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    Posted: 04 Feb 2014 at 10:02am
Hello

I plan on buying a new PC from DS very soon. I looking to get the most bang for my buck. I have a budget of $2500. What is important to me is FPS during gaming, and Cooling. What is not important to me all the vanity stuff ( lights, case, blue-ray ).

Here is what I have come up with so far

Ticket Number: 922947
Total Price with Instant Savings: $2,439.00

Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Digital Storm VIRTUE
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50 GHz (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Gryphon Z87 (Intel Z87 Chipset) (Features Thermal Radar) (MATX)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1866MHz Corsair Dominator Platinum DHX (Extreme-Performance) <b></b>
Power Supply: 750W Corsair CX750M <b></b>
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x) <b></b>
Storage Set 1: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: Neutron GTX Series) (SATA 6Gbps)
Storage Set 2: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (Model: Black Edition)
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: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Airflow Control: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Boost Graphics Card(s): - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-Bit Edition)
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


ANY INFO OR SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME
GAMING till the day I die !!!
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Hi BigBraskey...Welcome to the forums.

That's an excellent build but for most bang for your buck in gaming, I tweaked it a bit.

I dropped to the i5-4670k cpu, all you need for gaming and changed the ram to 16GB DS standard ram. The little faster ram and taller heat spreaders won't make any difference.

I put the money into a gtx 780Ti, the best and about 20% better frames than the 780. You didn't mention the monitor's resolution you use, but the faster card will help across the board. Also a larger SSD, they do fill fast.

Config # 923025        Cost $ 2492

Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Digital Storm VIRTUE
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i5 4670K 3.40 GHz (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Gryphon Z87 (Intel Z87 Chipset) (Features Thermal Radar) (MATX)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 750W Corsair CX750M
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Storage Set 1: 1x (256GB Solid State (By: Samsung) (Model: 840 Pro Series)
Storage Set 2: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (Model: Black Edition)
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 Ti 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: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Airflow Control: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Boost Graphics Card(s): - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-Bit Edition)
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: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large)
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)


For single card you also don't need the sli capable Gryphon mobo, but it is a real nice board so I left it in.

Hope this helps and good luck.

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Posts: 2551 		  Quote fstcvc Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 04 Feb 2014 at 10:33am
Welcome to DS!!

Here's a better build using the 780ti SC which will give much better fps over the standard 780.

923029 $2425

I also switched the CPU to the 4670K (same performance, just no multithreading which isn't supported by majority of games anyway), RAM to standard 1600 DS (won't make much difference with majority games by going higher), switched PSU to EVGA SuperNOVA (longer warranty and is fully modular) and SSD to Samsung (faster and more reliable). If you wanted the 4770K you could go slightly over budget or downgrade the RAM to 8GB (which is all that's currently needed for most gaming).

Hope this helps!
HailStorm II
i7 4770K @ 4.5GHz
Asus Maximus VI Extreme
16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum
3xSLI EVGA SuperClocked GTX TITAN
Samsung 840Pro SSD 256GB+512GB
HydroLux+XSPC CPU/MoBo/GPU Liquid Cooling
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Posts: 2551 		  Quote fstcvc Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 04 Feb 2014 at 10:34am
bp22 - looks like great minds think alike...
HailStorm II
i7 4770K @ 4.5GHz
Asus Maximus VI Extreme
16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum
3xSLI EVGA SuperClocked GTX TITAN
Samsung 840Pro SSD 256GB+512GB
HydroLux+XSPC CPU/MoBo/GPU Liquid Cooling
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You got it.   
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I use a BENQ RL2455HM gaming. Its 1920 × 1080
GAMING till the day I die !!!
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Let me ask. My current hard drive is a 250GB (232) and I only use 95.5GB of that space its a 10k Western digital VelociRaptor. Do I really need a TB HHD or will the 256 SSD be enough
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Here's a link with testing Nav from DS did to help us out.

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/unlocked/nvidia-gtx-780ti-review-benchmarks-and-teardown-idnum100/

The 780Ti will play great on a single 1920x1080 monitor.   It won't max out all games, no single card will, but for most its very high to max settings.





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Originally posted by bprat22

Here's a link with testing Nav from DS did to help us out.

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/unlocked/nvidia-gtx-780ti-review-benchmarks-and-teardown-idnum100/

The 780Ti will play great on a single 1920x1080 monitor.   It won't max out all games, no single card will, but for most its very high to max settings.
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