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I have been reading the forums and been doing research on review websites(Tom's Hardware, TechPoweUp),as suggested in other's posts. However, I am at a point where I need some help.
This will be my second complete build, I do upgrades and replacements both personally and at work when something breaks. My last build one was in 2004, had to replace MB, VC and PSU throughout it's life. I basically limped it along and can't play anything current and it's about to die. It's now time to shoot the P4-3GHZ.
Yes, I realize this is soo far past it's useful life, but got married and started a family when I needed to upgrade, but finally hit a point where my wife is even saying I need to upgrade. So, I am in the clear to spend some money.
Here is the answers to the questions I see posted whenever someone is asking about their build.
Current Build Ideas: The parenthesis are just some of the prices I've seen for the item listed, not the budget for that item.
CPU: I7-4770K (~345)
Motherboard: ASRock Extreme6/ac or ASUS Z87 PRO, or ? (~170-210)
Power Supply: Seasonic Platinum 860 (~200)
Memory: 2x8GB G.Skill Trident DDR1600 (~170)
Case: Corsair 550D or ? (~140)
Hard Drive: 1-2TB, suggestions needed. (~100-175)
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB - BOOT Drive (~135)
Optical: LG Blu-Ray Burner (~60)
Software: Windows 8 Pro and Office 2013 (~270) Any Suggested Antivirus/Firewall? Free?
Monitor: 23-24 inch, suggestions needed (~300)
Video Card: Radeon HD 7950 Boost, Radeon 7870(Tahiti LE), or ? - Best brand of these or suggested? (~250-300)
Heatsink: If I should even get one now, maybe a later purchase? Air: ? Water: H80i->H100i (~90-100)
Mouse: Currently have a Microsoft Lase Mouse 6000
Keyboard: need a USB wired -nothing special (~20-30)
Speakers: Yes, but nothing special, just to listen to home videos, I will use headphones for gaming.
I am most unsure of MB, Case, HD, Monitor and VC. However, I would appreciate suggestions on the entire build.
I have six(6) hard drives in my current rig, but I expect to have four(4) hard drives in this rig(for now): 1) SSD-Boot 2)HD for everything else 3) Video/Picture Drive: 2-1TB's in RAID 1(moving from current rig)
Anything I am missing or that I should do differently?
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.
This will be my second complete build, I do upgrades and replacements both personally and at work when something breaks. My last build one was in 2004, had to replace MB, VC and PSU throughout it's life. I basically limped it along and can't play anything current and it's about to die. It's now time to shoot the P4-3GHZ.
Yes, I realize this is soo far past it's useful life, but got married and started a family when I needed to upgrade, but finally hit a point where my wife is even saying I need to upgrade. So, I am in the clear to spend some money.Here is the answers to the questions I see posted whenever someone is asking about their build.
- What are you planning to do with this computer? Gaming(FPS and MMORPG), Photo/Video Editing/Converting - Family Videos
- What is your budget? Close to $2000, under is better, however this needs to last for awhile(see family comments), so better to spend more and buy once IMO.
- Does this include a copy of Windows? Yes and Office
- Does this include peripherals (a keyboard, monitor, mouse, speakers, etc.)? Yes, some
- Are you from the United States or a different country? USA
- Are you ordering from your own country or from across borders? own country
- Wherever you may be from, does the store that you are planning to order from have a website? It's okay if it isn't in English, we can manage. - Typical US sites (Been reviewing Amazon and Newegg mostly)
- If you are from the United States, do you live nearby a Microcenter? Nope, but I will drive past one in a month during a family vacation.
- Do you have any specific requests with the build? To last, see above.
- Do you plan on overclocking? If yes, do you have a specific goal in mind? Yes, but mildly, if any, at first and then probably more down the road as it ages.
- Would you prefer the build to be particularly small? no
- Would you prefer the build to be particularly quiet? quiet is nice, will be in the bedroom.
- In general, do you prefer this to be a computer that you can spend money on now and let it rest, or a box built for continuous upgrading? Now and let it rest.
- Do you ever plan on utilizing NVIDIA's SLI or AMD's CrossfireX technologies? These features, with a compatible motherboard, allow a user to link multiple identical graphic cards together for added performance. In real world terms, this lets you buy a second identical graphics card down the line as a relatively cheap and easy way to gain a fairly large boost in performance. However, this requires buying a SLI/CFX compatible motherboard and PSU now, which may result in slightly higher initial cost. Yes, but down the line
Current Build Ideas: The parenthesis are just some of the prices I've seen for the item listed, not the budget for that item.
CPU: I7-4770K (~345)
Motherboard: ASRock Extreme6/ac or ASUS Z87 PRO, or ? (~170-210)
Power Supply: Seasonic Platinum 860 (~200)
Memory: 2x8GB G.Skill Trident DDR1600 (~170)
Case: Corsair 550D or ? (~140)
Hard Drive: 1-2TB, suggestions needed. (~100-175)
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB - BOOT Drive (~135)
Optical: LG Blu-Ray Burner (~60)
Software: Windows 8 Pro and Office 2013 (~270) Any Suggested Antivirus/Firewall? Free?
Monitor: 23-24 inch, suggestions needed (~300)
Video Card: Radeon HD 7950 Boost, Radeon 7870(Tahiti LE), or ? - Best brand of these or suggested? (~250-300)
Heatsink: If I should even get one now, maybe a later purchase? Air: ? Water: H80i->H100i (~90-100)
Mouse: Currently have a Microsoft Lase Mouse 6000
Keyboard: need a USB wired -nothing special (~20-30)
Speakers: Yes, but nothing special, just to listen to home videos, I will use headphones for gaming.
I am most unsure of MB, Case, HD, Monitor and VC. However, I would appreciate suggestions on the entire build.
I have six(6) hard drives in my current rig, but I expect to have four(4) hard drives in this rig(for now): 1) SSD-Boot 2)HD for everything else 3) Video/Picture Drive: 2-1TB's in RAID 1(moving from current rig)
Anything I am missing or that I should do differently?
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.
