Hey all
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming mainly, currently no AAA titles, but would love to play games that challenges my rig.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
US$3000 (technically NT$100k or about $3300, but our components usually costs 10~20% more than us equivalent...)
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Taiwan
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer.
CPU, Mobo, RAM, PSU, Case, 1 SSD, 1 HDD, 2 GTX970's (already have one)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
1 MSI GTX970 Gaming 4G
6) Will you be overclocking?
Only whatever my hardware allows me to OC under air cooling, without increasing core voltage.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Planning on Asus RoG Swift PG278Q
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
As soon as I finalise my build
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
Preferably 6 USB 3.0 ports at the back (not including ones at the front) with Wifi, minimum 6 USB 3.0 at the back without built in Wifi, or 4 with wifi. Wifi preferrably 802.11 ac, SLI support mandatory, preferably with 3 PCI-E lane seperation between the X16 channels.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Yes, Windows 7 64-bit Professional, although I have also access to Win8.1 Professional.
Basically, after serious thought, I have ditched the idea of both 6 core and 40 PCI-E lane setups and decided to use that money to invest in the infamous Asus monitor.
Currently narrowed down CPU to i7-4790k or i5-4690k, and Mobo is currently undecided, but looking at either MSI Z97 Gaming 9 AC or Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming G1 Wifi-BK. Would love alternative suggestions. I don't mind getting Z87 board if that will suffice, I don't plan or particularly want to upgrade the CPU/Mobo for the next 3~5 years.
Although I have little idea what the availability of Hardware brands in Taiwan, but assume that for Mobo I am limited to MSI, Asus and Gigabyte.
Also I think I need 1000W PSU, would this be enough?
My draft setup is:
i7-4790k
GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 Wifi-BK
Kingston Hyper X FURY DDR3-1866 8GBx2 Kit
GTX 970x2
Lian Li PC-7HX (Planning to have top fan housing addon and removing the HDD cage to allow the second
Seasonic X1050 Platinum PSU
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming mainly, currently no AAA titles, but would love to play games that challenges my rig.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
US$3000 (technically NT$100k or about $3300, but our components usually costs 10~20% more than us equivalent...)
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Taiwan
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer.
CPU, Mobo, RAM, PSU, Case, 1 SSD, 1 HDD, 2 GTX970's (already have one)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
1 MSI GTX970 Gaming 4G
6) Will you be overclocking?
Only whatever my hardware allows me to OC under air cooling, without increasing core voltage.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Planning on Asus RoG Swift PG278Q
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
As soon as I finalise my build
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
Preferably 6 USB 3.0 ports at the back (not including ones at the front) with Wifi, minimum 6 USB 3.0 at the back without built in Wifi, or 4 with wifi. Wifi preferrably 802.11 ac, SLI support mandatory, preferably with 3 PCI-E lane seperation between the X16 channels.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Yes, Windows 7 64-bit Professional, although I have also access to Win8.1 Professional.
Basically, after serious thought, I have ditched the idea of both 6 core and 40 PCI-E lane setups and decided to use that money to invest in the infamous Asus monitor.
Currently narrowed down CPU to i7-4790k or i5-4690k, and Mobo is currently undecided, but looking at either MSI Z97 Gaming 9 AC or Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming G1 Wifi-BK. Would love alternative suggestions. I don't mind getting Z87 board if that will suffice, I don't plan or particularly want to upgrade the CPU/Mobo for the next 3~5 years.
Although I have little idea what the availability of Hardware brands in Taiwan, but assume that for Mobo I am limited to MSI, Asus and Gigabyte.
Also I think I need 1000W PSU, would this be enough?
My draft setup is:
i7-4790k
GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 Wifi-BK
Kingston Hyper X FURY DDR3-1866 8GBx2 Kit
GTX 970x2
Lian Li PC-7HX (Planning to have top fan housing addon and removing the HDD cage to allow the second
Seasonic X1050 Platinum PSU
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