Preparing for a New Build.

[ES#67]

Hi all! I'm looking forward to a new build here in a couple of months. I thought I'd see what everyone thought of what I've selected. I should say I'm in the U.S. so no overseas selections. Also I'm going for performance for the buck and looks. Their will be some future proofing in regards to water cooling. I'm looking at a cost of about or under $1900.

MB: Asus Maximus VI Hero ( just picked one up for $20 off )$189.99
CPU: Intel I7 4770K $339.99
Mem: G.Skill Trident X series 2400 16gb (2x8gb). I'm having a rough time deciding on this one. I game and do lite video/picture editing. $164.99
Vid: Asus GTX780-DC2OC (right now I'm using my Sony Bravia 32in. as my T.V and a monitor. $519.99
SSD: Corsair Force Series GS CSSD-F240GBGS-BK $219.99
HDD: Already have one that I'll transplant into new system.
PSU: Corsair RM 650 watt $119.99
Cooling: at this time I'm going to use a H100I in push/pull. $124.99
Fans: 4x Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition Twin pack for push/pull on H100i. $55.98
Case: Corsair 750D. $159.99
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. I already have this so no cost.

So let me know what you think. I'll be adding better case fans at a latter date, along with braided cabling for psu.

 

[MathiasBE]

I think, other people correct me if I'm wrong, but if you OC anything and with the full watercooling later I think 650w, although gold rated, might not be enough for you. Depends if you OC and what type of watercooling you put in your system.
Some one please correct me if I'm wrong

 

[ES#67]

I believe the 650w will be enough for a good start with OC'ing the cpu. But I really can't say for any water cooling in the future. Considering what I've selected for a gpu at this time, I wouldn't need to water cool it.

 

[looz]

I think the better option would be downgrading 4770k to 4670k and going for 780 Ti instead.

There is little reason to do for 4770k, HyperThreading isn't that useful. Same goes for 16gigs of memory, I feel I wasted my money by opting for 12gig.

There also is a decent rebate deal with this PSU, which some might call excessive. Not at that price it isn't.

 

[ES#67]

I think the better option would be downgrading 4770k to 4670k and going for 780 Ti instead.

There is little reason to do for 4770k, HyperThreading isn't that useful. Same goes for 16gigs of memory, I feel I wasted my money by opting for 12gig.

There also is a decent rebate deal with this PSU, which some might call excessive. Not at that price it isn't.

I'll be using this rig for gaming, video editing and I'm looking into 3D printing. So I believe what I've selected parts wise would full fill all those needs.

 

[looz]

Well, nowadays video editing software has nice support for GPU acceleration. That's why I still find my i7 920 reasonable, even if I do edit videos frequently.

In gaming a higher end GPU would serve you better.

3D printing shouldn't be hardware dependant at all.

 

[ES#67]

But the software for 3D scanning and modeling would be.

 

[looz]

I obviously meant the software. Unless something went horrible wrong while programming the software for that, no it wouldn't.