Building New Rig. Suggestions?

[Nathan Sempsrott]

So I've decided I "need" a new rig. Card in current one is going on the fritz, things don't fit quite right in my case, and my cooler started running at 100% all the time for some reason. I plan on taking care of the card and cooler, but I don't want to be out of commission entirely while waiting on the RMA for the card, and maybe the cooler if it needs it. I have another PC buuuut its a core 2 duo at 2.66 with a 5450 as opposed to my current fx8350 at 4 (yes I didn't overclock, motherboard was a cheap one and not much power behind it, can't get much of an oc anyways so its easier to just leave it stock) and a 7950. I figure if I'm doing so much anyways I may as well start a new rig that will last a while and be fine the first time. Keep in mind that this build will not necessarily be built all at once. I.E. things like the 2nd card, SSD, half of the RAM, or optical drive might come later, since they aren't necessities right off the bat. Also, if the cryptocurrency price jump bullshit stops on AMD cards, I will probably swap the 770's for 280's or 290's. I like price vs performance, but the prices jumped to shit. Got my 7950 for $180, now it costs 400 -_-

TL;DR: I want a new rig, what in your honest opinion should be changed. (Please no fanboy bullshit)


[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2NvRn) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2NvRn/by_merchant/) / [Benchmarks](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2NvRn/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd8350frhkbox) | $194.98 @ OutletPC
**CPU Cooler** | [Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-h100i) | $94.99 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [ASRock 990FX Extreme9 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-990fxextreme9) | $169.99 @ Microcenter
**Memory** | [G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f32400c10d16gtx) | $189.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7pd512bw) | $404.97 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st3000dm001) | $109.93 @ OutletPC
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn770oc4gd) (2-Way SLI) | $379.99 @ NCIX US
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn770oc4gd) (2-Way SLI) | $379.99 @ NCIX US
**Case** | [Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-750d) | $129.99 @ Microcenter
**Power Supply** | [Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-ax1200i) | $289.99 @ Microcenter
**Optical Drive** | [LG BH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-optical-drive-bh16ns40) | $84.25 @ NCIX US
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-wn700615) | $89.99 @ NCIX US
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $2519.05

 

[allanitomwesh]

1200w platinum is a bit much,even two R9 290x don't use 900W.You could save there.

 

[Nathan Sempsrott]

1200w platinum is a bit much,even two R9 290x don't use 900W.You could save there.

True, I could. I do prefer to have overhead, because the way I am I never know when I'm going to want to add and expand. I had that problem with a previous rig, and it got a little obnoxious. Same reason I have an 800w in my current rig which only pulls around 400w at max load

 

[allanitomwesh]

Nothing wrong with it then.