Hello Everyone:
This is the computer that I would like to build down the road. However by the time I would have the money to build it, I'm sure the hardware would have changed, but if I were to build this today, this is what I would do.
Case: Enermax Ostrog GT ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Acrylic See-Thru Side Panel ECA3280A-BL Black/Blue
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87 LGA 1150 CrossFireX HDMI DVI ATX Motherboard (GA-Z87-D3HP) - I was originally going to go with an ASUS motherboard, but lately finding out that gigabyte is the most used motherboard now a days compared to ASUS and not only that, the ASUS board I was thinking about at first is a socket 1155 board and socket 1155 is phasing out.
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.5 GHZ 8 MB Cache BX80646I74770K - I do not intend to overclock whatsoever.
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 OC 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 3.0 DVI-I/DVI-D/HDMI/Displayport SLI Ready Graphics Card GV-N660OC-2GD - I was originally thinking about going with the Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 WF 3X GHz Edition 3GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 3.0 DVI-I/HDMI/2x mini-DP Crossfire Ready Graphics Card GV-R797TO-3GD however, that card is very expensive, I don't plan to be an extreme gamer and it takes up lot of power which would mean that I would have to buy a larger power supply and searching for a power supply for this video card, it would cost quite a bit more money.
Power Supply: Seasonic S12 II Bronze 620W 80Plus Power Supply
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 - I thought about going with 16 GB of memory at first, but I think 8 will be enough to start out with.
Hard Drives:
1. Samsung Electronics 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch 256 GB SATA 6GB/s Solid State Drive MZ-7PD256BW
2. Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST1000DM003
The SSD would be used for my operating system and games and other stuff while the 1 TB would be my storage drive and may put my game and software setup files on this.
Eventually when the budget permits, I would purchase another solid state drive, add a few more case fans to the computer or change out the fans that do not have lights to have the blue lights since it is my favorite color. I will be installing Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit edition on this computer too. I would use this computer for games such as the sims 2, sims 3, sims 4 when it comes out, grand theft auto 4 and 5 when and if it comes out for the computer, second life and more. I also would do basic e-mail, internet and other office work on this machine too since it would replace my main computer too. I also plan to install video editing software on the computer to edit my videos with too.
I would like to know what you think of this build and if there are ways I could go a little cheaper too. I want to not spend as much money as possible.
Thank You
pcdoctor
This is the computer that I would like to build down the road. However by the time I would have the money to build it, I'm sure the hardware would have changed, but if I were to build this today, this is what I would do.
Case: Enermax Ostrog GT ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Acrylic See-Thru Side Panel ECA3280A-BL Black/Blue
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87 LGA 1150 CrossFireX HDMI DVI ATX Motherboard (GA-Z87-D3HP) - I was originally going to go with an ASUS motherboard, but lately finding out that gigabyte is the most used motherboard now a days compared to ASUS and not only that, the ASUS board I was thinking about at first is a socket 1155 board and socket 1155 is phasing out.
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.5 GHZ 8 MB Cache BX80646I74770K - I do not intend to overclock whatsoever.
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 OC 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 3.0 DVI-I/DVI-D/HDMI/Displayport SLI Ready Graphics Card GV-N660OC-2GD - I was originally thinking about going with the Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 WF 3X GHz Edition 3GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 3.0 DVI-I/HDMI/2x mini-DP Crossfire Ready Graphics Card GV-R797TO-3GD however, that card is very expensive, I don't plan to be an extreme gamer and it takes up lot of power which would mean that I would have to buy a larger power supply and searching for a power supply for this video card, it would cost quite a bit more money.
Power Supply: Seasonic S12 II Bronze 620W 80Plus Power Supply
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 - I thought about going with 16 GB of memory at first, but I think 8 will be enough to start out with.
Hard Drives:
1. Samsung Electronics 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch 256 GB SATA 6GB/s Solid State Drive MZ-7PD256BW
2. Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST1000DM003
The SSD would be used for my operating system and games and other stuff while the 1 TB would be my storage drive and may put my game and software setup files on this.
Eventually when the budget permits, I would purchase another solid state drive, add a few more case fans to the computer or change out the fans that do not have lights to have the blue lights since it is my favorite color. I will be installing Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit edition on this computer too. I would use this computer for games such as the sims 2, sims 3, sims 4 when it comes out, grand theft auto 4 and 5 when and if it comes out for the computer, second life and more. I also would do basic e-mail, internet and other office work on this machine too since it would replace my main computer too. I also plan to install video editing software on the computer to edit my videos with too.
I would like to know what you think of this build and if there are ways I could go a little cheaper too. I want to not spend as much money as possible.
Thank You
pcdoctor