Building My First Gaming PC (I posted in the wrong section, please move, sorry guys!)

Kraizer

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I've had many years of experience with computers, learned a lot; but I'm entering new territory with building rigs. To give you an idea... I can trouble shoot, and utilize the hardware at my disposal, but I wouldn't know what type of hardware to purchase if I needed to replace parts lol. have an outline prepared for the PC I wish to build, but I would love *heavy* constructive criticism as I plan to invest quite a bit of money into my complete setup. I plan to slowly order these parts over time and install them myself.


http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Kraizer/saved/#savedbuild_597436

I'd like to know what you think of this setup, and what you would personally change. If you could answer the question below, that would be fantastic as well :)


1. What type of motherboard will I be needing for the hardware I've selected? I've never dived into detail with this part of the computer, so we'll assume I know next to nothing.

2. Regarding the temperature of my Computer; will the selected fan be enough to keep everything cool? I'm not worried about noise in the least bit, but I don't want to be able to deep fry food on the inside of my case ^.^ I'm trying to avoid liquid cooling as it's a hassle to deal with. Will 1 fan suffice? Or will I need multiple?

3. What would be needed to install 2 graphics cards? I ask because with newer games such as Bf4, Gta5, Hitman Absolution, Crysis 3, Metro: Last light.... ect, are very resource demanding games. I'm not looking to go power crazy and place them on Ultra Settings, but I wouldn't mind enjoying the graphics on high settings.


I won't have this system for several months, but I want to sort out any kinks that can be found. And of course, I will contact a buddy of mine to assist with building the pc to minimize problems; along side of the vast amount of videos all over the interwebs.

I will be using this Pc for Video editing, Gaming, Programming, and watching movies. I don't have a static budget, but I don't wanna run over the $1700 mark.


http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Kraizer/saved/2yDb <---Semi-Final build.
 
You're build is a bit confusing, you have an APU with a dedicated card. :) As for cooling, you can get watercooling or an aftermarket air cooler that will keep things cool. All you need for SLI/Crossfire is a bridge and a motherboard that supports it. You also don't need a sound card unless you are an audiophile. You don't need a wired network card as your motherboard will already have one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8120 3.1GHz 8-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($148.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X Blue ATX Full Tower Case ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($6.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($6.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS29 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($54.97 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($173.74 @ B&H)
Total: $1286.55
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-05 12:13 EST-0500)

Alternatively, this would be an all around better gaming and rendering machine.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($309.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.75 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card ($585.91 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($173.74 @ B&H)
Total: $1499.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-05 12:17 EST-0500)
 


That's a good card, if you are wanting the best performance for rendering and gaming get a GTX 780 or 290/290X. Depends on how much you want to spend really.
 
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Kraizer/saved/2yDb

This is what I have so far, whatcha think? Now that I look at those graphics cards, I'm kinda stuck between which one I should get. I've been checking out benchmarks and reviews on various websites and the test results are different each time; they are however fairly close in benchmarks. So I guess at this point it's just personal preference? (I've had a good time with all of my AMD cards).
 
That CPU will bottleneck the 780. Either get the FX-8350 (same motherboard) or get the i5-4670k and a different motherboard. Also, I'd go with the HDD instead: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex. Otherwise, it doesn't look bad.
 
Adjustments made. Thanks! 😀

Anyone else have recommendations they wanna share? If not then I'm gonna finalize this build 😵