I recently gave away my old PC (well, I kept a few things.) to my friend because he wanted to start gaming on the PC. And because I'm moving, I decided to order new parts for my new super build for my new abode. Now, I didn't expect to blow the amount I did, but the deals I got were so incredible I had to pull the trigger. Overall I saved over $2.5k. Yes, that much. It's nearly 50% off.

My old PC was a 4770k with 780 Ti SLI, and basically murdered everything I threw at it. It was overkill.

This time around I decided to overkill overkill. For the sake of longevity, and because the deals were that good. I kept a lot of stuff such as the case, PSU, and custom loop so I had a more then solid foundation.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kJBZqs

It's not well known that I'm a PC nerd, and trust me I know ALOT about parts and what and what not to buy. So if any of you have any questions about upgrades or building in general, feel free to ask.

Oh jesus christ m8, I'm extremely jealous of your rig there and your old one also sounds sexy. Although you ought to add a CPU cooler. Most likely a liquid one. Anyhow this is the rig I'm about to purchase in a week or so.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/soporificslash/saved/7mvD4D

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($225.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H50 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($174.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($76.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($349.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DVD-E818AAT/BLK/B/GEN DVD/CD Drive  ($18.66 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor  ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($111.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Headphones: Logitech G230 Headset  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1627.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 18:57 EDT-0400

My custom loop is pretty extreme in terms of cooling. The Exos 2.5 cools like a mofo

Gaming laptop master race

Gaming laptop master race

Lol.

Asus or Alienware *shutters*

I'm curious though. What did you do with your old rig?

Whatever I didn't keep I gave to my friend for free. So he got the 780Ti's the CPU, the Trident X sets I had, my old old case NZXT Phantom. Asus VG248QE monitor. And two samsung 840 pro 256gb SSD's

Gaming laptop master race

Is it the Aorus? or Asus. The Razer Blade 14 looked nice but costs way too much for how little amount of SSD space it has.

Quote from: Gatsby on October 06, 2014, 06:01:39 PM

Gaming laptop master race

Is it the Aorus? or Asus. The Razer Blade 14 looked nice but costs way too much for how little amount of SSD space it has.

If I had the money I would get the aorus but the msi was much cheaper. It's like the Razer in terms of design but a 17" screen, thinner and a better gpu, hard drive and SSD

CPU: Haswell Core i7 4770K
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 Ripjaws series
Storage: 1 TB HDD w/ 250 GB SSD
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A
PSU: 600W
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
GPU: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X
Keyboard:  Corsair Vengeance K70 Cherry MX Brown
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 laser mouse
Monitor: Acer H6 series H236HL
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 
 

CPU: Haswell Core i7 4770K
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 Ripjaws series
Storage: 1 TB HDD w/ 250 GB SSD
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A
PSU: 600W
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
GPU: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X
Keyboard:  Corsair Vengeance K70 Cherry MX Brown
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 laser mouse
Monitor: Acer H6 series H236HL
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

Pretty solid, how's the 270X been?

Quote from: CIS Scum on October 06, 2014, 06:11:06 PM

CPU: Haswell Core i7 4770K
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 Ripjaws series
Storage: 1 TB HDD w/ 250 GB SSD
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A
PSU: 600W
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
GPU: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X
Keyboard:  Corsair Vengeance K70 Cherry MX Brown
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 laser mouse
Monitor: Acer H6 series H236HL
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

Pretty solid, how's the 270X been?

It has it's limitations but it's pretty good. 

Quote from: BC1096 on October 06, 2014, 06:13:57 PM

Quote from: CIS Scum on October 06, 2014, 06:11:06 PM

CPU: Haswell Core i7 4770K
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 Ripjaws series
Storage: 1 TB HDD w/ 250 GB SSD
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A
PSU: 600W
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
GPU: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X
Keyboard:  Corsair Vengeance K70 Cherry MX Brown
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 laser mouse
Monitor: Acer H6 series H236HL
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

Pretty solid, how's the 270X been?

It has it's limitations but it's pretty good.

I heard the cooler is pretty awful, unless you have a custom cooler (I don't know if the model you have has Gigabyte's custom fan array)

Intel i7
EVGA superclocked GTX780
Noctua NH-D14 cooling (huge ass silent heat-sink)
Asus z87 Pro LGA 1150 Motherboard
16GB Kingston RAM
Something like a 800W Corsair PSU
CM Haf X case (overkill case)
2 Asus 24" 1080p monitors
Logitech 5:1 speakers

It was around $2500 when I built it, and I was going for overkill at the time.

HAF X is a great case, it's never wrong to go overkill with a case. Airflow is everything

Come at me, tower elitists
With how much I was jumping between houses three years ago, and at a rather good discounted price I scored the thing at, it made a lot more sense than buying a rig that I'd only see half of the time.

Still runs shit well enough (I keep Metro Last Light looking better than on any console), and I don't foresee the need to really upgrade for another two years at least. Definitely gonna build a tower then, since my home is more stable.