New rig, just looking to see what your thoughts are.

[sgeisi]

Ordering a new machine from iBUYPOWER, just looking to see what your thoughts are as I'm still learning about a lot of this.

This is the order list straight off iBUYPOWER:

Case(Thermaltake Urban R31 Gaming Case - Black)

Case Lighting(None)

iBUYPOWER Labs - Noise Reduction(None)

iBUYPOWER Labs - Internal Expansion(None)

Processor(Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Processor (4x 4.0GHz/8MB L3 Cache) - Intel® Core™ i7-4790K)

iBUYPOWER PowerDrive(PowerDrive Level 1 - Up to 10% Overclocking)

Processor Cooling(Corsair Hydro Series H60 Liquid CPU Cooling System (Copper plate for best cooling performance) - ARC Dual Silent High Performance Fan Upgrade (Push-Pull Airflow))

Memory(16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand**Free Upgrade to DDR3-2133 G.SKILL Ripjaws X)

Video Card(NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 4GB - EVGA Superclocked - Single Card)

Free Stuff([FREE Game Download] - NVIDIA Pick Your Path Bundle (The Crew, Assassin's Creed Unity, Far Cry 4) - Free with purchase of GTX 970, 980, 970M, and 980M GPU)

Motherboard(MSI Z97-Gaming 5 -- 3x PCIe x16, 4x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0)

Intel Smart Response Technology(None)

Power Supply(1000 Watt - Corsair RM1000 Power Supply - 80 PLUS Gold, Full Modular)

Primary Hard Drive(128 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD -- Read: 530MB/s, Write: 390MB/s - Single Drive *Free Upgrade to 128GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD*)

Data Hard Drive([Free] 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s (w/ purchase of SSD as Primary Hard Drive))

Optical Drive(24x Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW - Black -- Free Upgrade to 14X LG Blu-ray Rewritter)
2nd Optical Drive(None)

Media Card Reader / Writer(12-In-1 Internal Media Card Reader/Writer - Black)

Meter Display(None)

Sound Card(3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard)

Network Card(Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100))

USB Expansion Card(None)

Operating System(Windows 8.1 + Office 365 Trial [Free 30-Day !!!] 64-bit)

Keyboard(iBUYPOWER Standard Gaming Keyboard)

Mouse(iBUYPOWER Standard Gaming Mouse)

Monitor(None)

2nd Monitor(None)

Speaker System(None)

Webcam(None)

Case Engraving Service(None)

Warranty(3 Year Standard Warranty Service)

Rush Service(No Rush Service (Usually Ships in 5-10 business Days))

I'm sure some of it is overkill, but I wanted to leave plenty of space for upgrades later on. According to the calculator on iBUYPOWER it's got an $1800 price tag. So, what do you think? Thanks.

 

[Skylarz]

1000W is too much even when you're doing sli for the 970 and it's a bit pricey too but the specs aren't bad. Also, are you doing some kind of editing? 16GB is a lot if you're only gaming

 

[demonicSpud]

That PSU is so good!! but you will probably never fully utilize it.

 

[sgeisi]

1000W is too much even when you're doing sli for the 970 and it's a bit pricey too but the specs aren't bad. Also, are you doing some kind of editing? 16GB is a lot if you're only gaming

I do photo editing pretty often, and will be picking up video editing in the near future. Like I said, some of it is probably overkill. The price difference between 8GB and 16GB was $100 with a free upgrade to the Ripjaws. which would normally be an additional $40. I don't know the difference between them though. Same with the power supply, roughly $100 more. They had a 750 option with a free upgrade to 850 Thermaltake 80 plus bronze which I'm sure would be just fine.

 

[sgeisi]

That PSU is so good!! but you will probably never fully utilize it.

Yeah, I didn't really intend to, but I figured it couldn't hurt. Maybe that's just my low level of knowledge on building computers thinking bigger is better though :b

 

[Skylarz]

1000W is too much even when you're doing sli for the 970 and it's a bit pricey too but the specs aren't bad. Also, are you doing some kind of editing? 16GB is a lot if you're only gaming

I do photo editing pretty often, and will be picking up video editing in the near future. Like I said, some of it is probably overkill. The price difference between 8GB and 16GB was $100 with a free upgrade to the Ripjaws. which would normally be an additional $40. I don't know the difference between them though. Same with the power supply, roughly $100 more. They had a 750 option with a free upgrade to 850 Thermaltake 80 plus bronze which I'm sure would be just fine.

I usually go with the cheapest ram because the speed doesn't matter a lot unless you have an APU. Thermaltake's PSUs are sooo bad :X

 

[mamasan2000]

You are looking at 300W total for the system.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga/15

1000 W is overkill. Maybe 500 W would do, 700 W if you do SLI.

 

[sgeisi]

I did read that in the quick reviews I went over about Thermaltake. Which is also sort of another reason I went with Corsair, that's what I have now and I haven't seemed to have any issues with it. But I don't really have experience to base off, so it's not a major deciding factor..or wasn't. But I will steer clear now. The other options were standard, lepa, and azza..which I have never heard of..and with ram, like I said above, I have little knowledge on this exciting stuff. I typically just think bigger is always better, I don't stress about a little extra money if the additional unnecessary stuff isn't really going to hurt. Although, if it is going to in some way, please do inform me so I can adjust it.

 

[sgeisi]

You are looking at 300W total for the system.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga/15

1000 W is overkill. Maybe 500 W would do, 700 W if you do SLI.

iBUYPOWER instructed me to have a minimum of 625w during the build process. It updates as you pick the parts. And I read a little bit on power supplies before hand so I wasn't just blindly selecting things (although I guess I still did) and what i understood from it was that you don't really want to go with the exact amount you need and slightly over would be better

 

[Skylarz]

You are looking at 300W total for the system.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga/15

1000 W is overkill. Maybe 500 W would do, 700 W if you do SLI.

iBUYPOWER instructed me to have a minimum of 625w during the build process. It updates as you pick the parts. And I read a little bit on power supplies before hand so I wasn't just blindly selecting things (although I guess I still did) and what i understood from it was that you don't really want to go with the exact amount you need and slightly over would be better

Tbh even a 500W seasonic/xfx PSU can power ur pc

 

[sgeisi]

You are looking at 300W total for the system.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga/15

1000 W is overkill. Maybe 500 W would do, 700 W if you do SLI.

iBUYPOWER instructed me to have a minimum of 625w during the build process. It updates as you pick the parts. And I read a little bit on power supplies before hand so I wasn't just blindly selecting things (although I guess I still did) and what i understood from it was that you don't really want to go with the exact amount you need and slightly over would be better

Tbh even a 500W seasonic/xfx PSU can power ur pc

There didn't seem to be many options on their list..mostly Corsair, and Thermaltake, then the other ones I haven't heard of. Though there was one 850w XFX. But based on all your info even that would be too much, and not a whole lot different in price. And since I'm still fairly new to this I didn't trust myself to by parts individually, so I was just going to have them build it for me. But overall, the rest of the machine should at least last me a few years and run most games on higher settings, right? Is there any real negative effect to an over sized PSU or too much RAM?

 

[Skylarz]

You are looking at 300W total for the system.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga/15

1000 W is overkill. Maybe 500 W would do, 700 W if you do SLI.

iBUYPOWER instructed me to have a minimum of 625w during the build process. It updates as you pick the parts. And I read a little bit on power supplies before hand so I wasn't just blindly selecting things (although I guess I still did) and what i understood from it was that you don't really want to go with the exact amount you need and slightly over would be better

Tbh even a 500W seasonic/xfx PSU can power ur pc

There didn't seem to be many options on their list..mostly Corsair, and Thermaltake, then the other ones I haven't heard of. Though there was one 850w XFX. But based on all your info even that would be too much, and not a whole lot different in price. And since I'm still fairly new to this I didn't trust myself to by parts individually, so I was just going to have them build it for me. But overall, the rest of the machine should at least last me a few years and run most games on higher settings, right? Is there any real negative effect to an over sized PSU or too much RAM?

Too much ram isn't bad since you're doing editing but http://www.gamespot.com/forums/pc-mac-discussion-1000004/is-too-much-wattage-a-bad-thing-28776469/ from what I read about too much power for PSU

 

[mamasan2000]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80_Plus

According to this, it seems PSUs are most effecient at the 50% line.
But it varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. One PSU could have same efficiency across the board.
Like mine does (old PSU). http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/psus/2008/09/26/silver-power-sp-s850-psu/6

I would look at the 80plus-certification first. And then reading reviews to make sure what the manufacturer says actually is true.