Hey everyone, my friend referred me to this website saying it had a very experienced and friendly community:D so hopefully someone can help me out!
i have been saving for ever now to accumulate enough money to buy my first real gaming pc, however my knowledge of setting up computers is very limited... i have been doing some research so i wouldn't have to ask too mny questions... however unfortunately my research hasn't been all that effective so im gonna be asking a lot lol.
So anyways my build is intended to start off as a multimedia unit, 3D modelling in particular (Rendering with V-ray), and so this is why i have chosen such an expensive processor. After i have finished school the computer will be intended for High end gaming. Eventually in the end i will probably use it for work related to multimedia. Just thought this may help you guys in making some decisions.
Essentially i would not like to go over $3800 and at the moment my build appears to be coming to around $3300 (missing some parts) so that's pretty nice. But i am 100% aware that the parts i have chosen are very likely incompatible and so i will need to make many alterations, so just think of the parts i have got at the moment as a guideline i guess?
Basically the questions i need answering are as follows:
1. Is what i have so far compatible
2. Should i use 2 good graphics cards? or 1 REALLY good graphics card?
3. How much power am i going to need? and so what power supply should i get?
4. How many fans will i need? which ones should i get?
5. If by some miracle my components do work together, are there any parts i could buy that are just as good yet cheaper? e.g. cheaper yet equally as good graphics card's... Or mabye i could spend $10 extra and get a way better part?
7. What Hard drive should i get
8. What Solid State drive should i get?
9. What components am i missing?
The site i am using to purchase my computer is
www.pccasegear.com and so i would REALLY appreciate if someone could help me use this site to build my computer
Current HardwareCPU Intel Core i7 3960X
MotherboardAsrock Fatal1ty X79 Champion (Do i need such an expensive one?)
Graphics Card/Cards1x Sapphire Radeon HD7970 6GB Vapor-X Edition
2x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 Ti 3GB OC
RAMCorsair Dominator GT CMT32GX3M4X1866C9 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3
Optical DriveSamsung SH-222BB SATA DVDRW Drive OEM
CaseAerocool Strike-X ST Devil Red Super Full Tower
CPU coolerCorsair Hydro Series H80 CPU Cooler
Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit with SP1 OEM
Power supplyAbsolutely no clue... Please suggest one for my build
Hard DriveAnything 2TB + would be preferable
Solid State DriveNot sure about this component, recommend please
Note: all the listed parts can be found on
www.pccasegear.com. And i would prefer any referred parts to come from that site, if possible.
Everything i have listed so far comes to around $3334 and i dont wanna go over $3800... so i have roughly $500 left in my budget for a Hard drive, Power supply, Additional fans, and a solid state drive... If i am going to need to allocate more money to these components then i guess i can do that, but yeah... Hopefully i have provided you guys with enough information to answer my questions.