I've built one computer years ago and i'm looking to do it again but I am completely out of touch on the current hardware and specs. Any help on a nice build is greatly appreciated. :)
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Budget, between $1800 and $2200 US dollars resides in the US I've got peripherals but open to seeing suggestions as well. This PC will be used for gaming, particularly high end MMOs. Something that can handle the large raids if that is possible. I really don't plan to get into overclocking. I would like it to be water cooled. OS probably windows 10 unless you believe another version is superior. Capable of 2 or 3 monitors. and maybe a bit of flash too like a few lights and what not. Nothing crazy expensive tho.
yeah I use it also =) I have no complaints with it at all. I was thinking the SSD needed to be bigger but for more storage could lower the SSD and buy more HDD
For triple 1080 (surround) gaming I'd want to grab a higher powered card. That's 3/4 of a 4K resolution... a 980Ti'd do pretty damn well. You could probably get along well with a 980 too. If this is being used solely for gaming I wouldn't bother with X99. I'd only bother if heavy video editing/3D modelling etc. were being done, plus, with those panels taken into consideration we're talking about a $1750 build for almost 4K resolutions. X99 sound a good idea at that price point? Money'd probably be better off spent elsewhere - with a 980Ti and a 4790K setup (linked below) perhaps, although note I'm struggling to get those two HDDs and a 120GB SSD in there, had to cut out one of those HDDs.
The other option's a 4790K with a GTX 980. I'd probably go with this one as you can grab a bigger, 500GB SSD, which should be enough for your OS and many a game, and both those 2TB HDDs.
This thing is water cooled, windows 10 super silent and ready for 1080p triple monitor beast mode. You would have no problem with raids with 16gb of ram and an i7 4790k which comes at such a high clock rate you won't even have to overclock it. It also has a 980ti which is the best graphics card you can get (perfectly ready for triple monitor gaming) I think this build will suite anyone and anything trying to do triple monitor gaming.
I'd get a higher wattage PSU just in case overclocking is wanted later. The motherboard I'm not so sure about, I hear the MSI gaming 5's a good overclocker but I'm not too knowledgeable about motherboards. If you're really going to cut out overclocking altogether, you could scrape off some more cash going with a H97 board instead, rather than a cheap Z97.
I wouldn't go with a reference graphics card myself, there's better GPU coolers to be had, and the HDD @jonnytombstone suggested is absolutely fine, there's no need to double your cost/GB like that just for the sake of having a WD drive.
About the CPU cooler, the NH-D15 beats the H100i FYI, and it's noctua so it's gonna be damn quiet if you want it to be. I don't see why you'd choose the h100i over it.