Looking for a 1.2k build.

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daniel1881

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GPU heavy.
Something that will work for gaming, but not necessarily geared towards it.
In other words a lot of computation power for doing open Cl or CUDA, but still able to run League of Legends.
The GPU supersedes any other component.
Storng CPU, emphasis on cores.
Fast Ram, enough, but not a ton, 4Gb might be enough.
Quality sound card, it should accurately reproduce audio. I want this to empower my 1k headphones with unmatched sonic finesse.
A motherboard, possibly capable of SLI/Crossfire
Hard drive, if possible an SSD also.
Plentiful Power supply, overkill here is not unnecessary
If possible some kind of awesome cooling like liquid or gas, otherwise standard cooling capable of keeping the temperature low, even under long sessions of data crunching. Silent.
Disk reader/writer not necessary
No case!
 
check these at newegg
i7 4770k
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro, i haven't choose liquid cool, freezer 7 pro is good value
GTX 770
Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87 + Corsair 2 x 4GB CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B combo
Samsung Evo 840 120Gb, WD blue 1 TB
Seasonic M12II 850W (assuming you SLi in future)
 
^ You're going to need a mechanical HD as well. If you can buy a 250/256GB SSD you'd be much better off, I have one and I can't even keep all my games installed on it, you won't get far with a 120GB.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

34$ more, you can downgrade the ram to 1.6 ghz

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($151.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($119.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($88.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($128.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($499.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1234.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-24 15:05 EDT-0400)
 
That's a nice build but for $1.2k I would probably go with an i5 4670K and a good Z87 board personally...

You don't need the fully modular 750W PSU. Get a Corsair CX600M to save money and ditch the liquid cooling for now and then spend the saved money on the 4670K and a Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H or something. You only need the aftermarket cooling if you're going to overclock.
 
spirit said:
That's a nice build but for $1.2k I would probably go with an i5 4670K and a good Z87 board personally...

You don't need the fully modular 750W PSU. Get a Corsair CX600M to save money and ditch the liquid cooling for now and then spend the saved money on the 4670K and a Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H or something. You only need the aftermarket cooling if you're going to overclock.
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I personally choose AMD 8 Cores over i5s, the i5 may give 5-6 more fps in some games but in multitasking it can't stand up to the 8320. That's why I went for the 8350, on the website I bought it from they had CPUs at very low price and the difference between the 8350 and 4670k was very low. I coud've got the 4670k and a decent z87 board.
Edit: About the PSU, he said he might SLI, so he needs a higher end psu.
 
Calin said:
I personally choose AMD 8 Cores over i5s, the i5 may give 5-6 more fps in some games but in multitasking it can't stand up to the 8320. That's why I went for the 8350, on the website I bought it from they had CPUs at very low price and the difference between the 8350 and 4670k was very low. I coud've got the 4670k and a decent z87 board.
Edit: About the PSU, he said he might SLI, so he needs a higher end psu.
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The i5 is ~15-30%+ better.

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-4670K-vs-AMD-FX-8-Core-Black-8350/1538vs1489
 
Calin said:
I personally choose AMD 8 Cores over i5s, the i5 may give 5-6 more fps in some games but in multitasking it can't stand up to the 8320. That's why I went for the 8350, on the website I bought it from they had CPUs at very low price and the difference between the 8350 and 4670k was very low. I coud've got the 4670k and a decent z87 board.
Edit: About the PSU, he said he might SLI, so he needs a higher end psu.
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One reason i go for intel not AMD is motherboard. OP ask for soundcard for his headphone, that is one of the reason I go for intel. Gigabyte G1 sniper z87 has build in AMP for headphone. Also that mobo has swappable OP-AMP if he think the one with mobo not decent enough.

He could probably go for i5 4670k + GTX780 instead of my initial suggest i7 4770k with GTX770 for better gaming performance...
 
i5 4670K vs FX-8320 - bring it on! http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/698?vs=837 for the most part the i5 is quicker, even in things like archiving and encoding and multi-threaded benchmarks which apparently the AMD should be better at! Also take note in most of those benchmarks, lower is better. :cool:

I would honestly spend the extra money and get the i5.
 
spirit said:
i5 4670K vs FX-8320 - bring it on! http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/698?vs=837 for the most part the i5 is quicker, even in things like archiving and encoding and multi-threaded benchmarks which apparently the AMD should be better at! Also take note in most of those benchmarks, lower is better. :cool:

I would honestly spend the extra money and get the i5.
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The i5 is just a simple quad core. At least i7s have HT.
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Calin said:
That's the reason why I don't really like i5s
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For most people it doesn't matter at all. In fact, for the vast majority of people even an i3 is overkill, let alone an i5 or an i7.

The 4670K is still faster than the FX-8320 and only costs a little bit more anyway.
 
No offense to anyone but almost everyone on the internet is way to biased about Intel CPUs. I'm not saying that they're bad, they're just overpriced. The only intel CPUs I really consider strong options for people are the X79 ones (with the exception of the x820k's)
 
I've built with both 8120/8320 and the i5. Chose the i5 because it was faster for me. I do a bit of everything. I really had to OC the 8120 to still loose to the i7 930 that I was upgrading from. Bought the i5 and got better performance even before I OCed it.

I would actually say that the higher end x79 line is about what I would want to stay away from. If you are that serious about rendering that you need a hex with hyperthreading, I would invest in some Xeons. If you just want the memory benefits of quad channel memory and more PCI Express lanes the 4820k It's not a bad product for the small group of users that would need it.

@OP With a thousand dollar pair of headphones you don't want a soundcard. You will want an external USB/optical DAC with a headphone amp.
 
Calin said:
No offense to anyone but almost everyone on the internet is way to biased about Intel CPUs. I'm not saying that they're bad, they're just overpriced. The only intel CPUs I really consider strong options for people are the X79 ones (with the exception of the x820k's)
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They are not overpriced, they are priced for the performance they provide.
 
Calin said:
No offense to anyone but almost everyone on the internet is way to biased about Intel CPUs. I'm not saying that they're bad, they're just overpriced. The only intel CPUs I really consider strong options for people are the X79 ones (with the exception of the x820k's)
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X79/Socket 2011 is overpriced and overkill for the vast majority of people. The sweet spot for most enthusiasts is the Socket 1150 platform with the i5 4670K and the i7 4770K both being great value for money. People really underestimate how well the 4770K performs compared to the higher-end 2011 models when looking for an i7.

salvage-this said:
I would actually say that the higher end x79 line is about what I would want to stay away from. If you are that serious about rendering that you need a hex with hyperthreading, I would invest in some Xeons. If you just want the memory benefits of quad channel memory and more PCI Express lanes the 4820k It's not a bad product for the small group of users that would need it.
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Yeah, exactly. Socket 1150 is the sweet spot.

WRXGuy1 said:
They are not overpriced, they are priced for the performance they provide.
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Exactly. I only paid about £160 for my i5 2500K in March 2012 - at that point it was already over a year old and the 3570K was on its way. Here I am, two years later (three years after the 2500K came out) and it is still performing brilliantly. I could have bought a Phenom II X6 or an FX-8120 or something for the same cost as the i5 2500K back in March 2012 and I probably would have upgraded by now, making it more expensive in the log run.

The i5s are unbelievably good value for money. Even the first i5 which I bought back in 2010 (the i5 760) was good value for money and I may even have still been using that 4 years on from when I bought it had my Socket 1156 motherboard not died on mine (which was basically when I upgraded to 1155 and the 2500K).

The i5 2500K is 3 years old yet is still performing very well compared to much newer CPUs. I think it represents outstanding value for money.
 
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Talking about the i5 and 8350:
I've looked at a lot of sites and it seems the 8350s multi core performance is barely better than the i5, and the single core performance of the i5 is significantly stronger. CPUBOSS rated the i5 higher for this reason, however the 8350 had way more overclocking potential, and with that baller cooler you can OC to hell and the 8350 may come out stronger? It is cheaper as well. I am guessing OP is planning to overclock (even if he gets a cheaper cooler).

In terms of graphics cards:
Some sites are giving the R290 a better rating than the 780. The R290 is cheaper as well. I noticed however that most comparisons are between the standard 780 and R290, and that the 780 WINDFORCE which was included in the build could be of a different cloth. Does the 780 WINDFORCE come out on top vs R290 (also in terms of price? i.e. any more than ~30-60 dollars difference and price will start to matter).

I'm not even certain what to believe though, all these different sites give different answers!
 
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