Need suggestions on new highend computer

So the time has come that I feel that I need to replace my 2012 home built computer with something more up to date. I rather just get a custom professionally built computer then building another one especially if I’m to dabble with custom liquid cooling.

But I’m pretty much open to any suggestions as I’m on the fence on if liquid cooling is actually worth it or if the money is better spent on upgrading the parts. Also on the topic of liquid cooling, is it worth cooling the GPU’s also?

Advice on good monitors is also appriciated.

Budget:
$5000- $6000. This is for the box only. It can be extended a bit above but I don’t want to really really overkill it, overkill is good enough.

Expectations:
Gaming rig that can max out on graphics settings at higher resolutions such as 2560 x 1440 or even resonably well at 3840 x 2160, dual GPU, able to fully support VR on high-end settings. Thinking 2-3 monitors.

Usage:
Mainly gaming. Example of games are GTA 5, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen, Eve Online, The Division etc. So mainly graphically intensive titles.

Special Needs:
I do have some hard drives that I would like to swap into this system if possible, 1 SSD 120GB, 1 SATA Drive 2 TB and One Intel PCI-E 910 800 GB.

Saved Ticket #: I have played around with the configurator on and off for the last months, don’t really have a preference beyond the Aventum or Hailstorm box. So I guess I’m just looking for some good inputs from people that have more experience on the parts side then I do. What I have looked on mainly is the standard Best level of Aventum and Hailstorm.

Thank you in advance!

Spjutulf

Edited by Spjutulf - 05 Aug 2016 at 11:25am

DST4ME,

Thank you for your quick reply, that build looks great.
Is there any particular reason you recommend Velox over the 2 chassis I mentioned. Just speaking from an esthetics standpoint I like the design of the other two better, so I would love to hear if there are any performance differences. I’m not saying the Velox looks bad though.

Now going for SLI Titan X might be “really, really overkill” but would guarantee longer life at least on the graphics department, however I’m worried that the CPU would be the bottleneck in this case at least on lower resolutions such as 1920 x 1080 as far as I have read through the reviews. Let’s say for the sake of it that we drop down to SLI 1080’s instead what could we do that would improve the performance?

Also do you know if it would be possible for me to fit the 3 Hard Drives I mentioned in this build? I assume I would have to do the cabling myself for the SSD and the HD, i.e any slots if present does not come with cables in place if disks are not ordered, putting in the PCI-E disk is easy enough.

Cheers

Spjutulf

Thanks for explaining. I agree I prefer the airflow to come from front instead from below.

So my current OS situation is that I run Windows 7 PRO OEM on the 120 GB SSD, the 2 TB Hard drive and the PCI-E Intel 910 800 Gb is for storage only. So that license is obviously not transferable. So an OS drive is needed.

If we for the sake of argument say that we drop 4K from the picture and do 1440P instead with dual 1080's, is there anything we can do to enhance the performance in other parts? Or is the only difference basically the price?

Cheers

Spjutulf

Again thank you DST4ME, your insight is very valuable.

So i think i want something in the middle of what we have been talking about. So lets go with 1 Titan, and the OS disk you recommended and lets bump up to exotic cooling.

Then further down you could add one more if needed. This should allow me to max out the games i want to play in 1440P and also use VR.

This ends up something like this:


https://www.digitalstorm.com/configurator.asp?id=1465495



Now the question is if i should add any further disks so that I get that nice cable management and only plug in my old drives to transfer the data. the PCI-E can just be put in as it does not sue any cables.

Cheers

Spjutulf




Edited by Spjutulf - 05 Aug 2016 at 5:28pm

Thanks,

The bump was not intentional, I Think you have given me a solid base to go on here so again I appreciate your input. Also great that you can request extra wiring upfront so that you just can plug in the drives.

I will think this over some more before I decide to pull the trigger.

Cheers

Spjutulf

I'm Necroposting my old thread instead of starting a new one so everyone has the background.

After finally settling in the US and finishing fun stuff like Taxes and sorting out my economy I'm finally in the position to purchase a High-end computer.

This is the new setup what I came up with

Build


Not shown here is that I will ask DS to put in an EVGA FTW3/SC2 card instead of stock and prewire for 1 SSD / 1 Regular HDD. Using a Single GC will also allow me to fit my Intel PCI-e SSD and hopefully a soundcard.

The reason with going with the 7700K instead of for example the 7800X is that when I look at benchmarks for games 7700K almost always outperform, is cheaper and I really do not need the additional cores.

Now the only thing I'm not certain on is the cooling, the liquid cooling looks awesome and that is the main reason I picked it, but I'm one the fence and thinking about maybe just going with a sealed system (that I have now) with a 120 MM Fan.

Any other tips or tweeks?

Cheers

Spjutulf

Originally posted by bprat22 Hi Spjutulf .... that looks like an excellent build to me. Couple of comments....... you don't need more than 16gb ram for gaming.   Nothing wrong with more but it would save a few bucks. I agree with the7700k for gaming, even over the Ryzen higher core processors. As far as AIO liquid vs Hydrolux water... Both get the job done, especially if you don't push the overclock to the 4.8-5.0 mark.   Your Velox pick is a right facing new window with inverted motherboard.    That means the Corsair AIO will be mounted in the front, behind 2 of the front fans because of hose length.   The Hydrolux would mount to the top, the heat exiting out the top.   My guess is they will face the front rad fans for Corsair into the case.     I haven't heard of any heat issues with that setup but I like rads exiting the heat.    But, Corsair is zero maintenance vs water cooling.   I would pick the AIO for its no maintenance and potentially less trouble but still don't like heat blowing in, if that's what they do. Might want to ask them. You don't need to pick overclock to 4.4 since the 7700k Turbos to 4.5 anyways. New processors Turbo to all cores unlike older ones that stepped the clock across the cores. Looks good as is, but you could save a few bucks.

Thanks bprat, just the one I hoped would give me some input!
So for the Corsair which one would you recommend, the DS is a 120 or 240 MM the Corsairs are 240 or 280 MM, I'm leaning to the 115i as I like the way the tubes go into the CPU bracket compare to the 110i GT (Not seen on DS images). I will check with them how they mount it as I agree the heat should go out, that's they way I currently have it on my rig.

110i

115i


I might keep the RAM as then I can still do some rendering in Vue, not that this will be the primary use.

Edited by Spjutulf - 14 Jul 2017 at 1:07pm

Originally posted by bprat22 My pleasure. I would grab the 115i for its 280mm rad.   There really isn't much difference in performance , a few degrees mean nothing, but might as well get the latest and I think it has been parts tweaked.     Get the Corsair unit. The DS branded might only give you their own warranty, 1 year parts, vs 5 years for Corsair last I looked. Basically similar units but DS assumes the warranty for a savings, I believe.

Thanks bprat22. I will probably send in the order this weekend and see what they say about the mounting and the specific card I want.

Spjutulf

Originally posted by bprat22 I'm not sure how I'd want the front rad fans facing. Facing in adds heat to the case and blowing out might be near where I sit.    Wish they still offered the Noctua, or maybe I'd mount my own Noctua after getting one.   Decisions.

Order placed, lets see what they come back with


Edited by Spjutulf - 15 Jul 2017 at 7:36am