SpiderWaffle
Limp Gawd
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- Jul 4, 2007
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So I'm doing a new build mostly for gaming, some encoding, need everything but a video card, OS, bulk HDD storage. Be doing about a 4.5GHz OC it seems. Here's what I have thus far:
380 4790k + GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK LGA 1150 Intel Z97 (is this a good deal for mobo?, CPU is 290 alone, ironegg, combo also has $20 MIR)
162 Phantom 630 (open to other case ideas but this is a pretty good deal, I'm keen on the extra space and 200m fans)
106 FSP Group AURUM 92+ 550W (essentially the best deal on platinum 550w modular I could find, reviews seem good, I like the 93% efficiency, as long as it's high quality reliable product, this is just great)
180 840 Pro 256GB (a true staple, unfortunately best price I can find, no deals or combos anywhere)
85 NH-D15 (ironegg black friday deal now, most likely best air cooler, have case to support it, only issue being ram clearance, but I could put the fans up higher with large case or maybe pulling from back)
So that just leaves 2*8GB DD3 and an optical.
Would really appreciate any advise or deal recommendations. For the DD3, I've seen a lot of different reports about ram, speed doesn't matter at all aside from a few special games, but I want to make sure it will support a 4.5GHz OC, so I'm not quite sure as of now, leaning towards cheap 1833.
380 4790k + GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK LGA 1150 Intel Z97 (is this a good deal for mobo?, CPU is 290 alone, ironegg, combo also has $20 MIR)
162 Phantom 630 (open to other case ideas but this is a pretty good deal, I'm keen on the extra space and 200m fans)
106 FSP Group AURUM 92+ 550W (essentially the best deal on platinum 550w modular I could find, reviews seem good, I like the 93% efficiency, as long as it's high quality reliable product, this is just great)
180 840 Pro 256GB (a true staple, unfortunately best price I can find, no deals or combos anywhere)
85 NH-D15 (ironegg black friday deal now, most likely best air cooler, have case to support it, only issue being ram clearance, but I could put the fans up higher with large case or maybe pulling from back)
So that just leaves 2*8GB DD3 and an optical.
Would really appreciate any advise or deal recommendations. For the DD3, I've seen a lot of different reports about ram, speed doesn't matter at all aside from a few special games, but I want to make sure it will support a 4.5GHz OC, so I'm not quite sure as of now, leaning towards cheap 1833.
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