So you're post-op then?I really want one but I don't have the balls to try to pull this off.
Stretching the budget to his $2500 limit lets you replace that monitor with a gsync monitor. It seems like a shame to have all that goodness without one.Friend wants to spend 2k-2500 on a gaming rig for himself. I kinda feel like the monitor and GPU are excessively costly but if the cost isn't an issue...thoughts?
PCPartPicker part list/Price breakdown by merchant
CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor($279.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard:Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard($99.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory:Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive($164.00 @ Amazon)
Storage:Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive($70.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card($739.00 @ Amazon)
Case:Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case($149.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply:EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply($109.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor:Asus PB278Q 60Hz 27.0" Monitor($402.99 @ Amazon)
Total:$2148.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-17 22:24 EDT-0400
ASUS cards are generally fine, and all support can end up a nightmare. Look at EVGA reviews on Newegg or something, there are a ton of horror stories like there are for all companies.Cool, thanks for the heads up
DoNOTget the Evo 212. The 4790k at 4.4 GHz all cores easily obliterates its ability to cool. This is the new 212:Amazon.com: Thermalright True Spirit 140 Power: Computers AccessoriesFriend wants to spend 2k-2500 on a gaming rig for himself. I kinda feel like the monitor and GPU are excessively costly but if the cost isn't an issue...thoughts?
PCPartPicker part list/Price breakdown by merchant
CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor($279.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard:Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard($99.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory:Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive($164.00 @ Amazon)
Storage:Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive($70.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card($739.00 @ Amazon)
Case:Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case($149.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply:EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply($109.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor:Asus PB278Q 60Hz 27.0" Monitor($402.99 @ Amazon)
Total:$2148.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-17 22:24 EDT-0400
Skip the EVGA PSU rebrands. Lots of them are bad news. Get a Seasonic. More $, but they are the standard of quality and reliability.Friend wants to spend 2k-2500 on a gaming rig for himself. I kinda feel like the monitor and GPU are excessively costly but if the cost isn't an issue...thoughts?
PCPartPicker part list/Price breakdown by merchant
CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor($279.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard:Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard($99.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory:Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive($164.00 @ Amazon)
Storage:Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive($70.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card($739.00 @ Amazon)
Case:Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case($149.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply:EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply($109.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor:Asus PB278Q 60Hz 27.0" Monitor($402.99 @ Amazon)
Total:$2148.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-17 22:24 EDT-0400
Ive only ever had 1 gpu go bad, and it was an asus but they also did ERS for it. More often than not i notice SSDs go bad than anything else. However to chime in on what others said you dont need the WD black and id get better cooling on your CPU - I recently got the 4790k myself and temps havent gone over 37c w/ my noctua.Don't get an ASUS video card, video cards shit the bed a lot and their support sucks.
There's really no reason not to get an EVGA if you want quality support. Gigabyte has better coolers than ASUS on their high end cards. I think the only advantage ASUS has is that they might be a bit quieter.
EVGA G2 series are among the highest rated PSUs in the history of PSUs.Skip the EVGA PSU rebrands. Lots of them are bad news. Get a Seasonic. More $, but they are the standard of quality and reliability.
Citation?EVGA G2 series are among the highest rated PSUs in the history of PSUs.
MEDIOCRE, hehe. Thanks man, looks legithttp://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=377_sl said:Summary
Buy one. Do I really need to say anything else at this point? Once again, EVGA has something awesome here the competition can't seem to touch price wise. Performance? There are better units, yes. Not very many, but they exist. The real story here is how EVGA keeps managing to offer this kind of performance and still be more affordable than nearly everything else out there, and they have pretty much found perhaps the only OEM on Earth capable of doing it for them. It's got to be real nice being EVGA right now.
The Good:
outstanding ripple suppression
excellent voltage regulation
fully modular
semi-fanless mode
nice blacked out cabling
The Bad:
nothing at all
The Mediocre:
reviewing awesome units is getting dull... where's that gutless wonder in my pile? Second in line? Well, at least I'm guaranteed something interesting in all the wrong ways in a couple weeks...