEAVY multi-tasking e.g at least 3 of the system usage bullets at once xD
Cooling: Still on the fence but rather be safe than sorry and would prefer air-cooled.
Power: Would like to be modular and enough for at least a 2 gpu setup, maybe even 3 if it's a mid-end video card but I'd rather sacrifice micro-stuttering for better parts and performance in multi-tasking productivity tasks. Modular since I may put at least 4 hard drives in there for a RAID 5 setup.
Overclocking: Maybe in the future.
I didn't include a sound card because it wasn't as important and I have a G35 Surround sound headset for games. I'd like to keep it under $1,500 but I threw in another for some leeway for better quality parts.
Prospective Build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-2700K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card ($459.99 @ CompUSA)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($24.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) ($91.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1575.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-21 02:07 EST-0500)
Budget Range: $1,500-$2,000 USD Before Rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important:
1) Gaming (Vindictus, Guild Wars 2, Planetside 2, ARMA 2&3, BF3, Blade & Soul)
2) Video Editing and Transcoding (Powerdirector 10), Video Capturing (Appian's Replay Media Catcher 5-6 RMTP streams at once)
3) p2p downloading and uploading (Vuze)
4) Video watching on web or on HDD (2-6 videos/streams at once)
5) Web Editing (Photoshop & Illustrator CS 5.5), playing and transcoding music (itunes and from youtube to mp3)
6) Word Processing (Word, Excel, OneNote)
Are you buying a monitor: Not for now. Using dual-monitor setup. Toshiba 24SL410U (1920x1080) and HP 2009m (1600x900)
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon.com, Newegg, NCIX, etc. (Any within US with reputable exchange/return policy)
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Parts Preferences:
CPU: Preferably at least i7 for the editing and transcoding, hosting games and files. Was thinking 2700k because I heard 3rd gen have thermal issues and also was planning on overclocking.
Media Storage: SSD for faster OS and game loading time plus a second 1TB or more (I have 1.5 TB so far of anime o_o) was considering a RAID 5 setup in the future to protect against crashes.
Case already purchased (Corsair Carbide 500R) so full ATX mobo
Motherboard: Looking for a good one that I can overclock and has good voltage regulation for longevity of parts.
GPU: open but leaning toward nVidia 680 or maybe 670. I plan on purchasing a second one to cross-fire for 3 monitor-gaming the following year. One with good reviews on temperature (sometimes it gets to almost 90Farenheight in my room x.x).
SLI or Crossfire: In the future, I would like to buy 2nd GPU for 3 monitor gaming.
RAM: at least 16 GB for video and photo editing and HEAVY multi-tasking e.g at least 3 of the system usage bullets at once xD
Cooling: Still on the fence but rather be safe than sorry and would prefer air-cooled.
Power: Would like to be modular and enough for at least a 2 gpu setup, maybe even 3 if it's a mid-end video card but I'd rather sacrifice micro-stuttering for better parts and performance in multi-tasking productivity tasks. Modular since I may put at least 4 hard drives in there for a RAID 5 setup.
Overclocking: Maybe in the future.
I didn't include a sound card because it wasn't as important and I have a G35 Surround sound headset for games. I'd like to keep it under $1,500 but I threw in another for some leeway for better quality parts.
Prospective Build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-2700K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card ($459.99 @ CompUSA)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($24.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) ($91.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1575.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-21 02:07 EST-0500)