New to forums and thinking of a new rig

[Domfan94]

Well R9 280X has good Rep for being a relatively inexpensive card that manages to run a lot of modern titles at ultra.
If you wanna spend more, GTX 770 and, R9 290 are good choices. On the lower price pracket R9 270 is a great choice. On the Nvidia side one of the higher end 660s could be worth a look.

[LITOralis.nMd]

So if you have the funds, go with the LGA1150 i7-4XXXK series CPU, try to find quiet cooling solutions, that PC will be next to you for long periods of time while living dormlife.

[ComradeHX]

i7-4790k at Fry's website for $279 FREE shipping.

Buy now.

[MaSSive]

Here is what a friend of mine as a professional 3d designer has in the box.



It may be too much for you for starters, but once you start making monies ( if you dont already ) this kind of investment will pay itself. As for GPU its not that important in rendering - its CPU and RAM. He was on the way of getting a ram drive and another SSD, and a new GPU because of gaming. I think he was talking about GTX770 ( not sure if SLI or what ).

[Steeps]

Right now if I were to buy a new computer it would be top of the line Core i5 "k" version along with a GTX 770.

Next major upgrade I plan on is getting a 5th generation Core i5 along with the x70 series NVIDIA GPU.

Right now I have a 2nd gen i5 with a GTX 680 (which I really don't need to upgrade soon)

[wrecker]

Well, while I've been sick today I decided to weed through my choices again and came up with this new list that shares some of the same old parts but is for the most part different. It is however almost $200 more expensive, tell me if you think its worth the change.

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[url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PdGkqs]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PdGkqs/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url]

[b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54690k]Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor[/url]  ($209.99 @ Amazon) 
[b]CPU Cooler:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2]Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler[/url]  ($29.70 @ Amazon) 
[b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97g55sli]MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url]  ($118.99 @ Amazon) 
[b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/a-data-memory-ax3u1600w4g9db]A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url]  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
[b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dx001]Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive[/url]  ($77.99 @ Amazon) 
[b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n760tf2gd5oc]MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card[/url]  ($249.99 @ Amazon) 
[b]Case:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-case-blackhawk]Rosewill BlackHawk ATX Mid Tower Case[/url]  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
[b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm]SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply[/url]  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
[b]Optical Drive:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-optical-drive-sh224dbrsbs]Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer[/url]  ($20.99 @ Amazon) 
[b]Total:[/b] $967.62
[i]Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i]
[i]Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 12:03 EDT-0400[/i]

[PLODDITHANLEY]

SLi board with a 550W PSU seems odd.

I checked if your RAM was QVL and its alot cheaper on NEWEgg!

A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (AX3U1600W4G9-DB) - PCPartPicker

[wrecker]

I figured I most likely wouldn't be adding another gpu in sli for a long time, if at all, so if I did if likely just replace the psu as well