Simple Themed Z97/Devils Canyon Planning stages.

[kwelz]

I had originally planned on just upgrading my current build, which is a good machine. However with all the new stuff coming out I decided I am just going to guild a new Gaming Rig this year.

Unlike my previous build I want to have it thought out and planned from the ground up. No going back and having to correct issues because of shortcuts.

So the plan is to have a basic theme in the build. Black white and red using as few manufacturers as possible without compromising quality.

So far Corsair and Asus seem to be the best combo.

So here is my initial list. Some of these items are only announced so I know there will be some revisions.

Processor: i7 4790K

Logic Board: Maximus VII Formula (I assume we will see one soon)

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400. 2x8GB for now I think.

Graphics Card: Asus GTX 780Ti (do we know anything about the 800 series yet that would justify waiting?)

Case: Corsair 780 when it is released or Obsidian 900D

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i or H110

Power Supply: Corsair AX 860i or AX1200i (If the 860 is sufficient I will stick with it but will go to the 1200 if needed)

Storage: Undecided. But I am hoping to see SSDs come down enough to make this an all SSD build. I don't see that happening however so probably a 120 M.2 card for the OS another SSD for the games I play the most and then a couple large hard drives for everything else.


Thoughts? What should I add or take away? Tweak?
I am in no rush for this build and will probably buy the parts a few at a time as they come on sale or I can find them.

[Antronman]

kwelz wrote:
The 2400 is probably pretty big overkill. The 1866 is much more reasonably priced. I currently use Gskill Sniper 1866 and love it. But since I am trying to stick with the Corsair/Asus build in this one I will probably be going Corsair

This goes bring up a good point though. How much performance difference am I going to see in memory?

For instance there is the Vengeance Pro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233536

And then the Dominator Platinum.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233287

The Specs look the same. Identical timing and Latency. So what is the difference here?

Honestly is it Corsairlink and looks?

I wouldn't say that 2400 is overkill.

G.Skill and Corsair both have Samsung ICs (the actual RAM itself is manufactured by Samsung), so you'll likely get the same performance, just cheaper memory from G.Skill.

If it means anything to you, the WR memory OC was obtained on G.Skill Trident X.

The difference is looks, and peformance will vary slightly because Plats are quad channel.

[Arne_Saknussemm]

It depends entirely on the version number of the kit that you get what actual RAM chips it has...the Dominators have had Samsung, Hynix, Micron... the Vengeance probably the same story.

In the end it comes down to build quality, the way the heatsink is stuck to the RAM chips etc. The light bar on the corsairs. I would go for the Dominators myself...I think they are probably a bit more well made...but the colour choice might make the difference for you and performance wise they will probably be similar if not the same.

Both those kits are dual channel.

For gaming and normal computing you are right...the difference between 1866 and 2400 will make no difference. You will only notice a difference benchmarking or with some niche applications/activities.

[kwelz]

In doing my research 2 things have happened.
1: My initial choices have been solidified quite a bit. Very few tweaks seem to be needed.

2: Liquid cooling has started to appeal to me. Not because I think I will need the extreme cooling but because of the clean and quiet operation I can get out of it...

So now I am going to do some digging on liquid cooling.