New rig specs to much or perfect

[suicidesspyder]

Just asking around before i buy this since it will cost about 2700 dollars making sure its good for the money. Here are the specs.

Motherboard- MSI Big Bang II
Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011
Corsair Cooling Hydro-Series All-in-One High-Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
G.SKILL Trident X Series 64GB (8 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400
OCZ Fatal1ty 1000W Individually-Sleeved Modular Gaming 80Plus Gold Power Supply
Azza 9000 genesis black computer full tower case
2 graphics cards EVGA 02G-P4-3660-KR GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Intel 335 Series 2.5-Inch 240GB SATA3 Solid State Drive
WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA III
Windows 8
Two 23" ACER LCD Monitors
Blue Led gaming Keyboard
RipTide gaming mouse
RipTide speakers
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D THX PCIE Fatal1ty Champion Sound Card
Samsung Blu-Ray Combo Internal 12XReadable and DVD-Writable Drive with Lightscribe
LG Electronics 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Internal Drive

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.

[Chivalrous]

Nvm--didn't read it properly.

[MiRai]

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.

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.

[suicidesspyder]

So i have a budget of 3k includes everything tower components 3 monitors mouse keyboard and speakers. What would be the best way to go.

[suicidesspyder]

i tried this one not sure if its ne better i went with your two ideas. Changed to one video car 4gb and the 3770 motherboard.

Intel i3/i5/i7 CPUs:	Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Quad Core 8000K
Intel i5 / i7 CPU Fans:	Corsair H60 Cooling Hydro, extra quiet Liquid Cooling System
Intel i3/i5/i7 Motherboards:	ASUS P8H77-M/CSM, Onboard Video, DVI & HDMI, X-Fire, SATA3, USB3.0, GB LAN
DDR3 Dual Channel memory:	32GB (4x8GB) PC14900 DDR3 1866 Dual Channel (high performance memory)
PCI-Express Video cards:	GeForce GTX 680 4GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, HDMI
Hard Drives:	256.0 GB SSD Crucial M4 Series Solid State Drive, SATA3 6.0Gb/s, 500MBs
Hard Drive Fans:	Hard Drive Cooling Fan Aluminum Internal
Hard Drives:	3000.0 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM SATA3, 6.0Gb/s, 64mb cache
Hard Drive Fans:	Hard Drive Cooling Fan Aluminum Internal
DVD Recorders:	LG Blu-ray 14X Recorder w/ 3D Feature,16x DVD Recorder SATA combo drive
Media Card Readers:	All-in-One Memory Card Reader Internal Black
Sound Cards:	Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI express
Network Cards:	Wireless 802.11 N 300MBs Network Card PCI Express
Cases:	Thermaltake Armor Revo Snow Edition,front USB3.0 & 2.0, HDD docking, eSATA
Case Fans:	Case Fan 120 mm Extra Quiet DC fan
Power Supply:	Antec Hgh Current Gamer Series 900W Extra Quiet ATX Power Supply SLI & X-fire ready
Speakers:	Logitech S-120 2.0 2-PC Stereo speakers system Black
Operating Systems:	Microsoft Windows 8 PRO 64-Bit DVD
Monitors:	Acer 23" Black Full HD 1080P Wide Screen Flat Panel LED Monitor

Warranty:

3 Year Limited with Lifetime toll free Technical support.

After looking over it if something like this is good i am not ordering from this company again. Last time i did they couldnt figure out about the memory card issue and it involved my motherboard frying on the memory card slot.

[Ticks]

This is what I would like to build (if I can somehow convince the wife)

Corsair Obsidian Series 800D CC800DW Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - (Big enough for upgrades)
EVGA 04G-P4-3687-KR GeForce GTX 680 FTW+ w/Backplate 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card (I'm an EVGA fan)
Seasonic SS-760XP ATX 12V/EPS 12V, 760W, 80 plus PLATINUM certified PFC Power Supply (I agree with Mirai - Seasonic PSUs are great, never had a problem with them)
CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model CMD32GX3M4A1866C9 (Low cas and 32gb for four channel)
ASUS Rampage IV Formula LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (Good overall MB with some OC options though I don't OC much)
Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73930K (six core for multiboxing)
CORSAIR Hydro Series H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (pretty quiet and keeps things cool)
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD128BW 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (System drive)
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Game drive)

Total from NewEgg: ^$2,900

[Kimchee]

Only input i have is upgrade to these monitors . i had the more expensive Dell 2711 ultras, but i prefer these over the Dells.

http://microcenter.com/product/38478...PS_LED_Monitor

good luck with your purchase!

[MiRai]

i tried this one not sure if its ne better i went with your two ideas. Changed to one video car 4gb and the 3770 motherboard.

It looks good, but let me make some clarifications from what I said earlier:

CPU: I only recommended the 3770K over the 3820 to save money on the motherboard/RAM. Assuming you were just looking at quad-core CPUs, I would say the 3770K is the better of the two. However, if in the foreseeable future you think you'll want to grab a 6-core processor, then you can stick with a 2011 chipset and buy a 3930K 6 months down the line; or, if possible, save up for another paycheck or two and just grab the 6-core CPU right off the bat as part of the whole package. There are no 6-core processors slated for release on the 1155 chipset ever (looking at Intel's current roadmap). If you expect to be boxing over 5 characters on a regular basis in large-scale combat situations, then a 6-core will benefit you much more than a quad-core, but I don't know what this rig is supposed to be doing.

RAM: If you were going to 10-box and wanting to use a RAM drive to do so, then 64GB of RAM would probably be necessary because 32GB of RAM in that situation is cutting it close. Unless you're looking to utilize a RAM drive for more than 5 characters, 30-boxing on a single machine, or doing some sort of video editing... then 32GB will be just fine. In fact, the more DIMM slots you fill up the more time it takes the CPU to access that memory. I mean... it's nanoseconds, but still... it takes more time (and is just more to troubleshoot if something goes wrong).

PSU: I stand firm on being anti-OCZ, but as for the Antec unit you've chosen, here's a review of it: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...Story&reid=211. JonnyGuru is, hands down, the best place to get any PSU review.

SSD: An SSD is pretty much an SSD in terms that it will be light years faster than any HDD that has moving parts. This means that it's highly unlikely that you'd be able to recognize the difference between a 220MB/sec read speed and a 380MB/sec read speed. I didn't know whether you were piecing this machine together yourself or if a computer building place was doing it for you. Seeing as they offer a 3 year warranty, it probably doesn't matter which drive you choose either way, but I might go back to the Intel driver over the Crucial drive (Intel has a pretty damn good track record and I've known some people who have had issues with the M4).

Video Card(s): Usually, the only reason that anyone chooses multiple video cards is for either SLI/CF or, in the rare case, to split the load of their game clients across multiple monitors. There have only been a small handful of people around here that claim SLI boosted their performance while multboxing, but usually it ends up hindering performance (I saw no difference in performance when I randomly tested it last year). One single powerhouse video card with a single GPU is always my recommendation.

Sound Card: Again, I have no idea what your setup is like. If you have a super high-end set of speakers or a headset, then by all means spend all you want on a sound card, but a lot of people buy these things thinking they're going to be able to hear
after personally owning a Creative Soundcard after ignoring all the people that say their drivers are shit, I won't be buying another. I'll most likely be looking at an OmegaHT card next time around.

That's all I can think of at the moment...


If any part of this post is incoherent it is because I am slightly intoxicated at this very moment in time.

[suicidesspyder]

yea i would rather have the 6 core now this way no worries in the future. I have the money now to throw down on a good system now. The memory is just that its fine for what ill be doing just gaming and mostly wow for now. So if everything else you think is good and no one else is disputing this then im pretty happy ill drop the sound card to a lower one and reading the PSU it looks like this will be a good one for just one video card as his review stated. Actually the 900w PSU looks like a great choice after further reading 9.5 overall. So if everything else loks fine ill stick with this set up just a tad cheaper sound card dont need a booming one for video games lol. ANd the upgrade to a 6-core.

[suicidesspyder]

Only other one i just figured out was an 8 core but not sure if its going to overboard or not or should i just drop down to the 6 core.

AMD 64 CPU AM3/AM3+:	AMD FX-8350 Piledriver (Vishera) 4.0GHz (Eight Core) 32nm, AM3+ 8MB Cache
AMD 64 CPU Fans:	Corsair H80 Cooling Hydro, extra quiet Liquid Cooling System
AMD 64 AM3/ AM3+ Motherboards:	GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+, AMD 990, SLI & Cross Fire, SATA3, USB3.0, IEEE
DDR3 Dual Channel memory:	32GB (4x8GB) PC10600 DDR3 1333 Dual Channel
PCI-Express Video cards:	GeForce GTX 680 4GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, HDMI
TV Tuner & Capture cards:	Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1850 HDTV TV Tuner/ Video Recorder PCI Exp w/ Remote
Hard Drives:	3000.0 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM SATA3, 6.0Gb/s, 64mb cache
Hard Drive Fans:	Fan-Less Aluminum Silent Hard Drive Cooler with Heatpipes
Hard Drives:	240.0 GB SSD Intel 330 Solid State Drive, SATA3 6.0Gb/s, 550MBs
Media Card Readers:	All-in-One Memory Card Reader Internal Black
DVD Recorders:	LG 22x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW
Sound Cards:	ASUS Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI express sound card
Network Cards:	Ethernet network adapter (onboard)
Cases:	Thermaltake Armor Revo Snow Edition,front USB3.0 & 2.0, HDD docking, eSATA
Power Supply:	Antec Hgh Current Gamer Series 900W Extra Quiet ATX Power Supply SLI & X-fire ready
Operating Systems:	Microsoft Windows 8 PRO 64-Bit DVD

This also would only cost me 2,666.00 so not sure if thats a good deal. Remeber no monitors mouse or keyboard but just the system itself.