Look at my gaming pc....

[Almunthir]

I'm confused about my parts if they're good or bad or amazing for a gaming PC. Check my parts at pcpartpicker http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Almunthir/saved/4Elf
And tell my if my GPU & CPU & the RAM are compatible with each other.
Please tell me if I should build this PC gaming or just buy an Alienware 18 gaming laptop ?

 

[esco_sid]

I would not spend so much money on the old x79 chipset new x99 is coming out soon ( i think like 6 months)
and your computer is complete overkill you can have best of everything for like 3000
a desktop is always going to be much more powerful than any laptop and it will cost less so for gaming id say def build

 

[GlenicoNico]

Alienware? a big "NO" to that. That PC you will beat the crap out of that laptop. The performance difference of a mid range PC and a high end gaming laptop is very significant, that copper heatsink in the Alienware 18, is not going to properly cool both the CPU and GPU. With this PC you might want to have a AIO closed loop liquid cooler, it'll cool the CPU better (not by much, but hey), and it'll look much better from the outside. All the parts will work perfectly together.

 

[esco_sid]

Ok if i had your budget this would be a much more sensible build dont need to overkill it in areas your just not going to use like the 4tb drive you have there is way overpriced you can have 3tb one for 100 you could even buy 2 3tbs and have change left then that 4tb also why the 4k monitor ? for gaming id get an actual gaming monitor and in gaming 24 inches is the perfect size
also remember just because some parts have higher numbers on them dont mean that they are faster like ram is 1600 i selected but it has cas latency of 7 at 1600 you could make it much faster if you wanted to than the ones you selected

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($55.63 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($679.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($679.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 760T Black ATX Full Tower Case ($159.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($262.99 @ NCIX US)
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Zx 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm Fan ($15.23 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm Fan ($15.23 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm Fan ($15.23 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm Fan ($15.23 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $3408.37
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-15 05:09 EDT-0400)

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Same performance as above setup, but $1000 less lol:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($55.68 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($525.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($525.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 760T Black ATX Full Tower Case ($159.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($154.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($262.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm Fan ($15.24 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm Fan ($15.24 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm Fan ($15.24 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $2625.25
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-19 12:44 EDT-0400)


But at that budget you can get 3-way 290X lol

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($579.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 CPU Cooler ($60.92 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($214.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (3-Way CrossFire) ($525.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (3-Way CrossFire) ($525.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (3-Way CrossFire) ($525.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($262.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm Fan ($15.24 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm Fan ($15.24 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm Fan ($15.24 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $3574.49
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-19 12:46 EDT-0400)


But in all seriousness, you're contemplating something like this against a crappy Alienware? You could build a desktop to beat an Alienware Laptop for like $700 lol

 

[esco_sid]

saying 290x would have same performance as 780Ti would be wrong and if he has money to blow why would he get extreme4 a budget z87 board when he can get a motherboard that would be more appropriate for the high end components and ram for $60 is not going to have same performance as 1600 cas 7 ram that is made for overclocking another thing the less video card the better 2 higher end graphics cards in sli would be much better option than 3 cheaper in 3 way and it is well known that SLI works way better than crossfire if this was actually a smart build he could build a computer for $1500 that would run anything at max but his budget allows him to go overboard so why not. This is the same as me saying this build would be 1000 cheaper than yours and have same performance on single monitor as yours.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($227.94 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($55.68 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($145.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($479.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Blackout with Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1567.51
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-19 20:22 EDT-0400)

 

[coolcole01]

My question is if you got the money why not get r9 295x now then add another later

 

[esco_sid]

My question is if you got the money why not get r9 295x now then add another later

because
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-295x2-crossfire-performance,3808.html

 

[CTurbo]

If you're not using a 4K monitor or three 1440p screens, this build is a waste of about $3000.

 

[coolcole01]

That's why you get one now the drivers will get much much better