Approximate Purchase Date: ~ 2 Weeks
Budget Range: $2000-$2500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming Photo Editing Personal Video Editing
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: N/A
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Please note that if you're using an OEM license of Windows, you will need a new one when buying a new motherboard.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com
Location: King Of Prussia, PA
Parts Preferences: No Preference, but would like reputable parts
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200
Additional Comments: I would like a quiet PC, which has a lot of power to run the latest top end games on “ultra settings”. Water cooling is compulsory as I will be overclocking. I would like to maintain around 10C Delta-T in my loop. I am not sure how much thermal design power will be being produced yet however that will be easy to obtain after I get a parts list. **CAVEAT** Overclocking will be done after I build the PC to see if I even want to do it...the stock speed may be enough for my liking. This is why I haven't included any price for watercooling items.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My system is an old Dell that is over 6 year’s old running on a 2.6ghz CPU that cannot keep up.
What I thought would go well together from my research:
Motherboard: GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard ($249.00)
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W BX80637I73770K ($329.00)
GPU: No idea, I was thinking EVGA GTX 690 but that is hovering around $1000
Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 800D CC800DW Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case ($249.99)
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) ($109)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) ($124.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" $139.99)
PSU CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD ($159.99)
That's it for now...of course i'll be needing more components. Thank you in advance for your help!
Budget Range: $2000-$2500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming Photo Editing Personal Video Editing
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: N/A
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Please note that if you're using an OEM license of Windows, you will need a new one when buying a new motherboard.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com
Location: King Of Prussia, PA
Parts Preferences: No Preference, but would like reputable parts
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200
Additional Comments: I would like a quiet PC, which has a lot of power to run the latest top end games on “ultra settings”. Water cooling is compulsory as I will be overclocking. I would like to maintain around 10C Delta-T in my loop. I am not sure how much thermal design power will be being produced yet however that will be easy to obtain after I get a parts list. **CAVEAT** Overclocking will be done after I build the PC to see if I even want to do it...the stock speed may be enough for my liking. This is why I haven't included any price for watercooling items.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My system is an old Dell that is over 6 year’s old running on a 2.6ghz CPU that cannot keep up.
What I thought would go well together from my research:
Motherboard: GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard ($249.00)
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W BX80637I73770K ($329.00)
GPU: No idea, I was thinking EVGA GTX 690 but that is hovering around $1000
Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 800D CC800DW Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case ($249.99)
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) ($109)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) ($124.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" $139.99)
PSU CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD ($159.99)
That's it for now...of course i'll be needing more components. Thank you in advance for your help!