Hi all,
I am putting together a new build for purchase in Canada. The purpose of the PC will be for gaming, video editing, and photo editing.
I have put PCs together before. What i need is some general advice on part selection. For instance, "for a few bucks more you could get X, which would be much better", or "that part has known issues", etc.
I am unsure what the best bet right now is for SSDs in or around the 250gb capacity.
I am also wondering about the case. I love how it looks, but I don't know if performance will be an issue if I stick with air cooling. I could look into water cooling but I have never done that before, is it difficult?
thank you very much
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($331.98 @ Newegg Canada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.50 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($82.01 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 450 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.99 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 500GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.00 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($369.00 @ Vuugo)
Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($104.99 @ NCIX)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($98.79 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1562.24
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-29 22:48 EDT-0400)
I am putting together a new build for purchase in Canada. The purpose of the PC will be for gaming, video editing, and photo editing.
I have put PCs together before. What i need is some general advice on part selection. For instance, "for a few bucks more you could get X, which would be much better", or "that part has known issues", etc.
I am unsure what the best bet right now is for SSDs in or around the 250gb capacity.
I am also wondering about the case. I love how it looks, but I don't know if performance will be an issue if I stick with air cooling. I could look into water cooling but I have never done that before, is it difficult?
thank you very much
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($331.98 @ Newegg Canada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.50 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($82.01 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 450 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.99 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 500GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.00 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($369.00 @ Vuugo)
Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($104.99 @ NCIX)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($98.79 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1562.24
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-29 22:48 EDT-0400)