Hardware & Technical I just bought a new computer!!!!!!

JughedJones

JughedJones
Let me start by saying that I know that I could have saved a fair amount of money if I built it myself. I'm just not a DIY kind of guy.

However, I just graduated university and I have a little gift money to throw around on something extravagant. So.... I did it.

Feel free to tell me how I messed up. Please don't be too harsh though, it will be here shortly and I'm already in love!
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CASE: NZXT H630 Silent Full-Tower Case w/ USB 3.0, Noise Reduction Material, Modular HDD Trays

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4820K Quad-Core 3.70 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011

CS_FAN: Enermax TB Apolish UCTA14N-BL 140mm Blue LED Fan

FAN: Corsair Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan [+16] (Dual Enermax Enlobal Silent High Performance 120MM Fans (Push-Pull)

HDD: 256GB ADATA SP610 SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD

HDD2: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD

MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Quad Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)

MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE X79-UP4 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 5, GblAN, 4 GEn3 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 1 PCI

OVERCLOCK: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20%)

POWERSUPPLY: 750 Watts - Corsair RM750 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Fully Modular Ultra Quiet Power Supply

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (EVGA Superclocked)

TEMP: NZXT Sentry-3 Fan Touch Screen Fan Control & Temperature Display

USBX: NZXT Internal USB 6-PORT Expansion Module

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I just wanted to talk to some dorks like me about this! I'm so excited!
 
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Aleksej

Aleksej
Nice PC, however CPU and MB choice is doubtful. 4790K+Z97 would be cheaper and offer the same or even better performance. Also X79 is dead in a couple of months.

This would also allow you to go for 2x8GB RAM and have some freedom for upgrade simply by adding another 2X8GB some time later.
 

Roobarb

Roobarb
Nice spec.

Don't worry about the mobo chipset being "dead" in a couple of months.. As long as it fires up all the other components, and keeps working for more than 3 years, then it's all good. It's not like games or software companies are suddenly going to stop supporting that particular chipset.

Enjoy!
 

JughedJones

JughedJones
Aleksej said:
Nice PC, however CPU and MB choice is doubtful. 4790K+Z97 would be cheaper and offer the same or even better performance. Also X79 is dead in a couple of months.

This would also allow you to go for 2x8GB RAM and have some freedom for upgrade simply by adding another 2X8GB some time later.
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Thanks for the advice. It's already a done deal though. Hopefully I can just plug in the extra ram later down the line. 16 gigs of vengeance should do me for a while, ya?
 

Aleksej

Aleksej
JughedJones said:
Thanks for the advice. It's already a done deal though. Hopefully I can just plug in the extra ram later down the line. 16 gigs of vengeance should do me for a while, ya?
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I would say that 16GB become standard now with a soft transition to 32GB.
 

Amadeus

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Unless you're doing stuff like large video editing 8gb will be quite enough.
I've 16gb and have never come close to maxing it out.
Even with creative suite and 3d software running.
 

Siggi

Siggi
I often have movie editing, Photoshop and Dreamweaver open simultaneously and have never had problems with my 8GB of RAM.

Your rig is a top-line game-playing beast. :)
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
Aleksej said:
Nice PC, however CPU and MB choice is doubtful. 4790K+Z97 would be cheaper and offer the same or even better performance.
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I thought the same thing for the motherboard and the processor (they are all the same excellent). However with this computer, the OP is tranquil for many years
 

dobbo

dobbo
Forget what anyone else says there are only two questions that you need to answer and only you can answer them:

1). Does the new system do what you need it to?

2). Are you happy with it?

If the answer to both is yes, they you got a good computer!
 

CmdrBond

CmdrBond
dobbo said:
Forget what anyone else says there are only two questions that you need to answer and only you can answer them:

1). Does the new system do what you need it to?

2). Are you happy with it?

If the answer to both is yes, they you got a good computer!
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Amen.
 

reload

reload
Looks like a good machine OP, think you'll have fun with it :D

Starting to hanker after upgrading my motherboard, cpu, RAM and GFX now...
 

Dynamo

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Although, why are you already over clocking it (at 20%?). I am sure it will already max out what you want to do, won't this just increase wear and tear?
 

Aleksej

Aleksej
Dynamo said:
Although, why are you already over clocking it (at 20%?). I am sure it will already max out what you want to do, won't this just increase wear and tear?
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If you stay within recommended voltage and temperature limits there is no impact on hardware that might reduce its lifecycle.
 

TheDoctor

TheDoctor
I have never seen the need to run on overclock myself, even if you do video editing and such the latest i7 processors are not being pushed particulary hard currently by software and I have a 3770k at 3.5GHz and can put together 1-2 hours of 720p video together and the cores/threads don't go over 50%.

Personally I like the ASUS TUF range of motherboards and although they are pricey the thermal armor that comes with them means the system runs very cold even with air cooling but as people have said if you are happy then your ok.

Although as you are running nVidea, I can't remember if you have them in the past but the last couple of new drivers broke my HTPC and had to be rolled back so get a driver that is working and stable and leave it at that unless you get problems.

Now have fun with your new PC. :smilie:
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
Very nice rig, a few bits an pieces you COULD have changed but ultimately it will smash it games wise for the next few years IMO.

Very nice choice on the cooler and as for overclocking if you are at stock or close to stock volts you won't affect the life of your gear. My Sandy bridge i5 has been at 4.2 GHz or above since I got it in Feb 2011, and my cooler is not as good as yours, yet it is still going strong and I fully expect will be still going long after it is obsolete for games.

GPUs are built for ocing its even in the drivers, and that is exactly why Intel sell the k series of processors.

Colour me envious.

PS IMO 16gb of ram is loads and I think will be a sweet spot for the next 3 years plus

PS if your mobo has Bluetooth, get yourself the dolphin emulator and a wireless Wii bar and a couple of wiimotes. Some of the Wii emulation will stretch your CPU games wise.
 
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