Why a mid tower?So I lurked around the latest few pages and more or less copied Noodleface's build and upgraded a few things here and there, notably the gpu.
Intel Core i5-4670K, EVGA GeForce GTX 770, Corsair 300R - System Build - PCPartPicker
This fits my budget pretty well.. but I could shell out a couple more hundred if it gave me some more staying power.
I should also mention I've never built a computer but I've spent a fair amount of time with mechanical parts. I don't want to buy parts that are a nightmare to put together so I tried to make sure everything is relatively easy.
Any advice / revisions much appreciated!
Within a year of the release of that particular card model, keep in mind. Not within a year of the purchase of your specific card. Product cycles for GPUs are really short, if you don't jump on the second card soon enough, you will miss the boat.joeboo_sl said:Crossfire/SLI works pretty well if you time it right and upgrade to a 2nd card probably within a year or so, and catch that second card on sale.
This is what I came up with real quick. Would also help to say what reso you plan on playing in and how many monitors.Alright, I want to go all out. I'm going to drop 2-3 grand on home-built desktop pc and I need some help choosing pieces. If anyone has some serious spare time could they help me choose parts from the ground up?
I'm doing the research myself in the meantime but I'm starting from very out-of-touch experience.
I'd go with the Fractal design define r4 or the define xl r2 depending on the size you want. Dust filters are a dream as long as they're easily removable and you keep the case positive pressure (more air intake than exhaust).Sup bros, my motherboard is giving out on me so the only choice is to rebuild a new PC.
Currently I have a modified
With a water cooling system. It works great but there's too much dust everywhere and I want to engineer a system that is resilient to dust.
What I'd really like to do is have a computer case with a singular air input and a singular air output. The air input or output (Doesn't matter much to me which one) must be close in footprint to this 120mm x 240mm radiator:
Which I use in my water cooling system. My goal is to build a system where air only enters one way and I have an air filter that I can easily remove and clean off.
Any ideas on a good case for that? Otherwise I'll continue to use my stacker830 which is great.