Hey guys/ girls i'm planning on building my very first computer
I use my computer for basic school work, photo/video editing and gaming . My goal is to build a computer that'll last me 2-3 years or a little more. I currently own a MSI GT70-0NC gaming laptop and although I love the portability, I realized every year I pay about $1500 for a gaming laptop then sell it for about 1k to get a newer gaming laptop in order to run newer games at high settings, basically I feel I'm wasting money. Had i spent 2k for a desktop originally I wouldn't have this issue as i know desktops tend to be more powerful than gaming laptops, plus i can interchange parts when i want to upgrade vs buying a whole new one. I originally bought the laptop for portability but with the availability of tablets, I would much rather prefer lugging a light tablet vs a 9-15lb laptop and power cord around campus while carrying my longboard (the struggle of gaming o the go lol).
That brings me to my current situation i'm selling my laptop to hopefully end this cycle and need some help building my gaming desktop i've done some research on the parts i choose and to my knowledge are they are all good parts, but i figured some advice from more experienced people would help
I have a budget of 2k, and my goal is to buy everything around black friday this year ( trying to save some dinero lol.) I currently have two 24" monitors and might add a third later on in the future. Also I already have a samsung 120gb ssd and 1tb hard drive hence why no hard drives are listed
Build X97
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($317.27 @ TigerDirect)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($326.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($146.66 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2024.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 01:15 EDT-0400
Build X99
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.16 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-GAMING G1WIFI EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($342.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($138.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2107.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 20:53 EDT-0400
The reason i chose the Gigabyte motherboard was because its one of the few that would run both graphics card @ PCIe 3.0 x16, i heard sli performs better in x16/0/16/0 vs x16/8 if anyone could chime in on this let me know
please give me some feedback/ opinions so i'll have a complete list by black friday
I use my computer for basic school work, photo/video editing and gaming . My goal is to build a computer that'll last me 2-3 years or a little more. I currently own a MSI GT70-0NC gaming laptop and although I love the portability, I realized every year I pay about $1500 for a gaming laptop then sell it for about 1k to get a newer gaming laptop in order to run newer games at high settings, basically I feel I'm wasting money. Had i spent 2k for a desktop originally I wouldn't have this issue as i know desktops tend to be more powerful than gaming laptops, plus i can interchange parts when i want to upgrade vs buying a whole new one. I originally bought the laptop for portability but with the availability of tablets, I would much rather prefer lugging a light tablet vs a 9-15lb laptop and power cord around campus while carrying my longboard (the struggle of gaming o the go lol).
That brings me to my current situation i'm selling my laptop to hopefully end this cycle and need some help building my gaming desktop i've done some research on the parts i choose and to my knowledge are they are all good parts, but i figured some advice from more experienced people would help
I have a budget of 2k, and my goal is to buy everything around black friday this year ( trying to save some dinero lol.) I currently have two 24" monitors and might add a third later on in the future. Also I already have a samsung 120gb ssd and 1tb hard drive hence why no hard drives are listed
Build X97
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($317.27 @ TigerDirect)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($326.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($146.66 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2024.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 01:15 EDT-0400
Build X99
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.16 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-GAMING G1WIFI EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($342.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($138.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2107.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 20:53 EDT-0400
The reason i chose the Gigabyte motherboard was because its one of the few that would run both graphics card @ PCIe 3.0 x16, i heard sli performs better in x16/0/16/0 vs x16/8 if anyone could chime in on this let me know
please give me some feedback/ opinions so i'll have a complete list by black friday
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