Back for my second PC purchase

I bought my first DS computer in 2003... ole girl has dne really well over the last 10 years but it is time to upgrade .

All I ever had to do in 10 years is replace the power supply.... thats not bad considering I use my PC every single day for hours on end.

Ole girl is a 2.8 Quad core with a whoppping 4G of DDR2 SDRAM.

New Girl:

System Configuration:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Digital Storm ODE V3
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50 GHz (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-EXPERT (Intel Z87 Chipset) (Features Intel Thunderbolt Technology)
System Memory: 32GB DDR3 1600Mhz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) <b></b>
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: Blu-Ray & DVD Writer/Reader (Burn + Play Blu-Ray & DVDs) (12x BD-R) <b></b>
Storage Set 1: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: Neutron GTX Series) (SATA 6Gbps)
Storage Set 2: 1x (1TB Seagate (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache)
Storage Set 3: - No Thanks
RAID Config: - No Thanks
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB (Includes PhysX)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
HPC Processor: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Corsair H100i 240mm Radiator Liquid CPU Cooler (Extreme-Performance Edition)
H20 Tube Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Fans: Upgrade Chassis With Zalman Performance Fans (Up to 6 Fans) <b></b>
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Airflow Control: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Graphics Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Memory Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-Bit Edition) <b></b>
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
Portable Gaming: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 10-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty (3 Year Labor & 1 Year Part Replacement)

Sub-Total: $2,889.00
Tax: $0.00
S&H: Ground $65.00
Grand Total: $2,954.00

Looks good, but take advantage of the free t-shirt.

Unless your doing some serious graphics work (3D/Video) you only need 8GB RAM for gaming/everyday use but 16GB to future proof it a little bit. Also, many here would recommend Samsung SSD & WD HDD over Corsair & Seagate. For long term service like your previous system, I'd recommend ditching the H100i and going with the Noctura cooler - less parts to fail over time (just a fan). Both will cool the CPU the same amount. The ODE case uses large fans already so no need to upgrade case fans - I believe there's one empty fan slot that you could have filled, though...

As far as OS goes - Win8 is the future and at some point you will have to move to it. Win8/Win8.1 are the only OSs to be able to fully utilize DirectX 11.1 & 11.2 is only for 8.1 and no other Win OS supports it. BF4 and future games will take advantage of this. You also don't need a "Pro" version to run 16-32GB RAM as the regular version is fully capable of it already.

DirectX 11.2



Edited by fstcvc - 06 Nov 2013 at 9:22am