Hi everyone, new to the forms. I think I've done my homework on this one, however the last PC I built was in in '99. I'm saving untill Cyber Monday then I'll have a nerdgazm and drop the whole 2K+ on the system and anything else i can get my hands on. The idea is to be able to learn rendering and modeling on this system. I know i should get a dedicated cuda card for those applications but I'd like to do some gaming on it as well. Only 1 monitor for the gaming GPU and it's just a 1080p tv, Hisense 42". I'll get a seperate monitor and fill out the ram after the new year and I'd really appreciate any input regarding the display for the modeling aspect of this system. Anyway here's the link to pcpartpicker.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/BunBun80/saved/2gHW
Again, any advise is welcome, If I'm spending too much on something I'd like to know, and any links regarding any information will help too. If something is lacking, then I really need to know. Once the whole system is built I may even be able to help out with someones animation requests down the road. There is nothing on this system I'm really attached to, and lets face it the Maximus Extreeme is just for eeping but, i can throw it out of the window if I can find a great alternative.
Have fun with this one, I know I will. :)
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1zTzo
I changed a few things. Instead of the ram I went with 16Gb (2x8) 2133Mhz Cas 9 by G.Skill for considerably cheaper. The Power supply, 850watt is going to be over kill unless you want to and multiple gpus. I went with a Rosewill Capstone 650 M which was significantly less as well. I added a Muskin 240Gb SSD for your bootdrive and all your programs. Youll be so thankful you got that, especially when launching anything. The HD is fine, id go with a 2Tb personally for what youre looking into but its not necessary. I would also say you should probably go with the GTX 780 if you can afford it but if not the 770 is still a monster. Monitor wise I would look into either an Asus or a Benq. Both companies produce outstanding monitors and are well worth the money
That mobo! Seriously. If you have enough money go for it. But it will have the same performance as a 120 dollar Z87 which I advise To get instead of this. Then you could either save that money or get a 780 with it.
Do you really want a closed waterloop? It will be noisy if you don't change the fans and may leak in the coming years.
If going for the 770 I advise against 4gb unless you have money to blow. 4gb won't give you more frames right now, and probably never will In the future. not enough at least to go from unplayable to playable. The core will limit you sooner than the memory.
yes the PSU is kind of overkill. Decent 500watt is all you need. check out the 500-599watt category http://www.overclock.net/t/183810/faq-recommended-power-supplies c
getting shafted on that keyboard man. It is not even a mechanical?
Case is own preference but kind of expensive too for what you get. Fractal design has some very nice 80-100 dollar offerings.