Beast Rig

SomeFatDude · 29 Dec 2013 at 19:46

So after a lifetime of subsisting on prebuilt lower mid range PCs and running stuff at 20 FPS I finally worked my ass off long enough to get a top of the line custom machine.

I am basically set on the CPU, RAM and Graphics Card (tho I am willing to consider different models of the 780ti as I am not too sure what exactly the difference between them is).

Would appreciate any advice on the other parts to either improve performance with a small increase of cost or drop the cost without any real impact on performance so i can maybe buy some food in January. ^^

So here are the parts so far:

Case

Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Tower Case - Black

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-249-CM

Motherboard

Asus Z87-DELUXE Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-568-AS

CPU

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-473-IN

CPU Cooler

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-002-BQ

Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler

Graphics Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Superclock 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2883-KR)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-233-EA

RAM

Kingston HyperX Beast 32GB (4x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K4/32X)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-131-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

SSD

Intel 530 Series 180GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SSDSC2BW180A401)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-040-IN&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427

HDD

Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2003FZEX) HDD

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-410-WD

Optical drive

LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - OEM

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-116-LG

PSU

Corsair RM Series RM 850 '80+ Gold' 850W Power Supply (CP-9020056-UK)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-155-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2466

SomeFatDude · 29 Dec 2013 at 20:02

Picked the motherboard because it was the cheapest in the high end system builder. ^^

That is a component I really know quite little about, so I would be fine with a cheaper one as long as it does not impact gaming/editing performance.

I'm fine with changing most parts as long as there is no real impact on performance or reliability.

As far budget goes, i would really like to keep it under 2100, which this thing so far fails to do. Ideally it would be about 1900 - 2050.

SomeFatDude · 29 Dec 2013 at 22:56

Ok, thanks for the builds!

Looks like everyone is suggesting a dual graphics card build over the 780Ti.

So far I'm leaning towards the build of Mr Doomedspeed.

Just need to add a proper Blu-ray drive tho.

Was also wondering about the Corsair Obsidian 750D case and how good the dust filter on it is. My place is dusty as hell so I need something solid for that to keep my rig from clogging up in a couple of months.

SomeFatDude · 29 Dec 2013 at 23:38

Ethermaster said:
Doomedspeeds is the same as mine just white

Why do you need an Blueray drive?? I use Sky "NOW" box office or netflix and not touched a disk in years ..... apart from today to install Windows XP on my sisters netbook.

I'm just not a green kind of guy.

Still quite a bit of shows and films I can't legally get with Netflix and such and its always good to have an offline option when the intertubes get clogged up in this backwater.

Might just keep using the old PS3 for that tho.

I'll probably plug in the 780Ti for now and grab another one a few months down the line. Just wondering if that 850W psu is enough for that.

SomeFatDude · 29 Dec 2013 at 23:56

Ethermaster said:
I dont think there is a white 780ti on the market yet, mid jan I think kfa2 will.

Depending on the final budget and how long I can go without food I will be able to order on the 10th or 17th of Jan.

So I might just get the white one.

SomeFatDude · 30 Dec 2013 at 08:55

Had another question about the motherboard.

The boards offered in the various builds range from £120 to almost £300.

I've always been kind of a noob when it comes to hardware, but it's easy enough to look up benchmarks and such for most parts. Not sure how to evaluate the boards themselves tho.

I guess the expensive ones offer quad sli but that is not something I am planning to use anyway, so are there any other advantages?

For example, what advantage would the Asus Rampage IV Formula Intel X79 have over the Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 in a build with max 2 graphics cards?