Looking for new rig advise

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   My main system is now 4 years old and is starting to feel it's age. Looking to getting a new rig.
Budget: Under $3500 including tax and shipping. CA tax is expensive.

Use: 90% gaming. I also run Office PowerPoint, Word, and Excel for work often

Games mainly played: Skyrim (heavy mods), SWTOR, COH2, BF3, Shogun 2.

Upcoming games will play: BF4

Monitors: I have two Dell 24' 1080p IPS monitors on duel setup. Maybe consider a third down the road but overall no plans.

Needs: Unit must be able to play Blueray. For storage debating if should get a higher SSD storage or just make #1 for OS and have a second SSD for games along with HDD for storage.  I like the 770 GTX but I see no 4GB as an option. Plan on one card and eventualy put in a second for SLI down the road. Have no idea what would be the best tower case and MB for my needs.

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blackcatfoe Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 69	Quote Reply Topic: Looking for new rig advise Posted: 12 Jul 2013 at 1:44pm
	My main system is now 4 years old and is starting to feel it's age. Looking to getting a new rig. Budget: Under $3500 including tax and shipping. CA tax is expensive. Use: 90% gaming. I also run Office PowerPoint, Word, and Excel for work often Games mainly played: Skyrim (heavy mods), SWTOR, COH2, BF3, Shogun 2. Upcoming games will play: BF4 Monitors: I have two Dell 24' 1080p IPS monitors on duel setup. Maybe consider a third down the road but overall no plans. Needs: Unit must be able to play Blueray. For storage debating if should get a higher SSD storage or just make #1 for OS and have a second SSD for games along with HDD for storage. I like the 770 GTX but I see no 4GB as an option. Plan on one card and eventualy put in a second for SLI down the road. Have no idea what would be the best tower case and MB for my needs.

Ariktu Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 21 May 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 492	Quote Reply Posted: 12 Jul 2013 at 2:33pm
	I would call DS and see if they can get you one of the 4GB GTX 770 cards I know EVGA has one. I went with the GTX 780 for now although dual GTX 770 4 GB cards would be sweet. Total:$2898 before shipping/Tax Config number: 849214 Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50 GHz (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core) Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z87 (Intel Z87 Chipset) (Features Thermal Armor and Thermal Radar) System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair Dominator DHX (High-Performance) Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (256GB Solid State (By: Samsung) (Model: 840 Pro Series) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Seagate (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: ASUS Blu-Ray Player/DVD Writer (Play Blu-Ray and Burn DVDs) (Model: BC-12B1ST) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB (Includes PhysX) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio 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 Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: - No Thanks Enhancements: - 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 Video Card: - 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 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) Edited by Ariktu - 12 Jul 2013 at 2:35pm

fstcvc Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS Veteran Joined: 06 Jul 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2551	Quote Reply Posted: 12 Jul 2013 at 4:33pm
	I would 2nd Ariktu's build above. I would go with the single 780 and maybe in the future SLI it if you feel the graphics aren't keeping up. Solid build!
	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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