This is very interesting build...

Is someone building this for you or did you pick this stuff out yourself? I am curious as to what the motivation was behind some of the choices and what were the alternatives that didn't get chosen?

1) Motherboard/CPU - The only reason to go with a 2011 chipset is so that you can gain access to a 6-core CPU. The i7-3820 is only a quad-core and it's completely locked out of any type of overclocking. The 3770K is arguably faster than the 3820 at stock speeds and is unlocked which means you can probably push it to 4.4GHz or more depending on your cooling.

To add to the choice of motherboard, that thing is built specifically for overclocking and someone who wants to utilize a 3-way+ SLI setup (hence all of the PCIe slots). There's no way you're even going to remotely use anything on that board to its full potential (especially with 2x 660Ti's, which I get to further down the list). Socket 2011 boards are expensive no matter how you swing it because it's an "extreme" platform and socket 1155 boards (for a 3770K) can be had at almost half the price.

2) PSU - Personally, I would not recommend OCZ for anything that they sell and SeaSonic probably makes the best and most reliable power supplies that money can buy. There are other resellers such as Corsair (who uses SeaSonic to build some of their PSUs) who are leaps and bounds ahead of OCZ in terms of quality and reputation. Also, 1KW is complete overkill unless you're looking to run 3-way SLI with a super overclocked CPU.

3) Video Card(s) - Why two lower-end video cards? SLI? Why not just choose a single powerhouse GPU? A single GTX 680 with 4GB doubles your memory capacity and will run you less than two of those 660's.

4) Sound Card - Do you really require a $200 sound card setup? If you're not going to be using high-end audio equipment hooked up via SPDIF/Optical, then that's kind of a waste.

5) RAM - Again, is 64GB of the fastest possible memory available necessary? You're running a locked quad-core machine with not top-end video cards.

6) SSD - I like Intel and they make good products, but for a little bit more money you can buy a Samsung 840 Pro that tops the SSD charts and comes with 2 more years on the warranty.

Quote Originally Posted by suicidesspyder View Post
Plus im buying a 32 inch monitor for the main toon for another 250. So for a lil less then 3k i will be getting all this.
I'm assuming you mean a 32" television (not monitor) for $250. If so, be careful when buying a television to use as a monitor because some of them look like complete garbage when hooked up to a computer (shitty DPI, stretched resolutions, failed chroma subsampling tests, etc), and you won't know this until after you hook it up.