Well next month/month and a half I will finally be replacing my current i7-920. It has done well over the many years I've had it, but I'm itching to build a new rig.
With that said, here is what I have put together. This will be mostly used for gaming. I will occasionally need to run some VM's, but I have dedicated Hyper-V servers for that now.
Just seeing if I missed anything and/or could improve on anything.
or 500 even. power draw will be somewhere in the low 400s I'm guessing, but you want some overhead because PSUs don't work at their best at max output.
or 500 even. power draw will be somewhere in the low 400s I'm guessing, but you want some overhead because PSUs don't work at their best at max output.
or 500 even. power draw will be somewhere in the low 400s I'm guessing, but you want some overhead because PSUs don't work at their best at max output.
Not to get off topic, but quality PSUs can deliver their rated output 24/7 for years.
And some can even go higher than what it says on the box (The Antec HCP series comes to mind).
Unless you are doing work that is highly multithreaded I would drop the i7 for the i5 4670k too but I guess that is up to you. That is what I did with my build
Not too keen on opening an account with another site just for a couple of parts. The H100i is actually a bit cheaper than the Swiftech. Are there performance advantages going with the Swiftech?
The RAM you found is cheaper and faster, however its at 1.65v vs 1.5v. From what I understand it's better to stick with the 1.5v RAM with this setup correct?
Thanks for your input, I was actually looking at that same exact PSU as well.
Yes, I plan on sticking with the i7. Cost savings isn't a huge concern on this build, though keeping it reasonable is always a plus.
Not too keen on opening an account with another site just for a couple of parts. The H100i is actually a bit cheaper than the Swiftech. Are there performance advantages going with the Swiftech?
The RAM you found is cheaper and faster, however its at 1.65v vs 1.5v. From what I understand it's better to stick with the 1.5v RAM with this setup correct?
Thanks for your input, I was actually looking at that same exact PSU as well.
Yes. The swiftech is modular, and their warranty covers cut tubing, so you can add a GPU cooler or another radiator or both to the loop if you want without blowing your warranty.
As for ram, anything over 1866 gives minimal improvement unless you're running an FM2 setup, in which case you need the fastest stuff you can find for the gpu.
These parts lists you are seeing come from PCpartpicker.com. It;s a really handy way to do a suggested build, but they don't always update very quickly so their prices aren't always accurate. Very very handy for finding a good deal though. Particularly hard to find or for high dollar stuff like cpus or video cards. It does a search of like 20 retailers and finds the lowest prices, plus it runs a graph so you can see if the price is high or low over time.
Not to get off topic, but quality PSUs can deliver their rated output 24/7 for years.
And some can even go higher than what it says on the box (The Antec HCP series comes to mind).
Yes, I plan on sticking with the i7. Cost savings isn't a huge concern on this build, though keeping it reasonable is always a plus.
Not too keen on opening an account with another site just for a couple of parts. The H100i is actually a bit cheaper than the Swiftech. Are there performance advantages going with the Swiftech?
The RAM you found is cheaper and faster, however its at 1.65v vs 1.5v. From what I understand it's better to stick with the 1.5v RAM with this setup correct?
Thanks for your input, I was actually looking at that same exact PSU as well.
The swiftech system is a better system (upgradable) and generally regarded as superior. It seems silly to me to spend that much on the h100i when the swiftech setup is a few bucks more.
You can undervolt the RAM if you feel that is necessary, but AFAIK no one has had problems with 1.65v RAM on intel setups, plus its a great price.
I know you want to upgrade for gaming but getting just GTX780 are you will get 90% of the performance with your current rig. Core i7 920 @ 4.0GHz is more then enough for any single GPU/ game out there. You can keep the money and upgrade until something better then 4770K comes out.
I know you want to upgrade for gaming but getting just GTX780 are you will get 90% of the performance with your current rig. Core i7 920 @ 4.0GHz is more then enough for any single GPU/ game out there. You can keep the money and upgrade until something better then 4770K comes out.
You can still upgrade the CPU cooling and PSU, case etc which you can carry over to new CPU/MB/RAM. I feel like 4770K is going to be replaced very s00n.
Skymont will be the last LGA Intel processor(i read time ago).so LGA1151 would be the last mainstream lga.for high end like 2011 you would have more choices for sure
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