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I've built my first gaming PC, and I have to say, it was such a blast learning and looking about/for parts for it, and just building it in general, and I want to build my first "Beast." This build would take a maximum of a year to build (My goal is shorter than that but I don't know just yet.) I understand that parts could get outdated and such, but I just want a general idea of what I should be looking for.
What I want:
- No more than $3600
- Water Cooled. I will be over clocking my CPU and my GPU as much as I can, as high as I can. I want to push this computer to the limit. Those Water Loops seem cool!
- I would like to have Dual SLI, or Triple SLI if I find a great saving on the GPU, but let's stick with Dual for now. I want to Max games, with great FPS.
- I will have 2 and maybe 3 monitors, depends on the amount of money I have left.
- Silent. Cool. I want it to be silent as can be, and make the inside as cool as can be. I don't want to be worried that this thing will burn up when I'm overclocking it.
- 2 TB I think is big enough for me
- 4 things of RAM
- Anything else you'll think I'll need!
Just make this thing the best for the money. I am one that goes for the best, as I am Johnny Football THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
What I want:
- No more than $3600
- Water Cooled. I will be over clocking my CPU and my GPU as much as I can, as high as I can. I want to push this computer to the limit. Those Water Loops seem cool!
- I would like to have Dual SLI, or Triple SLI if I find a great saving on the GPU, but let's stick with Dual for now. I want to Max games, with great FPS.
- I will have 2 and maybe 3 monitors, depends on the amount of money I have left.
- Silent. Cool. I want it to be silent as can be, and make the inside as cool as can be. I don't want to be worried that this thing will burn up when I'm overclocking it.
- 2 TB I think is big enough for me
- 4 things of RAM
- Anything else you'll think I'll need!
Just make this thing the best for the money. I am one that goes for the best, as I am Johnny Football THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
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This is a build which meets the requirements and comes in under the budget. It has dual hard drives and dual SSD's which you can put in RAID for extra performance. The cooling isn't water as air is nice and easier to manage.
As theres plenty of room in the budget you can make changes like; higher end motherboard, more storage, more graphics power or adding in more fans. But as it is, this would work fine.
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As theres plenty of room in the budget you can make changes like; higher end motherboard, more storage, more graphics power or adding in more fans. But as it is, this would work fine.
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Johnny_Football wrote
- Water Cooled. I will be over clocking my CPU and my GPU as much as I can, as high as I can. I want to push this computer to the limit. Those Water Loops seem cool!
Are you sure you want to go down the route of Watercooling? It takes a lot of time to plan it all out, then there is leak testing and all the other stuff. for example, maintenance, flushing the system once/twice a year (preferably the latter). But that isn't it, it could spring a leak 3 years down the line and if it is on the CPU block, then say bye to your top GPU if you aren't using non conductive fluid like Mayhems, even then, there is still a risk as while the fluid is travelling through the loop, it is collecting particles which is making it conductive.
And then there is the matter of taking the GPU's apart to inert the water block on it. When cooling the GPU's you have to take in the power of the pump(s) and I would recommend 2x 240mm rads minimum, preferably 3 rads, 2x 240 and 1x 360 for the CPU and GPU's.
Put it this way, Watercooling is 3 things, expensive, tricky and time consuming. Say you go with a 780 Ti, the blocks for those are $120-$150 each, you will want a backplate, $50 each. rads are expensive, 240mm are $90x2 and a 360 is $170. then there is tubing, cpu block fittings, pump, res, fluid, kill coil (if using distilled water) and finally, time.
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Simple solution to the "its difficult to pull apart a graphics card"Buy an EVGA GTX780 hydro copper. Terabytez, your really make it sound like its the hardest thing on the planet. Its very simple if you take your time. Your not going to spring a leak down the track if you are careful and are not constantly moving your computer. Use flexible tubing combined with compression fittings and the chance of you getting a leak are slim at best.
A general rule about rad space with water-cooling is at least 120mm of ras space for every heat producing element you will be water-cooling, plus an extra 120mm just for good measure. Yes there is a risk in water-cooling but if your not stupid its more than likely going to be fine. There are litterly thousands of tutorials on how to water-cool a PC in almost every language. Water-cooling is Yes, Time consuming, and depending on what type of case you get, yes it can be tricky as well but it really is not that expensive. You don't have to go balls to the walls with the most expensive water-blocks. XSPC has great pricing on water-blocks or as i said earlier, go with an EVGA Hydro copper card and you all ready to
As for maintenance, its really not an issue if you get a good coolant. There are some coolants out there that will last 2 years plus in your loop. ( i would recommend changing it still at least once a year) If you plan your loop well and make a well placed drainage port, flushing the system and refilling it will not be an issue.
My recommendation is to get a water-cooling starter kit from XSPC or EKWB and do a CPU only test loop to see if you are comfortable. If you think its fine then your already started with water-cooling. If you get the XSPC starter kit that comes with the raystorm CPU block, you wont need to upgrade and change it, and as long as the rad doesn't have any aluminium in its core, it will be good to use again as well.
Just look up some tutorials on YouTube, and dont be scared of it.
A general rule about rad space with water-cooling is at least 120mm of ras space for every heat producing element you will be water-cooling, plus an extra 120mm just for good measure. Yes there is a risk in water-cooling but if your not stupid its more than likely going to be fine. There are litterly thousands of tutorials on how to water-cool a PC in almost every language. Water-cooling is Yes, Time consuming, and depending on what type of case you get, yes it can be tricky as well but it really is not that expensive. You don't have to go balls to the walls with the most expensive water-blocks. XSPC has great pricing on water-blocks or as i said earlier, go with an EVGA Hydro copper card and you all ready to
As for maintenance, its really not an issue if you get a good coolant. There are some coolants out there that will last 2 years plus in your loop. ( i would recommend changing it still at least once a year) If you plan your loop well and make a well placed drainage port, flushing the system and refilling it will not be an issue.
My recommendation is to get a water-cooling starter kit from XSPC or EKWB and do a CPU only test loop to see if you are comfortable. If you think its fine then your already started with water-cooling. If you get the XSPC starter kit that comes with the raystorm CPU block, you wont need to upgrade and change it, and as long as the rad doesn't have any aluminium in its core, it will be good to use again as well.
Just look up some tutorials on YouTube, and dont be scared of it.
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iamcrazylikeyou wrote Simple solution to the "its difficult to pull apart a graphics card"Buy an EVGA GTX780 hydro copper. Terabytez, your really make it sound like its the hardest thing on the planet. Its very simple if you take your time. Your not going to spring a leak down the track if you are careful and are not constantly moving your computer. Use flexible tubing combined with compression fittings and the chance of you getting a leak are slim at best.
A general rule about rad space with water-cooling is at least 120mm of ras space for every heat producing element you will be water-cooling, plus an extra 120mm just for good measure. Yes there is a risk in water-cooling but if your not stupid its more than likely going to be fine. There are litterly thousands of tutorials on how to water-cool a PC in almost every language. Water-cooling is Yes, Time consuming, and depending on what type of case you get, yes it can be tricky as well but it really is not that expensive. You don't have to go balls to the walls with the most expensive water-blocks. XSPC has great pricing on water-blocks or as i said earlier, go with an EVGA Hydro copper card and you all ready to
As for maintenance, its really not an issue if you get a good coolant. There are some coolants out there that will last 2 years plus in your loop. ( i would recommend changing it still at least once a year) If you plan your loop well and make a well placed drainage port, flushing the system and refilling it will not be an issue.
My recommendation is to get a water-cooling starter kit from XSPC or EKWB and do a CPU only test loop to see if you are comfortable. If you think its fine then your already started with water-cooling. If you get the XSPC starter kit that comes with the raystorm CPU block, you wont need to upgrade and change it, and as long as the rad doesn't have any aluminium in its core, it will be good to use again as well.
Just look up some tutorials on YouTube, and dont be scared of it.
I am not saying it is unbelievably hard, I am stating the process as a few people think it is as easy as an AIO.
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