Geoff's New Build :)

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I think this is the third time I've listed parts for a new build here, but I think I'm going to do it this time! This is what I came up with, I haven't been around in a while so I'm not sure if there are parts that I should choose over what I picked, or if something new is coming out really soon.

COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

*New ASUS PB Series PB278Q 27" 5ms (GTG) WQHD HDMI Widescreen LED Monitor

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

*New SAPPHIRE 100351SR Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card OC with Boost

*New CORSAIR CX750M 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9Q-32GXM

ASUS Maximus V FORMULA LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K

ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA BDXL Blu-ray Burner, Bare Drive, 3D Play Back (WH14NS40) ... - OEM

*New SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)


Total: $2,671
 
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WRXGuy1 said:
COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
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I tend to recommend away from coolermaster. Take a look at Silverstone, Lian li, or NZXT. The Switch 810 is nice for that price range.
HP Smartbuy ZR2740w Black and Brushed Aluminum 27" 12 ms (GTG) WQHD Widescreen LED-Backlit IPS LCD Monitor
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The response time is not the best on that HP. There are better offerings from Dell and Asus in the same price bracket.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236294
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260111
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
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That is a lot of data to go down the drain when it fails. I'd get 2 and run in RAID 1 just to be safe. Your call though.
GIGABYTE GV-R797TO-3GD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video ...
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Get the normal 7970 and manually set GHz edition speeds with afterburner, precision, or Trixx. You are paying for marketing on the GHz edition. You get $50 saved by doing this and no less performance. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413&IsVirtualParent=1

ASUS Maximus V FORMULA LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard
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I'd be weary of this board. If you are looking upper end, try the G1 Sniper 3, or UP7.



rest looks good.
 
Bootup05 said:
I know why. It's so that he can play Crysis 3 while he plays Crysis 3 while he plays Crysis 3. :)
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voyagerfan99 said:
Because he can ;)
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Exactly, you're only talking $100 more to go with 32GB over 16GB.

daisymtc said:
No expert on monitor, but it seems really expensive, and it is with 12ms response time. Is it worth the money?
Also Dell ultra sharp is with $20 more, but wit 8 ms response time...

PSU - You can go for modular
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139051

SSD - Samsung 840 pro is $10 cheaper...
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I'm going with a monitor that is great for photo editing as well, gaming is sort of secondary. I'll take a look at that PSU, and do you think the Samsung is on par with the SSD I chose?

robina_80 said:
its alright... why not get 2 xeon quad cores in there with a xeon 2011 mobo
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Those are for servers ;)

wolfeking said:
I tend to recommend away from coolermaster. Take a look at Silverstone, Lian li, or NZXT. The Switch 810 is nice for that price range.

The response time is not the best on that HP. There are better offerings from Dell and Asus in the same price bracket.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236294
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260111

That is a lot of data to go down the drain when it fails. I'd get 2 and run in RAID 1 just to be safe. Your call though.

Get the normal 7970 and manually set GHz edition speeds with afterburner, precision, or Trixx. You are paying for marketing on the GHz edition. You get $50 saved by doing this and no less performance. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413&IsVirtualParent=1

I'd be weary of this board. If you are looking upper end, try the G1 Sniper 3, or UP7.



rest looks good.
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I was looking at the Asus as well, i'm trying to find a monitor that has great color reproduction for photo editing, and one that also works well for gaming. I will keep a backup of my data, but this 3TB drive has great reviews compared to other 1-2TB drives, and it's just $20 more.

I'll take a look at the regular 7970, but it seemed to get worse reviews :/
 
Are you doing any sort of video editing on this PC Geoff? If you are, I'd recommend taking a look at NVIDIA. Worth it for the CUDA cores.
 
You'll probably be all right with the 7970 then.

Be aware though that for me, AMD drivers are not playing nicely with Windows 8 and Photoshop. Unless I disable GPU acceleration in Photoshop CS5.1, I get lots of screen flickering. Have to disable GPU acceleration to stop it from flickering which is a pest. Apparently the same problem persists in CS6 and it's down to AMD's drivers.

Works fine on 7 though.
 
I'm going with a monitor that is great for photo editing as well, gaming is sort of secondary. I'll take a look at that PSU, and do you think the Samsung is on par with the SSD I chose?
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Yes. OCZ and Samsung are some of the best. I would go for samsung personally as they have been good to me with the few samsung products I have bought.

I was looking at the Asus as well, i'm trying to find a monitor that has great color reproduction for photo editing, and one that also works well for gaming. I will keep a backup of my data, but this 3TB drive has great reviews compared to other 1-2TB drives, and it's just $20 more.

I'll take a look at the regular 7970, but it seemed to get worse reviews :/
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Personally, I would not put too much into reviews. If you look at reviews, the coolmax PSUs are pretty good. That aside, they are the same board, just different BIOSs on them.
HDD wise, never assume they last. As long as you keep daily backups then it should not be that bad though.


WRXGuy1 said:
It's actually cheaper to buy the monitor through Dell directly.

http://accessories.ap.dell.com/sna/...au&l=en&s=dhs&cs=audhs1&sku=210-31399#reviews
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THat is because coming from dell you don't have to pay newegg's overhead on it.
 
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