Hi all,
I want to build my very first rig and I would really appreciate some help/comments from you experts out there. I did a lot of homework (reading forums/reviews, watching vids etc.) and I came up with following configurations:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ZIm0
As you can see, money is not necessarily a limiting factor however I don’t want to throw it out the window either. I want a VERY good gaming PC which should be top-notch for quite some time. Maybe just a RAM upgrade and a second GPU in 1-2 years time. Here are my thoughts behind the parts. Any comments from your side would help me a lot! Thank you!
CPU: I want to OC it a bit and it should be future proof, hence the Haswell 4770K
Cooler: I’m a bit hesitant with liquid cooler (e.g. H100i). I’ve read that the NH-D14 is quite expensive but extremely good. Given the fact that Haswell gets quite hot and my room temperature is also above a test lab environment of 22-25 degrees Celsius, cooling is one of my concerns.
Motherboard: I was torn between ASUS Sabertooth and MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming. I don’t think that I would need one of the super extreme deluxe motherboards but I wanted to have a decent high class one nonetheless.
Memory: Well, I’m really lost here… there are more options then stars in the sky. I think (for now) 16GB are enough, right? Is 1866MHz CL9 ok? Is it worth to go for higher frequencies? If the difference is just a tiny percentage point in an extreme benchmark test which I would never see in real life then forget it. Gaming will be the main task of this baby.
Storage: I think I’m good here. 500GB SSD should be sufficient and the WD green is only for saving pics, vids and all the other memory consuming files.
GPU: well, best of the best. And I want to go with AMD not NVIDIA. Maybe in 1-2 year a second one in crossfire.
Case: Newegg TV was actually quite fond of this one. Is there are better one? I think I will have enough space. My main concern is cooling. However I don’t dare to play around with liquid cooling except maybe for the pure CPU cooler H100i.
PSU: I should be golden here for now, at least with this configuration
Optical Drive: not a major concern, I might even downgrade to no burner to save some peanuts.
OS: no brainer, I guess. Win 8.1 64bit
Last but not least, do you have any recommendations for a good monitor? There are tons of reviews, parameters, best deals etc. out there.
THANK YOU already for your help/comments.
Cheers!
I want to build my very first rig and I would really appreciate some help/comments from you experts out there. I did a lot of homework (reading forums/reviews, watching vids etc.) and I came up with following configurations:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ZIm0
As you can see, money is not necessarily a limiting factor however I don’t want to throw it out the window either. I want a VERY good gaming PC which should be top-notch for quite some time. Maybe just a RAM upgrade and a second GPU in 1-2 years time. Here are my thoughts behind the parts. Any comments from your side would help me a lot! Thank you!
CPU: I want to OC it a bit and it should be future proof, hence the Haswell 4770K
Cooler: I’m a bit hesitant with liquid cooler (e.g. H100i). I’ve read that the NH-D14 is quite expensive but extremely good. Given the fact that Haswell gets quite hot and my room temperature is also above a test lab environment of 22-25 degrees Celsius, cooling is one of my concerns.
Motherboard: I was torn between ASUS Sabertooth and MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming. I don’t think that I would need one of the super extreme deluxe motherboards but I wanted to have a decent high class one nonetheless.
Memory: Well, I’m really lost here… there are more options then stars in the sky. I think (for now) 16GB are enough, right? Is 1866MHz CL9 ok? Is it worth to go for higher frequencies? If the difference is just a tiny percentage point in an extreme benchmark test which I would never see in real life then forget it. Gaming will be the main task of this baby.
Storage: I think I’m good here. 500GB SSD should be sufficient and the WD green is only for saving pics, vids and all the other memory consuming files.
GPU: well, best of the best. And I want to go with AMD not NVIDIA. Maybe in 1-2 year a second one in crossfire.
Case: Newegg TV was actually quite fond of this one. Is there are better one? I think I will have enough space. My main concern is cooling. However I don’t dare to play around with liquid cooling except maybe for the pure CPU cooler H100i.
PSU: I should be golden here for now, at least with this configuration
Optical Drive: not a major concern, I might even downgrade to no burner to save some peanuts.
OS: no brainer, I guess. Win 8.1 64bit
Last but not least, do you have any recommendations for a good monitor? There are tons of reviews, parameters, best deals etc. out there.
THANK YOU already for your help/comments.
Cheers!