My next rig - thoughts?

[Warick70]

This will be my basic outline of my next rig i plan on building in the next month (parts are coming from different areas)


The Case: AREOCOOL X-PREDATOR CASE Devil red Edition.

The OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition. "Already Owned"

The CD ROM Drive: Lite-On IHES312 12X Blu-Ray DVD Combo Drive. *OR* LG CH12LS28 12x Black SATA Blu-Ray Combo Drive Retail Pack.

The MAIN Storage device: Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB 7200RPM. (x2)

The OS SSD/Boot-up SSD: Corsair Force Series GT 60GB SSD.

The Motherbaord: ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z Motherboard.

The CPU: AMD Piledriver FX-8350 AM3+ 4.0GHZ Octocore.

The CPU Cooling unit: Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler.

The RAM: G.Skill 16GB Kit, (4x4GB) DDR3 Ripjaws Z C11 2133MHz.

The GPU's: 3 x ASUS GeForce GTX 660 ti DirectCU II 2GB in 3way SLI.

The Power Supply: Antec TruePower Quattro 1200W TPQ-1200. (Might go up to a 1500 for durability)

Extra cooling fans for the case: BitFenix Spectre 140mm Black Tinted Orange LED Fan. (x6)

& if the air cooling isn't enough to keep the cards below 85 degrees celceus @ full load i will also get a water cooling system around $500.

The total value Excluding the OS and water blocks ~ $2740

What do you guys think?

[Poheart]

Get GTX Titan(for gaming),i7-3770k(for gaming),z77

If you want to get higher 3DMark score,go for i7-3960x,GTX 690 x2..(or GTX 680 x4),Motherboard:X79

This is my current spec(by TMCheats):


ASUS Sabertooth Z77
Kingston DDR-3 1600MHz 8GB (1x8GB) KVR16N11/8 = 32GB RAM
Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-Tower Case
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 600W 80Plus Gold
Corsair Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Classified
AVerMedia Live Gamer HD C985

This computer For after effects,video editing...& livestreaming


Personally,i don't like AMD stuff..
i prefer Intel,but the price will higher..

[Felepeno]

Sounds like a good one. Im running a 660 right now i already feel like this is overkill! I'm a GFX editor and Video editor and mine works fine. But if you can afford the higher grade stuff. Go for it bro!

[Warick70]

I would really like a few GTX 680's rather then the 660ti's but from the amount of CUDA cores AND the clock speeds it's running at, the 660ti is better money wise, but if i happen to win the lotto anytime soon 680 it might jut be!

[Vieri1010]

i Peronally Prefer ATI because their new Series is going to be amazing.
Im Running an ATI RADEON HD 7670 2GB Which has Decent benchmarks
My other Desktop is Running a GTX 680 and im telling you they barely make a difference.

however 2.5K.... Dude shop around i could actually build a system like that for about 1.2K because i know where to look :P

[VanderDecken]

Nice config.. you like CPU AMD ? you no prefer INTEL CORE ? I have a intel, and is very fast!