Whats up Tek... finally after watching a lot of your YouTube videos i decided to come to the forum and hang around.
I am planning to build a PC for Photo editing/Gaming.. check the link below and tell me what you guys think
My budget is around $750
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/24YTL
Looks good, you can get a 7970 + 3 games from Newegg for less than the 760. Will easily out perform the 760. Otherwise looks good. Can't speak for Thermaltake PSUs (never used one) though.
You have a pretty nice build there. The only gripes i really have are to do with the PSU and the RAM.
Try and keep your RAM at 1.5v stock if you don't want to deal with compatibility issues out of the box. The PSU is just overpriced for what you get. You can get better units for cheaper.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/250kI
Here is what I could come up with. OpenCL is being adopted more and more into Adobe products, so the 280x is an admirable choice at a decent price.
The lower CAS latency on the RAM will help with any form of editing you wish to do.
The PSU is decent and inexpensive. Unfortunately if you plan on adding a second video card, you would have to go with a 700w PSU. If not, there's this.
Most of the time I would suggest getting a CPU cooler right off the bat and start overclocking, but if you're running a lower budget system for gaming, I would recommend getting a better GPU and grab a cooler later when you have the money. It's an easy and inexpensive future upgrade. Graphics cards, not so much.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/251NC
PSU is cutting it close but should be fine :D
Yeah, OP's ram was really expensive for some reason. This is pretty much exactly what I would change to the OP's build.
Best (IMO) build out of the first three.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600m
You can get the 600w version of that psu for $5 less (assuming you take the rebate).
I don't think I would get another video card for this build. But I was planning on over-clocking the CPU sometime in the future, i can always grab a corsair h60 or similar if I need to. So far I like your build better than mine.
i need to see more reviews about the 280x.
thanks for the recommendation on the RAM.
Also,
i knew that with the GTX 760 being PCI 3.0 i was going to have a small bottleneck with the MOBO.
What about the 280x would this give me the same issue ?
R9 280X is an HD 7970 with a new sticker on it. Literally. Maybe a slight change in clock speed, but that's pretty much it. They even crossfire together.
For a CPU cooler, I would highly recommend Cooler Master's Hyper 212 EVO. The low end all in one liquid coolers can be outperformed by these cheap, budget air coolers.
Wow... It is way cheaper than the H60 I was planning on getting. thanks for the suggestion
I know we selected a 650Watt PSU, and I was reading the GPU specifications and found this::750W (or greater) power supply with one 150W 8-pin and one 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connector recommended::
PcPartPicker doesn't give any flags because the estimated wattage is 444.
should I be worried about what the 280x specifications said ?
650w is more than enough to power a build with the R9 280x or the 760. It also delivers p to 46A over the 12v rail, which is also more than enough to run these cards.
Thanks.. What about bottlenecks ?
would I be creating one since the MOBO only supports PCI 2.0 ?
Nope, this has been tested everywhere. Pretty sure linus did a video where he was using a 6990 (2x6970s effectively) going through a single PCI-E 2.0 X8 slot and found the frame difference between that and 16x was within the margin of error. If high end cards don't fully saturate an 8x PCI-E 2.0 slot then having 3.0 is going to make no real world difference.
Nothing that I know of can fully make use of the PCIe x16 3.0 bandwidth slot.
I do remember that AMD even tested crossfiring with PCIe x16 2.0 slots with their R9 290Xs, and did not not any performance hit.
There will be no bottleneck. No worries!
Build looks good. You don't NEED 650W, and a 550W PSU would work just fine. Keep the Asus motherboard, as it has better cooling and VRMs than the Gigabyte in Namix's build.
ok thanks .. i think I have the perfect setup now..
Thanks for the help
I'll be uploading pictures when I get all the parts
looking forward to it!