Memory - G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Storage 1 - Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Storage 2 - Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" SSD
GPU - Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card(2-Way SLI)
Case - Corsair 200R
Power Supply - EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular
Optical Drive - LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
(In case it's needed: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nBYCK8)
As you may have noticed, it is almost identical to the "Glorious Gaming Build" off of PCPartPicker. I made some changes based on my preferences for my system. I heard I'd get some help on this forum, so I created this account to get some feedback/help/etc. Thanks!
EDIT:
Budget. How much are you willing to spend? - About $1,500-1,800 USD
Where do you live (what country), and what currency do you use? (see above)
-Is there a retailer you prefer? (No preference)
Do you need or already have peripherals? (this can add to costs) I have peripherals
What will you be using your future computer for? Gaming? Rendering? Mix of both? Or is this a home media PC? Gaming, Video/Photo Editing, General Use
Do you overclock or want to get into overclocking? Yes, want to get into it
Do you plan on going for custom watercooling now, or in the future? Future, need experience first
OS. Do you need a new one? Yes, prefer Windows 7
If you Game...
What kind of settings do you like or what FPS do you want to play at? Looks Fantastic, Steady High FPS
What resolution will you be playing at? //or would like to play at. 1920x1080 currently playing @
What kind of games do you like to play? FPS, MOBA, etc
What specific game will you be playing (if you only really play one) Team Fortress 2, CS:GO, L.O.L., any games suggested by other PC Gamers and friends
Thanks for the advice. I unknowingly took that SLI from the glorious gaming build as i said earlier
I have Windows 8 on my current laptop. It's just a pain to use. Games for Windows live games such as GTA4 were a pain to get RUNNING even.
I'm not going to be doing hefty amounts of video editing. I just included some information on what I do so the reply builds would have some variety or some advice if I decide to do more editing,
Pretty nice. I was worried about clearance of the radiator for the cpu cooler. seeing the reviews for the 200R, i was thinking about reworking the build and allowing for a larger case. I'll look into this one. Thanks
Unless if you're getting a deal on the 4670k get the 4690k it has better thermal interface between the die and lid for the same price and you should get that instead.
The power supply is a lot more than what you need, not really a bad thing but if you want to cut spending that's an area where it could be done easily. Anything with a gold rating is usually a safe bet as far as reliability. EVGA Seasonic and Corsair are good choices.
The Gtx 970 currently has an issue where the last 500mb-1gb of memory is allocated so slowly it's rendered useless I would either hold off on that because a recall may be coming, keep an eye on it
If you plan to overclock that cooler will get the job done but expect high temps if you add voltage. Consider something dual rad if overclocking high is important to you.
As mentioned Earlier some of the Kingston ssdnows floating around aren't as fast consider another ssd. For something around the same price consider a crucial m500 or if you're willing to spend more the new Samsung 850 series ssds are a great choice. here is a link to a useful ssd benchmark site.
Depending on how soon you do this build should probably get Windows 10 as the overhead for upcoming Dx12 is going to be much less intensive and performance will benefit greatly
Overall it's a really good build and you're not going to suffer if you don't change anything. And to be clear you are not doing SLI correct?
This is my current build guide after revision. I'm not planning on SLI now. I may switch to 10 but it depends when I get all my parts and when 10 releases. I will overclock a bit but not extensively until once again I Gain experience with the guts of the pc.
GTX 970 has a much, much better price-performance value, and imo it's high enough up in nvidia's lineup to SLI with.
WD Greens aren't great with reliability due to the drive's constant spinning up and slowing down in an attempt to save power. It's also a bit slow at 5400 rpm.
Very good choices. Do not move away from the PSU you have already, it is the best in its category (apart from the corsair ax850i which is overpriced unless you go sub zero). If you really want to overlock, the best board I would recommend is the AsRock Z97 OC (its yellow or whatever) it's got very very good VRM layout for the price, the only thing really beating it would be an Asus Rog series board.
Go with a 4690k. If you plan on doing a custom liquid cooling loop in the future, whatever you are getting now doesn't have to be amazing, I'd recommend the MX100 256gb instead of the SSD you have now.
Multi Gpu is very split. Don't go more than 2. If you can go three move up a tier and get two of that. i.e. 3 970s = 2 980s . But 2 970s are still better than one 980 so it still makes sense. I'd also get the G1 gaming over the strix anyday.
H55 cooler, maybe for stock speeds but you're getting a 'k' chip + oc'ing motherboard so I'd grab a cooler that will handle an overclock.
But....since you mention editing grab a 8 thread xeon, and lower tier motherboard. In this case a H55 would be ok.
That ssd will be an expensive paperweight or an RMA headache in the near future, grab something like a Intel 530, Crucial MX100, Intel 530 etc
Grab a non-seagate hdd, something like a e hitachi or wd.
Go sli if you want just be aware that you will run into issues with something at some stage. I'd grab a single 980 unless the 970's are at a really good price.
Secondly, the build I've retweaked can be found here http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Yydf7. im still working on it until im satisfied with everything in it. I've decided to go with a single 980 instead of two 970's, switched to a Crucial MX100, swapped out the 4670k for a 4690k, etc.