New Gaming Computer

bushisland · Jul 5, 2015

Hi Everyone,
It's time to build a new gaming rig. Below is a list of the parts I have picked to build, but undecided between two mother Boards.

Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO MoBo
Intel Core i7-4790K CPU
Corsair H100i GTX Liquid Cooler
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2x8) DDR3-1866 Memory
Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" SSD
Western Digital Black Series 1TB 7200RPM 3.5"Hard drive
Evga Super Nova 750G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fuy-Modular ATX Power Supply
Evga GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked + ACX 2.0 + Backing Plate GPU
Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower
Corsair Link Lighting Node
Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

The other MoBo I was considering was the Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gamimg GT. I need something that is somewhat user friendly for overclocking.

Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Caring1 · Jul 5, 2015

If you are going to overclock, you will need the "K" version of the CPU.
Aside from that I believe the Asus Motherboard to be better out of those two selected.

bushisland · Jul 5, 2015

Caring1 said:
If you are going to overclock, you will need the "K" version of the CPU.
Aside from that I believe the Asus Motherboard to be better out of those two selected.

Thanks caring1,
I just forgot the K. :oops:

As for the mobo, that is the one I believe I will go with. Someone told me that the board was flimsy and they are getting bent pins on it. I have not read anything on those two issues myself, only good stuff.

Anyway if I do not hear fro anyone else than It will be a go. :clap:

FireFox · Jul 5, 2015

That's a nice setup, the only thing that I would change is the Samsung 850 Pro for a Samsung 840 Pro or Evo.
Nothing else to add

bushisland · Jul 5, 2015

Knoxx29 said:
That's a nice setup, the only thing that I would change is the Samsung 850 Pro for a Samsung 840 Pro or Evo.
Nothing else to add

Why?

FireFox · Jul 5, 2015

bushisland said:
Why?

There is not that much difference talking about performance, and at least here in Germany the 840 EVO would cost 40 euro less than the 850 Pro.

happita · Jul 5, 2015

bushisland said:
Why?

Because otherwise you would be paying a premium for next to nothing in return. The 840 Pro is already amazing, they just innovated the 850 series with 3D NAND which they say increased the performance, but SATA 6GB/s has already been pushed as far as it can go. As far as I know, the only thing that got better as a result is the endurance of the drive.

bushisland · Jul 6, 2015

happita said:
Because otherwise he would be paying a premium for next to nothing in return. The 840 Pro is already amazing, they just innovated the 850 series with 3D NAND which they say increased the performance, but SATA 6GB/s has already been pushed as far as it can go. As far as I know, the only thing that got better as a result is the endurance of the drive.

Thanks for the good info. than 840 Pro is it!

wolar · Jul 6, 2015

You can't go wrong with either motherboard , but having the gaming 7 and seeing the asus ranger i would say that the software is really better on the asus , hardware wise are the same almost(maybe a slight win to gigabyte). Also why get the 1tb western digital black ? you spend too much money on that without any reason , if it was your main drive then okay but you gonna buy a ssd too so i suggest if you need more storage pick 1tb western blue or go for the hitachi deskstar nas 3tb/4tb.
Also i think the h100i is overkill , that processor cant overclock well anyway so why spend 100+ on the cooler for .5ghz ?
Same for ssd , too expensive for just a slight increase in performance, save some money and get a crucial / ocz arc100

Processor	INTEL 12th Gen CORE i9 12900K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4
Cooling	CORSAIR iCUE H150i CAPELLIX WHITE 360mm Radiator, Liquid CPU Cooler
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 32 GB (4x8) DDR4 DRAM3200MHz , WHITE
Video Card(s)	ASUS ROG StrixGeforce RTX 3080 V2 White OC Edition 10 GB GDDR6X LHR
Storage	1 TB Corsair mp 600 core , 2 Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" SSD
Display(s)	Acer XB270HU bpz 27" G-Sync 144Mz IPS (2560x1440) Gaming Monitor
Case	Corsair 4000 AIRFLOW Tempered Glass Mid Tower ATX Case, White
Power Supply	Evga 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX (Added Cablemod custom white cable kit)
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Gaming Mouse
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (Red Keys)
Software	Win 11 Home 64-bit

System Name	Black Box
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
Motherboard	MSI E3 KRAIT Gaming v5
Cooling	Tt tower + 120mm Tt fan
Memory	G.Skill 16GB 3600 C18
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 970 Mini
Storage	Kingston A2000 512Gb NVME
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Case	Corsair 450D High Air Flow.
Audio Device(s)	No need.
Power Supply	FSP Aurum 650W
Mouse	Yes
Keyboard	Of course
Software	W10 Pro 64 bit

Processor	INTEL 12th Gen CORE i9 12900K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4
Cooling	CORSAIR iCUE H150i CAPELLIX WHITE 360mm Radiator, Liquid CPU Cooler
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 32 GB (4x8) DDR4 DRAM3200MHz , WHITE
Video Card(s)	ASUS ROG StrixGeforce RTX 3080 V2 White OC Edition 10 GB GDDR6X LHR
Storage	1 TB Corsair mp 600 core , 2 Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" SSD
Display(s)	Acer XB270HU bpz 27" G-Sync 144Mz IPS (2560x1440) Gaming Monitor
Case	Corsair 4000 AIRFLOW Tempered Glass Mid Tower ATX Case, White
Power Supply	Evga 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX (Added Cablemod custom white cable kit)
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Gaming Mouse
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (Red Keys)
Software	Win 11 Home 64-bit

Processor	Intel i7 10700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus XII Hero
Cooling	2x Black Ice Nemesis GTX 480 - 1x Black Ice Nemesis GTX 420 - D5 VPP655P - 13x Corsair LL120 - LL140
Memory	32GB G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 3600Hz
Video Card(s)	EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB/1TB - WD Blue SN550 1TB - 2 X WD Blue 1TB - 3 X WD Black 1TB
Display(s)	Asus ROG PG278QR 2560x1440 144Hz (Overclocked 165Hz )/ Samsung
Case	Corsair Obsidian 1000D
Audio Device(s)	I prefer Gaming-Headset
Power Supply	Enermax MaxTytan 1250W 80+ Titanium
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	Virtuis Advanced Gaming Keyboard ( Batboard )
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise/Windows 10 Pro/Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	My PC runs FiFA

Processor	INTEL 12th Gen CORE i9 12900K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4
Cooling	CORSAIR iCUE H150i CAPELLIX WHITE 360mm Radiator, Liquid CPU Cooler
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 32 GB (4x8) DDR4 DRAM3200MHz , WHITE
Video Card(s)	ASUS ROG StrixGeforce RTX 3080 V2 White OC Edition 10 GB GDDR6X LHR
Storage	1 TB Corsair mp 600 core , 2 Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" SSD
Display(s)	Acer XB270HU bpz 27" G-Sync 144Mz IPS (2560x1440) Gaming Monitor
Case	Corsair 4000 AIRFLOW Tempered Glass Mid Tower ATX Case, White
Power Supply	Evga 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX (Added Cablemod custom white cable kit)
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Gaming Mouse
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (Red Keys)
Software	Win 11 Home 64-bit

New Gaming Computer

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Processor	i5-7600k
Motherboard	ASRock Z170 Pro4
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 EVO w/ AC MX-4
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 2400 Corsair LPX Vengeance 15-15-15-36
Video Card(s)	MSI Twin Frozr 1070ti
Storage	240GB Corsair Force GT
Display(s)	23' Dell AW2310
Case	Corsair 550D
Power Supply	Seasonic SS-760XP2 Platinum
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Processor	13700KF - 5.7GHZ
Motherboard	Z690 UNIFY-X
Cooling	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 (NF-A12x25)
Memory	2x16 G.SKILL M-DIE (7200-34-44-44-28)
Video Card(s)	XFX MERC 7900XT
Storage	1TB KINGSTON KC3000
Display(s)	FI32Q
Case	LIAN LI O11 DYNAMIC EVO
Audio Device(s)	HD599
Power Supply	RMX1000
Mouse	PULSAR XLITE V2 MINI (RETRO)
Keyboard	KEYCHRON V3 (DUROCK T1 + MT3 GODSPEED R2)
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Superposition 4k optimized - 20652