New Rig

[lib_rian]

Hi Guys,

Hereby I would like to seek opinion from Gurus on the possibility of getting a new rig with the following usage requirement at the min budget (~ 2k).

Usage:
01) Video Editing (16GB Ram, need those high speed ram??)
02) Photo Editing
03) Gaming (should be getting R9 280X GPU)
04) Overclocking in the near future (Air or Liquid Cooler?)
05) OS

06) Exclude: Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Speaker

Thanks in advance

 

[royfrosty]

Hi Guys,

Hereby I would like to seek opinion from Gurus on the possibility of getting a new rig with the following usage requirement at the min budget (~ 2k).

Usage:
01) Video Editing (16GB Ram, need those high speed ram??)
02) Photo Editing
03) Gaming (should be getting R9 280X GPU)
04) Overclocking in the near future (Air or Liquid Cooler?)
05) OS

06) Exclude: Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Speaker

Thanks in advance

2k oc rig.

MSI z87 g45 + i7-4770k ~ $633
Adata 8gb 1600mhz x2 ~ $170
WD blue 1tb ~ $78
Plextor m5p 128gb ~ $159
MSI r9 280x twin frozr 3gb ~ $435
Superflower hx600 600w 80+ gold ~ $109
Fractal design arc midi ~ $129
Samsung ODD ~ $21
Windows 8 ~ $120
Corsair H100i or H110 aio cooler ~ $150

Total ~ $2004 buy at tradepac. Diy.

 

[enenyi]

2k oc rig.

MSI z87 g45 + i7-4770k ~ $633
Adata 8gb 1600mhz x2 ~ $170
WD blue 1tb ~ $78
Plextor m5p 128gb ~ $159
MSI r9 280x twin frozr 3gb ~ $435
Superflower hx600 600w 80+ gold ~ $109
Fractal design arc midi ~ $129
Samsung ODD ~ $21
Windows 8 home ~ $120
Corsair H100i or H110 aio cooler ~ $150

Total ~ $2004 buy at tradepac. Diy.

There is no Windows 8 Home Edition. Either u get Windows 8 or Windows 8 Professional.

 

[voiceoflove]

Windows 8 Professional has all feature, its better

 

[lib_rian]

Thanks for the advice...

Bought intel SSD from amazon so no need for SSD. Whats the diff between H100 or H100i? or the noctua CPU cooler is gd enuf for overclocking?

 

[royfrosty]

Thanks for the advice...

Bought intel SSD from amazon so no need for SSD. Whats the diff between H100 or H100i? or the noctua CPU cooler is gd enuf for overclocking?

H100i and H110

This 2 are the only long radiator cooler from Corsair.

H100i is a 240mm radiator. It can be run as plug and play or controlled by using the Corsair Link to monitor all the pump and fan status.

H110 is a 280mm radiator. It can be only run as plug and play. No software to be used.

So its up to you. They are both equal in terms of cooling performance.

Noctua N14 is a Heatsink Air Cooler. It is said to be a kick a$$ air cooler. But it is really huge. Require to look at your chassis that you gonna buy and see whether got clearance.

If you are gonna use the Genie OC features that pre configured to be OC at 4ghz then you do not need till H100i or H110.

If you are going somewhere higher like 4.5ghz and above then yes you need a better cooler.

 

[lib_rian]

Hi Roy, thanks for the information..