Ok, I have no life atm, so for fun I put together a build on PCPartPicker. I've out together many builds, and I'd like to show you a build I went all out on. Yes, it's very powerful; that was kind of the point.
So, what do you think of it?
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EDIT: I'm not going for over-powered, just very powerful, but not too powerfull that the gamer wouldn't utilize all the features of the hardware.
Why didn't you get a 3960k, a $300+ x79 mobo, 4 X-fire 7970's, a bigger PSU, H100 cooling and a better case
(HAF X) if you are trying too make a properly overpowered build?
You have a point with the HAF-X, I'll change that, but your other points I'll counter:
SLI/XFiring cards causes micro-stuttering, and I didn't really clarify this in the original post:
I intended to make a severly over-powered machine, but while keeping it from being a heat monster and while making it an excellent gaming PC. No one likes micro-stuttering, so I only used one card. And I wasn't going for over-powered, just very powerful, but not too powerfull that the gamer wouldn't utilize all the features of the hardware.
Now, that being said, I should probably change the topic name.
You have a point with the HAF-X, I'll change that, but your other points I'll counter:
SLI/XFiring cards causes micro-stuttering, and I didn't really clarify this in the original post:
I intended to make a severly over-powered machine, but while keeping it from being a heat monster and while making it an excellent gaming PC. No one likes micro-stuttering, so I only used one card. And I wasn't going for over-powered, just very powerful, but not too powerfull that the gamer wouldn't utilize all the features of the hardware.
Now, that being said, I should probably change the topic name.
Then it isn't overpowered. That is the weirdest definition of overpowered I have ever heard.
OK, fixed the link so it shows the latest changes, and I changed the OP so it reflects my opinion.
Just in case the link in the first post isn't working: (Link)
Get a 7970 in there, rethink your storage options and choose some decents monitors.
No point spending $3000 and then having to look at 20" (1600 x 900) screens all day.
PS: The GTX 590 is a dual GPU card so it has micro-stutter built in!
590? I thought I had a 7970...nope, my bad. Changed it.
And I'm assuming you meant larger screens, so I bumped then up to 24". Anything smaller than 19" is, IMHO, too small game on.
I wouln't play games on 2 monitors. Either choose 1, or choose 3. If you play Minecraft on 2 monitors, the crosshair and item bar will be split, which is very annoying.
Fair enough, but I can tell you that the 590 is an absolute heat monster and has very similar performance to the 7970, but the 7970 is a single card, not two underclocked ones, it produces less heat and uses less power. If you were making a "dream" build, a 7970 would be better.
I thought I had a 7970, but I didn't, so I changed it. And if it were my dream build, I'd still have the original case, the 2 lenovo monitors and a 560Ti instead of a 7970, since I don't do enough gaming to ever utilize the power of the 7970. This is a gamer's build, not mine.
I wouln't play games on 2 monitors. Either choose 1, or choose 3. If you play Minecraft on 2 monitors, the crosshair and item bar will be split, which is very annoying.
Wouldn't Minecraft be fullscreen on one screen and the other not being used?
It's not that your build is not overpowered, but it's pointlessly overpriced. When will you ever need a 600GB Velociraptor for gaming? Why two SSD's in RAID 0, when performance increase is minimal? All that, yet a $100 motherboard?
Here's a build I configured for $2966.70. Quite a bit better for gaming.
So, what do you think of it?
(Link)
EDIT: I'm not going for over-powered, just very powerful, but not too powerfull that the gamer wouldn't utilize all the features of the hardware.
That would cost a fortune.
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Forgot about that keyboard, let me change it.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Jnm
There, updated.
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You have a point with the HAF-X, I'll change that, but your other points I'll counter:
SLI/XFiring cards causes micro-stuttering, and I didn't really clarify this in the original post:
I intended to make a severly over-powered machine, but while keeping it from being a heat monster and while making it an excellent gaming PC. No one likes micro-stuttering, so I only used one card. And I wasn't going for over-powered, just very powerful, but not too powerfull that the gamer wouldn't utilize all the features of the hardware.
Now, that being said, I should probably change the topic name.
Then it isn't overpowered. That is the weirdest definition of overpowered I have ever heard.
i5 6600k 4.6ghz / MSI 280X / 8Gb 2666 DDR4 / Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 / TX550M / 500Gb 850 EVO / NZXT S340 / Corsair K65 / Corsair M60
*sigh* I don't know...fixing...
@TheRacker: I haven't gotten around to changing the OP yet, give me a minute.
Just in case the link in the first post isn't working: (Link)
590? I thought I had a 7970...nope, my bad. Changed it.
And I'm assuming you meant larger screens, so I bumped then up to 24". Anything smaller than 19" is, IMHO, too small game on.
I thought I had a 7970, but I didn't, so I changed it. And if it were my dream build, I'd still have the original case, the 2 lenovo monitors and a 560Ti instead of a 7970, since I don't do enough gaming to ever utilize the power of the 7970. This is a gamer's build, not mine.
http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/systems-2011/murderbox-mk2/murderbox-mk2.htm
If I had 20k I would buy it.
Wouldn't Minecraft be fullscreen on one screen and the other not being used?
Depending on how you have it set up it could do either.
...Again, someone has proved items in my build redundant...removing...
Removed.