[SOLVED] Custom PC

[mrgw98]

I am wanting to build a custom pc. Money is seriously not an issue. I won a $237million lottery so I have money. I need to know what to get and how much they cost and where to get it. I need top of the line best of the best for gaming. I need everything for it as I know very little about what I need yet I am getting a professional to put it together for me though. I want about 1tb of memory minimum. 4k resolution is a must for single monitor! It will be on the floor so the case can be big. I prefer blue for led color (not necessary to have leds though) and black for caes color. I want windows 8.1. Must have 4 usb slots, 3.0. For mouse and keyboard I have that already. Audio needs 3.5mm jack, and audio optical port 7.1 surrouns sound. I will be playing alot of steam graphic intense shooter games like ARMA 3 and racing games like Project Cars.

 

[kacpercusen]

tell me your budget and ill tell you whats best bang for buck

 

[Eximo]

Unlimited budget won't get you anywhere. You need to list the features you want.

Case size? (Is your desk space large, computer on the floor or on a desk?)
Color preferences?
Storage space?
Expected screen resolution, 1920x1080 (FHD), 2560x1440(QHD), 3840x2160(UHD)? More then one screen?
Mouse?
Keyboard?
Speakers/Headphones?
Operating System?

There is also little difference in performance between a $2000 high end gaming machine and a $10,000 gaming machine, unless you are asking for some crazy stuff.

What games are you thinking about playing?

 

[mrgw98]

Eximo, I edited my question to clarify things better.

 

[Eximo]

Interesting. Well here is what I came up with. I assumed single monitor, but that is easy to change out if you wanted multiple viewing angles when playing Project Cars. I would recommend three ASUS ROG Swift monitors if you wanted to do that. Only 2560x1440, but 144Hz refresh rate with G-Sync which eliminates ghosting and tearing.

Slightly faster processor is available, doesn't really gain you anything though. Can always double up, or more on the memory.

3 of the fastest GPUs available paired with a single 4K G-sync monitor. (No personal computer that can be built right now can handle multiple 4K monitors very well, but it would support up to 3, performance might not be ideal)

Blue LED fans are optional, and the case comes with two pre-installed. The CPU cooler will also have some.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($556.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($347.76 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($224.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($338.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($75.99 @ Directron)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($554.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($554.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($554.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($13.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Acer XB280HK bprz 60Hz 28.0" Monitor ($699.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-BLF-14025B-RP 47.7 CFM 140mm Fan ($12.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-BLF-14025B-RP 47.7 CFM 140mm Fan ($12.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-BLF-14025B-RP 47.7 CFM 140mm Fan ($12.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-BLF-14025B-RP 47.7 CFM 140mm Fan ($12.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-BLF-14025B-RP 47.7 CFM 140mm Fan ($12.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-BLF-14025B-RP 47.7 CFM 140mm Fan ($12.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $4529.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-26 17:53 EST-0500

 

[kacpercusen]

i agree with that guys build

 

[mrgw98]

You are right about single monitor. Also why intel and not amd? And also why only 16gb of ram and not 32? Would just like to know

 

[kacpercusen]

you dont need more than 8gb for gaming, intel procesors are way better and more high end than amd

 

[Howdy615]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Tt6HQ7

If money isn't an issue bam. but this isn't top of the line super new products. Which is good cause all this will function with no hitch. You can add more monitors obviously. and extra peripherals like the mouse and etc. But this will play Everything maxed 4k u can even buy one more video card. And the case is up to you i just through a good rating one in there. that is easy to assemble. Oh and yea make those 980s

 

[mrgw98]

I found an 8 core 4.7ghz amd cpu though and was wondering why intel and not that

 

[Howdy615]

The heat output and more cores doesnt translate in games well. you want multiple cores but you want the single thread power to be high as well. which is why most people stick with intel.

 

[Eximo]

To elaborate on some of the above statements.

A true measure of a CPU performance is not the clock speed, but Instructions Per Cycle. How much work does the CPU do per clock in other words. The frequency only tells you how much faster a CPU from the same exact architecture when compared.

AMD does have some extremely overclocked processors that can run at 5.0Ghz, but the architecture is not ideal. You have 8 physical cores in 4 dual core modules. Each core shares resources with its neighbor so they do less work when saturated. The FX 9000 series chips are just highly overclocked versions of the FX 8000 series. They require special motherboards, extreme cooling, and additional power. And just won't last as long as a regular CPU.

Intel's common i7 CPUs are quad cores with hyperthreading. Hyperthreading allows an Intel CPU to run sequential and common task in parallel with the main core, for an effect of having 8 logical cores The cpu in the above build has 6 cores, for 12 logical cores. There is an eight core i7 processor available, but you trade maximum speed for more cores. Only useful when you have all cores in use. The only reason for this particular processor is the PCI Express lanes it has available. 40 Lanes vs 28 for the next processor down, and better then the 20 offered by the consumer grade chips. (Can also get up to 18 cores in a single Intel Xeon right now, but that isn't useful for games, and the clock speed is somewhat low)

That allows for all three graphics cards to run in SLI, which requires 8 lanes per card. In this configuration it is 16x/8x/8x I believe. That CPU is the ideal compromise between cost/performance/features.

You could double, or quadruple, the memory if you wanted. It won't gain you any performance really, but it would fill up all the slots and look neater. Most games are built around about 3GB memory usage. Direct X 9 is 32bit and can only register this much memory, which has been the defacto gaming architecture since before the XBox 360.

The XBox One and PS4 now support Direct X 11 which is 64bit. However, these consoles are only equipped with 8GB of memory, which is shared between system and video. For the foreseeable future this will limit most game developers to well under 8GB of memory usage.

There are of course some PC only titles that might challenge this value, but most consumer class PCs come with 6 or 8 GB right now. And game developers try to reach as broad an audience as possible.

That PC is well placed for any changes. You can easily add another 4 sticks of memory at any time. Being the latest DDR4 it will be around for a good while.

Us DDR3 users are going to see prices rise after a few years.