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Building a new computer in February for my birthday

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Antec Nine Hundred Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021

 

Asus Rampage IV Extreme motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131802

 

Sapphire Radeon R9 290

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202043

 

Rosewill Lightning 1300w power supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182063

 

Intel Core i7 - 4820k Ivy bridge CPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116940

 

CPU cooler, because the darn thing doesn't come wth one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

 

G.Skill Trident x 16gb DDR3 2666 ram

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231677

 

WD 4tb 7200 rpm hard drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236520

 

Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical keyboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823816017

 

Asus VG248QE 24" 144Hz 1ms monitor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236313

 

Logiteck G500s

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104857

 

Pioneer BDR-2208 Blu-ray burner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129072

 

 

 

 

 

I don't have a particular reason for choosing any of these parts, just seemed like they had great reviews and would allow me a lot of flexibility in the future. Any feedback or suggestions would be helpful. I have plenty of time to change things up, I am planning on it being a birthday present to myself in February :)

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Shaftiel

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I have an Asus Rampage IV Extreme and love it! The R9 290 is a great card but when you can replace the stock fan with some custom cooling. The fan on there sucks and is really loud. I would size down to a 3TB Hard Drive and get a 240GB SSD. Other than that good build.

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Mechanical Hard drives and blu-ray burners.. lol Thomas Edison called, he wants his components back. Seriously though, this looks pricey. I'm sure it's beast, but I'm all about performance to cost ratio. I finally upgraded my system last spring and the entire setup did not cost as much as that motherboard. 85% of the performance at 30% of the cost leaves me with money to waste on other things...

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Don't know much about mechanical keyboards other than I have heard good things about them, and I figured I would try one out. If there are any suggestions for a better one I am all ears. Was thinking about a SSD as well, but I really started to get sticker shock and had a hard time rationalizing an addition $300 or so for a 5-10 second return on bootup.

 

 

This build does come at a very high cost >3,000, but since my last base build was in Feb 2009 I needed to upgrade the motherboard, ram, and CPU. I needed a new Video card, my mouse and keybaord were 3 years old.... sigh lol :). Just snowballed. Figure if I can go 5 or 6 years with the base build it will average out to about $500 a year investment. Not so bad.

 

 

 

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As far as mechanical keyboards go I would stay clear of the newer versions of the Razer Blackwidow. I have been loving my Corsair K90. Ducky and Das Keyboard always seem to be fan favorites. My friend swears by his Ducky and will never purchase another brand again.

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If you buy ~$200 X79 motherboard and a 128 gig Samsung SSD drive as your main boot drive... it will still be cheaper than your current setup and you will take zero performance hit.

Mechanical keyboards are the way to go. I have a Rosewill that works great. Just read up on the Cherry's switches ,Blue, Brown, etc.. depends if you want to hear it click or not.

 

I'm also in the opinion that a 24" monitor is too small. a 37" 4k resolution TV would be the way to go

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Don't know much about mechanical keyboards other than I have heard good things about them, and I figured I would try one out.

 

I would recommend if you can to try out different switch types to find one you like. I can't speak on the one you picked but Das, Ducky and Filco are highly rated. I have a Das with browns myself and it is so comfortable.

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Yeah, go for a SSD for your boot/os drive.

 

Also, I would wait for the non-reference 290 cards. The 290's run very hot even though AMD says that is fine. You can mess with custom cooling, but I'd wait to see what the oem's come up with before shelling out extra cash for gpu cooling. Sure, you can clock the card down to operate at a temp you want, but why not get max performance AND cooler core temps without the hassle?! The 280X are out of reference now and are performing very well for the price point. Could always crossfire them down the road too.

 

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  • The PSU you have there has nice features, I just wonder sometimes who actually is making those Rosewill components?
  • Some weird reviews about the software that comes with that Bluray burner. Do you plan to use it alot for burning, or just to read Blurays?
  • Also, the cooling fan that comes with that memory looks like a nice paperweight. :happy:

Other than that, I like the rest. Are you planning to buy two of those monitors? If you have desk space for two, I'd recommend doing that--it's nice.

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