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Jay

Jay

Qty. Product Description Savings
Total Price​
1​


Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I74790K Desktop Processor
Item #:N82E16819117369
Return Policy: Replacement Only Return Policy
[COLOR=666]$459.99[/COLOR]
$429.99

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1​


G.SKILL TridentX Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C10D-16GTX
Item #:N82E16820231589
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
[COLOR=666]$179.99[/COLOR]
$154.99

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1​


Microsoft Windows 10 Home - 64-bit - OEM
Item #:N82E16832416892
Return Policy: Consumable Product Return Policy
[COLOR=666]$139.99[/COLOR]
$124.99

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1​


SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 390X 100381OCL Tri-X OC Version (UEFI) Video Card
Item #:N82E16814202147
Return Policy: Replacement Only Return Policy
[COLOR=666]$579.99[/COLOR]
$559.99

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1​


Corsair Hydro Series™ H100i GTX Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm
Item #:N82E16835181090
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$139.99

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1​


NZXT H630 CA-H630F-M1 Matte Black Silent Computer Case
Item #:N82E16811146104
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
[COLOR=666]$189.99[/COLOR]
$179.99

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SAMSUNG 850 EVO MZ-75E500B/AM 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Item #:N82E16820147373
Return Policy: Replacement Only Return Policy
[COLOR=666]$299.99[/COLOR]
$224.99

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SAMSUNG 850 EVO MZ-75E120B/AM 2.5" 120GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Item #:N82E16820147371
Return Policy: Replacement Only Return Policy
[COLOR=666]$129.99[/COLOR]
$84.99

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1​


ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX Intel Motherboard
Item #:N82E16813132125
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
[COLOR=666]$279.99[/COLOR]
$269.99

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Rosewill Glacier 850M 850W Power Supply
Item #:N82E16817182342
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
[COLOR=666]$119.99[/COLOR]
$104.99

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1​


Intel Enthusiast Bundle
Item #:N82E16800985062CVF
Return Policy: Table of Contents - NEW
$0.99


Grand Total:​
$2,274.90​
[DOUBLEPOST=1439524021,1439523985][/DOUBLEPOST]Working on a final build for my new rig, this is what I'm most likely going in?

Feedback?
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Do you have a budget limit? I still haven't heard enough hard data on Skylake yet to know whether it's really worth it, but if you're going for performance, yes the i7-4790K is still the highest performer for most stuff, and it's only one generation behind so there's still plenty of forward support left.

--Patrick
 
Jay

Jay

I'm also going to be using the old Blue-Ray player I got as well as my slave 2 TB Hitachi drive for all my midget porn.
 
Dave

Dave

Staff member
You got room for more HDs? I know the 620 GB SSD and 2 TB HD seems like a lot, but I filled up a couple TB pretty quickly with my music, movies, and games. And for that price I'm shocked you aren't doing a dual card SSL.

And I'm not totally sold on water cooled. It frightens me. Too much can go wrong in the build for my tastes.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

Staff member
There is absolutely no reason for someone who lives in Canada to require a water cooling solution, assuming you're not doing some ridiculous manual overclocking. I don't even need one here in Texas in the summer, and my machines aren't exactly lukewarm.

Also, I don't think I'll buy another Radeon if I can help it.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

AMD GPUs are still spectacular for certain things, but if you're going for gaming, it's NVIDIA all the way.

--Patrick
 
Jay

Jay

There will be overclocking involved.. :) I'm chill with water-cooled. *pun*

I will have an extra non-purchased HD with 2 TB, down the line, I'll upgrade that to a 4 TB.

I have an NVIDIA, it was good but benchmarks puts the new radeon ahead of the nvidia cards in that price range.

no point going SSL right now at that price-range, i plan to pick up another when the prices start to drop.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

Staff member
Jay said:
There will be overclocking involved.. :) I'm chill with water-cooled. *pun*

I will have an extra non-purchased HD with 2 TB, down the line, I'll upgrade that to a 4 TB.

I have an NVIDIA, it was good but benchmarks puts the new radeon ahead of the nvidia cards in that price range.

no point going SSL right now at that price-range, i plan to pick up another when the prices start to drop.
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Oh yeah, the benchmarks look good on Radeons... but they all have... quirks. For example, mine randomly causes the screen to spaz out for a single frame, before returning to normal. Eventually I just got used to it, mostly, but I'm still going back to Nvidia next time (I wouldn't have bought this one for myself, it was a gift). When it comes to QC and reliability, AMDs are hit and miss.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

All right, finally have time to do some research and weigh in.
I am ASSUMING all your prices are $CAD, since they are so much higher than what I see here.

CPU - Testing shows that the new i7-6700k cpu is only just barely faster than the i7-4790k and is also a few watts hotter than the 4790. Probably not enough of a difference from a performance standpoint to warrant building a system around all-new DDR4 RAM and such just yet. Let the new technology mature.

HSF - I would stick with the stock cooler unless you're comfortable working with liquid cooling. If you are, then it'll do a good job keeping your CPU cool...assuming there's a place to mount the radiator, that is. Because...

CAS - Your case. OH GHODD it's SOOooo biiIIIIGg. I'd make sure everything else is gonna reach before committing to that case. That is, make sure your power cables and liquid tubes are long enough that they can go wherever it is they need to go. It should be reeeeal quiet, though.

RAM - I know you picked out the DDR3-2400, but you can save about CAD$30 by going with the DDR3-2133 version (or pay the same price for a premium DDR3-1866 kit), and you won't really lose that much in performance, but you will gain stability.

GPU - If you're going to go with the AMD 290x/390x, the (non-X) Fury is actually better than the 390x, but it also costs CAD$200 more, so never mind. The GTX980 (non-Ti version) is probably the sweetest spot right now, but it is also still CAD$100 more than the 390x. At least the 390x has 8GB RAM, which will come in handy when you start gaming at 5k.

MLB - Looks decent. I like that it has an Intel LAN instead of Atheros ("Killer"). Only other real competition it has is the Sabretooth Mk2, they're pretty much interchangeable. Yours has better audio, though.

HDD - Here's where I'm going to make my only real recommended change to your build...IF you are never going to use a second video card. Delete the 2xSamsung drives. Replace them both with the 400GB Intel 750 card and put it in the other red slot. Add a nice 1TB or 2TB "regular" HDD (or SSHD) later if you need media storage or something. Yes I know the Intel 750 is 200GB+ smaller and CAD$150-200 more than the pair of Samsungs you had listed, but I believe it would be worth it even if you had to delete the water cooler to make room in the budget. Sure you might not be able to overclock the CPU as much, but that drive is legitimately 2-4x faster than the Samsung (for everything except boot times) and I feel like that'd make up for the lack of overclocking. I do believe you have to go and get Intel's special NVMe driver sauce to make full use of it, though.

PSU - 850W should be enough if you never get a second video card. If you're going to go with 850W, though, I'd cough up the extra $35 and spring for the Seasonic M12II 850. Yes I really like Seasonic, even their lower-end, 2yr-old models like this one. But there's good reason for that.

--Patrick
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Eriol said:
Exactly. One great ssd, one mass storage drive will be better than two differently sized SSDs.

And ya, the whole plugging it into the mobo directly thing is interesting, but not terribly surprising IMO.
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Especially since a modern 120GB SSD will actually suffer a slowdown due to not having enough memory to make use of all the controller's channels.
SATA/AHCI are really becoming a bottleneck, and mounting a drive directly to the PCIe bus will help alleviate that until that newfangled memory becomes a reality.

--Patrick
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Jay said:
Any chance you can setup a build and post it?
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What you have looks pretty good, actually.
I only had one recommended change (the HDD) and two suggested changes (PSU and RAM).
I'd post the builds we're working on here in our house but for some reason the CPUs have been delayed almost two months here in the USA. About the only way to get one right now is to order one from someone who will buy one for you in Europe and then mark it up 20% before he sells it to you. No thanks.

--Patrick
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

PatrThom said:
About the only way to get one right now is to order one from someone who will buy one for you in Europe and then mark it up 20% before he sells it to you. No thanks.

--Patrick
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Hey now! I'll have you know I'd charge 15%, at most :p

(joking. If you want to, I'm sure I could send it over for the price of shipping :) )
 
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