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I hope to start working on my first ever custom computer project before christmas. The build itself will essentially have no strict cost limit but obviously I want to be making good choices on components.
I have come up with a list of parts which I think would give me a fairly solid gaming rig that I can have for quite a long time and will perform. Obviously, I have been looking around forums a lot at what people are doing but I don't have any experience myself with making a computer, so I want to post up some of the parts I've selected to see what people think overall... Please keep in mind that this is a very changable list, especially given any advice I get.
The computer will be a personal computer and will be used for running very intensive games on as high settings as possible.
Case
Corsair Air 540
Cold Cathode blacklight (if UV active tubes are used)
LED strips
Components
Intel i7-4770k (hoping to overclock from 3.5 to 4.5ghz)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780
Asus Maximus VI Extreme (1150 chipset)
Corsair AX1200Watt (might be way too much - 860i)
Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400mhz RAM (2 x 8gb kit)
Samsung 840 pro SSD (2 x 256gb in RAID 0) - for OS and programs
Western Digital RED HHD (2 x 2tb in RAID 1 for backup daily)
Blu-Ray or DVD RW drive (LN51873)
(POSSIBLY) Xonar sound card
Watercooling
Swiftech MCP 655 Pump
Koolance 380i CPU waterblock
Koolance VID-NXTTN (GTX 780 full coverage waterblock)
Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 (or XT45 Full Copper) 240mm Radiators
(3 radiators running in pull configuration - will take some case modding at the bottom)
Corsair Air Series 120mm fans (not sure which ones to get here, noise isn't really an issue for me)
Primoflex LRT Advanced (not sure, Feser Tube is also good I have heard)
Distilled water with Silver as Anti-Bio
Koolance compression fittings
Koolance 60mm or 80mm OD cylindrical reservior
I have also run the system through a simple power consumption tool and it has given me these approximates
Max load power consumption for single card: 680watts
Max load power consumption for three cards: 1080watts (if I ever decide to go crazy with cards)
I'd love to get any opinions on this build. I know it might seem over the top or bottlenecked in places so I'd really appreciate any input.
Thanks for any help
I have come up with a list of parts which I think would give me a fairly solid gaming rig that I can have for quite a long time and will perform. Obviously, I have been looking around forums a lot at what people are doing but I don't have any experience myself with making a computer, so I want to post up some of the parts I've selected to see what people think overall... Please keep in mind that this is a very changable list, especially given any advice I get.
The computer will be a personal computer and will be used for running very intensive games on as high settings as possible.
Case
Corsair Air 540
Cold Cathode blacklight (if UV active tubes are used)
LED strips
Components
Intel i7-4770k (hoping to overclock from 3.5 to 4.5ghz)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780
Asus Maximus VI Extreme (1150 chipset)
Corsair AX1200Watt (might be way too much - 860i)
Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400mhz RAM (2 x 8gb kit)
Samsung 840 pro SSD (2 x 256gb in RAID 0) - for OS and programs
Western Digital RED HHD (2 x 2tb in RAID 1 for backup daily)
Blu-Ray or DVD RW drive (LN51873)
(POSSIBLY) Xonar sound card
Watercooling
Swiftech MCP 655 Pump
Koolance 380i CPU waterblock
Koolance VID-NXTTN (GTX 780 full coverage waterblock)
Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 (or XT45 Full Copper) 240mm Radiators
(3 radiators running in pull configuration - will take some case modding at the bottom)
Corsair Air Series 120mm fans (not sure which ones to get here, noise isn't really an issue for me)
Primoflex LRT Advanced (not sure, Feser Tube is also good I have heard)
Distilled water with Silver as Anti-Bio
Koolance compression fittings
Koolance 60mm or 80mm OD cylindrical reservior
I have also run the system through a simple power consumption tool and it has given me these approximates
Max load power consumption for single card: 680watts
Max load power consumption for three cards: 1080watts (if I ever decide to go crazy with cards)
I'd love to get any opinions on this build. I know it might seem over the top or bottlenecked in places so I'd really appreciate any input.
Thanks for any help