- Joined
- Oct 21, 2012
- Location
- Phoenix, Az
Hi, first post here. I've been building my own computers for the better part of 25 years now. It's been a while since I made a new one for myself, so I have been doing a great deal of research. Frankly, I don't really need a gaming rig (I generally play old dos games on dosbox when i feel like gaming, but it would still be cool to be able to run the newest games from time to time), but I want to try something a little different. I am pretty much done with the planning stage, but I must admit, spending about 2k on a home built PC will be about 800 more then i've ever spent on one (back in 1999, i dropped $1200 on a high end custom athlon system, I was doing serious gaming back then)
So I figured this would be the place to bounce this build off the community. I'm mostly hoping for feedback from people who've tried parts of this build, as far as I can tell no one has tried the whole thing in one box, so feedback is encouraged.
As to other options, "I'm open to pretty much anything" is an easy thing most people i'm sure would say, but that's not the case here. "I'm open to as quiet an option as you can give me" would be closer... though "I'm open to as energy efficient and quiet an option you can give me" would be the most accurate. I understand other options probably would be "noisier" then this build, however, I want to spend 2k on something that works, not on something that will burn up a CPU/GPU so your opinions are and will be highly valued.
System Design / Build
Case - Fractal Design - Arc Mini
MB - Asus Maximus V Gene
CPU - i7-3770s
CPU Cooler - NoFan CR-95C
Ram - CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card - GIGABYTE GV-R787OC-2GD Radeon HD 7870
GPU Cooler - ARCTIC COOLING ACCEL-S1-PLUS
PSU - SeaSonic X series SS-400FL
HD - OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-512G.M 2.5
Optical Drive - LG WH14NS40
~Now this is where I chicken out a bit, thus far there are zero fans in the whole system. I intend to passively cool the system as much as possible, and I chose the case with that in mind. However, I can't just trust this to fate, so the case will be loaded with fans (+1 on the GPU heatsink), and controlled by an io pannel on the front, set to only run when certain temps are reached inside. In short I chickened out on the "completely fan free system". That said, since they'll be OFF most of the time (hopefully) I should be mostly meeting my 3 goals of "0dbs" and "low power consumption" and "gaming rig".
Comments? Criticism?
-Personally I've no personal experience with most of the parts i've just listed, so even swapping things out for better performing ones is advice I'd heed.
Thank You!
-----EDIT:-----
I am planning on getting x2 Asus VH236H 23.0" Monitors with the system (bringing the total price up from $1680 to $2000) ~ any suggestions or comments on the monitors would be accepted as well.
-----Edit 2------
Not to double post, but a note on the power draw (since it is part of the specs and topic thread)
In standby, this should be drawing something like 85W; running full bore, with the case fans in operation, it will probably draw close to 350W. Any suggestions to lower those will be appreciated too
So I figured this would be the place to bounce this build off the community. I'm mostly hoping for feedback from people who've tried parts of this build, as far as I can tell no one has tried the whole thing in one box, so feedback is encouraged.
As to other options, "I'm open to pretty much anything" is an easy thing most people i'm sure would say, but that's not the case here. "I'm open to as quiet an option as you can give me" would be closer... though "I'm open to as energy efficient and quiet an option you can give me" would be the most accurate. I understand other options probably would be "noisier" then this build, however, I want to spend 2k on something that works, not on something that will burn up a CPU/GPU so your opinions are and will be highly valued.
System Design / Build
Case - Fractal Design - Arc Mini
MB - Asus Maximus V Gene
CPU - i7-3770s
CPU Cooler - NoFan CR-95C
Ram - CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card - GIGABYTE GV-R787OC-2GD Radeon HD 7870
GPU Cooler - ARCTIC COOLING ACCEL-S1-PLUS
PSU - SeaSonic X series SS-400FL
HD - OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-512G.M 2.5
Optical Drive - LG WH14NS40
~Now this is where I chicken out a bit, thus far there are zero fans in the whole system. I intend to passively cool the system as much as possible, and I chose the case with that in mind. However, I can't just trust this to fate, so the case will be loaded with fans (+1 on the GPU heatsink), and controlled by an io pannel on the front, set to only run when certain temps are reached inside. In short I chickened out on the "completely fan free system". That said, since they'll be OFF most of the time (hopefully) I should be mostly meeting my 3 goals of "0dbs" and "low power consumption" and "gaming rig".
Comments? Criticism?
-Personally I've no personal experience with most of the parts i've just listed, so even swapping things out for better performing ones is advice I'd heed.
Thank You!
-----EDIT:-----
I am planning on getting x2 Asus VH236H 23.0" Monitors with the system (bringing the total price up from $1680 to $2000) ~ any suggestions or comments on the monitors would be accepted as well.
-----Edit 2------
Not to double post, but a note on the power draw (since it is part of the specs and topic thread)
In standby, this should be drawing something like 85W; running full bore, with the case fans in operation, it will probably draw close to 350W. Any suggestions to lower those will be appreciated too
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