02-25-2014 01:23 PM - last edited 3 weeks ago by ROGBot
02-25-2014 02:00 PM
02-25-2014 03:39 PM
02-25-2014 04:08 PM
02-25-2014 04:52 PM
Antronman wrote:
Adobe doesn't care if the rig is SLI or not. Just the cards.
I wouldn't recommend the Cosmos II. While I agree, it has a smashing look it has very poor expansion.
For the price you could get a Phanteks Enthoo Primo or Corsair 900D. The first one has incredible WC support, and awesome looks but has a blue LED that clashes with the black/red of RoG. The 900D has great WC support too, and still looks really good.
As Power said, don't get a CM PSU.
Corsair SSDs are not very good. The Samsung 840 Pro, Evo, and Kingston HyperX 3K SSDs are the way to go.
Like kkn said, the Maximus VI Extreme is a hardcore OC board. Not a gaming board.
Alienware just sucks. The stealth covers they put they put in the Aurora PCs are very difficult to remove, and they are not very OCable.
They don't come with very good graphics cards.
My recommendation:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($333.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($295.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.22 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($660.62 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($660.62 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($259.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: SeaSonic Platinum 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($259.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (32/64-bit) ($199.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $3285.36
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 19:08 EST-0500)
Those XFX R9 290x Double Dissipation Editions are reference PCB design, so if your son (or you) decides to fully watercool this baby, it will fit any standard R9 290x waterblock.
But at the same time, the reference cooler for the R9 290x has heat dissipation problems, so the DD edition looks amazing while actually doing its job.
And the R9 290x is a top-end GPU 🙂
Corsair 900D has tons of expansion room for anything you could want.
Cheers 🙂
Hope your son will be happy with the end result.
02-25-2014 05:06 PM
02-26-2014 03:53 AM
02-26-2014 06:09 AM
polariscs wrote:
Hi all,
tnx for the swift and interesting advice! I'll read and check asap. A question, nobody seems to add more than 16 gb DDR3 in this rigs. Is there a reason not to?
sincerely
g
02-26-2014 08:34 AM
02-26-2014 08:59 AM
kkn wrote:
the amount of ram is up to each and every one how mutch they want to use.
for rendering movies and things like that i would advice high mhz and 16 gig minimum.
photoshop and heavy programs whit large files minimum 16gigs ( i dont use that program my self ) is what i would recommend.
some like to populate all of the memory channels, some like to max it out, some go for estetics+++
so its up to each and every one how mutch they need/want to put in the system 🙂