FIRST BUILD PLEASE REVIEW! (Intel, Sli, Surround)

[Dhammel1]

I am going to order within the next week, I was considering waiting for the 780ti to come out but... thats going to be a additional $300 as it is and im already starting to get uncomfortable with going over my original $2500 goal, but this is what will ultimately make me happy with my new system.

This is where i am, if anyone has any suggestions especially to save money or better components for less or not much more, let me know!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($88.54 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($494.69 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($494.69 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Acer H236HL bid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2782.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-05 02:16 EST-0500)

 

[skrooge64]

if you're going to be mainly doing a lot of gaming and want to lower the price a bit you can switch your CPU out for the 4670k and you'll be more than satisfied. Also, if you're not going to be doing much overclocking you could switch from the Hero mobo to a more mainstream mobo and the i5 4670. if you are going to be doing alot of heavy overclocking and want to stay with a corsair PSU you could think about going with the corsair HX1050 PSU, though you should be fine with the 850w, i just like having the higher power head room ( just what i would do concerning power).

 

[Dhammel92]

I will definitely be overclocking it to at least 4ghz so that's my reasoning for that... I'm considering the i5 as well just concerned with next gen games supporting hyper threading

if you're going to be mainly doing a lot of gaming and want to lower the price a bit you can switch your CPU out for the 4670k and you'll be more than satisfied. Also, if you're not going to be doing much overclocking you could switch from the Hero mobo to a more mainstream mobo and the i5 4670. if you are going to be doing alot of heavy overclocking and want to stay with a corsair PSU you could think about going with the corsair HX1050 PSU, though you should be fine with the 850w, i just like having the higher power head room ( just what i would do concerning power).

 

[skrooge64]

Yea i feel that that could be a legitimate concern. There's also the option to get the i5 now to lower the initial price and then upgrade the an i7 later on when there's a title that comes out that has that feature and sell the i5 on craig's list ebay or w/e